关于PS的写作技巧.doc

写Personal Statement的九点技巧 (转)1．对所要申请的学校和专业是否有深入细致的了解，能做到在写自述时紧扣学校和专业的要求及特点，突出自己的申请优势。2．自己的人生经历中有什么独特的、非同寻常的地方？在家庭生活和社会生活中有哪些人或事件影响了自己的人　生观和事业追求？这些影响有什么与众不同的地方？3．自己最初是如何对目前所选专业感兴趣的？在其后的岁月中又是如何加深了对这一学科领域的认识？在这一领域已经取得了什么样的成绩？是什么因素使自己自信，能够在 这一领域有所建树？4．在上学期间自己从事了哪些助教、助研、社会实践、暑期工作？通过这些活动在什么方面得到了提高（比如科研能力、组织能力和领导能力等）？在步入社会后的工作中完 成过什么项目，取得了哪些成就，表现出何等才干？5．自己最终的事业目标是什么？6．在自己多年来的考试成绩上有没有需要解释的地方？比方说大学成绩一直很优异但 GRE成绩却不怎么理想；高年级时的成绩是否比低年级时的成绩有显著提高？7．在自我奋斗的过程中是否需要克服超常的困难，如家庭生活贫困、身体残疾等？8．自己是否具备杰出的品格，比如诚实、可靠、善良、刻苦等，而自己能否提供真凭实据来加以证明？是否具备值得一提的很好的特别的工作习惯和态度，以及禀性上的优异9．自己具备什么样的特殊才能，如分析能力、领导才能和交流才能？为什么比别的申请 者更具有在事业上成功的把握。 ’s all about the headline. It’s about getting your point across in the most direct way you can. These personal statements are very good example of this, in just a few lines I have to get my message of why I want do a degree in Journalism across to my prospective universities. That is one of the reasons why I love to write, the challenge of putting over a complex thought or concept to a large audience of people and convey it in such a way everybody will understand it. As the great writer Hemingway once said, 揗y aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.?My own personal experience of journalism started young, my dad used to write for a magazine and take me with him when he went to interview people, since then I have been fascinated with the industry. When I was 14 I was lucky enough to get a work experience placement at 揘ews International?in Wapping. I got to work on the websites of 揊iredU? 揜?and 揚?as well as have a tour of the offices of 揟he Sun? 揘ews Of The World?and 揟he Times? I have also recently been offered a day抯 work experience at my local paper and I am currently waiting for news of work experience at the BBC. I pride myself on being well organised and thorough in my research. I have also developed many skills such as interview techniques and being able to see things from another perspective, a skill I have a