Personal Statements are what motivates you as an individual to want to get into the institution, program or job you are applying. More than not, applicants rant so much in their personal statement that reviewers sometimes trash the statement half way through. We have collated few mistakes applicants make when it comes to personal statements.
Don’t talk too much about your extracurricular activities
You are trying to address their objectives and how your application helps to achieve those objectives. No on is really interested in the details of your extracurricular activities unless those activities are connected to the application or those activities motivate you.
Don’t overuse cliche words
We get it, you are hardworking and learn faster on the job, motivated and sociable, team player and leader etc. Pick a statement and you are likely to find these cliche appellations all over it. Truth is that the persons reading your statement have seen those appellations over and over again. What they are looking for is facts backing those appellations.
Irrelevant statements
Staying on course in a personal statement is important. It is irrelevant to switch off course for more than a line. That confuses the reader. Let the reader follow your thought and make sense of what you are saying.