How to work out a good personal statement for applying university for
a master degree base on (Psychology degree). Please include some
expamle.

Hello.

The Psychology Club at University of Northern Iowa offers 13 examples
of personal statements used for students applying for graduate degrees
in psychology.
http://www.uni.edu/psych/new_club/statements.html

California Lutheran University's Psychology Department offers an
excellent guide called "Writing a Personal Statement or
Autobiographical Essay for Graduate School."
http://www.clunet.edu/Academic_Programs/Departments/Psychology/psychology/Grad_School/Essay1.htm

The Florida State University career center offers the following ideas
of things to include in your personal statement:
"- What is special about you?
- When or how you became interested in the field?
- What have you learned from experiences related to the field
(employment, volunteer activities, research)?
- Your career goals?
- Explanations of gaps or peculiarities in you academic record.
- If you have overcome any unusual obstacles or hardships.
- What personal characteristics (integrity, persistence) or special
skills (leadership, writing) do you have that would enhance your
prospects for success in this program or field?
- Why you are interested in that particular program?
- Anything else that you feel makes you a strong applicant."
http://www.career.fsu.edu/ccis/guides/GoingToGradSchool.html

Winthrop University offers some additional ideas in their guide called
"Selling Yourself to Graduate School: The Application Essay."
http://www.winthrop.edu/wcenter/wcenter/gradessay.htm

Also see: Wheaton College: "Writing Your Personal Statement" 
http://www.wheaton.edu/CDC/jobprep/gradstat.htm

Also see: St Anselm College  Academic Advisement: "Personal  
Statements What Schools Are Looking For"
http://www.anselm.edu/advisement/personalstate.html

search strategy: "sample personal statements", psychology, "writing
your personal statement"

I hope this helps.

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Request for Answer Clarification by colin1981-ga on 15 Jan 2003 07:27 PST

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the answer. Is it possible to
give me some more webpages that can help people writing personal
statements

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 15 Jan 2003 10:13 PST

Hello Colin.

Here are some more web pages on this topic:

Hope Psychology: Graduate School Applications: Personal Statements
http://www.hope.edu/academic/psychology/geninfo/perstate.html

San Jose State University: Psychology WRITING A WINNING STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/gcallaghan/graduate/winningstatement.htm

Purdue: Writing the Personal Statement
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_perstate.html

University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Writing Personal Statements: Getting Started
http://www.hawaii.edu/career/studalum/personal.htm

Indiana: Personal Statements and Application Letters
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/perstate.html

Dartmouth: Personal Statement
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~csrc/gradschool/statement.html

Cal Poly: Writing The Personal Statement/Statement of Purpose
http://www.careerservices.calpoly.edu/Students/Colleges/personal_statement.htm

UC Berkeley: Graduate School - Statement
http://career.berkeley.edu/Grad/GradStatement.stm

Rutgers:Guidelines for Writing Your Personal Statement
http://rutgers.placementmanual.com/graduate/graduate-07.html

I hope these web pages are helpful to you.