<p>"Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?"</p>
<p>I really dont know how to write this essay....I don't have any talent, accomplishment, or contribution... I literally did nothing but just go to community college...</p>
<p>One experience that I had was during high school...My brother had a drinking problem so whenever I came from school, I was always worrying if he was drinking again at home... I always had to clean up so that my parents wouldn't notice... I would always want to go to friends house because I was worried that something was happening in my house... I never brought friends to my houses because of my brother as well...</p>
<p>and the most devastating tragedy was when my brother came in my house beat up by a robber and the robber came in to take money from us. This changed how I view the world not in a bad way but a good way. </p>
<p>Is it possible to write about this stuff?</p>
<p>Yup, a personal experience is one of the things you can write about.</p>
<p>it sounds more negative than positive. talk more about the gains</p>
<p>@HopingToXfer I was going to start with that and talk about the positive gains in having that experience and brother. Will that work/</p>
<p>That’s pretty much the point of that prompt. If it was a negative experience, you write about how it affected you at the time, what you did to overcome it and how you are now better because of what you learned.</p>
<p>I think it’s a good experience to talk about, just make sure that you don’t end up sounding defeated. Show how such a terrible experience has caused you to be stronger, or how it’s cause you to grow, or how it’s shaped you to be the person you want to become. You can’t just tell a story about something bad without showing them how it has affected your life Ideally with a positive spin on it. Perhaps it has made you realize how you don’t want to live your life, or maybe it shows you what is truly important in life or how to value certain things.</p>
<p>If you spin it right, I think this could make a great personal statement</p>
<p>@Integrant Can you give me some ideas on how to make this great personal statement? What do you mean if I spin it right I can make this good one?</p>
<p>Thank you all for helping me. PS is stressing me a lot…</p>
<p>It sounds more like a devastating and life-changing experience for your brother than you! It kind of seems you were just observant in this time - staying out of trouble and trying to be good. </p>
<p>Here’s a tip. The idea about the robber is very heartbreaking and it sounds like you finally stepped up, right? Okay. You should talk more about how you’ve been through this hardship but LED your family and especially your brother to make things better. </p>
<p>Notice how I emphasized “LED”. </p>
<p>Good luck! I’m working on my personal statements too and I’m stuck :/</p>
<p>@ocnative I was thinking about that as well, how this experience doesn’t show who I really am but only talks about my brother.</p>
<p>“The idea about the robber is very heartbreaking and it sounds like you finally stepped up, right?” What do you mean I finally stepped up?</p>
<p>So I should talk about how even though there were hardships, LED my family and especially my brother to make things better for ME?</p>