个人陈述主要阐述自己的职业规划及留学目标，是美国留学文书材料中很重要的部分。那么今天出国留学网小编简单介绍，美国留学个人陈述书写指南。
首先来看看个人陈述一般从哪些方面下手。
1.为什么选择该专业？（该专业是否是事先你的职业目标的最适合的专业？）
2.你的长期职业目标，短期职业目标（研究生毕业后）？
3.你过往的学习，工作，生活经历如何塑造了你，并确立了这个职业目标？
4.你为实现此目标做了哪些努力，取得了什么成就（学到了哪些知识，技能）？
5.为什么选择选择该项目？（你讲如何利用该项目的一切资源实现你的职业目标）
三个潜在的Personal Statement话题组合：
Personal Statement Topic #1： 讲一个故事，来说明自己有多么在乎写作（writing）和法律（law），并且说一下自己是如何有责任心（responsible）——当然，这些看起来很乏味。
Personal Statement Topic #2： 讲一讲自己是如何集一个头脑灵活、善于分析（analytical）和体格健壮（athletic）、热爱运动（runner）于一身的——这应该听起来会更有趣，但好像还缺点意思 。
Personal Statement Topic #3： 讲述一个聪明（intelligent）有干劲（driven）的资深扑克玩家（poker）对金融（finance）充满兴趣的故事——我当时对这个主题很满意，很有趣很吸引人。
接着来看看它的写作技巧。
分析学校背后的动机
首先，出于更好地衡量学生之前的学习经历以及未来学习方向，引进学校认为更合适的学生入读的目的。美国各个学校提高了入学门槛，审核趋于严格，部分学校和部分专业已经明确学生需要提供PS。
一般情况下，学生需要提交的申请的必要材料分为两大类：一是学术类：即在读证明、毕业证、成绩单、语言成绩单等(雅思、托福等);二是身份类，即：护照、出生证明公证等。但如果学生尤其是申请硕士及更高学位的学生能提供导师的推荐信、实习证明、实习证明、简历、学习计划、PS等则更有助于申请。
但在学生申请签证时，有一种情况需要提供PS在签证部分材料里，如学生背景比较复杂或是签证风险比较高的情况，个人陈述用来证明学生留学目的，以及解释自己的情况。签证时如果要求补充PS，多是有助于美国移民局更多了解学生的动机是否单纯出于学习目的，比如在学生有空白学习经历时，会要求提供PS来证明学生的留学目的等。
所以美国留学PS的书写针对院校和签证两类对象会有不同的素材准备要求。
申请对象是学校
在申请时，书写的内容多为学习计划。它可以涉及多方面，除可以强调个人的学习成绩外，还可以写自己与申请专业相关的见解等，也可以提到在申请专业领域中，该申请学校有哪些学者、教授或是研究方向感兴趣(更适用申请研究型硕士及以上学位课程)，以及报考该学校和专业的原因，以及今后准备从哪些方面入手，最终努力的方向等。
如果学生在国内的学习期间参与过课外活动、社团，或是公益活动等也可以在文中涉及，外国学校也会看重学生学术外的经历。但需要注意的是，不要仅仅描述该活动，还要提到该项活动对你的意义和对日后学习的帮助等。
签证对象是移民局
而在签证环节，则只是在学生出现特殊经历时需要补充PS来证明学生的真正目的是留学。书写的内容则多注重个人基本情况介绍，所受教育经历，工作经历，为什么选择赴澳留学?为什么选择该学校?为什么选择该专业学习?学成后的计划?等部分，总篇幅大约800-1000字。
最后来看看参考范文。
Tianjin, China, my birth place and living city has always attracted me with her diverse cultures which endow me with rich cultural background. I remember during my childhood, I was very curious about different styles of buildings, when walking on the street with my mom. As I grew up, I got to know that among the first cities in China to open international trade, Tianjin has a long cultural history, in which Chinese culture mixes well with that of foreign countries. Here, local people are warm-hearted with mild characteristics and possess optimistic attitude towards life. I am exposed to kind people and rich cultures during two decades, which shapes my positive character and spurs me to explore further in this wonderful world.
Though I have been to a lot of places of interests in China and got close to different cultures, I still love my hometown the most, especially appealing to Xiangsheng (translated as crosstalk), a traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue between two or more performers, or only one person. I enjoy appreciating such funny and pleasurable art and sometimes would have a try with my friends to perform in the party or some special ceremonies. Humor, puns and allusions in its language abound in crosstalk, fully presenting the extensive and profound significance of Chinese language. If I were admitted, I wish to bring this amazing art to your school and enrich student’s activities so as to achieve cultural communication to some extent.
If my hometown’s “personality” helps me cultivate my own disposition, then four-year undergraduate education in Tianjin University equips me with firm professional background, which makes me ready for my advanced studies for Master’s degree in communication. Demanding and challenging courses provide me with access to fundamental knowledge. Meanwhile, practical opportunities either in school project or internship sharpen my professional skills. As the famous saying from Book of Rites goes, “The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance”, my passion for knowledge and enthusiasm to unknown domain encouraged me to go forward to improve myself in an all-round way.
At present, I stand ready for further study. Sincerely I hope to enter into your program, listening to academic instructions from outstanding professors and communicating with students from different countries. I am willing to explore my unpredictable but promising future, and keep on writing the beautiful story of my life.
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