PERSONAL STATEMENT FORM: 2017 UNDERGRADUATE APPLICANTS
Non-current school leavers applying for an undergraduate place at UTS have the option of submitting a personal statement for specific courses, to improve their chances of selection. Current school leavers are not eligible to submit this form. See http://www.uts.edu.au/future-students/undergraduate/essential-information/applying for information. Up to a maximum of ten (10) bonus points can be added to an applicant's academic rank for a course from a personal statement assessment.
COURSES THAT ACCEPT PERSONAL STATEMENTS*
FACULTY COURSE
606000 B Nursing (full time) 606001 B Nursing (part time) 606004 B Nursing Accelerated Program – Enrolled Nurse 2009 – current Health 606005 B Nursing Accelerated Program – Graduate Entry (Autumn 609150 B Nursing BA in International Studies applications 606020 B Sport and Exercise Science only) 606030 B Sport and Exercise Management 609080 B Sport and Exercise Science BA in International Studies 609085 B Sport and Exercise Management BA in International Studies 609580 B Sport and Exercise Science B Creative Intelligence and Innovation
*Courses not specified do not accept Personal Statements from applicants.
DUE DATE
Autumn semester application: Monday 30 November 2016
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
- First apply through UAC for your UTS courses. - Check the table above to ensure the course/s you have applied for accept a personal statement. - Read through Preparing your personal statement to help you compose your responses to the Assessment Criteria on this form. - Once you have completed each section of the Assessment Criteria convert the document to a PDF#. - If you are attaching supporting documents to your personal statement, convert them to PDFs and then combine them with this Personal Statement Form PDF to form one single PDF document. The combined PDF document must be smaller than 3 megabytes (MB). There should be no more than 5 A4 pages of supporting documents combined with the Personal Statement form. See the Additional documentation section of the Personal statement page for more information
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT
1. Login to UAC Check and Change. Select upload and follow the prompts to submit your personal statement to the relevant course or course area. 2. Submit one Personal Statement for each eligible course application. 3. The Single PDF containing Personal Statement form and supporting documents must be smaller than 3MB.
Important# If you do not have access to convert the Word document to PDF you may email it to UAC's PDF converter at [email protected]. You will receive an email back with your document converted to PDF, ready to upload. 2017 UNDERGRADUATE PERSONAL STATEMENT Applicant Details
Complete all parts of this form before submitting it online to UAC.
PERSONAL DETAILS
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT Surname:
First name:
UAC application number:
Date of birth:
Email address:
UTS PREFERENCE
Please complete the UAC code and full course name for which this Personal Statement is being submitted. Please note: one Personal Statement PDF must be submitted for each eligible course application.
UAC Course Code:
Course Name:
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
1. MOTIVATION Outline your career goals and the way in which this course/s can further these goals. (300 word limit)
2. CAPACITY FOR STUDY How has your educational experience to this point prepared you for studying the course/s you are applying for? Include any relevant details of short courses, bridging courses or training you have done that relate to this field. (Results of formal study will be available for us to view via your UAC application, so you don't need to include those details). (300 word limit). 3. WORK EXPERIENCE Reflect on any relevant work experience (paid or voluntary) you have undertaken. You may also wish to include details of your work history that you haven't already submitted with your UAC application. (300 word limit)
4. OTHER SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS M Is there anything additional to the above that you think demonstrates your ability to succeed in the course/s? (300 word limit)
If you are submitting additional documentation, combine it with this PDF after this page and submit it as part of your personal statement. The Personal Statement and Supporting documents must be submitted as one single PDF smaller than 3 megabytes. There should be no more than 5 A4 pages of supporting documents combined with the Personal Statement form.
For applicants who need to use one, UAC have a PDF converter - attach the document file to an email addressed to [email protected]. For each attached file you’ll receive an email back with a converted PDF file. For more info on uploading documents go to UAC's Uploading Your Documents FAQs.