Personal Statements
Consider the following questions for "brainstorming" ideas for your personal statement:
- What details of your life have shaped it most? People? Places? Events? Circumstances?
- What obstacles have you had to overcome?
- What educational, professional, or cultural opportunities have you experienced?
- What have been your life’s “turning points”?
- What are your perspectives or philosophies?
- What are your major goals?
- What events in the news have most shaped your thinking?
Here is the pdf of the workshop on Personal Statements offered by the UWC.