个人文书，对于留学申请的同学们来说一点都不陌生吧，本文是留学专家为大家带来的你不知道关于留学文书的秘密，下面配有中文翻译，在知道规律的同时练练英语吧~
So far I’ve given you some good advice about what not to put in your personal statement - no lists of books, less emphasis on your parents careers, no repeating of basic information found elsewhere in the form. Time for me to give you some constructive advice about what you should put in your personal statement.
Lets begin by considering what is it that this part of the UCAS process allows you to do. This is your chance to show to the admissions teams at a British university why it is that you would like to study a particular course. So what you should attempt to do is convince them with argument and evidence that you have an interest in studying the course and the pre-requisite skill set to succeed on the programme. For instance you might prove that you are a passionate lawyer by making intelligent comments on the aspects of British law that interest you most and that demonstrate that you have a sound understanding of the legislation, its history, its weaknesses and further areas of likely development over time. Doing this for any one specific area of law is very challenging in only 4000 characters, it is always hard to marry brevity with detail and grasp of nuance.
So here is some expert advice from me. Cheat. Seriously cheat. Well maybe, not cheat, just be a bit creative with the task in hand. Everyone agrees that you are allowed to write 4000 characters - no-one said that you can’t use these words to send admissions team to a URL of a further document or portfolio of your work. This is a clever way you can get yourself around the tight word limit and reinforce your application. There is no guarantee of course that the admissions tutor will be able to read all of your entires on this link but at least you’ve given them further evidence that supports your form.
For example if you are applying for a journalism course why not send the link to your blog which contains examples of the pieces you write for your school newspaper. Rather than referring to articles that they can’t judge this is your chance to send them everything that they could want to know and gives them the opportunity to make their appraisal of your strengths. The same would be true if you are applying for English literature or creative writing.
If for example you want to apply for a course that involves visualising material, e.g. Art, Drama or Cooking why not film yourself and your work and upload these videos to a social media host such as Youku which would allow the admissions teams to see you in action. Even if your course lends itself more to prose than imagery perhaps you can convene a few of your friends and film a live debate about a particular figure or event in History.
Whatever course you are applying for you will want to prove that you have undertaken extensive reading of the core texts in your subject area. Rather than creating bland list in your UCAS form of all the books that you claim to have read it would be much better to create an online bookshelf with reviews for each one. One excellent website with this functionality is goodreads.com. Not only will you be able to demonstrate the authors that you are already familiar with but also using their polls, algorithms and recommendations from your friends you will be soon add to your repertoire and discover new books which develop your knowledge of the subject.
So actually you can use your personal statement very cleverly to cover a wealth of videos, blogs, electronic bookshelves and social media accounts that all reinforce your application.
Good luck and enjoy the challenges ahead….
在之前的文章中，我已经指出了一些在个人陈述中不要碰的“经典误区”——别列一堆书籍清单、别太强调你父母职业、不要重复一些能在你申请表上得到的信息。下面我就继续为大家提供一些关于个人陈述应该怎么写的建议。
首先，我们先考虑一下在UCAS申请过程中你能做的是什么。这是一个向大学招生老师解释你为什么想要就读某个大学课程原因的绝好机会。想让自己脱颖而出，就要说服招生老师相信你是真正热爱这个专业并具备学习这个专业的知识与能力。比如，要证明你是一个专业的律师，必须要看你对如今英国法律有何特别的见解，以说明你十分了解所有相关的法律法规、由来、弊端和未来可修改完善的部分。
下面我给出一些我个人的专业意见。你就编，乱编！当然了，这也不能说是编，更确切地说，只是以一种新奇的角度和手法来写而已。
当然你可以写一篇4000字洋洋洒洒的文章，并附上你的一些相关信息和作品然后放到网站上，将网址发给招生老师。这无疑是一个明智之举，让你在有限的文字中突出自己的优势，吸引招生老师的眼球。虽说谁也不能保证招生老师会从头到尾看你链接里面的内容，但是至少有一点是肯定的，你尽力展示了自己的能力来为申请加分。就好比如果你正在申请新闻专业，为什么不直接把你在博客里写过的并在校报发表过的文章发给招生老师呢？这是一个你展现个人才华、让他们发现你闪光点的绝好机会。同样的道理也适用于申请英国文学或者创意写作专业。
如果你申请的课程可以通过一些视觉材料来展示，例如艺术、戏剧表演或烹饪。为什么不将你创作的过程拍摄下来并上传视频到视频网站（比如说优酷），让招生老师有一个更直观的了解。如果你的课程与文字有关，你甚至可以召集来你的一群好友来拍摄一个现场讨论视频，讨论某一个主题或者历史事件。
无论你申请的是什么课程，证明你有额外阅读过相关的书籍是尤为重要的。与其只在UCAS申请表上罗列一些你“声称”已经看过的书籍名，不如在网上建立一个私人书库，并在每一本你阅读过的书后面发表自己的见解和评论。这里向大家推荐一个拥有这个功能的电子书网站www.goodreads.com。它不仅能让你查找熟悉作者的新作，还可以根据排名、评分和好友推荐来选择书籍，这样一来你就很轻松可以找到能拓展你各方面专业知识的新书了。
巧妙的利用视频、博客、电子书网站和网络平台来丰富你的个人简历，多方位的展现你的知识与能力，会让你的大学申请更有说服力，令你脱颖而出。
迎接并享受前方的挑战吧！祝你们好运！
以上就是这篇文章的内容啦~希望大家都能学有所用，希望大家的留学之旅一帆风顺！
