Plus Me Project Blog Personal Statements Matter

I remember how much I struggled when writing my college personal statement as a transfer student back in 2009. I had no idea what to write and constantly felt overwhelmed by the process.While moving last year, I found it in a folder and was shocked by how little it did to showcase my resiliency at that age. Instead of highlighting how I overcame my lung collapsing three times and maintaining a 4.0 GPA, I wrote about the struggle of being a TA at an elementary school.They would not specify [...]