Scholarships often require a standout personal statement that highlights not just academic excellence but also personal achievements and future aspirations. In this section, you’ll find personal statement samples that were crafted for scholarship applications, providing insights into how to effectively discuss your goals and why you deserve the scholarship.
Over the past year or so I have been getting a lot of requests from students regarding sharing a sample personal statement for the Fulbright scholarship. The sample Fulbright personal statement below has been shared with me by an anonymous but successful Fulbright...
Here is the personal statement of an applicant who got admitted to several top graduate schools for a degree in business and management. Variations of this personal statement got scholarships of upto $250,000 at Columbia, Harvard, and NYU. Read this essay to...
Here is the personal statement of an applicant who got admitted on a fellowship to the MIT Sloan fellows MBA program. This fellowship paid for the complete tuition fee, the cost of living, and the cost of health insurance. In addition, the MIT fellowship covered the...