Sample personal statements: caveat emptor

[MyOdyssey]

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Maybe it’s because I’m off today and have had 3 cups of coffee before 7am, but I just realized that 1-6 can be combined into a story! As follows:

Modest one-room houses lay scattered across the desert landscape. On the first day that I walked into the Church Nursing Home, I was unsure of what to expect. The AIDS hospice reeked from disease and neglect. I heard the familiar sound of the back door closing gently. Pounding, rushing footsteps started to close in on me. "Call 911!" I shouted to my friend as I sprinted down the street.

You’re welcome.


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You’re accepted .... into U of Iowa’s MFA program for creative writing.

 

[bananafish94]

I was recently going through old files and stumbled across the secondary I wrote for my current school. After reading it I had to seriously resist the temptation not to light my computer on fire.

 

[OrthoTraumaMD]

You’re accepted .... into U of Iowa’s MFA program for creative writing.

I wrote professionally during college. 🙂


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[MyOdyssey]

I wrote professionally during college. 🙂


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Univ of Iowa MFA knows how to pick ‘em.

 

[MyOdyssey]

I was recently going through old files and stumbled across the secondary I wrote for my current school. After reading it I had to seriously resist the temptation not to light my computer on fire.

Perhaps you can redact personal details and share for edification.

Whatever mistakes you think you made are probably magnified in your own mind and are probably common enough that your PS would be a good case study.