{"id":55661,"date":"2022-08-04T12:24:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=55661"},"modified":"2022-08-04T12:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:24:32","slug":"youre-not-seventeen-anymore-so-why-is-does-your-mba-personal-statement-read-like-the-one-you-used-for-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/youre-not-seventeen-anymore-so-why-is-does-your-mba-personal-statement-read-like-the-one-you-used-for-college\/","title":{"rendered":"You’re Not Seventeen Anymore, So Why Is Does Your MBA Personal Statement Read Like the One You Used For College?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We can all remember the good ol' days of high school, when our college counselor helped us write a Personal Statement to get into (or NOT get into!) our dream school. It was supposed to have a clever hook, maybe be a little zany, lean heavily on \"showing your true self\" etc, etc.
Now, 5 (or 10, 15, or 20) years later, you're applying for graduate \/ professional school and think, \"hey, I did this once before, let's run it back!\" Terrible idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of tone, content, and focus, the Personal Statement you're writing now should be fundamentally different than the one you wrote in high school. In this video, I break down the how and why, and give some insights into how you can write a more mature, interesting, compelling, and focused essay.
Though this video was written with PhD and Masters applicants in mind, many of the same concepts are germane to MBA applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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