What type of information should a personal statement include?
I have been suffering from a major writer’s block and have no idea how to start my personal statement. I have to write 1 page as part of my college application. If I don’t mail it tomorrow it won’t get there in time, please help, how should it start? I don’t want to say "I was born in blahblahblah town in blahblahblah year" BORING! What should I write?????????????????????????????????????????? any ideas?
You are right, you dont want to start off with a cliche statement….try to make it creative. I am actually doing the same thing that you are doing right now lol. Still working on it. But usually colleges want to see how you are as a person (your personality, creativity, and how much potential you have to succeed at their school).
Think about what your major is going to be…and talk about that. Talk about what you have done in the past, what skills and abilities you have acquired and how you are going to use those in your major/in college. Talk about any jobs you have had or any extracurricular activities/volunteer work you have done. Evaluate those experiences and tell what you learned from them. Hope that helps!
November 27th, 2010 at 10:46 am
You are right, you dont want to start off with a cliche statement….try to make it creative. I am actually doing the same thing that you are doing right now lol. Still working on it. But usually colleges want to see how you are as a person (your personality, creativity, and how much potential you have to succeed at their school).
Think about what your major is going to be…and talk about that. Talk about what you have done in the past, what skills and abilities you have acquired and how you are going to use those in your major/in college. Talk about any jobs you have had or any extracurricular activities/volunteer work you have done. Evaluate those experiences and tell what you learned from them. Hope that helps!
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