9 Tips for Writing an Essay About Yourself
You know yourself better than anyone else, but writing about yourself can still be tough! When applying for scholarships or to college, essay prompts can feel so general (and yet so specific!) that they leave us stumped. So we’ll show you 8 tips to write an essay about yourself, so that you can land more scholarships. (Psst – Going Merry makes applying easy .)
1. Create a List of Questions
2. brainstorm and outline, 3. be vulnerable, 4. use personal examples, 5. write in the first person, 6. don’t be afraid to show off…but stay on topic, 7. show personality , 8. know your audience, 9. proofread and edit.
Let’s start with some examples of personal essay prompts:
- Tell me about yourself.
- Describe a challenge or event that made you who you are today.
- What are your short and long-term goals, and how do you plan to achieve them?
- Write about a time you failed at something. How did it affect you?
These are just a few of many scholarship essay prompts that require you to look internally, to answer a question, solve a problem, or explain a scenario in your life.
We get it. You might not be a big fan of bragging about yourself, or you might want to keep your personal stories to yourself. But by opening up and sharing your story, you can show scholarship providers, colleges and universities who you are, and why you’re deserving of their scholarship.
(Don’t just take our word for it – check out our scholarship winners page full of students like you who were brave enough to share their stories with us).
To get started, check out these 9 tips on how to write an essay about yourself:
After reading through the scholarship essay prompt, breathe, and make a list of smaller questions you can answer, which relate to the big essay prompt question.
Let’s say the main essay prompt question asks you, “What were challenges or barriers you had to work to overcome?” Then the smaller questions might be something like:
- What is your background? Family, finances, school.
- What was challenging about that background?
- What’s your greatest accomplishment? How did you get there? How have previous challenges influenced your goals?
Think of these questions as mini-prompts. They explain your story and help you answer the main essay prompt with more details than if you just answered it without a plan in place.
After considering smaller questions, it’s time to brainstorm your answers. Take out a pen and paper – or open up a document on a computer – and take your time in answering each mini-prompt. Organize your responses in order:
- Intro to main essay prompt.
- Answer about 3 mini-prompt questions.
- Conclude by rewriting the answer to the main essay prompt with a summary of your mini-prompt answers.
This organization will help you stay on topic and answer the prompt directly. (Or check out these 6 scholarship essay examples for alternative essay structures.)
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Don’t be afraid to let your strengths, challenges, and personal stories shine through in your essay! Scholarship and admissions committees love to see that you’re self-aware how you can improve as a person, or how you’ve grown because of your experiences. Honest writing can help tell the best stories (in this case, YOUR story).
Since this essay is all about you , you should make your answer as specific as possible! Avoid using generalizations (e.g., “I’m really good at music). Instead, go for more personalized statements (e.g., “My fourth-grade teacher Ms. Matay really inspired me to pursue my interest in the clarinet”). Your personal examples are what will help your scholarship essay stand out among the thousands of applicants..
You’re telling your story, so write from your perspective! You can narrate your story. You can provide an overview of what you learned from your experiences. However you choose to answer the prompt, we recommend writing in an active tone, and using “I” and “me” throughout your essay.
Most students worry about bragging in their essay, but we say go for it! This is your time to shine, so highlight your accomplishments and strengths. Review your essay to make sure that you’re keeping the tone informative and that you’re still on topic. (Brag while answering the essay prompt; don’t just mention random, unrelated but impressive facts about yourself!)You can use this brag sheet where you can brainstorm your accomplishments. While the worksheet is geared toward requesting letters of recommendation , you can still use it to write out your hobbies, interests, college list , and strengths to help you answer your scholarship essay prompt.
Just because it’s an essay doesn’t mean it has to be dry and boring. This essay is all about you, so let your personality shine through. If you’re the class clown, you can use a bit of humor. If you wear your heart on your sleeve, don’t be afraid to show emotion. Trying your best to express who you are as a person will have a huge effect on the admissions or scholarship committee!
If you’re applying for a scholarship, research the scholarship provider. If you’re applying to college, research the school. Understanding what makes the provider/college unique and what their motivations are, will allow you to incorporate that information in your essay. For example, many scholarships are funded by private companies that sell products. You might want to reference those products in your essay. A good example of this is Emily Trader’s essay for the Life Happens organization , where she uses her personal narrative to explain the importance of insurance planning, since that is the mission of the organization (which is funded by insurance companies).
The last step in answering your essay prompt is to double-check your work! One typo can be distracting and cause scholarship providers to scratch their head while reading the essay. ( Psst, humble brag: Going Merry’s application platform includes spellcheck because we’ve got your back .) In addition to proofreading for typos and grammatical errors, also consider whether the sentence or paragraph structure makes sense. Are you breaking paragraphs in the right place? Are you using topic sentences well to signpost your main ideas? Does the essay flow? Consider these “bigger” structural questions too. You might also want to ask a friend, family member, teacher, or guidance counselor to review your essay. They might catch something you didn’t see the first time around, and that can really help your essay! In fact, that is scholarship winner Daniel Gill ’s #1 tip. (Another tip is to apply for scholarships using Going Merry !)
Also, check out this helpful list of the 10 most common scholarship essay topics while you’re brainstorming!
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How to Write About Yourself
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This article was co-authored by Lucy Yeh . Lucy Yeh is a Human Resources Director, Recruiter, and Certified Life Coach (CLC) with over 20 years of experience. With a training background with Coaching for Life and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at InsightLA, Lucy has worked with professionals of all levels to improve the quality of their careers, personal/professional relationships, self marketing, and life balance. There are 14 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. wikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. This article has 27 testimonials from our readers, earning it our reader-approved status. This article has been viewed 5,417,872 times.
Whether you're writing an essay about yourself for a scholarship, a self-introduction, or a personal bio for a job application, coming up with the right words to capture what makes you unique can feel challenging. Fortunately, there are tips and tricks that can make writing about yourself a breeze. Want some help getting across just how impressive, interesting, and skilled you really are? Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about putting yourself into words effectively, complete with examples.
Writing of the Autobiographical Nature
- Who are you?
- What is your background?
- What are your interests?
- What are your talents?
- What are your achievements?
- What challenges have you faced? [2] X Research source
- What is your most interesting or unique quality? What word(s) describes you the best? Choose that topic.
- Bad: I like sports.
- Ok: I'm a fan of basketball, football, tennis, and soccer.
- Good: My favorite sport is football, both to watch and to play.
- Better: When I was growing up, I would watch Big Ten football with my dad and brothers every Saturday, before we'd go outside and toss the football around. I've loved it ever since.
- Braggy: I'm the best and most dynamic worker at my company right now, so you should want to hire me for my talents.
- Humble: I was lucky enough to be awarded three employee of the month awards at my current job. Turns out it was a company record.
Writing Personal Essays for School
- Common themes or prompts for autobiographical essays include overcoming obstacles, great successes or spectacular failures, and what you learned about yourself.
