Oxbridge & UK
Oxbridge Personal Statement Support
Craft an outstanding personal statement with our Oxbridge personal statement support, including statement reviews and our full-day workshop.
Why choose Dukes Plus for Oxford & Cambridge personal statement support?
- 4x average Oxbridge success rate
- 25+ years of experience
- In-depth personal statement reviews from Oxbridge graduates
- Comprehensive personal statement workshop
- Craft a statement that will secure you an interview
Our UK & Oxbridge admissions consultancy is delivered by Oxbridge Applications, the unequivocal leader in top UK university application consultancy.
25+ Years Experience
Experts in Oxbridge personal statement support
The quality of your personal statement can often make the difference in securing an interview from Oxford or Cambridge.
Our Oxbridge personal statement support draws on our 25+ years’ experience supporting Oxford and Cambridge applicants to help you craft a standout statement.
Fine-tune your personal statement with four in-depth reviews from our senior Oxbridge consultants, or book your place on our comprehensive personal statement workshop for a day of expert, personal guidance.
Upgrade your personal statement to Oxbridge level with our support.
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Personal Statement Support
Oxbridge Personal Statement Support Package
Get four reviews of your statement and expert feedback from our Oxbridge-graduate senior consultancy team with this package.
Price: £495
The initial review of our Oxbridge personal statement support package takes place over a 45-minute video call. Students should share a draft of their personal statement in advance, but if they haven’t written one yet, they’re welcome to bring along notes or ideas to discuss instead.
The second review is a 45-minute video call. Students should submit an updated draft beforehand. The senior consultant will focus on identifying any significant changes or additions that could strengthen the statement.
The third review is carried out offline, with feedback given directly through tracked edits and comments on the draft. This stage concentrates on refining the content, style, and overall structure.
The final review of our Oxbridge personal statement support is completed offline, with suggestions shared through tracked edits and comments. This step polishes the draft into its finished form, ensuring it’s ready to submit at its very best.
Case Studies
Every package of personal statement support is unique to each individual student: your interests, your knowledge, and your perspective. Here are two examples of how we helped two students get their statements up to Oxbridge standards.
Priya – History Personal Statement
Priya is applying to study History. She has a solid first draft but isn’t sure how to shape her academic interests into a persuasive personal statement. Here’s how her four rounds of feedback unfolded.
Review One: a 45-minute video call with her consultant. After reading Priya’s draft, her consultant felt it tried to cover too much ground without going deep enough on any one thing. Together they identified her core interests in social history and historiography and rebuilt the statement around those themes. The consultant also pointed out that Priya mentioned several books by name but didn’t really engage with them, so she asked Priya to build out a clear argument around each one.
Review Two: a second 45-minute video call after Priya turned in a revised draft. Now that the structure was solid, the consultant shifted focus to academic tone. They pushed Priya to articulate her own thinking and reasoning, helping her move from simply describing her interests to analysing historical questions. They also reworked the introduction so it centered on a specific historical question instead of a vague general statement.
Review Three: a thorough offline round of tracked changes addressing content, style, and structure. The consultant tightened up wording, cut two weak anecdotes, and strengthened the transitions between paragraphs so the whole piece flowed as one continuous argument. Every edit came with a comment explaining the reasoning behind it.
Review Four: a final offline polish to get the statement ready for submission. With the content locked in, this pass zeroed in on precision and flow – word choice, rhythm, and a strong closing paragraph gesturing toward the kind of historian Priya hoped to become. By the end, she felt confident the statement truly represented her best academic self.
Tomás – Biochemistry Personal Statement
Tomás is applying to study Biochemistry. He has notes and ideas but no draft yet. Here’s how his four rounds of feedback unfolded.
Review One: a 45-minute video session where his consultant helps Tomás turn scattered notes into a plan. They identified his main interest in the molecular basis of disease and suggested building the statement around this, rather than listing a wider array of topics he had researched. Together they mapped out a clear arc – starting from his initial interest, moving through his wider reading and experience, and ending with his ambitions for where the degree could take him.
Review Two: once Tomás had produced a full first draft, he and his consultant reconvened for another 45-minute session. The draft came across as enthusiastic but thin on substance, so this round tackled bigger structural and content issues. Tomás was challenged to engage more critically with the material he’d read and to actually demonstrate his scientific reasoning on the page. The balance of the statement also shifted, giving more space went to the science, and less to his extracurricular activities.
Review Three: the revised draft then went through an offline round of tracked edits. The consultant worked on refining content, style, and structure together, ensuring the tone remained academic throughout and avoiding vagueness or ambiguity. Every change came with a detailed explanatory comment -covering things like why particular claims needed to be backed up with evidence, and how to phrase technical material more precisely.
Review Four: a final offline polish that left Tomás with a statement that was ready to submit. This last pass made sure the science was both accurate and clearly explained, that the argument moved logically from point to point, and that the statement left interviewers with obvious openings for follow-up questions – ones Tomás would feel confident tackling.
4x Your Oxbridge Chances
We are proud of the improvements students make by working with us. Students on our Oxbridge Premier Service have a 4x higher acceptance rate at Oxford and Cambridge than the global average.
