A personal statement is a self marketing statement and a vital part of not only the UCAS application form, but also the overall university admissions process. It is essentially a personally written whole page document of no more than 4000 characters (this includes spaces) or 47 lines of text ...
I think it’s fine for university as it’s all UCAS points so the equivalent value is recognised. Be careful with this - many top universities don’t accept BTecs. A level drama, yes - Oxbridge are happy with that - but not BTecs. Heads of BTec department will say, “They’re ...