Personal Statement Checker
Paste your personal statement once. This personal statement checker flags clichés, unsupported claims, repetition and length, with no sign-up. AI revision notes sit under the free check: one set is free after you sign in.
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AI revision notes
The check above can come back clean and the personal statement can still be weak. It flags clichés, repetition and length. It does not read whether a sentence proves the claim.
- What they would ask. A question a selector would write in the margin of this personal statement.
- Where it fails. The sentence that asserts something and never shows it.
- What to change. One edit that uses a fact already in the personal statement. It does not write a replacement, and it does not invent a grade, a job or a placement.
See it on this draft first. One note is free with an account. After that, $9.99 for 10 notes, 180 days, for the later drafts. The same text within a day is not charged again. How the notes work.
The first note on this draft is free.
Sign in — 1 note is freeHow the checker works
- Paste your personal statement — one answer or all of them.
- The free check flags clichés, a fixed list of empty self-praise, repeated sentences and length. It does not judge the argument.
- You get that report straight away. No account, and the draft is not stored unless you are signed in.
- AI revision notes are a second step. They quote the draft and say what a selector would still question. Read how the AI notes work.
What the checker looks for
A personal statement checker is useful only if it marks the habits an admissions tutor actually notices in a personal statement.
- Clichés and filler. "From a young age I have always been passionate about…" tells an admissions tutor nothing. We flag the openers they read in hundreds of statements every cycle.
- Claims without evidence. The free personal statement check flags a fixed list of self-praise — “excellent communicator”, “proven track record” — that asserts a quality instead of showing it. Revision notes, after you sign in, can catch a claim that is not on that list.
- Structure and flow. The free personal statement check flags a wall of text with no paragraph breaks, and a cliché in the opening line. Revision notes read whether the draft moves from motivation to evidence to reflection.
- Repetition across answers. This matters more than most applicants realise: UCAS reviews the three answers in a personal statement as one piece, so a story you've already told in Question 1 shouldn't reappear in Question 3.
- Count and format. 4,000 characters including spaces for UCAS, with a 350-character minimum per answer — and whatever word limit your master's programme sets.
Built for the current UCAS format — and for master's applications
Since 2026 entry, UCAS has replaced the single long personal statement with three separate questions:
- Why do you want to study this course or subject?
- How have your qualifications and studies helped you to prepare for this course or subject?
- What else have you done to prepare outside of education, and why are these experiences useful?
Each answer needs at least 350 characters, all three share one 4,000-character limit including spaces, and admissions staff read them as a single personal statement.
Most master's, MSc and PhD applications work differently: you still write one continuous personal statement, usually 500–800 words, and some programmes set their own questions. Switch format in the checker and you get the same review.
Who uses the checker
- Year 13 students working through a UCAS application
- Master's and PhD applicants writing one continuous personal statement
- Mature students and career changers turning years of work into one continuous draft
- Anyone on draft four who can no longer see what's wrong
Frequently asked questions
Is the personal statement checker free?
This personal statement checker is free to run: no account, no card, and no limit. Line-by-line revision notes on the personal statement are separate. One set is included when you create an account. After that, $9.99 covers 10 further sets, to be used within 180 days.
Does it work with the three UCAS questions?
Yes. Paste any one answer or all three at once. The checker reviews each one and warns you when the same experience or claim appears in more than one.
Will my university know I used an AI checker?
Reviewing your own draft for clichés, repetition and errors is proofreading, and UCAS publishes its own guidance on using AI tools. What matters is that the experiences, the evidence and the voice are yours — never let a tool invent experience for you.
Is this an official UCAS checker?
No. This personal statement checker is independent of UCAS. It is not affiliated with UCAS or any university, it does not submit your personal statement, and it does not predict an offer.
Do you store my statement?
Only if you're signed in. An anonymous check of a personal statement is analysed in memory and not saved. If you're signed in, we save the personal statement and the report so you can reopen them, and you can delete them. A revision note sends that personal statement to the language-model provider that writes the note. We do not use it to train a model of our own.
How long should my personal statement be?
UCAS: 4,000 characters including spaces, divided across three answers with a minimum of 350 characters each. Master's applications: usually 500–800 words — always check the programme's own requirement.
Does the free check rewrite my draft?
No. It marks clichés, a fixed list of empty self-praise, repeated sentences and length. It does not write a replacement, and it does not add experience that is not already in the draft.