OverCaffeinated Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 can we list some sources that help with writing things like letters of intent and statements of purpose.someone had mentioned a resource book from the 90s that was supposedly is very good, but i cant find it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slporbust2016 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 This is such a confusing topic. I've scoured the internet, asked professors, asked friends who have already gone to grad school, and read article after article. There's so much information, and a lot of it disagrees with each other. I even checked out this book from the library and read it. http://www.amazon.com/Graduate-Admissions-Essays-Fourth-Edition/dp/1607743213 Still confused, and feeling like I have the world's most boring life compared to the writers of those essays.From all of this research, what i've gathered is that I need to make a personal statement that I'm proud to have represent me. I need to make sure that it answers what the AdComm asked for, and I need to proofread it 349 times before I hit that submit button. I've got one that I'm trying to turn in by October 1 that's on the fourth draft right now. I feel your pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slporbust2016 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/969/01/https://career.berkeley.edu/Grad/GradStatement (specifically the "words to avoid without explanation" I took that to mean that AdComms view these phrases as meaningless and trite without additional info.)Many universities have info online that might be helpful. tea4me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCaffeinated Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 no universities dont have anything online that might be helpful. theyre not interested in helping you write your statement.the book was kinda like this one u mentioned but it was way older..kinda like the oldie but goldie... damn. i just have no idea whats its called Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylogician Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 This is also relevant: http://psychology.unl.edu/psichi/Graduate_School_Application_Kisses_of_Death.pdf tea4me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slporbust2016 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Both of the sources that I listed above are posted by universities and have helpful information. University writing centers will have helpful information. I wasn't talking about the actual departments. I think it's hard to get a definitive answer to this question because it comes down to the people on the AdComm. Some people love personal stories. Some people hate them. No one likes proofreading mistakes, and no one likes it when you don't answer the questions that they asked or don't follow the formatting guidelines. I had two people read my essay this week. One is a professor. One edits papers professionally. They had wildly different reactions to one section of my essay. Sometimes, it is personal preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCaffeinated Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 This is also relevant: http://psychology.unl.edu/psichi/Graduate_School_Application_Kisses_of_Death.pdfthis was a very good read. i liked the examples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slporbust2016 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 https://grad.ucla.edu/asis/agep/advsopstem.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkingcake Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 There's also the whole Statement of Purpose subforum in Grad Cafe too- i remember reading some tips and pointers floating around there, although it's important to keep in mind that a letter of intent for a professional program like SLP can sometimes be a bit different from one for a research program, depending on what you're gonna write in it slporbust2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curly_girl Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 While I liked information on how to write an SOP for any grad field, I looked for information specifically for SLP. I found this gradcafe thread helpful: http://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/41889-the-slp-sop/. I liked the following blog post even more, mostly because it is more detailed. Unfortunately, not all the links work anymore. https://slpecho.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/letterofintent_slpgradschool/ talkingcake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCaffeinated Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 While I liked information on how to write an SOP for any grad field, I looked for information specifically for SLP. I found this gradcafe thread helpful: http://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/41889-the-slp-sop/. I liked the following blog post even more, mostly because it is more detailed. Unfortunately, not all the links work anymore. https://slpecho.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/letterofintent_slpgradschool/ these are great. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curly_girl Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 these are great. Thanks! You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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