In nearly two decades of helping people earn admission into their dream schools, one of the most consistent concerns people express is how to build a personal statement that expresses their professional accomplishments but still lets their personality and uniqueness shine. Applicants sometimes think...

After nearly 20 years of reading, assessing, revising, and consulting on personal statements, I have seen every variety of mistake an applicant can make. More importantly for you, though, is that I am pretty good at identifying the upstream source of the problem and providing...