當招生官看到學術背景與條件相仿的同學，他們會以你自傳中所表達的價值觀、洞察力、成熟度來做出決選。也就是說，你必須好好思考並表達：什麼事物對你來說是最重要的？為什麼重要？你想給你未來的同學當個什麼樣的朋友呢？
When faced with applicants of otherwise equal qualifications, colleges use personal statements—which showcase your values, insight, emotional maturity—as a tiebreaker. Your essays will tell admissions officers what matters to you, why they matter to you, and what kind of friend you would be to a fellow classmate.
Everyone obsesses over college rankings, and they’re the reason I ended up transferring from UC Irvine to UCLA. After I transferred, however, I realized that I had left something precious behind, something even more important than number rankings, something that I had first discovered when I was at Irvine and would never be able to find again anywhere else even if I started freshman year all over again…
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When faced with applicants of otherwise equal qualifications, colleges use personal statements—which showcase your values, insight, emotional maturity—as a tiebreaker. Your essays will tell admissions officers what matters to you, why they matter to you, and what kind of friend you would be to a fellow classmate.