How to avoid using lot of I's in the personal essay? [closed]

The whole point of the personal statement is to give the admissions officer a convincing impression of what kind of person you are, your passions and strengths, your most valued experiences, etc. It is pretty much impossible to do this without liberal use of the first person pronouns.

In fact, if you try and avoid using I you may well end up with some bland passive constructions or formulaic expressions that will not help you stand out from the thousands of other applicants.

Of course, this does not mean that you should start each sentence with I. There are many other ways to ensure sentence variety. For example:

After finishing my three months as an intern, I ..

One of my most memorable experiences was when I ..

Six months later I ..

Here is an extract from advice from Indiana University,

Consider The “I” Problem: This is a personal statement; using the first person pronoun “I” is acceptable. Writers often feel rather self-conscious about using first person excessively, either because they are modest or because they have learned to avoid first and second person (“you”) in any type of formal writing. Yet in this type of writing using first person is essential because it makes your prose more lively. Using third person can result in a vague and overly wordy essay. While starting every sentence with “I” is not advisable, remember that you and your experiences are the subject of the essay.

You will find many pages of similar advice if you Google on "writing an application" and "first person".

The simple answer is to turn your sentences around so that I isn't the subject.

I got to learn a lot about neuroscience.

Neuroscience was a fascinating subject because...

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I worked on designs and blueprints for building a rocket ship.

A favorite project was designing blueprints for building a rocket ship.

Etc.