2 BIG Tips for an Irresistible Personal Statement

1golfer1
Fri, 04 Dec 2015 04:58:35 +0000

@lookingforward I have to agree with you on the overuse of flowery language. However, I completely agree with some of the OP’s statements, such as:

“You want to present a cohesive, clear picture of yourself, and you can get scattered if you talk about too many disparate achievements.”

and

“Demonstrating how you learned an important quality is much more effective than simply stating your qualifications.”

Otherwise, the best essays are effective not because they describe, in detail, the appearance of every single object (cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen this) but because they are genuinely interesting to read. Those “genuinely interesting to read” essays succeed more so due to topic selection than writing style.
I don’t know about you guys, but when I come across a flowery essay I tend to skim more than actually read. It’s usually impossible to tell what the author’s purpose is in describing the setting and events in such vivid detail.