statement of purpose一定要用两倍行距么？

立雪

 I think 2800 words are tooooooooooooo long. "Don't worry about the length" doesn't mean you can get that long...


To be honest, the best essays I have read are all very concise. If you cannot tell the story in less than 1500 words, your writing sucks....

tonygao1688

actually 2200, necessary,not redundant, interests include 1700 words

xiaopanghu

I would say a good PS will be at most 1 page and half single space if  you use font 11. Actually, I guess the program coordinator won't spend more than 3 minutes to read your PS. CV is more important IMHO.

立雪

An econ prof. says that he goes to read ps only when he needs a laugh....that makes me rethink the importance of personal statement.....sigh...I used to believe that it was really important....-_-

darcie

3 minutes...   maybe a dozen ps

yangyangl

one of my finance professors said he never read ps when reviewing application materials...but some might do...very briefly

百草园Tracy

以下是引用立雪在2008-12-3 15:27:00的发言：
An econ prof. says that he goes to read ps only when he needs a laugh....that makes me rethink the importance of personal statement.....sigh...I used to believe that it was really important....-_-

Then, it might be wise to put some jokes on the PS. (kidding, joking)

But now I really feel doubted about what they really care!

CV? transcripts? school reputation?

百草园Tracy

以下是引用xiaopanghu在2008-12-3 13:45:00的发言：
I would say a good PS will be at most 1 page and half single space if  you use font 11. Actually, I guess the program coordinator won't spend more than 3 minutes to read your PS. CV is more important IMHO.

嗯，我现在也觉得写多了感觉反而有点思路不清楚，1-2页感觉比较容易接受。给别人看，人家也看得下去

立雪

ok, if you print out your online application. You'll see four things on the first page:
your school name, your gpa, your gmat score, and your recommendor list.

And they only need to glance over the first page to get an idea good enough about who they want to consider......

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One more thing about ps is, I still believe if you have an exceptional ps, it may move the readers. However, this situation is rare, since we Chinese are not in general good writers of ps....so don't rely on that...but worth trying.

darcie

也许在最后到了shortlist会稍微看下PS, 不要大跌眼镜就行,   和CV RL一致比较好