Chasing Arrows by Writing a Personal Statement

A successful one-shot deal into your college or university – this is the student ideal. Like an arrow hitting that red bull’s eye, students want it shot effective at one arm’s strength of pulling, bending, and aiming. But alas! – This couldn’t be the case.

Firstly, there are too many targets and too many arching students. And the best deal amongst these is the fact that your target schools are not willing to receive all arrows. In effect, these institutions want the sharpest arrows. Good thing, it’s not all about arrows; it’s about personal statement writing too.

With this statement writing, students have the opportunity to be thoroughly inspected. Moreover, it offers them the challenge to write their profound academic experience and their budding potentials under the constraints of a word count. 

Writing a personal statement that introduces oneself is simple in principle.

• You try to make your first impression good because first impression lasts.
• You try to make your hello a not-so awkward greeting (like it’s your ‘natural’ way).
• You try to be sensitive of the other person so as not to sound too self-contained or self-centred.
• You initiate identifying mutual connections (like, ‘your friend happens to be my cousin’).

These basics can also do tricks in your writing a personal statement. Starting with impression, students are recommended to choose an image to project, such as a geek who likes sports, or an organisation leader whose passion is tied to both academic pursuits and the latest fashion.

In writing a personal statement, students are always encouraged to write it ‘natural’ – with their own vocabulary and context in tow. Sensitivity to institution’s preferences will also lead students a long way as this can be a good avenue for hunting out their credential and matching it with those preferences.