how to write an essay about myself
an essay about myself it's probably one of the most popular kinds of college and scholarship
application essays and that's for good reason because it gives the examiner an opportunity
to grade your writing skills while also getting a bit of insight into who you are however while
we kind of all know who we are not everybody knows exactly how to transfer that knowledge into paper
arranging things into good academic essay in this video you'll get the help you need
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when it comes to writing an essay whatever kind the first thing you want to do is break down
the topic into smaller questions these smaller questions would make it easier for you to think
and do research and would also make it easier for you to get enough information to write an academic
essay of a decent length for an essay about yourself some of the smaller questions you should
ask yourself include what's your background like what experiences in your life would you say define
you what are your values and where do you get them from are you a spiritual person why or why not
if you fully flesh out these answers you'll start to see your essay come together but wait
wait wait wait let's back up a bit even before you start to write you need to have a structure
a standard essay should have an introduction a body and a conclusion
if you've been given a maximum number of words you want to decide how many of those words will be covered
in the body of your essay and how many words will be left for the introduction and conclusion
you also want to decide how the answers to those questions you thought about will fit
into the body of your essay?
will they each have their own paragraphs or will some be subsumed under one paragraph?
deciding all these before you get into writing your essay will make the actual writing process a lot easier
one other thing you want to do is to find out about your audience
if you're writing for college meet with people who have gone through this class and this lecture
and try to find out what the lecturer likes to see in personal assets and what elements would get you marked down
paying attention to those things would help you tailor your essay to that particular
lecturer while still staying true to yourself
alternatively if you're applying for a scholarship do some research on the scholarship provider
find out what they stand for and if there is any particular product or service that they provide
if possible you could plug this into your essay of course while staying true to yourself
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okay let's continue our video
recess is over
with the planning done you can go ahead and write your essay
remember that you're writing about yourself and there are nuances to you
there is the good and the bad and probably the ugly
while you don't need to spew all your dirty secrets writing only about your strengths
and the reason people love you will make you come off as obnoxious
so go ahead and write about the weakness that you are willing to share
however you do not want to go in the exact opposite direction and write an essay that is self-deprecating
you've done some good things in your life there is nothing wrong with praising yourself a little
something else that would make your essay that much better is using personal examples
you don't want your essay to end up looking like a fact sheet about you
infusing personal examples would make your essay read better
for example instead of just saying i hate bananas an end in it there consider adding a story
probably about what caused your hatred of bananas or the time you decided to give bananas a chance and they failed miserably
however do not get carried away with personal examples
use them here and there but they shouldn't form the bulk of your essay
in addition to that please write about yourself in the first person singular
you are writing about yourself in a formal paper there is no other proper person to write in
one of the things we really love about a personal essay is
that it is one of the few kinds of academic essays that allow you to show character
so take advantage of this
you are a person go on and tell some jokes if that's your thing
or infuse your pet into the story here and there
or make some spiritual references if that's who you are
this will help your essay stand out instead of blending into the sea of other hundreds of personal essays
finally please proofread your essay
never submit any essay without having read through it first
now while some of us that actually proofread do it right after writing that is usually not the best idea
you just wrote and you might either be too tired to pick out the mistakes
or your head might be too occupied with the things you just wrote
that you just end up reading what you intended to write instead of what you actually wrote
so what you want to do is to wait an hour before proofreading your work
or you can have someone do it for you that said when you proofread be careful
that you are not only looking out for typos and grammatical errors
you're also looking to make sure that your sentence structures are correct
that your paragraphs are properly structured and that your asset just generally flows
do you see why you need to take break before doing this it's some serious work
and that's it you're good to write a killer essay about yourself
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