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Writing a personal statement or statement of purpose.

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My pretentious statement worked, kinda. At least, it wasn’t fatal. I was admitted to two of the five or so programs that I applied to. But today, as a former Graduate Program Director for my department and occasional member of the admissions committee, I’d certainly advise prospective applicants against the approach I took. So here are some suggestions and resources:

Although “personal statement” and “statement of purpose” are often used interchangeably, there is a distinction between the two genres. The  FAQ page   for applicants to the  American Cultures program at the University of Michigan  (which requires both) explains:

What is the difference between the Academic Statement of Purpose and the Personal Statement?

Academic Statement of Purpose:  The statement of purpose should be a concise, well-written statement about your academic and research background, your career goals, and how Michigan’s graduate program will help you meet your career and educational objectives. Personal Statement (500 word limit):  The personal statement should describe how your background and life experiences including cultural, geographical, financial, educational or other opportunities or challenges, motivated your decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Michigan.

Our Graduate School application requests a “personal statement,” but I really prefer a statement of purpose. Less personal, more purposeful.  

There’s a lot of advice out there about what a statement should look like. Two of the resources I like are “ Writing the Statement of Purpose, ” by the  UC Berkeley Graduate Division  and “ Graduate School Applications: Statements of Purpose ,” from the best and most comprehensive online resource for academic writing, the  Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).  According to the first, the Statement of Purpose should have 4 parts. According to Purdue OWL, it should address 4 questions. Here’s what the conversation between them looks like:

You don’t need to make all of the connections suggested by the two-way arrows, but ideally your essay should include each of the parts on the left, and should answer each of the questions on the right. You can use the questions to make sure that the components of your essay are functional, and to decide what material to emphasize and what to eliminate in each of the four parts:

• In describing your interests and motivations, the question “How are you unique from the other candidates?” can be a filter. If you’re applying to a graduate program in English, then you can bet that a childhood immersed in books won’t set you apart. You might instead treat your love of literature as a premise or assumption. Get more specific – when and how did it occur to you that literary study might become a professional endeavor?
• Another characteristic that won’t set candidates apart is success in your previous studies. If you did well, you can largely let your transcript speak for itself. (If you have a spotty record, especially within the English major, you may want to give some context.) You may use this section to trace the development of your current academic interests – to address question 3, and set up your answer to question 4.
• You may have relevant extra- or post-curricular activities to tell us about – perhaps you already work in education, or in publishing, or in some related field? – or perhaps not. Does the description of your current activities address any of the 4 questions? If not, you may minimize or eliminate this component. It’s perfectly OK to stick to academics.
• If you refer to individual faculty members, don’t just demonstrate that you’ve spent a few minutes looking at the website. Be specific and substantive – “I’m especially excited about Dr. Santa Ana’s work on transnational cultural memory, because…”
• If you’re not sure if there’s a potential match for your interests among our faculty, it’s perfectly appropriate to email the graduate program director or individual faculty members with an inquiry. We have information that isn’t available on the department website, such as who may be coming or going, who might not be able or willing to take on new students, and who might be developing a new research interest that s/he would be excited to share.
• In describing your own interests and what you hope to do in graduate study, it’s a good idea to find a pitch that’s somewhere between the extremes of complete flexibility and generality, at one end, and single-mindedness and specificity, on the other. It can be really useful to say that you’re really interested in early American studies and the digital humanities, and would like to develop a research agenda that integrates those fields. It’s less appealing if you describe your planned dissertation; a predetermined dissertation project indicates that you’re not open to advisement.
• If you’re not sure about your intended specialization, it’s fine to say so. We expect applicants to have some ideas about what research they hope to pursue, but the statement of purpose is not a contract. We anticipate that some students will change fields, sometimes radically (from contemporary American to early modern British, for example) as they work with our faculty and discover new interests.
• Remember, when imagining yourself in our program, to use the conditional mood: “I would do the advanced certificate in cultural studies…” The use of future tense (“I will) comes across as presumptuous.

