statement of purpose

[אנונימיזהשמיהאמצעי]

statement of purpose

היי לכולן ולכולם,
אני עומד להגיש מועמדות לתכניות לתואר שלישי במדעי החברה בכמה אוניברסיטאות בארה״ב השנה וראיתי, לדוגמה, שבאתר של NYU הם מגדירים אורך מקסימלי של שני דפים במרווח שורות כפול בעבור ה-statement of purpose.
אני מתקשה מאוד לתמצת את כל מה שיש לי לכתוב בשני עמודים והשאלה שלי היא האם מישהו כאן יודע אם המגבלה הזו הוא משהו שבאמת עומדים עליו, או שאפשר לשלוח גם סטייטמנט של שלושה דפים וזה יעבור?
תודה רבה!

 

[חייבתלהגיב]

אם מגדירים אורך מקסימלי, אז זה מה שאתה צריך לכתוב.

 

[Philip Jr]

תקשיב טוב

המגבלה הזו היא *בהחלט* משהו שעומדים עליו, עד כדי כך שאתה עשוי להרוס את סיכוייך להתקבל אם לא תגיש חיבור שעומד בהנחיות. בהצלחה!
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[idohatam]

 

[estee from ynet]

North Americans are very strict

When they tell you that there is a limit of pages or a word count - they mean it.
Some will stop reading after the limit.
To my dismay, I have had points taken off even when only a guideline was provided - I tend to write long essays/papers.

 

[Philip Jr]

You know who else is very strict?

Journals. To publish an article it has to adhere to the word count restrictions. So - doing so for one's statement of purpose is great practice for the rest of one's academic career.

Therefore, it's also fair and reasonable that you had points taken of for length - length is not a writing goal to aspire to, or a positive thing necessarily.

 

[estee from ynet]

A journal is different

My mistake was to write a research paper on a topic that the professor specialized in (I sort of stumbled into his course), and who referred to my topic of choice as "very ambitious". I knew from the start that he disagreed with me and with the documented facts that were exposed by everyone who had researched and written about the subject. Some of what I had written was based on a very high-profile exposé and supported by Jews and non-Jews alike. My professor was a Jew who refused to accept that, had they not been so selfishly concerned with their own self-preservation, Jews could have done a lot more to prevent some of what had occurred. My professor was a man who believed that Jews could do no wrong.

In this case, there was no word count limit - he was just looking for ways to dismiss the most crucial points that I had included in my paper.

I was so furious with him that I told the writer/professor, a Jew, who had exposed the unknown facts in the above well-known book...

 

[Philip Jr]

The foundations of good writing

Are the same for a journal article, an essay for class, or a statement of purpose. This isn't about your professor's religiosity, and honestly I think it would be best not to go on such tangents, they aren't relevant or helpful for the person asking the question.

Writing concisely and making every word count is an important skill for anyone who communicates knowledge. He should start with his statement of purpose, not just because that's the requirement - but because that is part of what good writing is.

 

[estee from ynet]

Writing, rhetoric, and communicating facts

Happens to be my field of expertise. And those who write and teach essay writing agree that I am very good at what I do.

 

[Philip Jr]

That may be the case

But this is not about you.. אז מספיק.

 

[הצפרדעונית]

 

[אור302]

תלוי מה כתוב באתר של המוסד.

למוסדות אחרים הסטנדרט של NYU לא בהכרח תקף אבל הוא באזור.

 

[hooting owl]

כמו שכבר כתבו לך:

בהחלט להשתדל לשמור על מגבלת האורך. עם זאת, אם מגבילים ל-1500 מילים (לדוגמא) ויצאו לך 1600 (או אם הגבילו ל-2 עמודים ברווח כפול ויצאו לך שניים ברווח של 1.85), זה לא משהו שאתה צריך להיות מודאג בגללו.

בהצלחה!

 

[אנונימיזהשמיהאמצעי]

תודה רבה hooting owl!