<p>Personal statements are about yourself(Duh.....!).</p>
<p>You can't avoid talking about yourself. Many stereotypical essays are always used, but adding your own touch to your essay can help you. Creativity, in my opinion, might help. I'm not an expert in college adm.</p>
<p>I'm brainstorming topics myself. Many of these topics cannot be avoid, but putting your own touch can help you. These statements are supposed to talk about you in an innovative way.</p>
<p>I'm tired of other people calling people's essays clich</p>
<p>no, you can always write about yourself in a way that reveals the exact traits without doing it in a cliche way. It just takes thinking and creativity. Give me an example of something you absolutely can not do if you don't fall into a cliche, and I'll give you a way out.</p>
<p>I just have written seven extremely personal, non-stereotypical essays so far for college. If I personally can do that many, I'd hope you could have the intellectual curiosity to give one a try.</p>
<p>well ya...
that doesn't make them cliche though.
cliche topics are the ones notoriously done thousands upon thousands of times year after year. I can't think of a better example than those who volunteered here or there and learned this or that. Those are my personal pet peeve.</p>
<p>Some college admissions essays require you to write about your personal experiences, like the SAT.</p>
<p>Personally, I might write about my passion to improve the community by talking about promoting awareness towards causes, such as education(or something else). I'll write about my personal experiences and connect them to my topic. As I said, I'm still brainstorming.</p>
<p>I don't think writing about your passions would make you stereotypical, if you connect your personal experiences to your passions. For example, my passions are education, music, and government.</p>