College Tips: How to Write a Good Essay about Yourself

Writing an essay about yourself is not easy, so here are a few tips to help you:

• Be humble
• Avoid sounding haughty
• Be organized
• Ask your friends for advice

Be humble

The best way to talk about yourself is to do so with humility. Do not hide your faults; concealing them will do you no good. Being truthful is a prized commodity that will make you more true friends than superficial ones. Be humble in light of your own humanity but not too low in self-esteem as to make yourself sound melancholy. What you need is a balance between humility and pride when you write your paper, this will help when you list your aspirations and skills.

Avoid sounding haughty

While it is good to have a certain level of confidence, do not let your achievements go to your head. Avoid sounding arrogant or too self-assured, no one likes a person who is haughty, such a disdainful attribute is unwelcome in society. While mentioning your accomplishments make sure you do not sound too vain, while a certain amount of pride can be understandable in one’s excellent performance you should keep in mind that too much focus on how well you perform your skills can sound like boasting.

Be organized

Have a clear idea of how you are going to write about yourself. Organize your thoughts and how you transmit them to paper; do not wander from one topic to another without any real linking between them. Any paper must be organized but in one where you have to write about yourself it is easy to jump around in an effort to cover more ground. Do not rush yourself in trying to write down everything about yourself without making sense.

Ask your friends for advice

When struggling to write about yourself ask your friends for help. Friends have the nasty habit of being good critics when it comes to listing our own faults and accomplishments. They will tell exactly what you are good at and where you need help; this will assist you when you go to write your paper. Take note of their criticisms and use them as a means of talking about yourself, this will help you look at yourself with an impartial eye and being able to criticize yourself in your paper. Not to mention letting you know exactly what your friends think of you.