- Depending on the assignment, you may need to connect a personal anecdote to a reading or an idea from class. Start brainstorming topics that are connected to that idea, to give yourself a variety of options to choose from.
- Common autobiographical essay cliches include sports stories, mission trips, and dead grandmothers. While these can all make for excellent essays if done well, it is difficult to stand out when telling the story of how your lacrosse team lost a big game, then practiced hard, then won. It has been written before.
- If you want to tell the story of your nasty break-up, start with the break-up, do not start with the star-crossed way you met. You have got to get immediately to the tension in the story.
- When you have an idea of your topic, start writing a "memory list" of specific things that you remember about the event. What was the weather like? What did it smell like? What did your mother say to you?
- Your opening paragraph will set the tone for the rest of the essay. Rather than telling the dull biographical details (your name, your place of birth, your favorite food), find a way to express the essence of the story you are going to tell and the themes you are going to explore in your essay.
Writing a Cover Letter for an Application
- Outline your qualifications and highlight your talents in a cover letter.
- Write about who you are.
- In a cover letter, describe how your education and experience qualifies you for this position.
- Explain how this opportunity will benefit your career goals.
- When in doubt, keep it brief and serious. If you are unsure whether or not telling an amusing anecdote about your friend's bachelor party is appropriate in a cover letter, it is probably best to leave it out.
- "I'm writing to apply for the entry-level position with Company Inc. advertised on your website. I think my experience and training makes me an ideal candidate for this position."
- Contrary to popular belief, it is not necessary to include your name in the body of the letter: "My name is John Smith and I am applying...." Your name will be included in the signature , as well as the header of a cover letter, so there is no need to put it in the text itself.
- Who you are and where you come from.
- Where you want to go.
- How this opportunity would potentially help you get there.
- Be as specific as possible. [11] X Research source It is alright to note that you are "A passionate leader in all walks of life" but it would be much better to write about an example of a time you lead in a surprising way.
- Stay focused on skills and talents that connect specifically to the thing you are applying for. Extracurricular involvement, leadership roles, and other types of outstanding achievement may be important to you personally, but it may be totally extraneous. If you include something, ensure to connect it specifically to the goal of the cover letter.
- Be as specific as possible. If you are writing a university cover letter, it is obvious that you have to have a degree to get a job as a doctor, but how did you come to choose this field? Why did you choose this school? What, specifically, do you want to take away from the experience?
- Be careful about using a cover letter to critique a business. It is not the time to describe the suffering of a particular brand over the previous fiscal quarter, then promising that you will be able to turn it around with your ideas. That might not go over well if you are hired, and then you are unable to live up to the promise.
- Even if it is impressive, a high GPA or class ranking does not belong in a cover letter. Highlight it on your resume, but do not include it in two different places of the application.
- Mailing address
- Telephone and/or fax number
Expert Trick : Save time and effort by creating one generic format that you can use for many different job applications by tweaking the specific content for each one. Start with a general introductory paragraph , then a section or two fleshing out your resume and expertise as it relates to the job, and finish it off with a closing paragraph and a note of thanks.
Writing a Short Biography Note
- Pretend you are writing about someone else. Write your name and start describing that person like a character or a friend: "John Smith is the Executive Vice President of Company Inc..."
- If you are a jack of all trades, say so. Do not be afraid to list "actor, musician, mother, motivational speaker, and professional rock climber" if they all apply equally.
- It is common to list degrees that you have received. Pay particular attention to anything that ties into the work you are writing about. If you have special training, include it here.
- "John Smith is the Executive Vice President of Company Inc., in charge of marketing and overseas acquisitions. He received an MBA with distinction from Harvard and lives in Montauk with his cat Cheeto."
- Do not overshare. It can seem funny to immediately start with "John Smith loves rafting and hates eating Cheetos. He's a total boss" and such bio notes can be appropriate for some venues, however be careful to avoid awkward oversharing. Telling everyone about your killer hangover might be best left for after work talk.
- Stephen King, who is one of the most successful and popular authors in recent history, has a bio note that just lists the name of his family members, his hometown, and his pets. Consider leaving out the self-congratulation entirely.
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- If you are having a difficult time writing about yourself, search online for examples of personal writing, in order to get some ideas and inspiration. ⧼thumbs_response⧽ Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0
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- ↑ https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/professional-bio-examples
- ↑ https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/brainstorming/
- ↑ https://www.theclassroom.com/write-short-essay-describing-background-6324007.html
- ↑ https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/photography/online-portfolio-about-page-step-by-step-guide
- ↑ https://blog.prepscholar.com/common-app-essay-prompts
- ↑ https://qz.com/80136/heres-the-secret-to-cracking-the-college-essay/
- ↑ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/723/03/
- ↑ https://www.hercampus.com/high-school/7-worst-college-application-clich-s-how-avoid-them
- ↑ https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/cv-vs-resume-difference-and-when-use-which/
- ↑ https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/whats-the-ideal-cover-letter-length
- ↑ https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/8-steps-writing-bio-pro-chris-brogan-fact/
- ↑ https://patthomson.net/2018/06/04/writing-a-bio-note/
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How To Write an Essay About Yourself (and Cement Your Writing Style)
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The “about me” essay is a classic assignment. Part of that comes from its practicality; it’s a good way to introduce yourself to new people. The “about me” essay also helps your teacher get an idea of your writing voice and style, and it involves a lot of elements that you’ll find in other writing, from research papers to fiction. Looking at some creative “about me” essay examples can help you figure out where to get started.
Brainstorming an Essay About Yourself
Before you even open your document, you should take some time to brainstorm ideas for your essay. Aside from your teacher’s instructions, the sky's the limit here. A lot of “about me” essays discuss:
A personal accomplishment of some kind (winning a writing contest, running a marathon, getting a black belt)
A special moment with a family member
A challenging moment in your life
A talent or skill that you developed and the journey you took to gain it
How To Start an Essay About Yourself
Getting started is the hardest part of anything, and essays are no different. The "about me" introduction is ostensibly the most important part of an essay. The intro is the first thing the reader sees, and it gives a reason for the reader to keep reading.
Start With a Hook
The hook is the opening sentence of the introduction. It’s the actual first thing that the reader sees, so it should be engaging and immediately hook the reader in while setting the tone for the rest of the essay.
That can be hard to accomplish, but there are a few different strategies to go with:
- Ask a question ( Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a piece of cheese and the human body? )
- Find a statistic ( Scientists estimate that there are about one quadrillion ants on Earth, equating to about 1.5 million ants for every one person. )
- Use a metaphor ( I once dated a rat. )
Starting with something surprising or unexpected is the best way to go, but try not to overthink it. Even going with a basic statement ( My name is Edna, and I love apples. ) is enough to entice a reader (Why does she love apples? Why is she writing a whole essay about her love of apples?).
Introduce Details
Once you’ve got your hook down, get into what you actually want to talk about in your personal essay. Most “about me” essays highlight a special event or episode from your life that illustrates some larger insight about you. Use sensory details and try to keep things concrete.
