～土木07大贴～转战留学生活

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原帖由 渡渡鸟 于 2006-11-9 12:41 AM 发表
说起红宝就郁闷
模考的时候反义基本都不错的
结果考试的时候反义错了8个。。。

真牛。。我考完绝对不看了。。直接HappyN天N夜~~;P

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原帖由 helenlhh 于 2006-11-9 11:26 AM 发表


呵呵，这个学校的城市规划的小米及其友好，而且这个专业真的很不好找，能找到一两所中意的就很不错啦。
不管怎么说，先给自己多一点压力尽快去做也有好处。至少后面会有多一些时间其他学校可以做得更好一些。 ...

是Oregon么？？我也选了那个学校哎~~

看那些说十一月截止的觉得好可怕。。可我怎么从来没碰到啊。。都是一月三月的

还有九月一日的是说的明年九月一号吧？不然太早了也

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俺也是土木的，硕士读的结构工程
去美国读博，是不是一定得有GRE？

俺木有啊，托福也才607+4

雅思成绩可以用吧？俺也有个

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原帖由 sxymr 于 2006-11-9 11:59 发表



是Oregon么？？我也选了那个学校哎~~

看那些说十一月截止的觉得好可怕。。可我怎么从来没碰到啊。。都是一月三月的

还有九月一日的是说的明年九月一号吧？不然太早了也

osu: ohio state u
每个系的截止时间都是不同的，我发现城市规划的普遍都很早。土木的都还好，基本上是一二月份，还有更晚的

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原帖由 111222333 于 2006-11-9 13:53 发表
俺也是土木的，硕士读的结构工程
去美国读博，是不是一定得有GRE？

俺木有啊，托福也才607+4

雅思成绩可以用吧？俺也有个

托福和雅思取其中之一就行了。
美国不需要GRE成绩的极少，要找到的很花时间。而且也说不准那些个不要gre成绩的学校有没有奖学金。

建议还是去考一个，否则受的限制太大了。

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原帖由 111222333 于 2006-11-9 13:53 发表
俺也是土木的，硕士读的结构工程
去美国读博，是不是一定得有GRE？

俺木有啊，托福也才607+4

雅思成绩可以用吧？俺也有个

Your score of TOEFL is enough for your application. And if you want to study for PH.D in one of top100 universities, you have to take part in GRE.

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昨晚好不容易赶晚了第一稿的ps，写得鬼一样的！今晚要好好干活！学校的筛选还要进一步进行

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刚刚完成第二封推荐信和PS的初稿，累死了……==：
北京好冷，快些来暖气吧！在寝室都快被冻死了，现在带着手套打字……
还是想问一下，具体什么样的要求是要推荐表的，是在requirements or admission里有写吗？还是只要有下载推荐表这一项就需要提供推荐表阿？这东西好麻烦阿~

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如果需要的话会admission里肯定会写的，下载打印喽。没说要的就不管它了

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下载打印

先填好再打印吧

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what stands for "KTH"?

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昨天开始背红宝了 疯狂地学习英语 把那本炮妞秘籍放在旁边果然能起到很好的效果啊！顺便把土木专业英语也一起看 orgy in learning English...

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不知道大家的ps都写得怎样，我自己的横看竖看都觉得没啥技术含量。可能是因为没有什么研究经历的缘故吧。不知道该如何深入挖掘一些东西。ps的问题大家一起来探讨一下吧。

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转自http://www.graduedit.com/personal_statement.html

First, forget your grades, however good or bad they are. Forget your letters of recommendation, however enthusiastic or halfhearted they are. Forget your standardized test scores, however high or low they are. Finally, forget your extracurriculars, however diverse or nonexistent they are.

Now, try to imagine what the admissions committee members are wondering as they read your essay. It might look something like this:

What sets this applicant apart from the hundreds or thousands of other applicants who have the same grades, the same letters of recommendation, the same standardized test scores, and the same number of extracurriculars?

The personal statement is where you answer that question. Remember that admissions committees wouldn't even be looking at your application if you failed to meet their standards. Your grades and standardized test scores only tell admissions committees that you have the potential to do great work. Through the personal statement, you tell them that you have the passion, dedication, knowledge, and vision to do great work. The personal statement is where you emerge from the letters and numbers of your transcript and test score reports.

How you emerge can be tricky. You must be confident without seeming arrogant, factual without seeming boring, unique without seeming weird. You must show how you turned your weaknesses into strengths. And you must show how what you have done in your personal and academic past will translate into success in your academic and professional future.

GraduEdit's editors have scoured thousands of personal statements and have compiled the following list of seven characteristics shared by virtually all successful personal statements, regardless of level (college or grad school), program (sciences or humanities), or discipline (law, medicine, business).

Specific expectations may vary from one college or university to another, but the following characteristics are essential characteristics of all personal statements.


