Steven,
I've lost my copy, unfortunately, but in the last year or so the APS Observer
published a small section on how to write an effective personal statement.
You might try to find it.
One piece of advice I remember, in particular, is that students should
consider
these *PROFESSIONAL* statements as opposed to "personal" statements.
Anyone who has read graduate school applications knows that many students
divulge far too much personal information in these statements, and they
read more
like autobiographies than statements of purpose and relevant experience.
-Mike
At 11:11 AM 10/18/00 -0400, Steven Specht wrote:
>Greetings TIPSters,
>A student asked me this morning whether I knew of a place where she
>could find samples of personal statements for graduate school. Any ideas
>(or sites)?
>
>Cheers,
>
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>Associate Professor of Psychology
>Psychology Department
>Utica College of Syracuse University
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