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Personal statement and application essay coaching

Coaching that helps you plan, draft and sharpen your own application writing, for the right format and stage.

Who it is for
Undergraduate and postgraduate applicants who need to write persuasively about their own thinking.
Levels
Undergraduate and postgraduate entry
Format
60-minute sessions plus written feedback rounds, agreed in advance

What this actually does for you

  1. 01

    Find the evidence in your own experience that actually answers the question.

  2. 02

    Structure a statement that reads as thought, not as a list.

  3. 03

    Cut the padding that weakens most first drafts.

Availability, provider and price

Provider
Delivered by the Shaw Academics team
Availability
You can make a real availability enquiry. Specialist capacity for this service is limited, and we will confirm honestly at the consultation whether we can take the work.
Duration
60 minutes
Price
Included in UK application coaching, or quoted separately after the free consultation. No standalone price is published until scope is agreed.
Currency
GBP. Any international exchange or transfer costs are yours and are explained before payment.
Last reviewed
2026-09-12 (next review 2027-01-15)

No payment is taken on this site

There is no card checkout here. After a free consultation you receive a written scope and, if you choose to proceed, a hosted invoice or payment link with the exact total and terms.

See the fee schedule and the cancellation and refund terms.

Scope detail

Destination
Confirmed with you — requirements differ by country and system
Stage
Undergraduate or postgraduate
Review count
Agreed in writing before work begins
Your tasks
All drafting, redrafting and submission
Interview scope
Not included — see interview preparation
Authorship
You are the author and are responsible for final submission

Official sources

Requirements change between cycles. Verify these details for your own course and entry year before you rely on them.

What is included

  • Planning session and a written brief for your draft
  • Written feedback rounds within an agreed allowance
  • A final read-through before your deadline

What is not included

  • Examination, test, application or university fees
  • Writing, sitting or submitting assessed work on your behalf
  • Guaranteed grades, scores, offers or employment
  • Writing or rewriting your statement for you
  • Inventing achievements, experience or reading
  • Unlimited redrafting

How the work is staged

  1. 01Confirm the exact format and stage you are writing for
  2. 02Evidence gathering from your real experience
  3. 03Structure and planning
  4. 04Your draft, then written feedback
  5. 05Final accuracy and authorship check
Diagnostic
A short written exercise about one piece of your own experience.
Independent work
You write every draft.
Marking and feedback allowance
Agreed in writing before work starts; commonly two rounds.
Progress checks
A written action list after each session.

Evidence, honestly stated

A sample feedback sheet showing the comment style is available on request.

We help you develop your ideas, structure your application and improve your own writing. You remain the author and are responsible for the accuracy and final submission of your application. We do not invent achievements or complete assessed work on your behalf.

We are an independent education and progression service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting on behalf of the universities, test providers or employers mentioned on this website. Names are used to identify students’ possible destinations and preparation needs.

Questions about personal statements and essays

  • Is a UCAS statement the same as a US essay?

    No. UCAS uses three personal-statement questions for 2026 entry onwards; US applications typically use different essay prompts; postgraduate statements are different again. We work to the format you actually face.

  • Will you edit my draft directly?

    We comment and question. You make every change, so the writing stays yours.

  • Can you check factual accuracy?

    We will challenge anything that looks unsupported, but you are responsible for accuracy.

  • Do you use AI to draft statements?

    No. Drafting your statement with a generator is both detectable and against the spirit of the task.

  • How many rounds of feedback?

    Agreed in writing before we begin, so nobody relies on an open-ended promise.

  • Can you help with a postgraduate statement?

    Yes, where the subject sits within current competence.

  • UK application coaching

    Course and university selection, UCAS answers and interview readiness, with you as the author throughout.

  • Admissions interview preparation

    Practice thinking aloud under friendly pressure, with specific feedback on reasoning, not on performance tricks.

  • English tuition

    English teaching that builds close reading, structured argument and clean, deliberate prose.

Discuss personal statements and essays first

Twenty minutes, free, no payment details. We will tell you honestly whether this is the right course for you and whether we can take the work.

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