Tip # 1 : Please treat this as an avenue to tell who you are beyond academics achievements. It is not an expanded version of my resume. Resume can be uploaded separately.. Do not restate your activities, accomplishments and achievements. Although you can use your extracurricular activities as setting for a learning moment, focus on the method and not the results.
Tip # 2 : The personal statement is not a writing assignment. The effort is not about answering a question on the prompt, it is about sharing yourself to help them understand you regardless of what the prompt in the Common app essay is.
Tip # 3 : This is not a writing sample. They are not picking an essay. They are selecting a person. Don’t be sloppy but do not overstress about syntax, linking verbs and the like. Basic grammar and punctuation should be correct.
Tip # 4 :The story in your essay need not be big, world changing event. Infact, small unique moments make for better stories.
Tip # 5 : Please don’t being a “downer”. Avoid negativity. Admissions readers review literally thousands of essays each year, sometimes 60 files per d
Tip # 6 : The personal statement is not a writing assignment. The effort is not about answering a question on the prompt, it is about sharing yourself to help them understand you regardless of what the prompt in the Common app essay is.
Tip # 7 : This is not a writing sample. They are not picking an essay. They are selecting a person. Don’t be sloppy but do not overstress about syntax, linking verbs and the like. Basic grammar and punctuation should be correct.
Tip # 8 :The story in your essay need not be big, world changing event. Infact, small unique moments make for better stories.
Tip # 9 : Avoid negativity. Admissions readers review literally thousands of essays each year, sometimes 60 files per day
Tip # 10 : Please don’t being a “downer”. Avoid negativity. Admissions readers review literally thousands of essays each year, sometimes 60 files per d
1st paragraph – Open with an abstract or humorous paragraph that will attract attention of the reader to go through rest of the essay
2nd paragraph – Can be more descriptive leading to a story format that revolves around the question
3rd paragraph – How does the identity or interest define you
4th paragraph- Conclusion wrapping up to the abstract theme you described in the 1st para.
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