Dukes Plus by the numbers:
- The average student improves their admissions test marks by 20% after just 4 hours’ tutoring
- We have 25+ years of experience preparing students for Oxbridge
- Our students receive 500+ Oxbridge offers every year
Reviews for Our Oxbridge Application Support
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★★★★★ ★★★★★
Our son received outstanding support from Oxbridge Applications with his recent successful Nat Sci application. The service was seamless, responsive and highly professional from start to finish, covering all aspects of the process, including personal statement, ESAT and interview preparation, and college choice. We truly believe OA helped our son become a stronger candidate and to draw out his talents to the best advantage. Highly recommended. Many thanks to all the team.
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I would like to express my gratitude for the invaluable support provided by Oxbridge Application for my son. The tutors are exceptionally well-prepared, highly competent, very dedicated and professional. Thanks to their guidance, my son has successfully acquired the skills needed to excel in the admission test and develop the confidence and abilities required to perform well in the interview. An outstanding support!
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We really valued the responsive service and deep expertise offered by Oxbridge Applications, involving several subject experts and coordinated by the wonderful Kiran. The packages were flexible (with no hard sell) and the experience realistic. An Oxbridge application was new to us as a family so the support was invaluable.
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★★★★★ ★★★★★
I had the most wonderful experience with Oxbridge Applications and know that I became a much stronger applicant due to their help. I am particularly grateful to Alicia and my mentor Kat, as they were so supportive and guided me through every step of my application! The advice, knowledge, and also confidence that they provided me with was invaluable, and I could not recommend Oxbridge Applications enough. Not only were they crucial to developing my interview skills, technical competency, and general knowledge of my subject, but also the many hours of tutoring made me absolutely certain of my love of my degree subject and I am all the more overjoyed by the prospect of studying it at Oxford this October as a result.
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Theo and his team offered an outstanding service for our daughter who decided, very late, to make an Oxbridge application. They managed to make time for her and gave her excellent guidance and advice throughout the process. We recommend Oxbridge Applications without hesitation.
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Personal Statement Support
Personal Statement Workshop
Our one-day Personal Statement Workshop gives students the tools to create a strong UCAS Personal Statement. This day of comprehensive personal statement support includes an introductory talk from an admissions expert, subject-specific group teaching, and a personalised one-to-one session with a tutor.
Students take part in targeted subject sessions with others applying to similar courses, expanding their ideas and understanding of what makes an effective statement. They’ll also receive individual feedback in a one-to-one review with an expert in their field.
The workshop ends with focused writing time, giving students the chance to apply feedback, rework their draft, and leave with a clear plan for finalising their statement.
Key Details
- Price
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- £200
- 10:00 – 17:30
- London
- 16 – 18
- Summer 2026
Workshop Schedule
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Time 10:00 – 10:45 |
Heading Keynote Talk |
Description Start the day with an expert-led talk covering the new 2025 personal statement format, why it matters, top drafting tips, and what to expect from the workshop. |
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Time 11:00 – 12:30 |
Heading Subject Group Teaching |
Description Break into subject groups for a session led by a personal statement tutor with expertise in your field. Learn what counts as strong evidence, and how to make the format work to highlight your interests and strengths. |
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Time 12:30 – 13:30 |
Heading Lunch Break |
Description Enjoy an hour for lunch. Students should bring a packed lunch or head out to buy food nearby. |
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Time 13:30 – 17:30 |
Heading 1–1 Review & Redrafting |
Description Each student has a 30-minute slot with a tutor for in-depth feedback on their draft and clear steps for improvement. Outside of their slot, they can use the dedicated writing room to rework their statement and ask questions to our experts. |
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Time 17:30 |
Heading End of Workshop |
Description One-to-one sessions finish by 5:30pm. Students are free to leave once their review is complete. |
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FAQs
Our Oxbridge personal statement support is a premium, tailored service designed to help ambitious students create a UCAS statement that truly stands out. Delivered by senior Oxbridge-graduate consultants, the programme goes beyond simple proofreading—it’s about strategy, structure, and showcasing your academic potential in the way Oxford and Cambridge admissions tutors expect.
We’ve created a step-by-step system that takes you from first draft to a polished and authentic final statement:
- Review 1: Scoping – Whether you have a draft or just ideas, we’ll set a clear direction.
- Review 2: Key improvements – Your revised draft is sharpened with detailed feedback.
- Review 3: Fine-tuning – Our consultant makes tracked edits to refine content, structure, and tone.
- Review 4: Final polish – A last round of edits ensures your statement is compelling and ready to submit.
This process gives you the confidence that your personal statement is as competitive as possible.
Applying to Oxford or Cambridge isn’t the same as applying anywhere else. Our support is built on 25+ years of admissions expertise and a proven record of results – Our Premier Service students are 4x more likely than average to receive an offer from Oxford or Cambridge. With Dukes Plus, you’re not just getting feedback; you’re getting insider insight into what Oxbridge admissions tutors really want.
The full four-stage package costs £495 and can be booked quickly and securely here. You can also arrange a free consultation with our team to discuss a bespoke support plan if you’d like to combine personal statement help with admissions test or interview preparation.
Our personal statement workshop is a full-day event, hosted in-person at our offices in central London, designed to help you write a compelling personal statement for top UK universities. You’ll get subject-specific teaching and a 1-1 session with a university admissions expert.
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