When applicants are worried about the scores of standardized tests such as IELTS and TOEFL, an appropriate personal statement may make you turn the tide and stand out from many applicants. In some schools, personal statements have replaced interviews as an important basis for evaluating students. Therefore, PS plays an important role in the whole preparation process of application materials, which applicants must pay attention to.
1, if you want to write a good PS, you must know the structure of PS.
First of all, the structure of PS should start with understanding the format of PS.
The first autobiographical style: selectively describe the experience in the learning stage and expound the characteristics of one's own ability.
The second is narrative, which leads to the full text through an event to show its own characteristics and abilities in the event. This is a common form for foreign students.
The third type is professional, mainly based on their own research background to show their professional research ability, mainly for undergraduate students who apply for PS in postgraduate stage.
Formally, PS is a total score model, which is generally divided into three parts: the beginning, the theme and the end.
The opening part should be eye-catching and loud, which can attract people to continue reading and point out the theme at the same time;
The middle part revolves around the theme, refines the text, fills in the content and shows itself;
Finally, we should not only provide the rebate theme, but also provide the last perspective? But don't just repeat the previous articles and don't add anything new.
2. If you want to write a good PS, you must understand the content of PS.
In terms of content, the most basic thing is that you must have 6W, that is, answer six? Why? That's why we chose this major, this project, this school, this major, this project and this school. Around these topics, the article will be developed and improved, with wonderful content and unique views.
It should also be noted that although PS is a personal statement, it must be separated from personal introduction. Don't blindly praise your own advantages and extraordinary experience, but ignore the explanation of professional choice. Admissions officers sometimes care not about how good you are, but about your preferences and unique opinions in choosing your major.
3. If you want to write a good PS, you must understand the writing techniques of PS.
PS should be related in writing, so-called? Up? Is to give yourself a macro positioning and set the tone for the whole article.
What's next? Cheng? From the macro tone of the article to convincing the other party to admit you with specific reasons.
? Turn? You can also sublimate, combine your own situation and future study projects, and what kind of expectations and plans you have for your future.
? Close? Refine the previous article, take care of the tone at the beginning, echo from beginning to end, and achieve the same goal by all roads. The whole article is seamless.
In addition, PS paragraphs should be clear in length, weight and priority, and the number of words is generally around 800- 1000 words to avoid repetition. Only in this way can PS be written perfectly and worth reading.
In short, the completed PS should give people a feeling of flowing freely. I don't exaggerate myself too much, and I don't publish a long speech without priorities, but an exclusive personal statement.
Ten dos and ten don 'ts in personal statements
Ten elements
1. Be sure to pursue depth and focus on one or two themes or experiences.
2. Be sure to write what others can't write, that is, what you have and what others don't have.
3. Be sure to let the judges see the difference between you and others, especially your specialty, special experience and experience.
4. be realistic and don't think about it? Ideal you? You are now, and you can't make people feel fake.
5. Be unconventional, especially the first few sentences.
6. Be sure to make a separate comment on the attractions of each school.
7. Be sure to describe the positive side of your personality; Errors and errors are explained in the appendix.
8. Be sure to evaluate your personal experience instead of simply telling stories, and make it clear that you are in the whole class and department? Where is it?
9. Be sure to let others modify your grammar, punctuation, words and style.
10. Be sure to choose a font that is easy to recognize, and use common line spacing and white edges.
Ten don't.
1. Don't write a running resume; Don't simply repeat information that already exists elsewhere.
Don't complain about your situation.
3. Don't preach to the judges like street speakers, expressing your views is beyond reproach, but it should not be fanatical or extreme.
4. Don't just talk about money as one of the motivations for learning.
5. Don't talk about ethnic identity or inferior background; Of course, if there are regrets, the story will be different.
6. Don't mention applying for school rankings.
7. Don't write meaningless beginnings and endings.
8. Don't use weird styles or packaging.
9. Don't send a lot of other materials regardless of the requirements of the school.
10. Don't misspell the school, department, major or even your own name.