Dos and Donts of the Personal Statement

Val King
4 min readOct 25, 2020

DO prepare to write multiple drafts. This is probably the second most important part of your graduate school application, after your writing sample.

DO take the time to prewrite. The prewriting process for personal statements can take quite a long time because you need to reflect on all of the experiences you have had in the last 4 or 5 (or even longer, no shame!), which experiences are the most…

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