What is the Personal Statement of Experience (PSE) and Supplementary Essay (SE), and how are they used?
The PSE & SE are your extracurricular resume that gives you an opportunity to tell us about yourself. We want to learn who you are beyond your marks. Once you qualify academically, it’s up to you to show us who you really are and why you want to study Business at Queen’s. We are looking for students who demonstrate clear thinking, diverse interests, leadership skills, involvement in supporting their school and community, an interest in international studies, enthusiasm, ambition, team skills, and an interest or some experience in business. After you submit your application to OUAC, you will be asked to complete two (2) separate documents that allow you to tell us your story. 1) The Personal Statement of Experience (PSE) has two (2) questions for all Queen’s applicants to complete. 2) The Supplementary Essay (aka: The Commerce Question) has questions for Commerce applicants to complete. These two documents create your portfolio that will be reviewed by two Commerce readers. It is very i
