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Personal: Remember that you are the central figure in this text. No matter what goal you select, you are the focus of the text you write. Who are you and why is your history, experience, and or skill set important for what you are applying? You should try to be the person that the committee selects for a specific scholarship, grant, or for graduate admission, etc.

Purpose: Your purpose is to convince the audience that you are the person to be selected above all others who apply.

Language: You have three audiences which includes your instructor who will grade your work, the audience to whom you are applying, and your fellow students who will peer review your drafts. Your register should be sufficiently clear to be understood by members of your class but sufficiently academic to be acceptable to your instructor and an educated audience. The language of the final paper should be grammatical, written in complete sentences, and carefully revised and corrected.

Paper structure:
As you know, Personal Statement writers can employ a variety of structures to suit the prompt, the audience, writer's persona, and the ways in which the writers want to portray themselves. We have studied some examples, both successful and un-successful structures you might follow; however, your final structures may vary depending on the prompt. Other specifications:. Your paper should fit the required page number and format requested by the prompt provided.