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发信人: threeinone (逃.....), 信区: Oversea
标 题: 怎样写Statement(2)
发信站: 听涛站 (Sat Oct 23 19:51:22 1999), 转信
下面是一所学校的Guide Line:
In view of the relatively poor quality of the study plan we received in t
he past years, the department decides to offer more concrete guidelines to
help applicants writing their study plans.
The intention is to tell applicants what the department is looking for in
the study plans, and how the applicants can best distinguish themselves d
uring the admission process.
Of course these guidelines are only recommendatory. Applicants are welcom
e to use their imagination whenever/wherever possible.
The study plan serves three purposes. First, it shows how well applicants
can express their ideas in plain English. This requires well-organized th
inking skills as well as clear writing. Second, the study plan is supposed
to show how much thought the
applicants have given to the particular fields in which they want to stud
y. For example, if an applicant wants to study Neural Networks, exactly ho
w much they know about Neural Network and why do they think they are capab
le of doing research in this
field should be clearly explained in the study plan. The third purpose of
a study plan is to provide students with lesser grade an opportunity to p
resent their intellectual accomplishments other than academic records. For
research projects that require
extensive hands-on capabilities, practical problem-solving skills will pl
ay as much important roles as course grades.
To help the applicants write down the types of information that will inte
rest the admission committee most, we prepare a list of specific questions
that the applicants may consider to answer in their study plans. Again, a
nswering these questions is not
mandatory. They are suggested here to reduce the possibility of wasted ef
forts on the part of applicants.
[1] What is the most significant achievement you've ever accomplished so
far? This could be a class project, a piece of artifact you built, or a re
search, and it doesn't have to be related to our program.
[2] Is there any specific field you want to work on? Please be as specifi
c as you can. Try to explain how your academic background prepares you to
do research in this (these) field(s).
[3] If you have any previous research experiences, please explain them in
terms of your roles in the projects, your own contributions, and most imp
ortantly the process of deriving the solutions/algorithms you developed, i
f any.
[4] In case your course grade is not particularly distinguished, why do y
ou think you still have what it takes to do graduate study in our departme
nt?
Last suggestion: the applicants are advised to take writing the study pla
n as serious as they possibly can. Think of it as doing the homework for g
etting into graduate schools. The more efforts you spent on it, the better
chances you have to be
admitted into topnotch graduate programs.
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