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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
－ Oscar Wilde
The Shape of Essays: Montage and Narrative
College Essay Writing: Baby Steps for the First Draft
If you were to gather snapshots of yourself at different points in time, no snapshot would be the same. You might be hanging out with different people. You would be preoccupied with a different set of concerns. You might be dreaming different daydreams. Just two cross-sections of yourself at different times are enough to make the backbone of an essay.
The Point of the Personal Statement: A Self-Portrait and Rite of Passage
When faced with applicants of otherwise equal qualifications, colleges use personal statements—which showcase your values, insight, emotional maturity—as a tiebreaker. Your essays will tell admissions officers what matters to you, why they matter to you, and what kind of friend you would be to a fellow classmate.