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Free UCAS personal statement checker.

Paste your statement and we email you a free check in a few minutes: the score band it falls into, a summary, and notes on every line of your first answer.

We never write a word of it. Every sentence stays yours.

One free check per email and per statement. Want the exact score out of 100 and notes on all three answers? That is the full UCAS personal statement checker, £7.49.

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What the free check gives you, and what the full review adds.

Free check
£0 · by email · one per statement
  • The score band your statement falls into
  • A summary of your whole statement
  • Notes on every line of your first answer
  • By email in a few minutes, no account and no card
Full review
£7.49 · in 5–10 minutes · 3 for £14.99
  • A score out of 100, with a breakdown by dimension
  • Notes on every line of all three answers
  • Before and after rewrites of your weakest lines
  • An independent AI-detection check, line by line
  • Where you stand at each of your universities
  • A 10-step improvement plan, in order of impact
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Free checkers compared

What a free personal statement checker actually checks.

Most free tools check the limits or the spelling. Those matter, but they are not what decides an offer. Here is what each kind of free check looks at, and what it cannot tell you.

Free toolWhat it checksWhat it cannot tell you
UCAS's own builderCounts your characters as you writeWhether the content is any good
Character countersThe 4,000-character limit, per answer and in totalAnything about what you wrote
Spelling and grammar toolsTypos, punctuation, clunky sentencesWhether a tutor on your course would be convinced
ChatGPT and other chatbotsWhatever you ask, usually with praiseThey rewrite your sentences, which puts your statement at AI-detection risk
This free checkReads it the way an admissions tutor would: your score band and every line of Q1Answers 2 and 3 and the score out of 100, which are in the full review

Checking length only? The free UCAS character counter counts each answer against the 4,000 limit and the 350 minimum. Worried it sounds like AI? Try the free personal statement AI detector.

Your score band

Most first drafts land between 40 and 60.

40–60
Most first drafts
77–86
Russell Group offers
87–95
Oxbridge level

The free check tells you which band you are in. To see the exact number, what each band means and what moves a statement from one to the next, see the UCAS personal statement grader.

Questions

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Is the personal statement checker really free?

Yes. The free check costs nothing and needs no card and no account, only an email address to send it to. It gives you your score band, a summary and notes on every line of your first answer. The full review, with the score out of 100 and notes on all three answers, is £7.49.

What is the difference between the free check and the full review?

The free check reads your whole statement, tells you which score band it falls into and annotates every line of your first answer. The full review scores it out of 100 and annotates all three answers, with before and after rewrites, an AI-detection check, where you stand at each university and a 10-step plan.

Why is it sent by email?

So each free check goes to a real inbox. It is one free check per email address and per statement, which is what keeps it free for everyone. It usually arrives in a few minutes; if it has not come after 10, check your spam folder.

Will it write or rewrite my statement?

No. Statementory reviews the statement you wrote and tells you what to fix; it never writes it. UCAS requires the statement to be your own work, so you stay the author and there is no AI-detection risk from using it.

Does the free check look for AI writing?

The AI-detection check is part of the full review: an independent detector reads your statement line by line. For a quick free look at whether it sounds machine-written, use the free AI detector.

What score band will I get?

Most first drafts land between 40 and 60. Statements that get Russell Group offers typically score 77 to 86, and Oxbridge-level statements 87 to 95. The free check tells you which band you are in; the full review gives the exact score and what is holding it back.

Is this an official UCAS checker?

No. Statementory is independent and is not part of UCAS. UCAS does not grade personal statements; each university's admissions team reads them. UCAS does run Copycatch, a similarity check, which is a different thing.

Still drafting? Read how to check your personal statement before you submit, see example statements by subject, or start with the complete UCAS personal statement guide. Comparing options? Here are the personal statement checkers, honestly compared.