The hard part is introducing the event without going too deep into the details (that’s what the rest of the essay is for).
Conclude Your Intro
If this was a research paper or traditional five-paragraph essay , the conclusion of your intro would technically be your thesis sentence . This sentence outlines the whole point of the essay. What are the contents of this essay saying about you? What insights are you revealing about your personality through the whole essay?
It’s okay to work your way backwards here. Start with a pretty basic thesis, write out the body of the essay, and then go back and modify the thesis as you see fit.
What To Include in an Essay About Yourself
Approach a creative essay about yourself the way you’d approach telling your best friend a story. You want to put in enough details that the story makes sense without ending up on weird tangents, all while incorporating a bit of your personality.
Easy, right?
Use Paragraphs
Seems obvious, but make use of paragraphs to break up your story. Exact length will vary based on what your teacher says, but shorter essays should have one to two body paragraphs, while longer essays should have at least three paragraphs.
Unless your teacher says otherwise, stick with at least five sentences per paragraph . Regardless, make sure that each paragraph presents a full thought and leads into the next.
Show, Don’t Tell
This is the type of advice that writers will repeat forever, but it’s even more annoying because it’s true.
Essentially, try to stick with illustrative details that draw from the senses. How did things smell, taste, or physically feel? Specificity and groundedness are more engaging than abstractions. For example:
I’m a really great guitarist.
That’s not super interesting, descriptive, or engaging, and it mostly just sounds like you’re bragging. Compare that to:
When I was five, my dad brought his old guitar out of the dusty attic one spring morning. He held his fingers against the wood of the fretboard and showed me how to strum the strings. I didn’t know then that I’d fall in love with making music. I only knew the safety of sitting in my dad’s lap, my mom holding a cup of coffee and smiling at us plucking away at some strings.
That has images and emotion. It feels concrete while still staying personal, and it urges the reader to want to learn more.
Include Metaphors, Similes, and All That Good Stuff
Use metaphors , similes , and all the other figures of speech available to you to add some creativity to your essay.
How To End an Essay About Yourself
Okay, you’ve got a solid intro, and you’ve finished the body paragraphs. It’s time for your conclusion . The easy part of your conclusion: reiterating your thesis and briefly reviewing your story.
The hard part: thinking beyond the essay. A conclusion addresses the “so what?” of an essay and understands that there is a world outside of the few paragraphs that you just wrote. How do the events of the essay affect who you are now? What did you learn, and how do you plan to apply that to your future endeavors?
Give it some thought, and don’t be afraid to be a little cheesy. As long as you keep it sincere and genuine, a little cheesiness can be effective.
Short "Describe Yourself" Essay Sample
For shorter essays, you generally want to keep things fairly tight and focused, while adding in some creative details and imagery to make it fun to read.
In preschool, the other kids called me "Polka Dot" because of the birthmark on my cheek. I remember coming home crying. My dad told me all the usual sayings about "sticks and stones" and judging a book by its cover, but it was something else he said that really helped me. He said that the people who understand others the best are the ones who haven't always been able to fit in. I still have a birthmark on my cheek, but I've long since become comfortable with it. I think I learned early to accept myself physically, and that's been hugely helpful as I've gone through the teenage years. When everyone else was worrying about whether they had the right shoes or bag or brand of jeans, I've spent my energy on learning about people. My bedroom at home offers a great symbol of who I am and what is important to me. The walls are simply painted and decorated with photographs of my family. My bookcases are filled with psychology texts and sociology journals, and my desk is covered in research papers. I know this isn't the bedroom of a typical teenage girl, but I'm so excited to learn more about psychology and how other people think. I plan to spend my life trying to understand people, and I hope someday to help them in a clinical practice of my own. - Kate Miller-Wilson
Longer Essay About Yourself Example
A longer essay gives you a bit more room to breathe with your details and provides more space for creativity. If you’re not sure how to start, write a shorter essay, then go back and add embellishments where you feel it fits.
Start with a strong introduction , such as an anecdote or specific example of your personality. Follow this with details that help the reader really understand who you are. In a longer essay, you have time to show your skills at descriptive writing .
I remember right where I was sitting the first time I wrote a poem: on the floor of my messy bedroom surrounded by dolls I hadn't played with in months. I couldn't understand why I simply didn't want to play with them anymore. I was getting older, and it scared me. I put my fears on paper, not even really intending to write a poem. I just let the words flow out of my pen, about how I couldn't even remember what my doll's voices sounded like anymore. I tentatively showed the poem to my teacher the next day at school, and I was surprised when she loved it. I hadn't really thought it was anything amazing. My teacher's encouragement gave me the support I needed to keep writing. I began to read books of poetry, and I wrote every single day. I learned that in order to improve, I had to write whether I felt inspired or not. By the end of eighth grade, I had written 200 poems. They weren't all great. In fact, a lot of them were really bad. A few stood out, though, and my teacher helped me enter one in a local contest. When it won, I knew I just had to keep writing. I kept at it all through high school, receiving plenty of rejections. Some of those rejections were devastating, and there were times I felt like quitting. By now, though, I thought of myself as a writer. What would I be if I stopped writing? So, I dug in and wrote. I wrote about teenage things, about heartbreak and existential crisis. I wrote about my world, about my school, and the beauty of our natural surroundings. Often, I just wrote about my perspective and tried to convey that in a way that moved other people. Now, as graduation approaches, I have been published 24 times. I'm certain I want to pursue a degree in creative writing. There's so much to learn about words and the beautiful ways we can use them, and I want to learn all of it. I hope to get a BA in creative writing, and after that, I want an MFA. Some day, I'd like to support others who write too, just as my encouraging teachers helped me. My journey as a writer has taught me a lot of things about myself, but the most important thing I've learned is that I don't give up. It takes more than natural talent to become good at something; you simply have to do it. The old adage is true: Writers write. I write when I know I'm making something I love, but I also write when I'm discouraged and think I have little to say. I write to be read, but I also write knowing sometimes, no one will read my work. My persistence is the secret of my success so far, and I know it will serve me well in college and beyond. - Kate Miller-Wilson
Beyond the “About Me” Essay Assignment
A lot of the things that you learn and use in an “about me” essay are applicable even beyond your class. Your personal statement when applying to college is essentially an extension of the “about me” essay, and “about me” pages on professional websites and social media use elements of the “about me” essay. Even if you don’t foresee writing in your future, it never hurts to think more critically about yourself and your life experiences.
Writing an essay about yourself can be intimidating, but hey, no one’s better equipped to write about you than you!
Essay About Myself and My Personality, Introduction, For College, Future Planning and Career
Essay About Myself : Introducing yourself can be one of the interesting as well as the most tricky task in itself. We all are unique and writing about ourselves is an essential aspect to discover our qualities more reliably. Discovering our qualities helps us a lot to know about ourselves. It is an essential element of building up one’s personality. Although, sharing them with the world is a matter of capability.
