Know yourself. With a well-crafted Statement of Purpose you can persuade an admissions committee to accept you. In order to convince them, you must be convinced yourself. You must be sure of what you want, why you want it, and why that particular program can help you.
Why should the school select you over someone else? You must be able to answer that question for yourself. Know your strengths and weaknesses.
Before beginning to write, think. Review your intellectual and personal development over your academic career. When you can clearly articulate the history that led you to decide to apply to a particular program, you are ready to begin writing.
Write the introduction and thesis statement. Before writing an essay like this, you must have a thesis statement. This is the one sentence that introduces the central idea of the paper. It must be specific. This statement should sum up the basic meaning of the essay, and signal to the reader what to expect.
The first sentence is the most important one because it gets the reader's attention. Create a strong opening paragraph of five sentences or less. Briefly explain who you are, where you're from, why you have chosen the particular field to which you're applying, and why the university is among your first choices.
Make it count. The first paragraph is very important. It is your introduction, and should hook the reader from the start. You want to make him or her want to continue reading.
The body of the paper. Each paragraph should deal with a single central idea. This idea should be introduced early in a topic sentence, telling the reader what to expect in the paragraph.
Several ideas in a single paragraph will only confuse the reader. If the central idea has several supporting points, break it into several paragraphs rather than having one very long paragraph.
Support your ideas, don't just spit them out without backing—it's like writing a cheque without money in the bank. By giving support to your ideas, you convince readers of their truth and accuracy. If you successfully prove your statements, the reader should agree with your conclusion.
Structure the sequence of ideas carefully and logically. Remember, you are mapping a course, leading the reader through the points that support your thesis. You do not want to confuse them, or make them take the long way around. Transition smoothly from paragraph to paragraph to link them together logically. Use connecting sentences to keep the paper flowing smoothly.
Conclusion. Restate your thesis and the main points supporting it. In the conclusion, add some new ideas or information to challenge the reader to think further.
This is the easy part. If you've written a thorough and thoughtful outline, this will just be a process of refining what you've already written. Let's review and expand on the steps here:
Introduction: state your goals. The first sentence is the most important one. You want to grab the reader's attention, and not let it go until you are finished.
The body of the paper. Flesh out the details of who you are and what you've accomplished.
Explain your background. Show that you are academically prepared for your chosen program. Include the following:
Where and what you've studied
Past research or diploma projects you've participated in.
If applying to a program in a different field of study, explain how the skills you learned in earning your degree can be applied to the new field.
Describe your professional goals.
Why you find your particular field of study interesting. What influenced you to choose that field?
Include any related experience or research you've had or been involved in to date.
Describe your future plans after receiving your degree. Will you be continuing in your education, or will you be working in your field?
Explain your reasoning. Describe what and why have you chosen to study in graduate school.
Where your specific interests lie in your field.
Why this program is needed for your professional development, and how great is the need.
Describe what led you to your choice of university—courses, faculty, research projects, facilities, etc.
Write your conclusion. Sum up the main points, and describe what you can contribute to the program.
List all the enclosures you will include in your application and give a very brief description of your portfolio.
Thank the admissions committee for their time. Chances are they are reviewing hundreds of applications along with yours.
Provide your contact information.
Go back and revise, edit and rewrite. Remember to include everything above while aiming for 2-3 pages maximum. This is where being very concise and to the point is important.
If possible, let the letter sit for a few days after you've finished writing it. Come back with a fresh pair of eyes and start revising.
Perhaps ask someone else edit your letter. Ask for honest and constructive criticism, and be prepared to accept it gracefully.
Cut the chaff. Is there anything in your letter that is not absolutely necessary, or doesn't tie well to the other parts? If you can't revise it so that it fits, cut it. Remember that whoever reads your letter has a lot of SoPs to get through, and only has time for the information that matters.
Print your letter, sign it, and include it as the first item of your application portfolio. Be aware that some schools may ask you to submit your letter electronically. If that's the case, convert your letter to a PDF before sending.
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Don't be too technical, i.e., using words or jargon-style expressions within your field that are unfamiliar to you or that you have picked up while skimming literature rele if you use a term blatantly incorrectly it may deter your acceptance.
Avoid being too poetic in applying for creative writing graduate programs. Address the questions without too much extraneous material. Your writing portfolio is more than enough writing to show your talent.
Focus on your previous and future research experiences. Many students make the mistake of summarizing their CVs. Committees that bother to read your application know already that you' they now want to see whether you'll make the transition to a more unstructured and self-directed form of learning in graduate school. They look for evidence of this by seeing how you describe your past research experiences and your future plans. The key is not particularly the topic you propose--the committee will expect that to change, as your awareness of graduate school increases. Instead, they will look to see whether you have a realistic and well-informed sense of what a graduate student would expect to do in a degree.
