Additional Tools and Resources
Final Thoughts
Each personal essay you compose presents a unique opportunity for self-reflection. And reflection is not simply a matter of taking stock, of reminding ourselves about things we already know. Reflection, rather, is more propulsive: it is a process of self-creation through which we create streamlined stories and selves out of what can often seem very un-streamlined lives. Reflection allows us to become newly visible to ourselves so that we might become powerfully visible to others.
Tools and Resources
- CofC NCA Office, 3-2-1 Personal Essay Self-Assessment
- Joe Schall, Writing Personal Statements Online
- University of Iowa, sample personal essays
- Wesleyan University Writing Center, Writing Guidelines: Fulbright Scholarship Personal Statements