個(gè)人聲明之所以難的部分原因是因?yàn)樵谝黄�文章中你需要做許多事。與申請(qǐng)上大學(xué)的文章不同，在那個(gè)申請(qǐng)書中你的動(dòng)機(jī)是沒有疑問的，你的目標(biāo)也可以不必明確，但寫申請(qǐng)上研究生院的個(gè)人聲明卻要求你把多個(gè)主題包括在一篇作文里。用不著說，這可能是辣手的。

有三個(gè)主題可供你考慮：

1．你為什么要研究這個(gè)領(lǐng)域/上這所研究生院？

2．哪些方面使得你特別、不同、或優(yōu)越？

3．為什么你夠資格？

你可以只集中在一個(gè)主題或想法把三個(gè)都包括進(jìn)去。不論你選擇怎么做，要記得如果你的文章最終沒表達(dá)你上研究生院的動(dòng)機(jī)，沒提出為什么你應(yīng)該被接受的論點(diǎn)，那你就已經(jīng)丟了分。
在本節(jié)你還將發(fā)現(xiàn)具體文章題目的一些特定問題策略。要是你面對(duì)的一個(gè)具體問題沒被列在這兒，請(qǐng)務(wù)必查看我們的“大學(xué)錄取作文輔助課程”或“商學(xué)院錄取作文輔助課程”，那兒有20多個(gè)不同的普遍問題的特定問題策略。許多研究生院有一些簡(jiǎn)短回答的問題，這些問題在本網(wǎng)站的其他章節(jié)都作了深入的探討。

一、為什么上研究生院？

寫好這個(gè)主題的訣竅是說明你為什么要研究該領(lǐng)域。不要只是說一下就認(rèn)為可以了。錄取官員需要的是你生活中那些證明你的愿望并使得你的愿望得以成真的那些可信的詳情。

有個(gè)訣竅可以避免給人以“這樣的內(nèi)容由來了”的反應(yīng)，那就是密切注意第一行。當(dāng)錄取官員一開始就看到“自從 … … 以來，我一直想當(dāng)個(gè)物理學(xué)家”這樣的句子，他們肯定縮回去。我們知道可提供幫助的是文章的那行句子，但是這些可憐的官員已經(jīng)有多少次讀過這樣的句子，他們自己也數(shù)不清，這樣的句子很快就變成老一套了。相反，可以用一個(gè)能說明你早就呼喚法律的故事來開始你的文章�，F(xiàn)看一看例1文章的第一段：

"That's not fair." Even as the smallest of children, I remember making such a proclamation: in kindergarten it was "not fair" when I had to share my birthday with another little girl and didn't get to sit on the "birthday chair." When General Mills changed my favorite childhood breakfast cereal, "Kix," I, of course, thought this was "not fair." Unlike many kids (like my brother) who would probably have shut up and enjoyed the "great new taste" or switched to Cheerios, this kid sat her bottom down in a chair (boosted by the phone book) and typed a letter to the company expressing her preference for the "classic" Kix over the "great new taste" Kix.

在講述故事的時(shí)候，文章作者說明了她政治上的激進(jìn)主義是根深蒂固的，但她不必說出來。她不是只告訴我們就希望我們相信，她是展示給我們看的。

另一個(gè)開篇方式是“我爸爸是個(gè) … …”。有些錄取官員說，如果申請(qǐng)人給出的想要研究某一個(gè)領(lǐng)域的唯一理由是家庭的愿望，那么他們不僅會(huì)對(duì)申請(qǐng)人的動(dòng)機(jī)，而且對(duì)他是否成熟表示懷疑。這當(dāng)然不是說你必須掩蓋你的父母支持你做該領(lǐng)域研究這一事實(shí)，但這的確意味著你應(yīng)該避免你想靠它作為進(jìn)入研究生院的唯一理由。如果你的父親或母親確實(shí)鼓勵(lì)你進(jìn)研究生院，那么需要詳細(xì)地描述你為什么受到他們的鼓勵(lì)，以及你在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中做了那些事可以檢驗(yàn)?zāi)愕膭?dòng)機(jī)。

例1：英語專業(yè)

注意：為了教學(xué)目的，該文發(fā)表時(shí)未加修改。
"That's not fair." Even as the smallest of children, I remember making such a proclamation: in kindergarten it was "not fair" when I had to share my birthday with another little girl and didn't get to sit on the "birthday chair." When General Mills changed my favorite childhood breakfast cereal, "Kix," I, of course, thought this was "not fair." Unlike many kids (like my brother) who would probably have shut up and enjoyed the "great new taste" or switched to Cheerios, this kid sat her bottom down in a chair (boosted by the phone book) and typed a letter to the company expressing her preference for the "classic" Kix over the "great new taste" Kix. Through the plenty of "not fair" incidents that followed, my mother tried to explain that unfair things happen sometimes, but I never accepted the idea of an unfair world and began to realize that there were a great many situations and conditions that were "not fair" to women. At age ten, I was mortified that all the boys in my Catechism class were signing up to be altar servers, but girls could not. When my grandmother told me that, at one time, because she was a woman, she was only allowed to touch the altar when she was cleaning it-the fight against the Catholic Church was on. Once again, I sat my bottom down in the chair (still with the phone book) and typed a letter to the Monsignor requesting to be trained as an altar server. With no immediate response, I respectfully but persistently harassed the Monsignor and the other priests every Sunday when I saw them in church, until, nearly two years later, I became an altar server. At age twelve I was almost too old to appreciate the new privilege, but there are girls becoming altar servers in that church to this day.Fighting against things "not fair" for women has been my goal throughout my education, just as it will be in my future, and I have had several unique opportunities toward this end.
I have worked two summers in a Sacramento, California, law firm for the managing partner, a brilliant litigator and a woman who really cares about justice, on two of the biggest cases of her career. I performed legal research relevant to the issues of spoliation and antitrust, and I directly assisted Ms. F with trial preparation, accompanying her to court during the trials. Under her guidance I have learned the inner workings of litigation, and I have seen that unfairness pervades all types of law. Having experienced litigation, I know the heavy work load that characterizes trial preparation and can safely say that I approach a legal career aware of its realities.
I have also participated in the [school] Center for American Politics and Public Policy (CAPPP) Quarter in Washington program, which allowed me to take classes at the [school] Center and intern at the National Women's Law Center in D.C. The Law Center showed me the public interest side of law, the area of law that I hope to enter in order to address the women's issues that are so important to me. Public interest offers the opportunity to help
women who need it the most, those who could not otherwise afford legal assistance and who are often victims of the "not fair," of violations of their civil rights.
My classes at [school]

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