Brainstorming ideas is key to development of a personal statement for graduate school.
It is always important to brainstorm thoughts related to the theme, or topic when getting started on a writing project. When brainstorming a personal statement for graduate school, you'll want to review life goals, influences, accomplishments, and experiences related to the success you can anticipate as a graduate student.
Instructions
1. Think about the theme of your essay, and write down whatever comes to mind first. If it is focused on your goals and accomplishments, write down what they are. List them out in bullets, with anything beneath the bullets that you think of afterward.
2. Write down two or three life or career goals.
3. Think about the most powerful influences or experiences in your life as they apply to your overall life goals, and getting into this school. Think about who or what they are and what those experiences were. Write down two or three.
4. Write down three things you've learned from the powerful influences and experiences in your life.
5. Write down three challenges faced in the last ten years. Choose at least one and write briefly about how you overcame them.
6. Write down three things learned from getting through the challenges faced in your life, and how the experiences will contribute to your success as a graduate student in the school you are applying to.
7. Write down the most compelling reason you have or can think of for getting into this school.
8. Once all of your thoughts have been explored and written down on a theme, goals, influences, experiences, lessons learned, and reason for attending graduate school, you can begin to pull them together for a rich and cohesive personal statement.
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