College Personal Statement Course
Sometimes in writing personal statements, applicants make the right noises,
including "leadership" "communications skills," "teamwork," and "analytical
abilities." They may even embellish their personal statements with a rhetorical
flourish or two, but their essays are flat and empty. They completely fail to
represent the authors' qualifications, personality, or attributes.
In reviewing and critiquing applicant personal statements, I have
identified five fatal flaws that doom applications to the ding file.
They are:
- Lack of substance – nothing demonstrating the
qualities claimed.
- Failure to answer the question.
- Clichés.
- Superficiality.
- Muddled thinking.
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