Tuesday, November 03, 2009

How not to write your statement of purpose

While talking to a friend who is currently applying to graduate schools, I remembered that blogger FemaleScienceProfessor had a hilarious Statement of Purpose essay contest last December. If your essay starts sounding like this, this, or these, you might want to whip out that red pen a few more times before you submit those applications.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Unknown said...

Failing to take the time to draft a truly original statement of purpose is a common mistake made by college and grad school applicants. There is a fine line between originality and being completely abstract.

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Unknown said...

Fellowship will be the launching pad to the rest of your career, and as such, fellowship personal statements should focus on the future as opposed to what you have already accomplished. grad school statement of purpose

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