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Personal Statement Impact?

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:48 pm

For schools that I have about a 25-35% chance of getting into, how much of an impact will the personal statement make?
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Re: Personal Statement Impact?

Post by JenDarby » Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:18 pm

Anonymous User wrote:For schools that I have about a 25-35% chance of getting into, how much of an impact will the personal statement make?
In general I think that if your PS is absolutely amazing (rare) it can be a slight boost, but will not overcome substantial deficits in numbers. If you're PS is AWFUL, it will more than likely prevent a borderline acceptance.

The more likely situation is that your PS will be fine and it won't really make any difference. With a 25-35% chance your PS will not likely make or break your application, just avoid submitting an awful one.
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