个人陈述（Personal Statement）怎么写？

**关于好的开头：

PS 的开头可以多种多样，但忌讳简历式开头，即我是谁，年龄，毕业于什么大学，所学专业是什么等等这些已经写在简历上的东西。这种开头不仅没有新意，而且浪费了PS的篇幅，占据了该体现本人特色优势的描述。一篇能够吸引眼球的开头可以适当的选用合适的名言警句来增加文章的文学性，在选用名句时不要选择那种过于常见的名言警句，否则会有落入俗套之嫌。具体可以参考下面的开头部分范例：

It is my conviction that the meaning of life does not dwell in the length of time that one can live or the material abundance that one can acquire, but in the richness and the wonderfulness of life itself. With the increase of my age, many things in my life have changed. But one thing remains constant, that is, I will consistently insist on doing what I like to do and hope that my endeavors can be valuable to the life of others. I see this as the only way whereby I can realize the value of my life.

千万不要写成下面这段：

My name is **，Graduated from **university. From a young age I have always been interested in education, so I choose education as my major and want have a further study on this field. Your school stands front of other universities in the field of education, is always my dream school.

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Body:

My undergraduate study in Minzu University of China has proved to be fruitful and colorful. As a self-motivated student, I have spared no pains to equip myself with specialist knowledge and practical skills. Thanks to my unremitting efforts, I have built a firm academic grounding about jurisprudence, criminal law, civil law, commercial law and etc, and scored an exemplary average score of 89.5%, ranking me the first in the whole grade comprised of about 100 students.

Moreover, by frequently attending the moot courts and drafting a range of legal documents, I significantly harnessed my verbal and writing skills, and gradually sharpened my insight into China’s judicial system. Furthermore, I have double majored in English, and thereby greatly improved my English proficiency, which enabled me to effectively acquire the knowledge pertaining to international economic law, international law, international private law, and so forth, and thereby consolidated my resolution to pursue further study in a programme which is delivered in English.

在主体部分的写作时，他用分数，排名等数据证实自己成绩优异，还会通过辅修了英语来展示自己相对于其他申请生的优势。

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Besides my endeavors to solidify academic knowledge, I have thrown myself into a stream of research projects. Among those examples I could cite would be my experience in carrying out the national-level undergraduate innovation training programme titled Fire Protection Regulations of Villages of the Miao Nationality-a Case Study about Xijiang Village Leishan County Guizhou Province. Starting from conducting investigations and interviewing residents in that village, our team collected plentiful data, and studied the pros and cons of current regulations. After consulting professional literatures and seeking advices from scholars& experts, we proposed our suggestions about improving current regulations to better protect villagers' lives and properties. In recognition of the practical value of our research, our project was awarded as the Excellent Project, and our research paper will soon be published in the 2nd Issue of Journal of Original Ecological National Culture. By undertaking those researches, for one thing, I have largely broadened my intellectual horizon; for another, I enhanced my skills in data collection, analysis and interpretation of results to conduct productive researches, which, in my opinion, will pave the way for my following postgraduate study.

另外，只是拿出在校成绩是不够的，作者接下来又提到自己读书时参与的项目。通过举例在项目中解决问题的办法和途径，以及项目在最终成果上取得的奖项将自己的实践经验和专业技能进行了说明，突出了学以致用，理论结合实际的个人能力。

很多同学在写PS时会犯的一个错误，就是认为一定要尽可能多的将自己参加的活动都写进去，以彰显自己的经历丰富。结果就是最后写出了一篇加长版的CV。

在这篇文章里，作者没有将自己在读书时参与的所有项目都罗列出来，而是选择了其中一项来具体描述，并以小见大，总结分析了自己的收获，突出了自己的优势，有理有据，令人信服。提醒大家在写PS时一定要举实例、重描述，切忌流水账、无重点。

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With a view to gaining valuable job skills, I once served as an assistant in the Legal Service Center of university, and assisted to provide voluntary legal aid to social vulnerable groups covering the issues like questions answering, legal instruments writing, lawsuits agency, and etc. More than that, I have managed to work in Liangshan Intermediate People’s Court. During the process, I involved myself in legal instruments management, court records keeping and execution of cases. By doing so, I got a glimpse of the overall process in handling China’s legal disputes from organization appellate records to initiate prosecutions, and through to the execution of cases. Valuable practical experiences not only enhanced my logical& analytical thinking skills, but granted me personal experience about tackling economic and civil disputes. More importantly, I was allowed to closely contact with high-caliber legal professionals, and their impressive professionalism, enthusiasm and dedication moved me deeply, which reinforced my determination to pursue a career in the legal profession as my lifelong commitment, and inspired me to work harder and harder to grow into a capable legal practitioner just like them.

