17/09/2004, 11:07 AM
Assuming you're applying for the same course at Oxford as the other universities you don't need to do anything different. Admissions tutors at Oxford will see your personal statement in the same way as other unis - there's no need to write particularly formally for Oxford.
However when you're using humor it can sometimes backfire if it's read by an admissions tutor with no sense of humor or they just don't find it funny. You can probably add a small amount of humor i.e. maybe in one or two lines - but i wouldn't make it the centrepiece of my statement.
As for the size - download a copy of the Ucas form, print out the page with the statement on and see if yours fits.
However when you're using humor it can sometimes backfire if it's read by an admissions tutor with no sense of humor or they just don't find it funny. You can probably add a small amount of humor i.e. maybe in one or two lines - but i wouldn't make it the centrepiece of my statement.
As for the size - download a copy of the Ucas form, print out the page with the statement on and see if yours fits.