If a Personal Statement (not a "Why Us?") is described as optional, is it really optional?

lookingforward
Wed, 15 Aug 2018 22:39:16 +0000

Sure sounds like “Addl Info.” So not just extenuating or some challenges, but anything extra that’s highly relevant and advances her chances. In general, this wouldn’t need to be long. Not required unless there’s a gap or PG, but they seem to leave it to her.

About the Why Us. Even when there is no obvious formal question, they can still look for your sense of your match in the rest of the written answers.