Personal Statements for Summer Programs! argggghhh

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

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They are so hard to write in a way that you want it to be precise and perfect for the desired program.
As for me, I'm writing it for Summer Research programs and I'm just having a real tough time putting it together (writersblock)!
Anyone else struggling? This is my first day trying to write it, are you guys making individualized P.S. for each school?
As for me I'm trying to incorporate my experiences in life and make it kind of like a 2 page "bio" of myself and how and why I want to get involved in their perspective program.
I don't want it to look like a essay with tabulations of scientific stuff I want to do without any inspiration or experience stemming from it.
Should I cater the essay to being interested in the program and then listing my accomplishments, achievements, and abilities that I can offer in lab and leave out all the life experiences out? I don't really know if that's considered a filler for stuff like that.
Blah... I think I'm overthinking this too much.
Time to get to writing again.
I'll probably spend the whole day writing pieces of different paragraphs then eventually deleting the whole thing because I did not like how it sounds. 🙁

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

Also, would it be good to write a little bit about an independent study I am on? It is Neuroscience and even though I haven't done any formal lab work, I created an abstract outlining the whole project with specific aims and various hypothesis, even for other students as it is a small group project.

 

[Charles Darwin]

Putting this in the appropriate REU thread would yield better responses...