{"id":56198,"date":"2022-10-17T13:29:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T20:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=56198"},"modified":"2022-10-17T13:29:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T20:29:58","slug":"how-to-put-the-personal-in-personal-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/how-to-put-the-personal-in-personal-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Put the &#8216;Personal&#8217; in &#8216;Personal Statement&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-3.14.43-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-3.14.43-PM-1024x859.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56199\" width=\"440\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-3.14.43-PM-1024x859.png 1024w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-3.14.43-PM-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-3.14.43-PM-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-3.14.43-PM-640x537.png 640w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-3.14.43-PM.png 1218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Be yourself.\" Right after \"show, don't tell,\" it's the most common piece of advice that people get for their personal statements. On the one hand, it's a GREAT bit of advice because authenticity is vital for your personal statement. On the other hand, it's a frustrating bit of advice because it's not really clear HOW you \"be yourself\" in an essay format. In <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/pvK5UmOC7P8?feature=share\" title=\"this brief video\">this brief video<\/a>, Brian from Gurufi covers three quick tips for how you can \"be yourself\" in your personal statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you're writing a personal statement and struggling to make it shine, have the expert consultants at Gurufi help you out. Check us out at <a href=\"https:\/\/gurufi.com\/\">Gurufi.com<\/a>. Our editors have decades of experience helping clients get into top Masters and Ph.D. programs in STEM, humanities, fine arts, and social sciences. Our specialty is helping you craft compelling personal statements that move the needle in your admissions process! For questions, shoot us an email at <a href=\"mailto:service@gurufi.com\">service@gurufi.com<\/a>. Check us out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gurufi\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gurufinder\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/guruficonsulting\">LinkedIn<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Be yourself.&#8221; Right after &#8220;show, don&#8217;t tell,&#8221; it&#8217;s the most common piece of advice that people get for their personal statements. On the one hand, it&#8217;s a GREAT bit of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56200,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56198\/revisions\/56200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}