Please Read my Personal Statement (Masters in Electrical Engineering)

[Battlefrog]

<p>Hello,</p>

<p>Would any of you be willing to give my personal statement a quick read? I would love to get any feedback and/or suggestions. This is a first draft, so I don't want to start buffing and polishing before I know whether the general approach is acceptable.</p>

<p>I'm applying for a Masters in electrical engineering. I am only applying to the 3 following schools:</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins
UMD-CP
George Washington</p>

<p>Please PM me if you'd like to read my statement.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

[Battlefrog]

<p>Here is the beginning of my personal statement:</p>

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For most engineers, a facility and fascination with numbers dates back to early childhood. But I was different. In fact, I had trouble with simple arithmetic until I was twenty two years old. Not surprisingly, I can’t claim to have the traditional educational background typical of most electrical engineers. I went from high school dropout to . . .

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<p>Please PM me if you’d like to read more and/or give me some feedback.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

[Blah2009]

<p>feel free to PM me your essay.</p>