Websites about Writing Personal Statements
- How to Write Your Personal Statement in 4 Easy Steps: Great advice to get you started!
- Writing a Great Personal Statement: Advice about how to handle many different types of prompts.
- Common Rules of Personal Statement Essay Writing: General guidelines to help you be successful
- The 4 Most Common Types of College Essay and How to Approach Them from Shmoop (lots of good, free advice--you can ignore their ads for paid services)
- 6 Tips for Writing Great Personal Statements: More great advice!
- 11 Essay Mistakes to Avoid Like the Plague
Examples of Personal Statement Essays
- Examples of Personal Statements from Shmoop
- Essays That Worked from Johns Hopkins University
- Advice from college students about what they wrote their personal statements about and why