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Personal Statement: schools that use different prompts?

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:54 pm
by sillymike
Some schools have different personal statement prompts, correct?
How can I tell if a school wants a specific one? I'm on like my 10th app and I haven't seen any with a different prompt, just making sure i'm not missing something

will it say in the personal statement section, like where you upload?

thanks

Re: Personal Statement: schools that use different prompts?

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:10 pm
by mandyjay11
I would double check all the application instructions listed on the websites of the schools. Most of them are really similar but a few of them have a twist that will require that you say "Why Law" or that you say something about why you would fit in at their school specifically.

Re: Personal Statement: schools that use different prompts?

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:19 pm
by kobe1020
I hate Florida for asking specifically for an ACADEMIC STATEMENT and Florida State for an essay under 500 words.

Re: Personal Statement: schools that use different prompts?

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:05 am
by IgosduIkana
kobe1020 wrote:I hate Florida for asking specifically for an ACADEMIC STATEMENT and Florida State for an essay under 500 words.
yessss

Re: Personal Statement: schools that use different prompts?

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:42 am
by Nova
kobe1020 wrote:I hate Florida for asking specifically for an ACADEMIC STATEMENT and Florida State for an essay under 500 words.
Lol sry bro. U got it tho

Re: Personal Statement: schools that use different prompts?

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:44 am
by Nova
sillymike wrote:Some schools have different personal statement prompts, correct?
How can I tell if a school wants a specific one? I'm on like my 10th app and I haven't seen any with a different prompt, just making sure i'm not missing something

will it say in the personal statement section, like where you upload?

thanks
You're probably not missing much. I sent the same PS to 20 schools and did fine.

Re: Personal Statement: schools that use different prompts?

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:37 pm
by IgosduIkana
The 500 word limit at some schools is rough! My guess is that schools that require 500 word PS's are more numbers-oriented than others..

Re: Personal Statement: schools that use different prompts?

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 6:16 pm
by Sinatra
IgosduIkana wrote:The 500 word limit at some schools is rough! My guess is that schools that require 500 word PS's are numbers-oriented than others..
Ftfy