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”He stood out from the crowd”
It’s college application season - students aiming to enter university in the fall of 2025 only have till mid January to finish writing their personal statements - so I thought I should share what I think is one of the most important tips of all. In “A Is for Admission: The Insider's Guide to Getting into the Ivy League, Michele A. Hernandez, a former admissions officer at an Ivy League college, remembers a personal statement she rates as the best she has ever come across. The
Michelle Ng
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Principles of Effective Personal Statement Writing
For many students applying to university next fall, December is the last month to work on their personal statements . For this week's column, I've curated some of my best pieces on this form of writing. They address many of the most common problems I’ve seen in student-written drafts in all my years of tutoring. The principles that make a personal statement distinctive are the same ones that make a cover letter stand out, so my tips should inspire fresh thinking in job seeker
Michelle Ng
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