Humans are prone to cynicism, and very often we pull ourselves down by reflecting our negative qualities on a higher note. What we actually need to do is to reflect more on the things we have planned about and what we are looking forward to. One can choose to explore their meritorious capabilities, which can range from developing hobbies to polished talents. This in turn will also work to boost your motivation towards any goal you set for yourself.
Essay About Myself- Primary School
“My name is Rita and I hail from Gorakhpur. I come from a Hindu family and I am a student of the fifth standard. Being in standard five, I am very well cared for and nurtured by my family. I study at Delhi Public school and I am the apple of the eye for my parents.
My father is a Government employee and my mother is a schoolteacher. I have one elder brother who studies in class Ninth. My brother and I go to the same school. He is very helpful and helps me with my studies.
I have a passion for singing. A lot of honours and awards have been bagged by me in singing competitions. Also, I have a passion for painting and loves to play with colours using my imagination.
I am a very punctual and determined student. My teachers appreciate my work and motivate me to be better every day. I am an honest student and I always try to be consistent in my studies. As a child, I love going out and spending time with my family. When I grow up I want to explore and visit the whole world”.
The course of Life is full of ups and downs. If today is not good for us, then we must keep hope that everything will be good very soon. We must never discourage ourselves during tough times. Therefore, In life always try to appreciate your living. Find your purpose and strive to be more helpful each day”.
Essay About Myself- For Middle School
“I am Rishab, I live in the city of historical significance, Delhi. I am a student at the Krishna Public school, studying in standard six. In our family, we are two siblings. I have a younger sister. Our family consists of my sister, my father, my loving mother, and my grandparents.
My father is a scientist whereas my mother is a schoolteacher. A lot of caring moments and love, is always what I get from everyone in my family. I am studying in one of the reputed schools in Delhi, which has always fed me to be motivated towards the future.
All of my virtues have been incorporated in me by my school and helping is one of them. My school always aims at the holistic development of a student and it focuses on the fact that we develop both morally as well as academically. It is always a part of learning that you try to inculcate virtues in yourself by being an honest person. To be responsible and to adhere to your duties, is what our school teachers us.
I am a very consistent and punctual boy in my class. Being a dedicated student, I always stand first in my class because of which I have bagged many awards. I always try to improve my skills and morals to become a better student. I do this by helping my classmates with love and dedication.
I love to study storybooks as a pastime. I am also learning cycling so that I can keep myself healthy. I believe, one should practice a lot of sports to keep oneself healthy. A healthy mind works better. So, it is very important to keep yourself healthy to get focused. I am also very fond of watching various movies and I love to dance. I have learned many forms of dance ranging from hip-hop to breakdance.
Being a lover of various dances, I also love to participate in various curricular activities in my school. I am an active participant in a bunch of fests organized by my school. Also, I have been a part of several quizzes debates, and tabloids. I have a huge interest in quizzes and have bagged many awards and honors to my school. Moreover, I always try to keep myself very punctual to school and help poor people whenever I get a chance.
I love to research the undiscovered things in this world which is why I aspire to become a scientist just like my father and work for my country. I am always thankful to my family and my friends for making me so humble and helping me every day trying to show me the goal amongst the bunch of cloudy weather.
Life is a jar of both happiness as well as sadness. Getting always what we want, is not the nature of life. Thus, one needs to keep oneself always motivated to the highest level. Follow the footprints of the great men to never be discouraged and keep yourself focused on your goal”.
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Essay About Myself For Board Examination
“Hailing from the city of Joy, I am Neha from Kolkata. Presently I am in class 10th and preparing for my board examination. I study in La Martiniere school for girls, one of the prestigious institutions in Kolkata. This institution has always kept me motivated and encouraged me towards working for the betterment of society as well as the development of my inner self.
My father is an engineer and my mother is a doctor. Loving their profession is one of the greatest inspirations they provide me each day. I am the only child of my parents. They keep me motivated and always make me learn from my failures. Your family is one of the backbone and support which helps you stand in today’s cutthroat competition.
My mother has always been an inspiration to me. She is my absolute role model and I truly aspire to become like her. Therefore, I always try to follow her rules and principles.
My school has an important role in my holistic development. Whatever I am today, is just because of my family and friends and my school. My teachers have always taught me to be energetic and full of positivity. They inspire me each day to be better.
I am a bookworm and I enjoy reading various types of novels as well as classic literature like Shakespearean dramas. I also love to go through Indian history as I have a deep interest in knowing about it. Apart from reading, I am very fond of writing poems of my choice. Recently, I am also focussing on Learning guitar.
To be honest, I am also fond of social media and love to play online games. One of the favorite games which I love to play nowadays is the 3-D racing car.
I would also like to mention my best friend Neema who always stays with me and gives me motivation and courage. Even if it is a small help from taking class notes to eating together, Neema has always been important to me. Friends are a very significant part of your life and true friends are always there with you in every up and down of life.
In my opinion, Educating Children is an important concern in the society of today. Therefore as a student, I try my hardest to focus on my studies. So, in the future, I can help in the betterment of society. I encourage myself to be punctual in my work every day.
Being flawless is not the nature of a human being. It is practically impossible, to not be flawed. Everyone in this world is trying hard to achieve their goals in this world. Therefore, setting your own trend, is what will define your capability”.
For Senior School and College
“Every person is unique in his own way” as said by the famous poet Milton. God sends everyone in this world with some potential and some noble purpose to serve. Now, the question is, whether or not we are aware of this special potential that we possess.
In this respect, I am quite conscious of the potential that I have. But initially, I did not know that my IQ in science was a little perfect. I came to know that once I was awarded the 1st position in the science quiz. It helped me to identify my area of interest. Today, I participate in various quizzes and competitions and receive many awards and laurels.
I am Shreya Bhansali, hailing from the state of Bihar. I am presently pursuing B.Tech in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Moreover, I am proficient as well as a capable and confident person. I have learned to be very hard-working as well as passionate about my career from the very core. Since my childhood, I have always been trained to focus on my passion.
I never pursued bookish knowledge and it is certainly true that only a book doesn’t let you have sufficient experience and knowledge about the practical world. Training myself as a singer and always keeping myself balanced with my career had finally made me reach, where I am today. Recently I am also learning a new course on yoga and I keep trying to win on it too.
It is my father who taught me to be courageous in difficulties and keep myself motivated. My father is a businessman and My mother is a housewife. It is truly said, that ambiance judges your capability. Seeing my father being very punctual and dedicated to his profession and my mother to be always caring to the people I have always tried to keep myself be a very helpful and humble person.
My mother who is a housewife always motivates me and drives me to work better and better each day. She has transformed me by giving me a vision for my future. It was only because of her efforts that I am here, in the college of my dreams.
