Simply put, if your personal statement/cover letter isn’t original, on-topic, well-structured, articulate and, of course, mistake-free, then the chances of your application being successful diminish considerably. 

With this in mind, we offer a comprehensive service that assesses the client’s first draft before commencing with the work required, whether it be thorough editing and proofreading or the more extensive root-and-branch surgery. 

The following aspects give some idea of what aspects we prioritize when providing this service:

• Before any corrections are made, we take the time needed to research the position or course being applied for and what skills, qualifications and other desirables are expected of the applicant. Once we have this information, we can then work on what most personal statements and cover letters lack: structure.

• Structure, structure, structure! Without giving away our secret formula to a great personal statement/cover letter, it all centres on a solid, logical, and coherent structure. By the end of the process, this will all make perfect sense…

• Common mistakes when drafting a personal statement/cover letter are highlighted and resolved through rigorous rounds of drafting. For instance, when your personal statement/cover letter rests amidst a pile of another 100 or so, only originality will separate it from the crowd! In this vein, cliches, generic statements, and hackneyed expressions are highlighted and slicker alternatives are provided for the client’s consideration.

• Another ingredient of our secret formula for successful personal statements and cover letters is relevance. In other words, every sentence must be related to the position or course being applied for, no matter how tempting it is to discuss other, more interesting matters! This requires a form of discipline, which we’ll nurture throughout the drafting process.