Your Personality
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Your
Writing
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​Using science and simplicity
to help you craft
your
perfect personal statement
Whether you're applying to colleges, jobs, scholarships, fellowships, graduate school, or any other program that involves "tell us about yourself," the personal statement is the only chance you get to tell your story.
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A personal statement should be a reflection of its writer and should relay how they think, feel, and behave in certain situations. But to accurately see who we are, we need a mirror.
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We recommend starting your brainstorming with a scientifically-backed personality test to show you, who you are.
A personal statement should be clear in what it says about you. But "writing clearly" can be a vague concept.
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To clarify your thoughts, we recommend a really simple strategy: start with a one-sentence overview before you start writing.
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Not only does this give you a clear map of what to write, but it's also easier and clearer than an outline.
The things you do influence who you are. But you are not your experiences. Don't reiterate your resume. Focus on how you perceived situations, saw different perspectives, changed over time, or acted on your values.
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Use descriptions of what you do only to enhance the core of who you are.
