<p>Is it neccessary to emphasize one's personal quality in the essay?</p>
<p>Well, the point of an essay is to share something about yourself. But I don’t understand your question, could you elaborate?</p>
<p>I mean should i always show that i am passionate, determined, sociable, blah blah blah</p>
<p>I think it would be better to show something about yourself by focusing on one or two traits and providing a lot of supporting details.</p>
<p>There’s good advice at</p>
<p>[U.Va</a>. Office of Admission Essays](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html]U.Va”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html)</p>