Gender pronouns in essays

SuperSenior19
Tue, 06 Nov 2018 05:35:48 +0000

I would just use they, unless maybe it’s personal enough that it could be referring to you, and then maybe you could use your own gender? Most people probably will just read over it anyway. Depending on the school, it might be better to make a grammar mistake than a political statement or vice versa

On a related note…is it OK to use your own name in the essay? Will they see it on the rest of the application or is it separate somehow? I know sometimes for scholarships and things it says not to so that it’s anonymous/unbiased.