A personal statement, it’s just that, personal. It’s definitely okay to talk about esoteric ideas, works of art, paintings, books that inspired you, but at the end of the day, you have to talk about them in relation to yourself and the impact that those things had on you. Hence the name “personal” statement.

Remember, there are supplemental essays where you can do a deeper dive into less personal and more academic ideas. For example, Wake Forest @wfuniversity specifically asks these questions in their supplemental essays. See examples below.

1. List five books you have read that intrigued you.

2. Explain how a text you’ve read - fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or literature of any kind - has helped you to understand the world’s complexity.

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