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如何写一篇好的PS -- PS官方格式要求

时间:2015-10-29 来源:本站 点击次数:10710

Personal Statement



1.个人信息+ 目前身份+申请学校
或者,可以引用一段个人经历等开篇(需和申请的专业或职业目标切合)。

2.(最重要的内容)对目前所学专业的理解(兴趣发展和学习经历), 为何要申请该学校和该课程的理由(包括对该课程,学校的了解), 毕业后的职业规划, 以及该课程对将来职业发展的帮助。

3.(最重要的内容)申请该课程所具备的条件:大学学习情况,本科学习的相关科目,获奖情况,社会活动,实习或工作经历。重点展示学生在专业方面的能力和潜力。最好举出具体的实际事例(学习经历或实习等),利用独特的经历和背景来加强对专业能力、潜力和志向的说明

4.综合以上学习及社会能力,相信能够成功地完成学业
Note: 每一段落应有topic sentence,并位于段落开头topic sentence应表达一定的见解、认识、判断或态度,由段落的其余部分用事实和推理来进行论证和支持。譬如,你可以在一段开头时说你的研究能力很好,紧接着讲你学过什么方法论、做过什么样的试验、参与过什么样的试验以及取得过什么样的研究成果等。Topic sentence可以帮助读者清楚地把握文章的内容。


Five primary topics to cover in your statement of purpose:

1.How did you become interested in this field? Establish that you have had a long-term interest in the field and that you have taken positive steps in pursuing your interest. 
Give the committee members a sense of your particular talents and abilities and their relevance to your academic interests.

2.What experiences have contributed toward your preparation for further study in this field? 
Demonstrate your interest by providing examples of research experiences, internships, work experience, community service, publications, or life experiences. Briefly describe what you did in each experience. Also, make sure to articulate what you have learned about the field and how those lessons stimulated you to pursue an advanced degree. 

3.What are your future goals? 
Specifically state your degree objective (Master's or Ph.D.) and specify what subdisciplines you are interested in pursuing. For example, if you are applying in political science, the committee needs to know whether you are pursuing American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, or Political Theory. Let the reader know that you are planning a future career as a university professor, researcher, or consultant, or in public service or private practice (or whatever your goal happens to be). 

4.What are your research interests? 
Within your subdiscipline, you should be able to identify one or two topics that are of interest to you. When possible, be specific about your research agenda. Remember that you will be working with professors in research; therefore, your research interests should parallel those of the faculty. (You will usually not be expected to know exactly what you want to research; faculty know that initial interests often change.) 
5.How are you a "match" for the program to which you are applying? 
Explain what attracts you most to the institution/program to which you are applying. Align your research interests with those of one or more of the affiliated professors. The better the "match" with the program/professors, the better the chance that you will be admitted. 

Other factors to weave in (remember these are secondary factors):
•Give examples of personal attributes or qualities that would help you complete graduate study successfully. 
•Describe your determination to achieve your goals, your initiative and ability to develop ideas, and your ability to work independently. 
•Describe background characteristics that may have placed you at an educational disadvantage (English language learner, family economic history, lack of educational opportunity, disability, etc.). 
•Leave the reader believing that you are prepared for advanced academic work and will be successful in graduate school. 



PS官方格式要求

  The first paragraph of your personal statement, one or two sentences, should make clear the purpose of your writing: to present an interpretive summary of your background, academic interests, and future goals as justification for your admission to a program of graduate study.

  The second paragraph interprets your background for the graduate admissions committee. This paragraph should establish your academic preparation for the program to which you have applied. If you have been a strong student throughout your undergraduate years, you may call attention to what you believe have been strong combinations of courses, which seem to fit your prospective graduate program well. If you have had ups and downs as an undergraduate, you may call attention to progressive improvement in your studies: i.e., the difference between your junior/senior GPA and your freshman/sophomore GPA or your record in selected course work that is directly related to the kinds of course work that you will undertake as a graduate student. If you scored well on whatever graduate examination that you took, you may want to cite that fact as well.

  Keep in mind that graduate admissions committees want assurance that you will be a successful student. If you have had relevant experiences, you may mention them here, too. Some graduate programs such as applied sociology or social work or resource development, etc. look for evidence that you have already sought out ways to translate your academic background into practical, professionally oriented applications. In short, this paragraph should assure the graduate admissions committee that you have matured during your undergraduate years, that your intellectual and professional interests have taken shape, and that you have begun a conscientious progress toward professional development.

  In this example format, the third paragraph will be a description of your professional goals. (This paragraph and the next, however, could be reversed.) Though your letter takes the general shape of a summary of your interests and background, it also builds an argument for your admission to a particular graduate program. The logic of this argument runs this way: I know what interests me; I know that I would like to engage in this work as my profession; and I believe that the necessary, most logical way to assure me of success in this profession is to earn this graduate degree. This paragraph describes what you know about the professional careers to which this course of graduate study may lead. Generally, people who pursue graduate degrees tend toward any of four professional occupations: academic, public service, private industry, or self-employment (i.e., writers, lawyers, physicians, etc.). Though you do not have to commit yourself to one career only, you are best served by presenting to the admissions committee as specific an idea as possible about what you intend to do with their degree. If you know that you would eventually like to be a business consultant specializing in labor market analysis, say so. Such a statement indicates to the committee that you are goal oriented, that you are capable of identifying what you want and of developing a systematic means to attain it. This paragraph, in conjunction with the previous one, assures the admissions committee that you are an applicant with a purpose.

  The fourth paragraph, which describes what you intend to study in graduate school, should tighten your argument.

  Now that you have made clear your interests, background, and professional goals, you must make the case that the best way for you to bridge your undergraduate years and your successful performance as a professional is to study what this particular graduate program offers. Be as specific as you can. Learn what courses this graduate program offers. Identify its faculty members and what research they are conducting. Know the program's reputation, its strengths and its weaknesses. Your undergraduate professors can be of very great assistance in this regard. As you describe your reasons for applying to a particular program try to link your interests with what you know is available through that program and its parent college or university. If you know that it encourages practicum experience, something you want, say so. If some of your undergraduate texts or assignments have utilized materials produced by that program, say so. Offer suggestions about combinations of courses or faculty advisors that you think might be especially imaginative or productive. This paragraph, thus, accomplishes two ends: you place this graduate program in the continuum of your own professional development and you demonstrate that you have applied to it as the result of an informed, reflective selection process of your own.

  Your personal statement should close with a brief summary of your background and goals, again just a sentence or two. This last statement reaffirms both your preparation and your confidence that your choice of this graduate program is right.

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