The Seven Characteristics of Highly Effective Personal Statements
1. Narrative
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The admissions committee members want you to tell them a story. Virtually all successful personal statements are structured around an illustrative anecdote or recollection. Choosing the right one is as important as it is difficult. The key is that you are able to derive a lesson or two from it. Keep it relevant and interesting, and avoid clichés!

2. Individuality

Unique perspectives wanted. Give the admissions committee a "total picture" of yourself. Here's where all those random extracurriculars start to seem surprisingly relevant to your intended course of study. You want the committee to think, "Wow, I guess ultimate frisbee is kind of like computational neurobiology!"

3. The 3 C's: Curiosity, Commitment, Credibility

You must show that your intellectual interests go beyond your field of study -- i.e., that you have general intellectual curiosity. But you must also demonstrate your commitment to a particular professional goal. Finally, you must convince the committee that you have the credibility -- that is, the knowledge and integrity -- to do the kind of work they are expecting you to do.

4. Two more C's: Clarity and Concision

The articulation of your academic and professional goals must be crystal-clear, your diction must be dense but varied, and your verbs must be active. And needless to say, your grammar and spelling must be spotless. No exceptions!

5. Surprise

If your personal statement doesn't raise an eyebrow, chances are it will be dropped onto the "No Admit" pile. Again, bear in mind that the admissions committees will be reading tons of these, so feel free to take a chance (provided, of course, that the chance you're taking makes you seem interesting and unique rather than crazy -- you want to raise that eyebrow in a good way).

6. Awareness of audience

Admissions committees know that you're applying to other universities, but they want to feel special. Mentioning particularly appealing and relevant aspects of that college or university -- resources, faculty members, etc. -- will make it seem that you're interested in that particular university. Don't brownnose -- just show how that college or university is a perfect venue for your academic and professional development.

7. Revisions and Revisitations

The personal statements we examined had obviously been meticulously pruned and perfected over the course of weeks or months. The writers had had friends, teachers, professors, and/or professional editors help them get their essays into proof-perfect form. The key factor, however, was that none of their original zest and distinctiveness had been lost in the revisions. The writers never sacrificed liveliness for comprehensiveness, and neither should you


The Personal Statement vs. the Statement of Purpose
The Personal Statement vs. the Statement of Purpose

So what's the difference between the personal statement and the statement of purpose? Colleges and universities don't seem to distinguish between them -- unless, of course, they're asking you for both.

As always, when in doubt, stick to the basics.

A personal statement (a.k.a. "the personal essay") is a statement about who you are. That is to say, it is a statement about the sum total of your self in all of its dimensions: intellectual, emotional, academic, athletic, etc. It should not resemble a page from your diary, but it should present your qualifications for getting admitted to a particular program from the standpoint of a personal experience or set of experiences.

Admissions committees ask for a personal statement when no extensive academic experience is assumed; it is therefore most often requested by undergraduate admissions committees. Graduate admissions committees occasionally request a personal statement in addition to a statement of purpose.

A statement of purpose is similar to a personal statement in that it is expected to provide admissions committees with a thorough sense of who you are, but it asks for a more direct and detailed proposal of intent. It is research-oriented and more concerned with specific short- and long-term professional goals. It is therefore a more suitable form for graduate school application essays.

To illustrate the difference, here's a personal statement prompt posed by one top American college:

Write an essay which conveys to the reader a sense of who you are. Possible topics may include experiences that have shaped your life, the circumstances of your upbringing, your most significant intellectual achievement, the way you see the world - the people in it, events great and small, everyday life - or any personal theme which appeals to your imagination. Please bear in mind that we're concerned not only with the content of your prose but with your writing style as well.

Notice the language: life, upbringing, events, everyday life, imagination, writing style. Clearly this essay should be up close and personal, and the quality of your writing should be as high as the substance of it is sophisticated. But notice as well that the prompt doesn't ask for any research or professional goals. Needless to say, you should include that kind of information, but it shouldn't be the emphasis of your essay.

Now compare this to a typical statement of purpose prompt from a top graduate school:

Please write a statement of purpose that incorporates the following:

A. Brief intellectual autobiography describing the formation of your academic interests and concerns.

B. The special area of interest or specific problems, theories, movements, periods, etc., upon which your studies would focus.

C. A description of tentative plans for research; either specific problems or general areas in which you plan to work.
As described, only one-third of the statement of purpose should be autobiographical, and even that part should be directly linked to your research interests. Though there are slight variations from one university to another, the statement of purpose as a genre tends to be fact-focused and detail-oriented.

Applications that ask for both a personal statement and a statement of purpose tend to want the personal statement to be more personal and the statement of purpose to be more than usually focused on research. Together, the essays should present a very clear and detailed picture of you as a person and you as an academic.

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