Personal Statements and College Essays - What Most Colleges Dont Want You to Know

Personal Statements and College Essays - What Most Colleges Don't Want You to KnowI want to tell you that most of the stuff you read about the personal statement is not true. The colleges do not actually want your opinion. The actual statistics are totally false and quite scary.They are pretty much saying that the personal statement is the same as the college essay. There are very few exceptions, but for the most part they are completely right.The first thing you have to understand is that most colleges do not actually want your opinion. They just want to hear what you have to say. It's like trying to get a job with your resume filled with your opinion and your resume all about yourself. It doesn't work, especially if they are looking for someone who can work well under a supervisor and be good in a classroom.Most college essays are more about the author. It's really hard to write a good college essay if you don't know what you are talking about. It's hard to get out what you really believe or how you would do as a leader because you never wrote a single college essay.But if you go and look at the comments on the comments section of the colleges and see the number of 'what can I do for you' and other comments about their admissions office, you will begin to see that many college essays are coming from the applicant rather than the person writing it. They are not asking what the author can do for them, they are hoping to find something in the application that will make them more appealing to them. If that applies to you, the chances are you aren't going to stand out much.The reason most college essays are coming from the applicant, rather than the author, is that they want to get as much information from the applicant as possible. They don't want to waste the applicant's time. You need to understand that the school wants to see you apply, they are not after you personally. They want to see your skills, your abilities, your character, and the way you are doing wi th your college essays.Please do not believe the rumors that personal statemnts are the same as college essays. Take my advice, don't waste your time and read up more on this subject so you can decide for yourself whether or not it is true.