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Writing sample in psychology?


Azsy16

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Hey guys, what do you upload when a school recommends providing a writing sample? What are they looking for? Does any section of my thesis suffice, or must it be an entire product (essay/lab report)? I'm an international applicant and no one around me is entirely sure about this.

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Hey @Azsy16,

In my experience, the best thing to do is to establish a dialogue with your POI, send them your material, and then once you have a good back-and-forth going, ask them these school-specific questions. For me, some schools want the full honours' thesis, others want only five to 10 pages, and still others want a graded writing sample (with professor comments) from a psychology course!

I hope that this helps :).

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On 04/10/2016 at 2:50 PM, Jessica_PhDwannabe said:

Hey @Azsy16,

In my experience, the best thing to do is to establish a dialogue with your POI, send them your material, and then once you have a good back-and-forth going, ask them these school-specific questions. For me, some schools want the full honours' thesis, others want only five to 10 pages, and still others want a graded writing sample (with professor comments) from a psychology course!

I hope that this helps :).

Wow, those are very different requirements... I've chosen to email the department instead. Thanks for the advice.

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