Personal Statement Reflection

What were you hoping to accomplish with this piece of writing? What effect were you
hoping to have on your audience? How did you attempt to achieve that effect?

When I was preparing to write this narrative, my hope was to make sure it was very
personal in order to express all my feelings to the situation that occurred in my life as a
teenager. I wasn’t looking for sympathy when it came to sharing part of my life, I wanted
people to get a gist of the way I am today and how it impacted me. In order to try to achieve
this, I made so many different changes in my statement such as adding dialogue, a setting, acton
vers, etc.

How successfully do you think you were? What would you revise if you had one more pass
at this paper?

I believe that I was mostly successful because I tried adding as much detail as I possibly
can and being very personal with my paper such as adding intense and sensitive topics that I
had believed was the right thing. If I had one more chance to write this paper, I think I would
add background information about my life and the people around me.