<p>Since most ACT essays are personal opinions, do you guys think it's okay to use first person: "I believe", "As students, we..." and so on? I mean I've seen a lot of sample "6" essay that use first person but a lot of people say its not appropriate.</p>
<p>Also is it okay to use personal examples?</p>
<p>ya i asked my act tutor, and she said that its fine to use first person and personal examples</p>
<p>Yes. You can use first person if you do so efficiently.</p>
<p>First person comes off strong in these essays, which is what you're shooting for. Using "us" or "we students" comes off as weaker, since it tends to come across as less focused. It is, however, very easy to make an essay sound childish or elementary if you say "I such and such" for every other sentence. So if you varied up the structure and just used first person for personal examples, you should be good =)</p>
<p>^Sounds good, I was thinking that saying students this and students that would be kinda awkward. Pretty much 3/4 of my essay was a personal experience.</p>
<p>Well, I mean this one was an imo essay, so I used a lot of personal experiences. 2 and a half pages of a 12/12 hopefully! I absolutely LOVED the essay prompt!</p>
<p>I loved it too. I wrote a mean essay. Literally, mean. :P</p>
<p>Too bad the only section I feel good about is the essay...</p>
<p>True, it is an opinion based essay, but you are also trying to convince others that your point is correct, and by using the first person a LOT can lead to you sounding biased. I tended to just use "Students should" etc, except when i included a quote and a personal experience.</p>
<p>It really was an amazing essay. It wasn't anything obscure; it was something that I think nearly everyone had an opinion about.</p>
<p>I know I certainly had a strong one hehe :)</p>
<p>How specific are we supposed to get for the essay? I just used personal examples (not too too specific unfortunately) but basically supported my thesis with general details why. It was a little over two pages...</p>