PERSONAL STATEMENT BUILDING BLOCKS:
The 5 Biggest Mistakes College Applicants Make That Cause Admissions Officers to Yawn, Roll Their Eyes, and Reject Your Application—And How to Prevent Them (Even If You’re a “Good” Writer)
A "crash course" on how to craft a compelling personal statement.20+ overly common topics identified for you to avoid (and advice for common topics).5 strategies for capturing attention in the opening of your personal statement.The one quality your writing should feature to differentiate you as an applicant.3 example personal statements that were admitted to Top 10 universities.This email course teaches you how to stand out as an applicant through your writing -- intellectually and personally.
Are you ready to stand out from the stack?
Written by the founders of OG Admits, who've helped 1,000+ students gain admission into Top 30 schools, including the Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, and other highly selective schools. Now, we want to share the most effective strategies we learned about crafting a compelling personal statement with you.
“Bro, you should charge for this.”
-- QY, Yale '28
Want to make sure this free email course is “worth it” before you enroll?
Here's everything that's inside:
Mistake #1: Not writing for your audience (admissions officers) — and why this makes it 5x harder to write your application.Mistake #2: Selecting overly common topics — and why it’s harder for you to stand out compared to other applicants.Mistake #3: Starting with weak openings — and what to do instead to capture interest from the very beginning.Mistake #4: Not being specific enough — and how this makes your application forgettable and uninteresting (even if you’re accomplished).Mistake #5: Concluding like a pageant contestant — and why this can ultimately ruin your personal statement even if everything else was outstanding.BONUS: 5+ easy exercises for generating ideas, topics, and details for both your personal statement and supplemental essays to distinguish you intellectually and personally.
Cool 😎 The first lesson of Personal Statement Building Blocks is on its way to your inbox.
Within the next minute or two, you're going to get an email from me (Jason) and our team of admissions ninjas 🥷🥷🥷.This email contains instructions to get started with our Personal Statement Building Blocks, so be sure to check it out!But if you have any questions, don't hesitate to hit reply and let me know—I'll be happy to help. 🙂Now go and check your inbox!
P.S. If you don't find the email in your inbox in the next couple of minutes, please check your spam folder...Chances are it ended up there.(Since I'm relatively new to sending emails to my list, sometimes the "email algorithms" think I'm a robot! 🤷🏻)