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Crafting Your Unique Personal Statement: Key Insights and Tips

Ready to write your personal statement? Start by thinking about what makes you unique and what you can contribute to your school. Avoid common pitfalls—don’t just list your activities or lean on family history. Share specific stories that reflect your personality and experiences, focusing on a single theme. Your essay should reveal something essential about you, so be genuine and let your voice shine through. Remember to proofread before submission to ensure clarity and impact!

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Crafting Your Unique Personal Statement: Key Insights and Tips

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  1. PERSONAL STATEMENTS

  2. GETTING STARTED • Some questions to get you started: • What makes me unique? • What will I bring to this school that is different or special? • How will I get involved and contribute to the campus community? • Have I created an essay that captures something important about me?

  3. DO NOT... Submit an essay WITHOUTproofreading. Write this as if you are TEXTINGa friend. Overuse the THESAURUS. Submit an essay you used for a DIFFERENTapplication or school assignment. List your activities in the personal statement – use the activities log for this. Focus ENTIRELYon an influential person rather than yourself. Try to be FUNNY.

  4. DO... Make sure you answer the question. Tell us about YOURSELF– don’t underestimate what you have done in your life. Be SPECIFIC. Concentrate on ONE THEME. Let your PERSONALITYcome through. Write about things that happened in HIGH SCHOOL. Show us instead of telling us. Write a story that says something about you, not what you think we want to read.

  5. COMMON MISTAKES Common Mistakes How To Avoid Them “In my senior year I played basketball, had the lead role in our school play and also worked as an editor for the school paper.” Most students have already mentioned these points in their activities log.  Write something new that you haven’t already talked about. “My parents struggled growing up with poverty, unemployment, broken homes, etc., etc.  and that’s why I want to go to college.” Tell us why the University will benefit from having you as a student, not your family history. Let us know how your knowledge and understanding of these circumstances has impacted your own perspective, not just what your parents have experienced. “I really, really, really want to go to UW Bothell because my parents and grandparents all went to UW and I have wanted to be a Husky all my life.”

  6. YOUR TURN Don’t Say, “I’m a leader.” Instead: Give us an example, like…

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