by stephen | May 21, 2018 | General College Applications Advice
When you hear the word “college application essay” or “personal statement essay,” one crucial word in those phrases may make you believe you have to be a great writer: “essay.” Hearing the word essay likely invokes memories of...
by stephen | Dec 15, 2017 | How to Write a Personal Statement
Stephen King likes to say that he takes a month off in between his drafts. I try and get at least a week off in between when I finish a draft and when I read a single word of it again. Some authors will go even longer. Some authors will go shorter, but all of them...
by stephen | Nov 27, 2017 | Personal Statement Examples
The following is a personal statement example that I have worked on. Identifying information has been changed. My thoughts are written in bold after some paragraphs. As a child, I would look to the heavens and see the billions of stars, seemingly clustered together....
