Writing this personal statement is turning out to be very difficult. I wrote 4 pages of notes while trying to find the angle I wanted to go for. According to Rock Hard Apps and How to Write a Winning Personal Statement , I should do some soul-searching on how to make my voice unique; my story interesting.
After a couple hours, I think I hit the right mix: my family’s poverty socioeconomic status vs that of my well-to-do friends and how I live in poverty but have a college education. My next list was why I wanted to be a librarian. It’s hard to make this as catchy as the other occupations I had pondered over. I have a passion towards delivering babies but not the mentality to deal with stillborns. My list for being a librarian listed around 12 reasons to give me a starting point.
I need to finish soon so I can get the letter out to the writers of my recommendation letters so they know where I’m coming from. Any tips on how to go about this personal statement? UNCG’s website offered no clues.
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