Also, as we talk about family, the immediate next people we think about in our lives, are our friends. The contribution of friends and never be ignored. I always have the back of my few friends who are with me, through the thick and thin. Even in my school days, I was always motivated by my friends to discover myself. So, I can say that I am pretty satisfied with my surroundings and I’m really grateful to God for giving me a supportive ambiance altogether in my life.
I have two brothers. Both of them are excellent in studies and they are the source of inspiration in my life. At every point in my life, I always receive their motivation. They encourage me even if I fail at any point.
My school has always given me holistic development and helped in building my personality and skills. It made me what I am today. Your future is decided, by what you do today and it is the power of the present that helps you show your future. So, Without action, a dream will always be a dream. It’s your action that makes your dream work.
It’s not necessary to only complain about what life has not given you, rather than it is to find out what life has actually in store for you. God has given everyone the potential and it is in our hands how we use it. We weave our present to see a beautiful design in the future.
As a role model, I always look upon the freedom fighters as my inspiration and I always dream to be like them. I am driven by their enthusiasm, energy, and vitality with which they won various battles of their life and made the world a better place, as it is today. Therefore it is in our hands, how we master ourselves to look into a beautiful future and I truly believe in this. Best of luck to all of my friends”.
To write about yourself, you need to study yourself and every aspect of yourself. You can talk about your personal life, your hobbies. You can also describe the things that motivate you and also things that make you who you are. Also, more or less be authentic in what you express.
You can choose the pattern as per what suits you the best and what you are comfortable in. But keep it sequential, like detailed below: Introduction About yourself About your family Your career Your role model Your message
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Essay on about Myself | About Myself Essay for Students and Children in English
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Essay on About MySelf: Writing about yourself is one of the easy tasks. Everyone is different, and when you write about yourself, you are showing your uniqueness. It’s one of the ways you can put forth the things you know about yourself. When you start writing, you can start with a small introduction about who you are and what you do. Then, you can continue writing about your hobbies and talents. Some people prefer to write about how they acquired some of the hobbies that they possess. Writing the essay may help you get to know yourself. Thus, you will not lose any interest while writing the essay.
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Long and Short Essays on about Myself for Students and Kids in English
There are two essays given below—one extended Essay on About MySelf of 500 words and a short piece of Essay on About MySelf of 150 words.
Long Essay on About MySelf 600 Words in English
Essay on About MySelf is helpful to the students of classes 7,8,9 and 10.
You are the only one who knows yourself best. Everyone around you has different things to tell about you, but only you know your true self. There are billions of people on this planet, and every person has a different purpose. Each person finds their mission differently and has a different journey. Thus, when I write about myself, I write about my journey and what makes the person I am because of the trip. I try to be myself, be passionate about my dreams and hobbies, live honestly, and work hard to achieve all that I want to make.
I am a student who lives in Bangalore city with my family. All my friends are from the city too. Like many people who are residents of the town, my family also has migrated from North India to come and settle here. I did my schooling in 12th in a school in the city.
Now I’m doing my bachelor’s in the town.
Hobbies: Each person has different hobbies, and doing different things gives them joy. Baking is something that gives me comfort and helps me relax. I tried baking after entering college. At first, it was a little stressful, but then I started learning more and more. After a hectic day at college, it helps to relax you. Another thing that helps me relax is reading books. I started reading books when I was in school, and over the years, the habit is something that has helped me learn a lot.
Dreams and aspirations: While many people have dreams of becoming doctors and lawyers, I have always wanted to be a traveler. I don’t remember when I fell in love with traveling, but over the years, my passion for traveling has increased. Over the past few months, I have started living this dream, and it gives me so much joy.
My parents have always supported my dreams and aspirations. According to them, the only way to achieve all your goals is to work very hard and never give up on them. They have never imposed themselves and demanded that any of their children become what they want us. Instead, they wanted my siblings and me to choose careers and a life that will give us joy and stability.
Things I want to learn: There are many things I have to learn and want to learn. The first thing that I want to learn is cooking. The number of things I can make in the kitchen is limited. However, while making those things, I realize the happiness and satisfaction are get from cooking. One of the cuisines I want to learn correctly is Mexican. It’s a cuisine that I have started loving, and knowing how to cook dishes in the kitchen will make me happy.
Two more things that I want to learn are scuba diving and sky diving. I love doing adventurous things because they make give a feeling of thrill. I want to do professional courses in both the adventure activities.
Short Essay on About My Self 200 Words in English
Essay on About MySelf is helpful for Students of Classes 1,2,3,4,5, and 6.
I am a student who’s studying in a prestigious college in Bangalore city. It’s a city where I grew up. I live in a town with my family. The school I studied till 12th is also in the town.
Things I am good at
Almost everyone is kind at least one sport. The one competition that I am good at is basketball. In my school, almost everyone had an obsession with the sport, and so did I. Every game period, my teacher would make us play basketball, along with other games. Over the years, the way I played basketball improved, and while learning the game, I discovered other lessons as well. One of the lessons I’ve learned is how to play in a team. When you play in a group, you depend on each other for winning.
I have always been energetic and lively. While many people feel awkward and weird, making me friends, I have no problems with making new friends. I can talk to everyone quickly and know them.
10 Lines on Essay on About Myself
- Writing about yourself is going to help you know yourself better.
- While you write about your strengths, you can write about your weakness too.
- Only you know your passions and dreams, so only you can write about it.
- You can write about the various qualities that you possess.
- When you are writing about yourself, be real and authentic.
- You can write random weird facts about yourself because no one is going to judge you.
- Try to write things which make you different and be a different person.
- Everyone has many rich experiences in their lives; you can write about them.
- Be yourself, and you will write the best essay.
- Write about all the things that make you happy and feel content.
FAQ’s on Essay on About MySelf
Question 1. What are the things you can write in an essay ‘About Myself’?
Answer: There are some things that you can write about yourself while writing the essay. You can write about your hobbies, talents, education, and dream career.
Question 2. Who can you write about?
Answer: When you are writing about yourself, you can write about your family because the family makes you the person you are today.
Question 3. How to start writing the essay?
Answer: The best way to start the essay is to write the article is to begin by introducing yourself.
Question 4. How can you express your self better?
Answer: The best way to express yourself is to write about your experiences.
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Tips and Tricks on Writing An Essay About Yourself - A Guide
From our simple internal research, all the students who get a task to write an essay about themselves face similar challenges. As simple as an essay about yourself might sound, it can be the toughest nut to crack by all means.
That said, when writing an essay about yourself, it is a chance to reflect on who you are. Naturally, it is like writing a personal essay, and it is always a common type of academic paper. It is still one that you write without being too egocentric or egoistic. As such, taking a descriptive and reflective stance is inevitable.
And when writing, you have to ask yourself some questions. But still, nothing is tough than writing about yourself unbiased. If it is a college admission essay about yourself or a personal statement, you have to stick to the thorough writing rules.
Our essay writing service compiles this helpful article guiding you on tips for successfully writing essays about yourself.
