 |
|
Writing a Graduate School Statement of Purpose
Writing a graduate school statement of purpose is very different from writing a traditional college admissions essay. When you were applying to college, you were probably only 17, 18 or 19. Admissions committees didn't expect your writing skills and life experiences to be very developed. But now that you've had several years of college, and possibly several years of professional experience, the stakes are a little higher. Admissions committees expect that your graduate school statement of purpose will clearly illustrate how you have developed and matured since you were 17, 18, and 19 years old.
Things to Consider When Writing a Graduate School Statement of Purpose
When writing a graduate school statement of purpose, it's important that you share some of the insights gleaned from your academic and professional careers. What leadership qualities have you attained? What epiphanies have you experienced? What mistakes have you made? What obstacles have you overcome?
Your graduate school statement of purpose must be 100% error-free. Understandably, your college admissions essay was also supposed to be error-free, but admissions committees for undergraduate programs tend to provide a little more leeway in this department. But at the graduate level, there is absolutely no room for mistakes. Syntax, grammar, spelling, structure, cohesion, and lucidity all must be of the highest caliber.
Your graduate school statement of purpose must accurately answer whatever question is asked. On the surface, this seems like a fairly obvious requirement, but you would be surprised at how many graduate school personal statements fail to answer the question prompts correctly. Don't make this mistake. Read and reread the question as many times as you need.
After you have completed the first draft of your graduate school statement of purpose, feel free to submit it to our editors for professional review and editing. Our staff will help smooth out the wrinkles, correct any errors, and provide you with objective feedback so that your final draft will be of the highest quality possible.
|
|
|
|
