Assignment 8 - The Personal Statement (Optional Assignment)
Personal statements are sometimes part of the application process for certain scholarships/bursaries, university faculties, college programs, or graduate/professional schools. Often, these statements will require you to respond to a prompt or question provided by the program/scholarship to which you are applying.
Assignment Steps: 1. Look over the first 10 pages of the University of Alberta's document regarding the writing of personal statements. This document offers a wealth of information, including dos and don'ts, as well as sample personal statements. 2. Look over your recent post-secondary and/or scholarship applications. Do any of them ask you to include a personal statement? If so, use the prompt/question they provide as the basis of your personal statement. 3. Check out this link for sample personal statements. 4. Write a first person essay based on a prompt/question that is applicable to your scenario. You may have already written one of these as a requirement in one of your scholarship applications. If that is the case, proofread your work and submit for evaluation. 5. If you are stuck for a prompt, Click Here and choose one from the sample prompts provided.