Personal Statement Ideas

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  Seeking Perfection Alum Member

  January 2018 4428 karma

  First of all, write about the one that is more important to you.

  Secondly, consider writing both as drafts and comparing them.

  Finally, if I have to pick as is I'm going with the Grand Canyon for the slight novely factor.
• _oshun1_ Alum Member

  January 2018 3652 karma

  2nd what @"Seeking Perfection" said. You'll hone in on what to write once you start writing on diff topics.
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  Leah M B Alum Member ⭐

  January 2018 8392 karma

  Yeah agreed with the above. I think you’re a lot better off going for unique and interesting vs something sort of lawyer-y. You could also then save the moot court experience as something to answer the “Why law” question you’ll inevitably get in interviews.
• Alex Alum Member ⭐

  January 2018 23929 karma

  I'm going to third @"Seeking Perfection" and say write both. I had a couple ideas myself, ended up writing both, and ended up really happy with one and jettisoning the other. Sometimes you can't tell what's going to be better until you write it.
• ktvarda1 Alum Member

  January 2018 164 karma

  I like both ideas. If I had to choose, I’d choose the Grand Canyon one to show your personality outside of law. Try to throw in a few sentences about your moot court experience if you can pull it off.
• Legally_Speaking Alum Member

  January 2018 553 karma

  Great, thanks for the suggestions everyone and get out of here spam.
• studyingandrestudying Core Member

  January 2018 5254 karma

  Yes, I agree that combining the two topics is a good idea.
• tylerdschreur10 Alum Member

  January 2018 1465 karma

  Definitely try both. Write up a quick, super rough draft of each and i think you'll be able to tell pretty easily which is worth pursuing. I'm currently writing on my 5th topic, sometimes a good topic just refuses to cooperate and germinate a good ps.