Essays / UW Essay Guidelines; Academics portion / Personal Elements / Comments [3]

I'm having quite a bit of difficulty with the UW Personal Statement guidelines. Here they are: admit.washington.edu/Admission/Transfer/Statement

I should make it clear that I've got no problem answering these questions. The problem I'm having is trying to address all of these things in an essay that actually flows and doesn't sound like I'm just answering each point off the list.

I've looked at other sample essays and they all seem to emphasize Academics more than the Personal Elements. Even as I'm outlining my own statement, it seems that the Academics portion seems to take center-stage, while Personal Elements are much harder to integrate without them sounding too forced.