After sweating away writing my personal statement I decided to get it edited professionally by http://www.getintouni.com. I have just got it back and it is excellent! I used their samples to help write it. I sound like a different person! Sure to get me a place at Nottingham I hope

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You say your personal statement makes you sound like a different person - is this really a good thing? Interviewers may find it a little odd if you sound totally different to the way you've talked about yourself on the PS.

It's definatly good to get other people to look at your statement and give you pointers, though do you really want someone else rewriting (or possibly just writing) your entire personal statement?

What are other peoples views on this?

I couldnt agree more - what really is the point of applying to university with a personal statment which isnt your own work? Firstly, there going to catch you out complely in the interview when they realise that it isnt you (and by your own admission you sound like a completly different person), and secondly, why would you want to be accepted under some sort of a false persona?

Universities will want to accept you for YOU - not for the person who has re-written your personal statement.