Mistakes on the First Sentence of Your Personal Statement

David Busis

I just revised this old chestnut and thought I would share it. Here's the gist: you don't have to go for a knockout on your first sentence. It's okay to take it slow. No one will stop reading.

Lolo1996

Super! Does 7sage have any resources for us to get our PS reviewed/corrected? Like tutors for this specifically, or peer-review matching etc.?

David Busis

We do! Https://7sage.com/admissions/enroll

Cant Get Right

I really hope this was prompted by someone submitting a PS beginning with a modification on a famous opening line.

Call me Joshua.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in the possession of a good fortune must be in want of a JD.

George Washington University Law School, light of my life, fire of my loins.