<p>Lol. Talking about personal experiences never worked for me. Both times that I wrote an essay using a personal examples, I got 8’s. First time was about a girl’s struggle to transcend her low position, and the other was about what I learned through my volunteer work with middle schoolers. This last time, I talked about Grapes of Wrath, The Count of Monte Cristo,and Edgar Allen Poe and got a 12. xD</p>