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Title
Call for UCAS personal statements to be replaced by short-response questions.
Abstract
The article discusses the Higher Education Policy Institute, Reforming the UCAS personal statement: Making the case for a series of short questions, revealed that 83 percent of drafts fail to supply an evidence-based opinion about a relevant academic topic. The analysis of 164 personal statement drafts from 83 applicants from underrepresented backgrounds had also found that many applicants struggled to organize their statement effectively.