Personal Statement format

[princessd3]

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Typical 5 paragraph format? Introduction, 3 paragraph body, conclusion?

 

[Lythanh]

The five paragraph format was used in high school to help you get a hang of writing an essay, plus its a very boring format. You should be more creative with your personal statement and use whatever format you think best fits what you are trying to write about. But just as with any other essay, you should still have a thesis statement so that your essay will be more unified and coherent, an attention grabbing introduction, and a concluding statement that brings the rest of your essay together.

 

[princessd3]

Thanx!

 

[Centinel]

Wow, mine incidentally consists of 5 paragraphs. I put my intro first, my conclusion next, and then I have 3 body paragraphs, which I introduce without any transition. On the plus side, I have reduced the offensive language and cut out a paragraph about eating fetuses.

 

[crazy_cavalier]

Wow, mine incidentally consists of 5 paragraphs. I put my intro first, my conclusion next, and then I have 3 body paragraphs, which I introduce without any transition. On the plus side, I have reduced the offensive language and cut out a paragraph about eating fetuses.

that is very interesting

 

[rugirlie]

The five paragraph format was used in high school to help you get a hang of writing an essay, plus its a very boring format. You should be more creative with your personal statement and use whatever format you think best fits what you are trying to write about. But just as with any other essay, you should still have a thesis statement so that your essay will be more unified and coherent, an attention grabbing introduction, and a concluding statement that brings the rest of your essay together.

I did not have a thesis statement.. mine was more of a flowing timeline/story....

just throwing this out there so that people know you don't HAVE to do anything a certain way... just make it good and organized

 

[crazy_cavalier]

i just looked at mine... there are eight "paragraphs", if you can call them that...