College Personal Statement Examples

As far as my memory is clear, I have always been fascinated with the human mind. This fascination has never left me but grown through the years. A number of factors have contributed to development of my intense passion towards the scientific study of the mind. It enthralls me to study and understand the innumerable and marvelous aspects of mental processing like attention, perception, problem-solving, decision making, judgments, reasoning and others and the role they play in an individual’s everyday interactions with the world. A keen interest in Psychology led me to believe that acquiring a degree in this field would be the perfect way to deepen my understanding of the subject and apply this understanding and knowledge to the real world. After
I stood first in College 5 years in a row, which were First Year Junior College (FYJC), Second Year Junior College (SYJC) – Junior College Education as well as First Year Bachelor of Arts (FYBA), Second Year Bachelor of Arts (SYBA), and Third Year Bachelor of Arts (TYBA) – Degree College education; for which I was felicitated at the Achiever’s Day held in College, and was a honored with a certificate for achievements in each of the respective years. A high level leadership opportunity experience for me, was during the process of my acquisition of the Third Year Bachelor of Arts (TYBA) degree with a majors in Psychology, when I was nominated by the Principal of the College I was studying in, to be a member of the Students’ Council for the academic year 2013-2014.The selection was based on my meritorious, academic performance in the previous qualifying examinations. As a member of the Students’ Council, I was a role model to all my juniors. As a part of my duties’ as a member of the council, I played an important role in organizing many inter-collegiate and intra-collegiate activities. This included organizing seminars on various psychological topics. In TYBA, I played a major role in organizing Seminars on interesting, trending and important psychological topics. The Seminar was organized in the College I was studying in – R.D. National College, and students from Psychology Departments from Colleges all over Mumbai participated in these Seminars. One of these many Seminars was organized on the issue of “Sexual Disorders”. Another was a Two Day Inter-Collegiate Seminar organized on the topics “Adolescents – the Emerging Adults in the Contemporary Society” and “Forensic Psychology”. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) is the 2013 update to the American Psychiatric Association's (APA)