Should I include quotes from famous people in my personal statement?
Posted by admin on Dec 16, 2008 in Higher Education (University +) |
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Quoting other people kinda takes away the ‘personal’ part of personal statement.
Don’t YOU have anything to say?
If you really feel it is pertinent information, and if you quote it, precede it with why, and after the quote tie it all together. Don’t just throw a quote into it without the proper explanations to go with it or your audience will wonder WHY it belongs there.
only if you have an excellent reason for doing so. if its inspirational, it may come across as being cheesy, so be very careful. something like that could turn off the reader to you instantly
No be original.
Probably not a good idea.