need help... Personal statement for college

[rschoi_75]

^ Some good advice.

As for a topic... here are some good ones:

- A specific hardship you've overcome. What you learned from that experience.
- A lesson learned in life and how it changed you as a person.
- One success in life, and how you accomplished it.
- One goal in life, and how the UofA can help you accomplish this goal.
- How you managed to Pay for your F150 truck... seriously. They like to hear about kids who are willing to work hard for what they want.

In the end, your goal is to show the admissions people that you are determined to succeed in college, Can stick through it during the hard times, and be a positive impact on the world around you.

good luck.

This looks like what you need...it even gives examples of personal statements

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/642/01/


also

http://www.studential.com/guide/writ..._statement.htm

and one more

http://english.arizona.edu/public/Fi...20Workbook.doc

[t-maxxracer32]

Originally Posted by rschoi_75

^ Some good advice.

As for a topic... here are some good ones:

- A specific hardship you've overcome. What you learned from that experience.
- A lesson learned in life and how it changed you as a person.
- One success in life, and how you accomplished it.
- One goal in life, and how the UofA can help you accomplish this goal.
- How you managed to Pay for your F150 truck... seriously. They like to hear about kids who are willing to work hard for what they want.

In the end, your goal is to show the admissions people that you are determined to succeed in college, Can stick through it during the hard times, and be a positive impact on the world around you.

good luck.

this is exactly what i was looking for!


bustitup ill look into those right now!

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by rschoi_75

- One goal in life, and how the UofA can help you accomplish this goal.

This is great, especially if you can use something the university offers to gaurantee your success. Focus on the fact you are dedicated to learning and that you focus on your future. Make sure that you stress the fact you are a forward thinker who has multiple goals for your future. Might be a bunch of BS, but the bottom feeders that work at Schools like to try to fool themselves into thinking they make a difference.