Remember that your first paragraph should be no longer than four or five sentences, but it should give a summary of the entire Statement of Purpose. Many graduate committees will read your first paragraph to decide if the rest of your application is worth reading as well.
Presentation is very important. Use a legible font (such as Times New Roman) and respect term paper-style margin standards (1" - 1.25") and font sizes (11-12 pt). If you cite sources, be consistent with your style sheet (Chicago, APA, etc.). Do not mail in an SoP with wrinkles and/or coffee stains or it might end up in the trash where it belongs.
Don't be overly specific about your research goals if you are actually somewhat flexible. If there are no faculty in a particular department working in your described area who are taking students in a given year, you might be rejected even though you are considered "above bar". At the same time, there's no point pretending to be interested in a broader range of topics than you are.
Avoid sending the exact same Statement of Purpose to all the universities to which you're applying. The admissions committee will easily spot a cookie-cutter essay and more than likely reject you. Admissions committees also notice whether or not you include specific references to people, labs,groups etc., within their departments.
Don't tell the admissions committee how amazing you are. Avoid empty phrases like "I'm talented", "I'm very intelligent," "I'm a great writer/engineer/artist" or "I had the highest GPA in my department as an undergrad." Show them through your professional Statement of Purpose and application portfolio and let them decide if you are amazing enough to attend their institution.
Should you attempt to explain how "amazing" you are, make sure that you justify it. Yet, you must remain humble. For example: "I believe that I have the confidence in myself to strive for the furthest goal."
Keep it clear and concise, yet detailed and specific when it comes to faculty and areas of potential research.
Apply to as many schools as you can afford to pay their application fees. Four distinct Statements of Purpose for four different universities should be your minimum.
Use short anecdotes to highlight your strengths. After committee members have read a few dozen statements, they all some specific and interesting details can help a candidate to stick out. Of course, it helps if these anecdotes are related to the broad point you're making in your statement.
Remember that a Statement of Purpose is only one, albeit an extremely important, part of your graduate school admission portfolio. Carefully examine all the requirements on the university's admissions Web page before you submit an application.
Don't use superfluous descriptions or poetic phrases. The best SOP is well-organized, but also concise. Get to the point as you would in a cover letter for employment.
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研究生院所要求的目的陈述Statement of Purpose可能是你所遇到过的最不好写的文章。
可以说，几乎所有申请读研究生的学生，在初稿时候都会犯大大小小的错误，你所学过的写作方法及表现自己的方法，很有可能让你误入歧途，比如，下面这个典型的初稿开头段落。
我想申请贵校的艺术类硕士的创意写作专业。我相信攻读该专业能使我的写作技巧更上一层楼，使我的作品水平得到发展。我会因此得到锻炼磨砺和成长。
这段话效果如何？叙述的很清楚，很直接，能一举赢得申请，是么？错~ 这段话写的完全就是平平淡淡没有实质内容。
招生委员知道你在申请艺术类硕士，因为他们所审阅的一堆申请都是要申请同样的专业。招生委员也会知道你的写作水平会因为他们的学位而得到提升。另外他们知道你会得到锻炼和成长& 所有要读研究生学位的学生都会得到锻炼磨砺，无论他们以为自己已经做好多充分的心理准备。而且当然学生们会由此提高自己的写作技巧& 这难道不是读这个学位的目的么？
假设这个目的陈述的字数要求是300个字，那么这个开篇段落已经占了20%的内容了，也就是说，用了20%的篇幅却几乎等于什么也没说！
事实上，此开头段不但平平淡淡，没有实质内容，占用篇幅，而且最重要的是，真的写的很无聊！假如有500个申请者都向教授提交目的陈述，试想什么样的开篇段落才能吸引教授的注意？在读完起始段后教授会认为作者是一个合格的申请者么？过后教授会对文书记忆犹新么？
写作基础课最重要的一点：抓住读者，吸引读者。
曾经有一个学生在申请图书馆学硕士时，用文书牢牢地抓住了读者。我不记得她的原话了，但是文书开篇段落大概内容是：
我十一岁那年，姑姥姥去世了，她留给我的改变了我的生活：一个约有5千册书的图书馆。我最美好的时光就是整理和阅读那些书籍。从那时起，我就想成为图书管理员。
写的不错，很清楚很直接，70多个字，不但告诉招生委员会，这个学生不但对书籍有兴趣，还对爱护书籍有热情。当招生委员会开始讨论他们的&优选&的时候，难道你觉得他们会不记得有个年轻的女申请者拥有自己的图书馆么？当然他们会记得，因为11岁时就拥有自己的图书馆是他们每个人的梦幻般的理想。
假设苏珊这样写开篇段落：
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