myUface Blog

Often, international students write essays or personal statements that are too short – two paragraphs or even a few sentences.

Remember, an essay or a personal statement is your opportunity to really describe who you are and why you would be a good student in a US program.  We highly encourage you to look once again at what you’ve written for your university and applications.  Make sure that:

• It tells something about you that is important
• That the grammar and punctuation is correct. We recommend that you write your pieces with Word, WordPerfect or other tool that has a spell-check.
• You do some research into how to write a good essay.  The myUface blog has a lot of advice on this subject, and you can find it here.  The College Board website also has some very good material on the subject.