This category features personal statement samples divided by field of study or profession. Whether you’re pursuing humanities, STEM, arts, social sciences, or any other field, these examples can guide you on how to make a compelling case for your interest and commitment to your chosen field.
Most Popular Personal Statement Samples by Field of Study
Computer Science and Engineering
Example Personal Statement Computer Science (Admitted to Oxford with Low GPA)
Example Personal Statement Computer Science (Admitted to Stanford)
Example Personal Statement Computer Science (Admitted to Cambridge PhD)
Example Personal Statement Artificial Intelligence (Admitted to UCLA)
Example Personal Statement Machine Learning (Admitted to Duke)
Example Personal Statement Data Science and Analytics (Admitted to CMU)
Example Personal Statement Data Analytics (Admitted to Georgia Tech)
Example Personal Statement Advanced Analytics (Admitted to NCSU)
Example Personal Statement Mechanical Engineering (Admitted to USC, Imperial)
Example Personal Statement Cybersecuirty (Admitted to ASU, George Mason)
Management and Business
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Example MBA Essays (INSEAD)
Example MBA Essays (Kellogg Northwestern)
Example Personal Statement Operations Management (Admitted to MIT PHD)
Example Personal Statement Management (Admitted to Duke)
Example Personal Statement Marketing (Admitted to NYU, Cornell)
Example Personal Statement Business Analytics (Admitted to MIT, CMU)
Example Personal Statement Management & Analytics (Admitted to LBS)
Example Personal Statement Project Management (Admitted to UT Austin)
Example Personal Statement Logistics & Supply Chain (Admitted to Boston. Penn State)
Example Personal Statement Supply Chain Management (Admitted to MIT)
Economics and Finance
Example Personal Statement Economics (Admitted to LSE)
Example Personal Statement Economics (Admitted to Oxbridge)
Example Personal Statement Finance (Admitted to MIT Sloan)
Example Personal Statement Financial Engineering (Admitted to UC Berkeley)
Example Personal Statement Financial Engineering (Admitted to UCLA)
Example Personal Statement Accounting & Finance (Admitted to Michigan University)
Example Personal Statement Investment Banking (Admitted to UPenn)
Healthcare and Medicine
Example Personal Statement Residency in Internal Medicine (Admitted to ASU)
Example Personal Statement Counseling (Admitted to Harvard, Yale)
Example Personal Statement Psychology (Admitted to NYU Steinhardt)
Example Personal Statement Nursing (Admitted to Duke, Ohio)
Example Personal Statement Public Health (MPH)(Admitted to Columbia, Emory)
Example Personal Statement Social Work (MSW) (Admitted to Columbia)
Example Personal Statement Veterinary (Admitted to UCDavis, CSU, Edinburgh)
Public Affairs, International Relations and Politics
Example Personal Statement International Relations (Admitted to Columbia, Cornell)
Example Personal Statement Political Science (Admitted to Duke, UCLA, NYU)
Example Personal Statement Public Administration MPA (Admitted to Columbia, Harvard)
Example Personal Statement Public Policy MPP (Admitted to Harvard, Brown, Erasmus Mundus Scholarship)
Architecture
Example Personal Statement Architecture (Admitted to Cambridge, Cornell, Yale)
Education
Example Personal Statement Teaching (Scholarship US State Department)
Example Education Personal Statement (Admitted to UPenn, NYU, UCLA)
Example Personal Statement Education Policy (Admitted to USC)
Example Personal Statement Special Education Teacher (Admitted to TUFTS)
Arts and Film
Example Personal Statement MFA (Admitted to New School and Rhode Island)
Example Personal Statement in Filmmaking (Admitted to New York Film Academy)
Example Personal Statement Fashion and Textile (Admitted to Parsons, Royal College of Arts)
Mathematics and Statistics
Example Personal Statement Math (Admitted to Oxbridge)
Example Personal Statement Statistics (Admitted to NCSU, Cornell)
Religion and Philosophy
Example Personal Statement Religious Studies (Admitted to Columbia, Harvard)
Science
Example Personal Statement Biochemistry (Admitted to Johns Hopkins)
Example Personal Statement Biology (Admitted to JHU)
Example Personal Statement Anthropology (Admitted to Stanford)
Environment and Sustainability
Example Personal Statement Environment and Sustainability (Admitted to Stanford, CALTECH)
Example Personal Statement Environmental Sustainability and Energy Management (Admitted to Yale, Duke)
PHD Personal Statement Examples
Example Personal Statement 1 (Admitted to MIT)
Example Personal Statement 2 (Admitted to Cambridge)
Example Research Statement (Admitted to JHU)
Example Personal Statement MS leading to Ph.D. (Admitted to Notre Dame)