Like all academic genres, the personal statement has relatively fixed conventions for organization and content that readers expect writers to follow. Upon completion of your graduate studies, if you pursue an academic career, you’ll be confronted with a similar genre, the so-called “job letter:” a pretty strict two-page template, with each paragraph designated for a particular purpose, within which the candidate is expected to demonstrate his or her originality and excellence. Don’t try to redefine the genre, but do try to use it as a medium for sincere personal expression.

Of course, your statement is also a writing sample, and a poorly written one is probably a fatal flaw in a selective application process. Vet it with people who are able and willing to give critical feedback (a category that may or may not include your parents). The sooner you can begin drafting it, the better. Professors who are writing letters of recommendation often appreciate having a draft of the statement of purpose to work with, and they are well positioned to comment.  Don’t forget to read it out loud. Even better, have someone read it to you, or record it and play it back. Does it sound like you?

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Drop in Funding for Schools in the Health Science Center

Since 2004, schools in the Health Science Center have experienced a drop in funding for equipment needed for students to learn proper clinical skills.’

In 2004, the School of Nursing spent 1.6 percent of its budget on’ equipment.’ In 2007, this number decreased to 0.8 percent.

The newly built Clinical Skills Center (CSC), used only for the School of Medicine, took 4 million dollars of funding over two fiscal years for its equipment. Students in the School of Nursing continue to use outdated equipment.

According to the medicine school’s Associate Dean of Finance John Reilly, three million of capital money was used for construction of the CSC, and around one and a half million from quality of life funding went to technology and audio between two fiscal years.

Reilly said that the CSC had a strong proponent in the School of Medicine Dean Norman Edelman.’ Edelman, apparently, had been pushing for the center for a long time.

Reilly said that the quality of life funds go to the provost’s office where all the schools in the HSC are vying for the same quality of life funds.’ ‘It is very political,’ he said.

In the CSC, students learn to diagnosis and acquire bedside manners with trained actors playing the parts of patients. The CSC features 6,000 sq. feet, including exam rooms, computer stations and conference rooms. It contains one simulated operating room and one emergency room with one-way glass for viewing and critiquing student patient assessments. They also have simulated male and infant patients.

The CSC is supposed to be used not only as a resource for the specialized training of physicians and other healthcare professionals such as nurses. However nursing student Sofia Reyes stated that 10 lab beds in the nursing school are lacking.

Reyes said, ‘We don’t have blood pressure equipment, enough physical assessment items..tuning fork, the reflex hammer, otoscopes etc. We also have outdated equipment in the bed lab’hellip;our dummies are old and a lot of them are outdated, making them completely obsolete.’

The coordinator for the nursing lab and exam rooms, Kathy Miller, was unavailable for comment.

The School of Medicine’s Associate Dean for Educational Development and Evaluation, Elza Mynoa, said that money from Albany only covered the building of the skills center. The money for technology came from the medical school funds from courses and other resources.

Mynoa emphasized, ‘The dean gave me a budget that covers the medical school needs and we don’t have the money for nursing school to use it.’ An advisory committee was put together to develop financial policies for the CSC.

The coordinator and trainer Pat Bly said the committee has a lot of pieces to work out. The two meetings held have not done much to help bring nursing students and other schools into the skills center.

Bly said, ‘it’s owned by the school of medicine.’

Mynoa stated that’ ‘what we need to do is see if we could get a grant with other schools. Dean Fine is also interested in integrated projects to help the other schools use the CSC equipment.’

However because of summer and busy schedules, Mynoa said it would be some time before the committee will finalize policies for schools like nursing to use the CSC. So as students of the School of Medicine practice their clinical skills in the CSC, other schools suffice with what they have.

Reyes said, ‘It’s difficult to learn on a dummy that is falling apart or has been injected so many times’hellip;since nursing has become more technologically advanced, it’s hard to learn with this equipment.’

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