{"id":211,"date":"2009-08-11T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T10:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/?p=211"},"modified":"2015-09-18T07:49:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T07:49:24","slug":"guide-to-using-examples-of-personal-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/2009\/08\/11\/guide-to-using-examples-of-personal-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Using Examples of Personal Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Uniqueness is one of the most important elements of an effective personal statement.\u00a0 The admission officers read hundreds or even thousands of essays.\u00a0 This is why you have to make your essay attention-grabbing.\u00a0 And how would you do that?\u00a0 Basically, you can grab the attention of the admission officers by making your essay very unique<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One of the best ways through which you can write a notable admission essay is by reading and studying examples of personal statements.\u00a0 You can use these examples of personal statements as guides when you write your own.\u00a0 But when you use these sample essays, there are some things that you have to keep in mind.\u00a0\u00a0 Read on to know what are these things.
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\nDo not copy the entire format<\/strong><\/p>\n

Analyzing the style and the format of personal statement<\/strong>\u00a0samples is an excellent way to get ideas on how personal statements should be written.\u00a0 However, you have to be careful not to fall to the danger of imitating the format of the sample essays entirely.\u00a0 Your goal here is to be unique.\u00a0 And you could never achieve uniqueness by sounding like thousands of applicants before you.\u00a0 Just use the format of others as a guide.\u00a0 But make sure that you come up with your own format.<\/p>\n

Use your own experience and cite your own strengths and weaknesses<\/strong><\/p>\n

The personal statement is about you \u2014 the you which could never be revealed by just your resume and tests results alone.\u00a0 Your personal statement is about the you who is a special individual.\u00a0 This is why when you write an admission essay, you have to talk about your own experiences, strengths, and even weaknesses.\u00a0 Yes, you should include even your weaknesses.\u00a0 By doing this, the admission committee would see you as a person who is unafraid of admitting his or her weaknesses.<\/p>\n

Make your essay reflect the real you<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your admission essay should be about you.\u00a0 You have to make sure that your essay reflects the real you and not just project the ideal you<\/strong>.\u00a0 The most important thing is to be sincere in what you write; let others read it and listen to what they have to say<\/strong>.\u00a0 Remember that the admission committee had read thousands of essays before.\u00a0\u00a0 For sure, they have a way of seeing through your lies.<\/p>\n

Although it is best that you use examples of personal statements as guides, you have to remember that your essay is still about you.\u00a0 Therefore, thestyle and the content of the essay should reflect the real you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Uniqueness is one of the most important elements of an effective personal statement.\u00a0 The admission officers read hundreds or even thousands of essays.\u00a0 This is why you have to make your essay attention-grabbing.\u00a0 And how would you do that?\u00a0 Basically, you can grab the attention of the admission officers by making your essay very unique. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-statement-writing-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/examplesofpersonalstatements.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}