personal statement too academic in tone?
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:51 pm
hi guys,
a number of people have commented that my personal statement is a little too academic in tone...not patronizing but "book reportish." i talk about how my intellectual growth affected my personal growth, an approach everyone who read it liked.
i can't really see how to make it less so without significantly dumbing it down and my background IS very academic (i have a grad degree and w/e). so should i try to find ways to dumb it down?
a number of people have commented that my personal statement is a little too academic in tone...not patronizing but "book reportish." i talk about how my intellectual growth affected my personal growth, an approach everyone who read it liked.
i can't really see how to make it less so without significantly dumbing it down and my background IS very academic (i have a grad degree and w/e). so should i try to find ways to dumb it down?