We promise that by the end of this article, you will understand how to make an outstanding essay about yourself. You will also come up with a masterpiece story on yourself that will wow your readers.
Why do you write an essay about yourself?
Students often ask why writing an essay about themselves matters. There are various essays about yourself and thus reasons for writing one. First off, such essays test your understanding of the college essay writing process. The tutors or instructors use the essays to test your grasp of grammar, coherent writing, language, and the use of punctuation. Besides, they also assess whether you know how to start an essay about yourself and if you can write an outstanding body and conclusion.
Probably, the above reason is why most essays about yourself are either 300 words or 5oo words long.
Second, quality essays about yourself can be admission essays, personal statements, reflective papers, or application papers for college. Therefore, they determine or define your destiny in the higher education system.
Third, these essays are also a prerequisite when applying for scholarships or grants. The committee can ask you to write an essay describing yourself. Sometimes, it could be about your academic qualifications, failures, problem-solving skills, analytical skills, or leadership experience. So, they can be used to eliminate candidates and get a suitable number.
Finally, essays about yourself can be a requirement when applying for a job. Sometimes, even when moving into a new position, you must write an essay about yourself. It is usually a chance to carefully introduce your skills, capacity, knowledge, and abilities.
So, by all means, you will never evade writing an essay about yourself. So how do you generate ideas?
Generating Ideas When Writing Personal Essays
Thanks to an organized higher education assignment system, your instructor, institution, or college registrar will give you a personal essay prompt. You can always choose a relevant topic for the essay about yourself from the prompt alone.
However, after reading the prompt, you need to ask yourself some questions:
- What interests me?
- What are my short- and long-term goals in life?
- What do I love doing?
- What are my challenges?
- Where was I born and to whom?
- What are some of the challenges I have overcome?
- What are some personal achievements I cherish?
- What do I dislike or like?
- Why do I feel bad?
- What makes me a great leader?
The list is endless, but these are some questions to help you brainstorm ideas when writing an essay about yourself.
If you fail to generate the best ideas for your essay, your plain essay can turn into an awfully dry autobiography. So, there are certain conventions, recommendations, and approaches to make a glittering essay about yourself.
Here are some ground rules when writing an essay about yourself:
- Take an unbiased point of view, and do not spike the essay with that which matters less.
- Use the narrative structure, and divide the essay into five paragraphs.
- If you must write controversial things about yourself, seek a second opinion to help edit the essay.
- Throw in some funny things about yourself in the essay.
- Follow all the essay writing conventions.
- If you borrow a quote, idea, or statistics, include citations and references to avoid plagiarism.
- Always work beginning from the topic, generating a catchy title, and writing the introduction after the body and conclusion. This is a common approach to ensure your introduction to the essay about yourself is loaded.
- Like any other essay, proofread the essay before turning it in.
Dos and Don'ts when Beginning an Essay about Yourself
How to start an essay about yourself can be a tough deliberation from within. Not anymore, stay tuned and read between the lines. Now, even a person of eloquence and excellent oratory skills to express his or her thoughts through writing can experience difficulties starting an essay.
Besides, thinking of the beginning of an essay can be tedious and can cloud your creative process. So, when writing this type of descriptive or reflective essay, here is how to start your essay:
- Before commencing to write an essay, formulate an idea and define your goal.
- Brainstorm using the freewriting technique. This approach involves writing down all the thoughts that come to mind without considering the rules of writing. It helps bypass the creative crisis and come up with robust ideas.
- Plan your introduction by outlining how and when to use a hook. If the introduction seems boring to write, deal with the body and the conclusion and write it last.
- Engage either an opening hook sentence to attract the reader and keep them.
- Use an anecdote or a quote at the beginning and intrigue your readers with premium-level essay writing.
- Come up with a well-crafted opening paragraph that gives: your history, the main points you share about yourself in the paper, and your character or traits.
- Avoid cliche and old ways of starting such essays. You should never use I was born My name is Also, do not repeat what is already in the prompt.
Great Opening Sentence Hooks for Essays about yourself
A good opening sentence invites the readers and having an essay hook keeps them to the last dot. Now, having recalled the importance of introductions in essays, we have compiled a list of some essay hooks for personal statements. Here are some ideas:
- Use literary tools or stylistic devices like metaphors, allegories, and anecdotes to start your 3-paragraph essay or even a 500-word essay about yourself.
- Admission officers cherish reading essays with controversial statements in the beginning. Be controversial to hook your audience.
- Sometimes slide in some rhetorical question as they form catchy essay hooks too.
- Winning hooks for essays about yourself contain statistics, facts, and numbers because they have a way of reinforcing credibility.
- Use a thesis statement at the beginning instead of the end.
- Quote from great autobiographies, distinguished leaders, or orators.
- If you are a fun of reading novels like the words of Marcus Zusak- The Book Thief, or Chimamanda Ngozi's Novels, be sure to use quotes from such works. They show that you are widely read.
- Write your story as glaring as you would wish your epitaph to read.
Now that you have ideas on how to generate winning essay hooks for an essay on yourself, it would help to learn some tricks.
Tips when Writing an Essay about Yourself
Here are some wonderful ways of making an essay about yourself great. You can write that essay fast once you have these simple tricks and tips in mind:
- The requirements sheet and the essay prompt must be your guide when writing.
- Skim through college admission essay examples about yourself that were written by other people online. You can also search for scholarship essay examples about yourself; the internet is awash of essay examples. But only get inspirations and ideas and avoid copying or paraphrasing as that is someone else's story.
- If you are wondering how to write a leadership essay about yourself, enlist some of the leadership positions, experiences, or traits you have. You can also ask some friends to tell you about your leadership skills.
- Personal essay examples can also be a great starting point.
- Come up with a catchy title for your essay.
- Sketch some life examples, memories, achievements, interests, and goals.
- Reread your plan and ask yourself questions about your real identity.
- After writing the story, it is ideal for rereading it out loud take a break and read again. Sometimes, it is also good to get a second opinion, and our correct my essay service can come in handy. Mind all your Ps and Qs to avoid losing marks over silly mistakes.
- Express yourself creatively and do not limit yourself. But as always, ensure that you meet the essay word count.
- Essays about yourself are the same as an autobiography of myself, write them from a personal perspective as you would wish someone else to know about you.
Most essays about yourself are anything between 500 words to 1000 words. Sometimes, you can be asked to write about yourself in 100, 200, 300, 600, 700, or 900w words, the rules of writing essays about yourself apply in equal measure. Only that this time you have to sieve garbage and alone leave what answers the asked questions.
Things to Avoid when writing Essays about Yourself
We call these the no-go zones when writing profile essays about yourself. Your my life essay or who you are essay should only focus on some areas. There are dark areas that can be avoided when writing a short story about yourself:
- Avoid writing about sensitive topics or subjects. Sometimes sensitive topics can go overboard and become too personal. That way, you can only be subjective rather than objective when writing your profile essay on yourself.
