As I sit here staring at my computer screen, I am at a total loss for where to start. Sure I can write blog post after blog post with ease, but what I really need to write if leaving me at a loss. I have been attempting to start my personal statement for graduate school applications for a few weeks now. However, every time I sit down to write I cannot think of where I want my essay to go. I am very good at simply rambling on and on when it doesn't really matter, but that's not exactly the approach to take when your academic future is riding on one essay. I have read several sample essays as a way to find ideas of where I should start. Though following another person's example doesn't really scream the individuality that the admissions office is looking for in an essay. With that in mind, I tried to think of the best way I could put an individual twist on my essay. Here are the few ideas I was given courtesy of a long talk with my mother about what to say and how to say it.
1. Go the typical route of what characteristics you have that would make you a good physical therapist. Simple, straightforward, but pretty boring.
2. Talk about what being a physical therapist means to me. Again, not the most exciting thing but would be acceptable.
3. Give them the background story on how you got to the place where being a physical therapist was the right career for you. Show them that through past experiences you have a unique perspective to offer.
Armed with these new ideas, I think I may finally have broken out of this writer's block that has plagued me for the past few weeks. I hope to come back on here in a few weeks and let you know that my final essay is complete and ready to amaze any admission's person it is placed in front of. If not, hopefully my essay is at least different than the hundreds of others they have seen this year.
Until next time,
AJ
