UCLA:
Please state your purpose in applying for graduate study, your particular area of specialization within the major, your plans for future occupation or profession, and any additional information that may aid the selection committee in evaluating your preparation and your aptitude for graduate study at UCLA.
MIT:
Please give your reasons for wishing to do graduate work in the field you have chosen. Prepare your statement of objectives and goals in whatever form clearly presents your views. Include as far as you can, your particular interests, be they experimental, theoretical, or issue-oriented, and show how your background and MIT's programs support these interests. The statement could be much like a proposal for graduate studies, in the more specific context of your professional objectives. You should set forth the issues and problems you wish to address. Explain your longer-term professional goals. The Admissions Committee will welcome any factors you wish to bring to its attention concerning your academic and work experience to date.
原则之六、独具特色
当你已列出你的兴趣和过去的工作，仔细阅读这些事宜，提炼出每个事件/事实的意义，这个活动或成就的记忆引发了自豪感？发现了新的解决方法或平和解决问题的技巧？它使你奋发前进或是使你更尽全力来改正错误？你一旦涉入了情绪，请标明你感觉良好的个性是特别骄傲的，突出你认为已改进了或仍需改进的个性，与个人目标、个性和动机结合起来提炼那些事件，经验和人士，圈出与特定个性应素质相应的，事实，与之匹配，然后你写下短小的句子阐明每个匹配是怎样帮你在你申请的学校和项目成功，这时你已经找到你文章的组织结构或形式。