What Is a Graduate School Personal Statement?

Personal Statement (Personal Statement, hereinafter referred to as PS) is a chatty article about the self written by the applicant when applying for university / graduate admission in Western countries such as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The title of the article required by some schools may not be called Personal Statement. Some schools may ask for motivation, interest, and experience. Because China's academic system is basically fractional, applicants in China are not familiar with the writing and thinking of such documents. The admission of students and grants of scholarships by European and American universities is determined by comprehensively examining the conditions of applicants.

Personal statement

Basic interpretation

Chinese name: Personal Statement

English name: Personal Statement

Personal Statement or Statement of Intent are essential and extremely important application materials.

Purpose: It is mainly used to describe personal background, application purpose, research direction and other information. It is more important but difficult to grasp in the application materials for studying abroad.

In Europe and America, PS is classified as

PS must be closely related to the subject of the application to be applied. The main line must be clear. Don't blindly personalize. Many people have heard that PS needs "unique" and "Emotional", so think hard about it. Their own "unique" points and chaotic "sensationalism" often lead to different results. Many Chinese applicants often write irrelevant personalities in large sections. In the eyes of recruiters, this makes no sense at all (makenosense). It must be clear that there is no place for an irrelevant nonsense in an article as short as hundreds of words like PS. Through PS, you must let the admissions know that you have a clear and strong motivation to choose the major, and at the same time have sufficient conditions to complete the major study. Of course, on this basis, everyone can express themselves through very unique and individual words. For example, the author has modified a PS that applied for CS (Computer Major). The original text used hundreds of words to describe his experience in developing class work. I changed it to: I like to think about how to make things work more efficiently. While in college, I served as a class art committee member. In the early days of work, members often have conflicts due to differences in personality and work styles. Later, according to each person's situation, let people with outgoing personality, good at communicating with people to do outreach and work will coordinate the communication work; let those who are good at thinking, active thinking, and creative to do the preparation and planning of various tasks; let Visionary and cohesive people schedule the entire work and assign tasks. As a result of this arrangement, the system is at its best efficiency. It not only highlights the personality, but also closely reflects the important qualities of the rigorous system thinking ability that the CS professional should have. New Oriental study abroad experts pointed out that many outstanding Chinese students failed to enter the famous American schools to study, they focused on the scores and ignored the PS. In fact, as long as you really write your own ideas clearly in PS.

Simple structure, tight connection, clear main line, easy to understand.

"Simple is the best". Keep in mind that admissions officers read a lot of application materials every day. Only simple and powerful articles can impress admissions officers.

Carefully arrange the relationship between PS and other files, as mentioned above,

Author: Tao Lin
Publisher: Hunan Normal University Press	Publication date: 2007-07
ISBN: 9787810817462	Edition: 1
Packaging: Paperback	Folio: 16
Pages: 230

Personal Statement Writing Template

Author: Where a package compiled
Publisher: World Book Publishing Company	Publication date: 2006-09
ISBN: 750625782	Edition: 1
Packaging: Paperback	Folio: 16
Pages: 215	Word Count: about 145021 thousand

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Personal statement content introduction

This book provides applicants with personal statements, references, resumes, and writing samples. This book provides examples of personal statement writing that can be imitated. The original personal information in the essay has been processed, leaving behind authentic English expressions. All essays are divided into application intentions, professional interests, family growth environment, extracurricular activities, scientific research and work experience according to the usual structure of personal statements, so that readers can find the content they need. The first half of the writing guidance includes writing ideas and choice of materials, analysis of the overwhelming formula writing, and examples of appraisal and reform.

Personal statement editor recommendation

This book provides applicants with personal statements, references, resumes, and writing samples.