主体部分的最后，作者还提到自己做法律助理，提供法律援助的经历。这就让招生官知道自己是对这个专业的就业岗位是有过一定的了解的，而文书的一个要求去就是让学生明确自己的职业规划和专业研究。所以这一段刚好契合了PS的要求。从这一段可以看出这位同学对于法律专业岗位的认识不仅仅局限于听到的或者看到的，而是亲身经历的，这就让他在招生官的眼中更加加分了。

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关于文章主体：

文章主体是用于凸显自己的优势，最主要是解释自己的专业能力以及专业选择和职业规划等方面的文字，也是个人陈述的核心，这部分内容也是区别个人陈述和简历的最重要的一部分。

需要记住的是，在表现自我专业能力的时候不要堆砌式的夸自己能独立思考，学习能力快等一些虚无缥缈的话，毕竟这些都没有一个可观的客观标准。将专业知识与时事、当下最前沿的技术等材料联系起来是最受欢迎的，因为这能体现学生对所学领域的持续关注，懂得理论联系实际，在招生官看来，这点是非常重要的。

下面的范例就是很好的突出了专业能力，并将个人优势详尽的表达出来了:

My desire to study Law stems from a growing fascination with World events, as well as with the minutiae of our day-to-day existence. The event of Sino-American special protectionist tariffs once again unveils the crucial and indispensable status of law in the global context. A complete set of regulation should be needed to standardize every country’s behavior and to coordinate the contradictions among different nations. Stimulated by the prominent controversies in the world, I am firm with my choice to pursue jurisprudence in this realm. As Helena Kennedy QC states 'The Law is the bedrock of a nation; it tells us who we are, what we value, who has power, and who hasn't. Almost nothing has more impact on our lives.' ('Just Law', 2004) That’s, law is not only the weapon of counterattacking criminals but also the disseminator of human nature, and lawyers can be an important source of protein. I am convinced that studying in a brand-new condition with strong and mature atmosphere of law learning will pave my way to my dream soon. I promise that I will make greater accomplishment if offered the valuable opportunity to study at your university.

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Ending

As a top law school with time-honored reputation for nurturing first-class legal practitioners, the School of Transnational Law, Peking University has been appealing to me ever since. With courses delivered by highly qualified academics rich in research and applied experience, your school will provide a well-balanced, highly informed and supportive environment to endow me with seasoned knowledge and intellectual base necessary for working at the forefront of the judicial circles. Furthermore, your esteemed university enjoys a robust global network of alumni, and will enable me to interact with like-minded peers hailing from around the world to appreciate various thinking modes and establish my stimulating business networks, which, I think, will be a major plus for my future career development. In the future, armed with solid academic foundations about China’s legal system and international law as well as an international perspective, I expect to grow into an eligible lawyer and devote myself to settling disputes for clients from across the globe. Further study in your university will add wings to the realization of my career goal, and I sincerely look forward to commencing the next stage of my educational journey in your superior and inspiring environment.

结尾处字数稍多，可以更加精简，一些修饰的词句可以再进一步省略，不过文章中作者在结尾已经将未来的梦想已经发展规划讲述了一遍，也解释了自己申请这所学校的原因，所以就内容上来说还是合格的。

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关于结尾：

个人陈述的结尾其实也是挺重要的，千万不要觉得结尾就是对之前写的东西的总结，所以在尾段千万不要出现to sum up之类的短语，不然就会使你的文章覆盖上一层浓浓的高考作文气息。

在进行结尾的写作时，要让招生官觉得你有很强的求学欲就已经达到目的了，句子尽量简单就好了。比如下面这一段：

I am highly aware of the superb reputation of your school, and my conversations with several of your alumni have served to deepen my interest in attending. I know that, in addition to your excellent faculty, your computer facilities are among the best in the state. I hope you will give me the privilege of continuing my studies at your fine institution.

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Other Tips:

关于语言：

个人陈述的语言特色讲究正式，虽然各家大学的官网上对于此点并没有什么硬性规定，但是基本都会提一句，要注意正式，所以写作时可以口语化但是还要语言正式得体。

在文章中的用词需要记住不要故意选用超过一般人认知的生僻词汇以“展示”自己的英语能力，以免给面试官增加阅读负担。也不要追求简单，不要大段大段的使用简单句，否则会给招生官留下英语语言能力不行的印象。

语句之间和语段之间的连接是比较重要的细节，多用连接词和短语。写完之后记得检查一遍文中的介词短语有没有用错，包括一些单复数和时态等低级错误不能犯。

整个篇幅控制在一千字以内，一般是500-750字左右。

希望看到这篇干货的同学们可以自己写出一篇出色的PS。有任何留学申请相关问题也可以上对口留学平台找老师解答，真的很方便哦~

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