How to Write an Excellent Personal Statement: An Illustrated Guide on Writing a University or College Admissions Essay

Book Synopsis: From the Founder of PlaceCoach — who has helped 1,000+ students secure places at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial and numerous top universities around the world.Get into your dream university with How to Write an Excellent Personal Statement — an illustrated step-by-step guide.With engaging illustrations, helpful diagrams and lots of crucial information and analysis, you will unlock the secrets of writing a brilliant admissions essay that will impress admissions tutors at top universities.In How to Write an Excellent Personal Statement, Quincy Washington, an alumnus of the London School of Economics and the Founder of PlaceCoach — a trusted leader for university applications — guides you along each step of the writing process for your college admissions essay. You will benefit from insider knowledge and tips, as well as real-life examples from students’ personal statements and college admissions essays.Each chapter is designed to inform, guide and encourage you throughout the entire process, with the goal of reducing the anxiety associated with writing a personal statement.This book focuses on personal statements, but is equally applicable to statements of purpose, supplemental essays, Common App essays, motivation letters and other application documents.In How to Write an Excellent Personal Statement, you will discover:How to conduct thorough research to provide context for your personal statement.The necessary requirements that you must follow.Strategies you can use to infuse a compelling narrative and storyline into your writing.The gold-standard structure for an excellent personal statement.What makes a great introduction and how to make your introduction stand out from the crowd.How to write reflectively and persuasively.How to demonstrate interesting and illuminating insights within your writing.How to improve the flow, consistency, logic and coherence of your writing.The art of refining your personal statement, receiving feedback and being diligent about the fine details.Tips and tricks to enhance your writing to perfection.Plus, you will benefit from reading over 30 example personal statements and countless excerpts from across a range of subjects with the author’s expert commentary and remarks on each essay.There is no doubt that an education at the world’s leading institutions can unlock many doors, and your personal statement will play a decisive role in securing the highly-coveted places that only a select few will achieve. Today is the day to save yourself from the pain of unrealised potential by getting to grips with the best way to write a personal statement.Take this chance to harness your full potential and secure a spot on the university course of your dreams.Read How to Write an Excellent Personal Statement now!   Read more