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Can I use foreign characters such as accents?
If you want to, you can enter some European characters that are not in the English alphabet in your personal statement. View more information about European characters.
Entering your personal statement
- Can I use foreign characters such as accents?
- Does the word limit really matter?
- Should I mention anything about my gap year?
- How far back should I go when mentioning my hobbies and interests?
- I'm not interesting or unique...what should I do?
- What balance should I make between my course interests and my extra-curricular activities?
- How should I end my personal statement?
- I have a question about the UCAS Similarity Detection Service