Mercer Family and Marriage counseling
Skills: This assignment is designed to help you develop the following skills:
Writing
Finding and identifying relevant information
Articulating career goals
Connecting personal goals and experiences to characteristics of graduate programs
Knowledge: This assignment will also help you become more familiar with the following topics:
Requirements for graduate school admission
Appropriate post-baccalaureate educational paths
Task: Using an online search, select a graduate school program that is interesting to you. It doesn’t have to be related to psychology, but should reflect something that you could see yourself doing. Look at the information about this program, such as but not limited to the main goal of the program, admission requirements, degree requirements (meaning what you have to do to complete this degree), and accreditation.
Briefly (1-2 paragraphs) summarize the main characteristics of the program you chose. Please don’t simply cut and paste information from the school’s website; put things in your own words.
Use the information you learned about the program along with your own knowledge about your goals and characteristics to write a personal statement that you could use if you applied for this program. Your personal statement should include the following information (you might find it useful to structure this as a 3-paragraph essay, with one paragraph for each of the types of information mentioned below):
Your professional goals and what made you decide to pursue them
Your undergraduate and other experiences (including research, internships, and relevant jobs) that are related to your career objectives and goals
Why you’re a good fit for this specific program, including not only the characteristics of the program that appeal to you but also what you believe you can contribute to the program
Note: If you’re planning to apply to a graduate program that asks for something different than this, please feel free to modify your personal statement so you meet those requirements; the goal here is for you to produce something you could actually use.
Those where the instructions the teacher gave me. If you have any questions please let me know.
