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List the skills and awards you have received. You don’t want to be like Napoleon Dynamite and have “no skills,” so it’s important that you are acquiring skills and experiences throughout your high school career.

When you achieve or exceed your goals, you tend to receive awards to celebrate your accomplishments. This too plays an important role in the college admission process. You can acquire skills and earn awards from a part-time job, volunteer opportunities and from the clubs and organizations you’re involved with in after school activities.

When you’re putting together your personal statement it is important to not only point out what your special skills and achievements are, but to also provide information on how you accomplished your achievements or why you received the awards that you have listed.

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Tags: college personal statement, how to write a personal statement, personal essay, personal statement, what to include in a personal statement

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