Your personal statement, and Why X statements I personally belive are crucial. Write them once, then rewrite them, then get a trusted source to look over them (Mine was a Notre Dame Alum who is my neighbor) and then rewrite them again. I went through almost 4 drafts of my personal statement, and my Why X for each…
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Admitted to University of South Carolina…decisions I was proud of.- Don’t write an “aww poor me” personal statement about oppression. If you wanna write about -isms make it bigger than yourself. Write about how you volunteered at XYZ organization because alleviating the -ism in ABC community is important to you. Don’t write about how cool some family…
…else fails, write the most influential and heart wrenching personal statement possible.
…2-4 years. My paralegal certificate was through CLS. My personal statement was about how I found my way into law, why I left the world of theatre, and how I’ve always had a passion for making others feel not only good, but taken care of. I am financially independent and doing “okay”. I shelled out some money for a…
…High stats are great, but the written word carries weight. Personal essays can make up for lower stats. People want to know there is a charismatic human behind those stats, not just a type A stickler grinding their Necessary versus Sufficiency notes. Eventually, school will end, grades will end, and interpersonal…
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