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What happens when students rewrite personal statements in total honesty?

Ruth Tarrant

25th January 2016

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I had a good chuckle about this collection of "honest university applications" from The Guardian, from students who decided to rewrite their personal statements without any of the usual blagging and positive spin. You can find more of them here if you like.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.