Comments on: Make a Personal Statement Personal: Tips on writing personal statement

By: Using Examples of Personal statements | examples of personal statements

Using Examples of Personal statements | examples of personal statements — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:52:22 +0000

[...] Uniqueness is one of the most important elements of an effective personal statement. The admission officers read hundreds or even thousands of essays. This is why you have to make your essay attention-grabbing. And how would you do that? Basically, you can grab the attention of the admission officers by making your essay very unique. [...]

By: ann

ann — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:44:54 +0000

Yes, I agree. The same applies to a cover letter and resume. I think sometimes people get stuck in their obvious accomplishments and forget other things such as letting their personality shine.
- Ann @anngo

By: phi

phi — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:51:49 +0000

Tip #3 is particularly useful. You don’t want to reiterate your application, the personal statement is an opportunity to show “more.”