You’re Not 17 Anymore! (Why Graduate Personal Statements Are Different)

You've done this before, right? You were 17, looking to get into your dream college, and your school's college counselor told you to "be yourself, have a great hook, show some personality, talk about your passion, blah, blah, blah..." Your graduate school application requires a Personal Statement, so you think, "I'll just run it back!" Bad idea.

Graduate school personal statements are different than their undergraduate counterparts in a number of important ways because grad school is different than college. Your essay needs to be more mature, professional, focused on subject matter, and demonstrate a clearer sense of where you're going intellectually and professionally.

In this video, Brian talks about how and why a grad school is essay is different and what that means in terms of your personal statement.

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