- Never start with trivial phrases when introducing yourself. Instead, using an intriguing rhetoric question that sends the reader to the end of the essay is preferred.
- Do not write on sensitive matters like same-sex marriage, gender, politics, religion, nationality and race, income levels, and political stance.
- If an essay about yourself is only 400 words, avoid writing a long history.
- Do not have a long conclusion and a baseless body and intro. Remember, conclusion and introductions to university and college essays should each be ten percent of the total essay word count.
- Avoid using verbose just to make an essay about yourself lengthy.
- Don't use complicated words and avoid oxymoron or paradoxes.
- Avoid tautology at all costs by keeping it real, concise, and straightforward.
Only make sure the story fits the essay prompt and use simple words to describe yourself in the essay. Our guide on how to write a five-paragraph essay can come in handy when planning essays about yourself.
Constructing a Good Conclusion to an Essay about Yourself
We have discussed how to write an excellent concluding sentence elsewhere on our website. For your admission essay or personal statement, the end always spells your success or failure. Ending an essay about yourself can seem closer when you have had a good time exploring yourself.
However, all the good grades and acceptance to college begin with a good introduction. Here are some tips:
- Identify and signal the end of your story. You can use a closing sentence for that but avoid the typical closing sentences.
- Like a movie, a sad story could end well, and that is an excellent point to implement when concluding an essay about yourself. For instance, if you are exploring how you overcome some challenges growing up, you can conclude by stating how you finally got over.
- Your introduction should have a list of two to four major points featured in the body.
- Paraphrase your thesis statement and make the reader answer your question in the introduction if you included a rhetoric question.
- Reflect on some major points and main ideas in the paper and conclude with a powerful hook to make your story vivid, fresh, and memorable in the minds of the audience.
And that is just how you work on a perfect introduction and conclusion to an essay about yourself.
Example of an Essay About Me
I was accustomed to working hard from when I was young. My parents would insist on hard work as the greatest value that would open any door and bring to life our dreams. I always found myself thinking beyond my age mates. At some point, I noticed that I was a skilled public speaker and possessed excellent leadership skills. I nurtured both skills as I advanced and thrived in my academics. Through these skills, I inspired my peers in various fronts.
During my high school days, I was selected to represent my school in the debate and public speaking competitions. My prowess and oratory skills earned me the trust of the local leaders. Soon, every newspaper and radio station booked an interview. Besides, some products wanted me as their brand ambassador. I took every opportunity as it came, but never let the success of the moment prevent me from attaining high academic standards. I planned my time between schoolwork, doing chores, and handling my personal commitments. It was the only way to ensure success in all fronts. Even though it was a tough endeavor, I finally managed to graduate top of the class. The exemplary performance automatically earned me a spot at the university.
While at the university, I outgrew the skills I had in high school. The landscape was a totally new one and I had to adapt faster. Soon enough, after orientation, I made up my mind that I wanted to become a journalist. I made up my mind by reading biographies and autobiographies of great journalists like Benjamin Franklin, Tom Wolfe, and Joseph Pulitzer. While everything was good at home until my second year, the turn of events made it impossible for me to continue my education. My father was diagnosed with cancer and my mom passed away in a nasty road accident. To me, this meant taking responsibility as a firstborn to provide for my siblings. At only 20 years, I worked between jobs to sustain my ailing dad and my two siblings.
I had to defer the semester and possibly call off my education. However, upon researching recently, I came across this scholarship program and my thoughts of quitting studies changed. It rekindled my dream of becoming the best journalist. I am interested in this scholarship, as it will help me to financially cope with my education. Besides, I will make my dad and siblings proud. Better still, I believe that I will grow career-wise, inspire others, and help people in a situation like mine in the future. I am looking forward to being awarded this scholarship. Thank you for your time.
Get Help with Writing Essays about Yourself
You know yourself better than anyone else does. However, when a time comes for you to write about yourself finally, it can be arduous, challenging, and confusing. Specifically, it could be that you are applying for scholarships for college, an MBA, or a doctorate. Sometimes, it could be a response to an essay prompt from class. As presented above, the tips and examples of the about me essay can help you.
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How to Write an Essay About Yourself With Tips and Examples
Essays are essential in demonstrating student’s proficiency in writing academic texts. Basically, this proficiency includes writing creatively and without notable mistakes and errors. By considering writing essays about themselves, students should follow the same approach that they use when writing other types of essays, including research papers. In essence, authors should focus on preparation, stage set up, writing process, and perfecting their compositions. Also, these steps are essential in ensuring the writer’s essay is of high quality. In turn, these essays on yourself do not rely on external research to strengthen the main arguments. On the other hand, papers rely on personal anecdotes to make them authentic and original. Hence, a student needs to learn how to write an essay about yourself.
General Guidelines of Writing an Essay About Yourself
Essay writing is one of the activities that students engage in to develop their creative writing skills. Unlike a research paper , an essay that a student writes about yourself does not rely on external research. Basically, one can argue that this type of article is exploratory. Also, it explores the writer’s life across different settings, such as school life, home life, and social life. While such essays may differ from a research essay in content, it follows the same structure: introduction, body, and conclusion. Then, a research paper utilizes external research to make it relevant, but a personal essay that a student writes about yourself uses personal anecdotes to create relevance. In other words, since such a piece explores the student’s life, it is only prudent for a person to include one or several stories that give readers a glimpse into their personality.
Writing an Essay About Yourself: A Step-by-Step Guide
The strategy of writing academic texts is almost the same, regardless of the kind of the type of text. In short, whether academic writing involves a research essay, report, thesis paper , dissertation , or personal story, writers must engage in some activities, which are similar across these types of papers . Basically, these activities include preparation, stage set up, writing process, and wrap up of the writing process.
Step 1: Preparation
Preparation is the first step in writing an essay of any type. Basically, this stage has several components, including defining the topic, preparing ideas, and considering the audience. Concerning the topic, a person who writes about yourself can use the instructor’s theme or choose one if none is provided. In the latter case, authors should settle for a topic that interests them, one that they can find information to back up claims and arguments easily. When it comes to writing all about me essay, students should choose topics that allow them to capture a broad perspective about their lives. On preparation of ideas, students need to reflect on their lives, including positive and negative experiences and strengths and weaknesses. About the audience, they should write with expectations of instructors in mind.
Step 2: Setting Up the Stage
After preparation, the next step in academic essay writing is to set up the stage. Basically, components of this step include making notes, creating an essay outline , and creating an annotated bibliography. When writing an essay about yourself, a student should make notes when reflecting on your own experiences. In this case, a personal anecdote comes into play. Then, authors should use a personal account, highlighting a positive or negative experience and areas of strength or weakness. When it comes to creating an outline, students should use academic standards of essay outlines – introduction, body, and conclusion. Although it is unnecessary to write down these headings, authors must ensure that those reading all about me essays can identify where each of these sections begins and ends. In turn, there is no need for an annotated bibliography since no external research is required.
