PERSONAL STATEMENT FORM:
2014 UNDERGRADUATE APPLICANTS
Non current school leavers applying for an undergraduate place at UTS have the option of submitting a personal
statement for specific courses, to improve their chances of selection. Current school leavers are not eligible to submit
this form. See http://www.uts.edu.au/future-students/undergraduate/essential-information/applying for information.
Up to a maximum of ten (10) bonus points can be added to an applicant's academic rank for a course from a personal
statement assessment.
COURSES THAT ACCEPT PERSONAL STATEMENTS*
FACULTY
COURSE
Business
601065 B Management in Events & Leisure (Autumn and Spring)
609090 B Management in Events & Leisure and BA International Studies (Autumn only)
601085 B Management in Tourism (Autumn and Spring)
609110 B Management in Tourism and BA International Studies (Autumn only)
606000 B Nursing (full time) - Kuring-gai
606001 B Nursing (part time) - Kuring-gai
606002 B Nursing (full time) – City campus
606003 B Nursing Accelerated Program – Enrolled Nurse 2004-2008
606004 B Nursing Accelerated Program – Enrolled Nurse 2009 – current
606005 B Nursing Accelerated Program – Graduate Entry
Health
609150 B Nursing BA in International Studies
(Autumn
606010 B Midwifery (full time) - applicants need to attach their CV
applications
606011 B Midwifery (part time) - applicants need to attach their CV
only)
609570 B Midwifery B Creative Intelligence and Innovation - applicants need to attach their CV
606020 B Sport and Exercise Science
606030 B Sport and Exercise Management
609080 B Sport and Exercise Science BA in International Studies
609085 B Sport and Exercise Management BA in International Studies
609580 B Sport and Exercise Management B Creative Intelligence and Innovation
*Courses not specified do not accept Personal Statements from applicants.
DUE DATE
Autumn semester application: Friday 29 November 2013
Spring semester application: Friday 13 June 2014
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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First apply through UAC for your UTS courses.
Check the table above to ensure the course/s you have applied for accept a personal statement.
Read through Preparing your personal statement to help you compose your responses to the Assessment
Criteria on this form.
Once you have completed each section of the Assessment Criteria convert the document to a PDF#.
If you are attaching supporting documents to your personal statement, convert them to PDFs and then combine
them with this Personal Statement Form PDF to form one single PDF document. The combined PDF document
must be smaller than 3 megabytes (MB). There should be no more than 5 A4 pages of supporting documents
combined with the Personal Statement form. See the Additional documentation section of the Personal
statement page for more information
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT
1. Login to UAC Check and Change. Select upload and follow the prompts to submit your personal statement to the
relevant course or course area.
2. Submit one Personal Statement for each eligible course application.
3. The Single PDF containing Personal Statement form and supporting documents must be smaller than 3MB.
Important#
If you do not have access to convert the Word document to PDF you may email it to UAC's PDF converter at
conv2pdf@uac.edu.au. You will receive an email back with your document converted to PDF, ready to upload.
2014 UNDERGRADUATE PERSONAL STATEMENT
Applicant Details
Complete all parts of this form before submitting it online to UAC.
PERSONAL DETAILS
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT
Surname:
First name:
UAC application number:
Date of birth:
Email address:
UTS PREFERENCE
Please complete the UAC code and full course name for which this Personal Statement is being submitted.
Please note: one Personal Statement PDF must be submitted for each eligible course application.
UAC Course Code:
Course Name:
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
1. MOTIVATION
Outline your career goals and the way in which this course/s can further these goals. (300 word limit)
2. CAPACITY FOR STUDY
How has your educational experience to this point prepared you for studying the course/s you are applying for? Include
any relevant details of short courses, bridging courses or training you have done that relate to this field. (Results of
formal study will be available for us to view via your UAC application, so you don't need to include those details). (300
word limit).
3. WORK EXPERIENCE
Reflect on any relevant work experience (paid or voluntary) you have undertaken. You may also wish to include details
of your work history that you haven't already submitted with your UAC application. (300 word limit)
4. OTHER SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
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Is there anything additional to the above that you think demonstrates your ability to succeed in the course/s? (300 word
limit)
If you are submitting additional documentation, combine it with this PDF after this page and submit it as part of your
personal statement. The Personal Statement and Supporting documents must be submitted as one single PDF smaller
than 3 megabytes. There should be no more than 5 A4 pages of supporting documents combined with the Personal
Statement form.
For applicants who need to use one, UAC have a PDF converter - attach the document file to an email addressed to
conv2pdf@uac.edu.au. For each attached file you’ll receive an email back with a converted PDF file. For more info on
uploading documents go to UAC's Uploading Your Documents FAQs.