<p>Right. The above link only describes the importance of voice in the personal statement and what delineates a bad essay from a good essay. My question, as suggested in the post above, is more content related. In essence, the link you provided only suggests that if you have a voice and if you don’t write about something exceedingly risky your personal statement will be good. But if you think about it, that doesn’t make much sense. I’ll try to make my question more clear:</p>
<p>Should my essay be a means for me to show that I’m sweeter than everyone else, or should it focus on conveying the existence of my writer’s voice and my personality?</p>
<p>I know that some of you will be inclined to say both, but pretend that they are mutually exclusive. What is more important?</p>