Personal Statement Introductory Sentence
Question: I need a good opening sentence for my personal statement to do a psychology degree at Oxford uni, any ideas?
Answer: For a personal statement think about a specific experience, yours or that of someone you know, that has led you to want to study psychology. The end of that story is the concluding sentence of your personal statement. The beginning of that story is the introductory sentence. Like a short story, a personal statement that stands out will have vivid, non-hackneyed detail in it from the very beginning. See the story like a movie and set the scene: is it cold, wet, warm or sunny? What was your state of mind (or that of the person you know) at the beginning–nervous, confident, happy or distressed? What kind of colors are in the scene? Who else is there besides you (or the person you know)? Just tell a good (but true!) story and your personal statement will write itself.