Step 3: Writing Process
After preparing and setting up the stage, students start writing their essays about themselves. Basically, components of this step include making the first draft, ensuring the paper captures everything that authors intend to write about, has a thesis statement , and captures the writer’s concluding thoughts. In this case, first drafts are essential because it allows writers to have an opportunity to perfect their papers through revisions and editions. Then, the thesis statement is the writer’s guide. Besides, it dictates what authors should focus on in body paragraphs. In turn, concluding thoughts are the writer’s words that summarize lessons learned. Hence, each of these components is essential in an essay about yourself.
Step 4: Wrapping Up
After writing the first draft, students begin to write the final draft. But before they start, they should read and reread the first draft to ensure it is free of any grammatical mistakes and other writing errors, such as inconsistent arguments and illogical flow of ideas. For example, if writers identify such mistakes and errors, they should revise and edit an essay about yourself accordingly. In turn, revisions help authors to eliminate inconsistencies in arguments and illogical flow of ideas, while editions help them to fix grammatical mistakes, such as a lack of punctuation or wrong use.
Main Features of Writing All About Me Essay
1. topic and concluding sentences.
When writing an essay about themselves, students should begin each body paragraph as they would in any other article – start with a topic sentence. Basically, this sentence captures a single idea that writers interrogate in a particular section, meaning that it offers an insight into the paragraph’s content. On the other hand, a concluding sentence is final thoughts about what writers have said in a specific section. Then, rules of academic writing dictate that the concluding sentence links the topic sentence with the thesis statement. In other words, it is the part of a single paragraph that creates sense for readers regarding the topic sentence and its place in the writer’s main argument.
2. Transition, Peer Review, and Final Draft
Students need to ensure that, as they write an essay about themselves, they create a logical flow of ideas from the beginning paragraph to the end. Basically, such elements may be transition words, like “consequently,” “furthermore,” “nevertheless,” and “hence.” To ensure that students do not miss identifying errors in their essays, they should subject their work to a peer review. For example, this aspect involves giving the first draft to a mentor who reads through it to make sure it is perfect. When mentors are satisfied with the paper’s quality, students start writing the final draft. However, they should also read through it at least twice and subject it to peer review before submitting it to a specific department.
3. Specific Information
As indicated, writing an essay about yourself differs from a research paper because it does not rely on external research to back up claims and arguments. Instead, writers utilize a personal story to shed light on their experiences and attributes. In this sense, such personal anecdotes are the specific information necessary for an essay about yourself. Moreover, this information is specific to a person provided through reflective writing. Hence, a personal essay that a student writes, which is about yourself, should be exploratory, descriptive, and thoughtful.
Common Mistakes
Like any other academic text, writing an essay about oneself is often prone to mistakes. For example, some of the common mistakes that writers or students make when writing an essay about yourself include writing about things that do not help readers to have a proper grasp of their personality and using exaggeration. Basically, writing an essay about yourself should enhance the readers’ understanding of authors – their life experiences, attributes, likes and dislikes, and strengths and weaknesses. In turn, exaggeration involves using information that is likely to be untrue to impress readers. To solve the first mistake, writers need to focus on personal anecdotes, as they help to highlight instances of the author’s life that is worth noting. To avoid exaggeration, students should desist from trying to impress and seek to be authentic in their writing.
Example of Writing an Essay About Yourself
My First Year of School by Zac
I walked into the classroom, shaking in terror. The class was full of howler monkeys, but I was not with howler monkeys. I was with a bunch of five and six-year-old kids. I acted as if I was watching a horror movie until I met the super lovely Mr. Keig. Mr. Keig was the best teacher in the universe. Mr. Keig was like a giant to us, and he still is. At first, I was scared of Mr. Keig, but I found out he was super friendly. He taught me how to read and write. Add and subtract. He even taught me how to make school fun. At the beginning of school, I was horrified by math and reading. I was soon shown that those subjects were not formidable opponents, but I had yet to meet my match. Writing. I hated writing. I had met my match, my enemy, my formidable opponent. The reason I hated writing was that I wrote slowly. It took too long for me to write, and I was always the last one to finish my newest story. It was also ever boring for me. It was hard to find inspiration or the urge to take a step up. Math and reading, on the other hand, I sped through like Speed Racer. I was still shy, and I only had a few friends in the first couple of weeks of kindergarten. I figured out making friends was not a piece of cake. I eventually made friends. Thank God that problem was over. Even though we got to play and create our own art, sometimes, school days were dull. Sometimes days felt like they were two million years long. There were other times when I was terrified about a test, and it seemed like the paper was laughing at me, and my pencil was dodging my paper. I was sweating, shaking, and FREAKIN’ out. I eventually pulled it together and got my test done. Relieved, relaxed, and incredibly calmed down. Tranquil and thrilled I was. It felt like I was soaring through the sky a million miles per minute. What I learned from my year in kindergarten was to face your fears. If you are scared, don’t run away from your worries. Another lesson I learned was not to judge a book by its cover. I assumed the school was going to be extremely hard, and tests were going to be impossible. I assumed wrong. The school (kindergarten) was not as hard as I thought it was going to be. While kindergarten was a bit challenging, I knew I could succeed if I set my mind to it and work hard.
Summing Up on How to Write an Essay About Yourself
Essay writing is an essential activity in a student’s life, as it exposes one to the dynamics of creative writing. When writing such an essay, authors learn how to use personal stories to highlight their positive and negative experiences, including strengths and weaknesses. In essence, such stories replace external evidence that writers use in research essays. Then, the guide to effective writing of such an essay includes several components, including preparation, stage set up, starting the writing process, and wrapping it up. Also, these aspects of writing an essay about yourself allow a person to build own thoughts, organize papers, and perfect academic texts. As a result, perfection involves revising any inconsistent ideas and illogical arguments and revising any grammatical mistakes, such as punctuation errors.
When writing an essay about yourself, a student should master the following tips:
- Be thoughtful, but not fretful. Writers should, through reflection, highlight areas of their lives that provide an insight into their personality. In this case, they should do it without fear of what readers might think about them.
- Keep an essay personal. The majority of the essay’s information should be about an author. For example, such elements involve talking about life experiences, attributes, strengths, and weaknesses. In turn, the use of personal anecdotes is essential in achieving this goal.
- Do not guess what readers want to hear. Students should not seek to impress readers, but they need to inform them.
- Feel free to be creative. Without exaggeration, authors should use personal stories creatively to keep readers interested in essays.
- Tell readers something that they do not already know. The best way to keep readers interested is to use stories that writers have probably never shared publicly. In turn, such stories or experiences inject all about me essays with an aspect of amazement.
- Ask for input from close ones. Students can ask parents, friends, mentors, counselors, coaches, and teachers to provide ideas, as they know about personally.
- Polish a paper about yourself. Essays should not be about the writer’s story only. In turn, it should demonstrate the writer’s proficiency in writing by lacking grammatical mistakes and other notable errors.
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