下面是一所學(xué)校的Guide Line: 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
Youre sitting in front of the computer screen. Your word processing program is open, but the screen is blank. Youve been staring at it for what seems like an eternity. You dont know where to start or where to go. What are they looking for? How are you supposed to write it? The c
Make It Personal! When I lecture about writing personal statements, I perform the following experiment: I ask my audience four or five general, superficial questions about their backgrounds and goals and ask for a show of hands. For example, "How many of you feel your courses ha
I took some time to read your statement. Its telling. Anyway, I talked with the chair of our department today and asked about his opinion on what he expects one to be. He gave me a few points: First, you need to show why youre interested in biology. It could be just a brief hist
PS,是英語personal statement的簡稱,即個(gè)人陳述。說得通俗一點(diǎn),它就是我們向外國的學(xué)校"推銷"自己的推銷書。它是申請材料中最重要的內(nèi)容之一。之所以重要,是因?yàn)閲獾慕淌趥円ㄟ^PS來了解其他申請材料中沒有表現(xiàn)出來
怎樣在PS中寫出漂亮的句子?"--抽象名詞的力量 近幾年來,隨著文書寫作在留學(xué)申請中的重要性逐漸被大家認(rèn)識,這樣一個(gè)事實(shí)也漸漸浮出水面--一篇邏輯不通、語言混亂的申請信能使背景很強(qiáng)分?jǐn)?shù)很高的申請者連一封錄取信都拿不
Introduction Writing a good personal statement is an important part of any application to graduate or professional school. The personal statement not only shows the admissions committee that you can write an interesting, cohesive essay, but it also allows them to learn about you
很多英語專業(yè)的朋友可能聽到外教們不止一次地建議,在英文寫作中要多嘗試用動(dòng)詞代替名詞,因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為動(dòng)詞更有力度,更容易領(lǐng)會(huì)。這個(gè)建議本身并沒有錯(cuò),但與中文不同的是,英語詞型靈活多變。例如,動(dòng)詞"lead",可變?yōu)?quot;lea
在美國印第安納大學(xué)英語訓(xùn)練中心當(dāng)任助理教授的布魯斯利茲博士,為研究申請者解答應(yīng)怎樣開始應(yīng)付寫作 。討論題目有: 1. 我需要多長時(shí)間寫一份完善的個(gè)人聲明 (personal statement)? 2. 我怎么開始寫呢? 3. 我的
有時(shí)管院和商學(xué)院并無區(qū)別,只是各個(gè)學(xué)校叫法不同。 商學(xué)院的專業(yè)設(shè)置主要由以下幾點(diǎn)值得注意: (1) 大的商學(xué)院往往有系別,不同的系有不同的聯(lián)系人。小的商學(xué)院則設(shè)置方向,沒有具體的系,具體聯(lián)系人則有可能一個(gè)或是不
作為留學(xué)申請材料中唯一能反映申請者學(xué)習(xí)動(dòng)機(jī)、專業(yè)背景和個(gè)人素質(zhì)的材料,自述信(Personal Statement)和簡歷(CV或Resume)毫無疑問是申請中最重要的一個(gè)部分,也是美國學(xué)校錄取委員會(huì)的教授重點(diǎn)考察的一個(gè)部分??梢哉f,申
做點(diǎn)貢獻(xiàn),我也來談?wù)勆暾堉械膸讉€(gè)問題。 前些天系里面的本科生做了一個(gè)活動(dòng),邀請了三個(gè)系里面的教授和一些研究生給本科生談?wù)勅绾紊暾堁芯可?,因?yàn)槲覀兿凳墙淌谥苯迂?fù)責(zé)招生的,所以當(dāng)時(shí)的一些看法還是很多代表性的,典