How to Come Up with the Perfect Thesis Statement for Your Sample Personal Statement Essay
The whole point of your sample personal statement revolves around your thesis statement. It is the point that you are making, and it is the statement that others might dispute. Hence, it should be interesting enough to be disputed. You should also create it with care since it is from your thesis statement you’re your evaluator will get his first impressions on your essay. To be able to come up with a good one, you must carefully choose which aspect of your subject matter you should dwell on.
Go against the flow
Like any other thesis statement, the statement for your sample personal essay statement must be unique. It must be something that is challenging enough (on your part) to impress your college entrance evaluator. The key is not really coming up with a unique subject. There are thousands of theses that have already been written—it is very rare to come up with a new subject. The only way you can leave an impressive mark on your evaluators is to create a new statement about an old subject. Take a position that is unique enough to be contested. If your statement cannot create an argument, it is dead in the water. However, you must make sure that your statement is not too unique that you will find it impossible to gather a substantial number of sources. Having very few sources in the library or online might mean that your statement is way too radical (or impossible) to talk about.
Delve deep
College entrance evaluators look for the characteristics that you possess that can contribute to their institutions. They do not require you to have a vast yet superficial knowledge on everything. This should reflect on the thesis statement of your personal statement essay. You must have a specific statement that will lead your essay to deal intensively on a specific subject matter. If you want to talk about animation, do not talk about the whole subject in general. Choose a specific animation series or movie and make a statement about it. For example, the theme “How ‘Happy Tree Friends’ Has Influenced Many Teens” seems to be more inclined into the morbid form of humor. The quality of your statement counts, not the quantity of topics that it covers.
Make it relevant
Along the way, you may deviate from your original thesis statement if you feel that you’re not comfortable discussing your thesis statement anymore. You may realize that there are other things that you want to write about. Your thesis might be more interesting if you pursue a different topic in your essay. Should this happen, just revise your thesis statement. You do not really have to stick to your original statement if you feel that sticking to it is already a drag.
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