<p>I graduate spring 2009 in chemical engineering and am looking to applying again this fall. I applied the two years ago (wow) and got accepted to places but decided to do volunteer work for a non-profit organization after I graduated. I still have my personal statements but as I was reviewing them, I didn't know whether I should include the experience in my statement. The work I did wasn't engineering related but rather closer to theology. Should I mention it in my essay along with the research experiences I had 1-2 years ago? Or should I leave out the experience or mention it off-offhandedly? Thanks.</p>
<p>Include it in the essay but not in the personal statement. The personal statement is suppose to be like a mission statement, so unless your mission is to get another nonprofit job there is no reason to mention it there.</p>
<p>I thought essay=personal statement? are you talking about supplemental essays?</p>