Please share with your
college-bound students who will be juniors or seniors this fall for '05.
Writing your personal statement can be one of the most satisfying--or
frustrating--writing experiences you'll ever have.
Click on this link for help: http://students.berkeley.edu/apa/personalstatement/
The personal statement is an important part of your application package.
Depending on the topic you choose, the essay you write provides additional
evidence of your intellectual and creative achievement. The essay is also the
only opportunity for the readers of your application to get a feel for you as a
person as well as for you as a student. The essay is also the place where you
can put your academic record into the context of your opportunities and
obstacles.
There is no one correct way to write a personal statement, but in general those
who will read your essay are looking for two important things:
HOW the essay provides evidence of your achievements that isn't
reflected in other parts of your application
HOW and WHY the events
that you describe have shaped your attitude, focus, and, most of all, your
intellectual vitality.
This information will help you think about and craft a personal statement by
taking you step by step through a process of brainstorming, drafting and
revising. At the end, we hope that you will produce a personal statement that
you are proud of and that will provide admissions officers with an accurate
portrait of who you are and why a college education is important to you.
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Terry James Mohaupt, Chairman, Parent Affiliates
an affiliate
of National Association for Gifted Children
http://www.iagcgifted.org
GOALS:
1 - Increase the networking opportunities for parents of 165,000+ students
throughout 889 school districts in Illinois
2 - Assist all parents with ways to advocate for their children.
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"'And what good's theory going to be in
the real world?' said Harry loudly.
"Professor Umbridge looked up. 'This is school, Mr. Potter, not the real
world,' she said softly."
--J. K. Rowling, Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix