– A good introduction should focus on you as a proactive, high achieving student whose empathy and ethics are driving them towards a career in Medicine. It should not focus on personal experiences in the past, although it may be tempting to include these.
– A good introduction should begin with your motivation. You should look to grab the reader with a clear example of something you’ve done, for example, that has particularly informed your desire to study the degree.
– A good introduction should be succinct. It should not waste words – it should set the scene for the rest of the statement through the use of clear evidence.
– A good introduction should be iterated with your teachers, to ensure that the message that you are trying to convey is clear from the start.
– You should ensure that you touch on anything truly exceptional as soon as you can – for example, if you rowed for GB, then finding a way to include this in the introduction would be recommended. Thread it into your narrative.