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“为什么选择大学X”补充文章不是“为什么大学X是很棒的”文章。相反,它是“为什么x大学非常适合我”的文章。
申请人一个非常常见的错误就是只解释他们对学校的喜爱而忽略了他们可以通过他们的背景,个人特征或观点增加校园的价值。 [VIDEO] It's Crunch Time! What You Must Do to Get Your College Applications Ready by the Due Date30/12/2018
Do you want to see what a successful personal statement looks like? Here are 5 amazing essays from the 2017-2018 application cycle that helped the students who wrote them attend top tier institutions...
在谈怎么写出一份好的个人陈述(PS)以前,我想先简单说一下PS和目标陈述(SOP)之间的区别。提这个主要是因为这两种东西严格来说分别代指两种不同的文书写作,然而事实上也有很多学校会把这两个词混着用。或者,也有些时候,学校可能两份都要。所以以下是区别:
Before I get into how to write a strong personal statement (PS), I would like to briefly outline the difference between a PS and a statement of purpose (SOP). I want to address this is because the two terms technically refer to different writing requirements, but it is common for schools to use them interchangeably. Or, in some instances, a university might require an applicant to complete both a PS and an SOP. Here are the general differences:
首先要明确的是,申请美国的大学是个非常,非常头疼的过程——没错,就算对于美国学生来说这都是件极其纠结的事情……要知道他们可是土生土长在这个体系里,自小就自然而然熟知各类要求,还有父母老师学校counselor在后撑腰……
题主问的主要是关于文书,不过我想在这里把申请的基本要求都梳理一遍,当然文书部分是重点,因为对非文书的部分的要求事实上有助于你更深地理解文书所应起到的作用。另外本科申请和研究生申请有重叠部分,所以我先从本科申请讲起,最后会解释研究生申请的一些区别之处。 |
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