2 BIG Tips for an Irresistible Personal Statement

lookingforward
Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:07:21 +0000

I’d rather a kid get right to the point than get mired down in describing scenes and then explaining. This isn’t creative writing. Your benchmark isn’t whether high school students on CC find this advice helpful, but whether the end result is effective when the kid is reviewed for an admit. My perspective is top colleges. Anyone interested, kid, parent or advisor, really needs to know what the target colleges want to see, in terms of the attributes the colleges seek, not simply take this from a pure writing perspective. Reviews are brutally fast. Adcoms don’t need intense scene setting, the same level of detail we use in story telling with friends or for publication. They aren’t reading for pleasure. I agree with HRSMom, “My parents always told me” can be a swift and direct opener. The kid can then get right to the meat. (The ability to self edit is a plus.)