The Overlap Between Speed Dating & College Personal Statements

Within the first 30 seconds of a first date, I have had a woman tell me that she wants to have my child.

And having worked college admissions, I've had countless students treat their personal statement as if it's a first therapy session (I've been trauma dumped on pretty hard, and no kid has ever been able to avail themselves through the histrionics of trauma hurling ... and I'm plenty empathetic and willing to extend grace).

Yikes ... in both situations ... I saw the red flags and ran in the opposite direction.

So yes, there is a correlation between the two.

It takes, on average, two minutes and forty-seven seconds to read a college personal statement, so judgements are made quickly.

Snap judgements abound.

And if applicants present as being overly frail or fragile, we tend to pass them over for students who come off as being much more mature and polished.

So, in today's video, we play a game of speed dating between six applicants.

And our dilemma is this: we can only accept the top two candidates.

When we read these statements, we are, in effect, rolling a very active film in the mind's eye of the reader.

What gets seen in these samples? How do we characterize each applicant? Who's a liability? Who's a risk? Who is a shoe-in to make a positive impact the first day they step foot on campus? Who can we rely on to stay and thrive for the full four years?

So, grab a score card and let's speed date these applicants.

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