书写留学个人陈述，对字数是有一定的要求的，不能太长也不能太短。下面和出国留学网小编一起来看看美国本科留学个人陈述如何书写。
首先来看看书写内容。
1、教育背景：你的大学专业是什么，你为何选择这个专业，多年来的专业学习学到了什么，与你选择的专业有什么关系。
2、工作经历：你曾经担任过什么样的职务，这几年来的工作中有什么业绩、学到了什么。
3、社会活动组织能力：在大学期间曾经参与或组织过什么活动，曾担任什么样的工作，从中又学到了什么。
4、最满意的一次经历：最满意的一项工作或学习经历是什么，是怎样做好它的。
5、最突出的才能：你认为自己最突出的方面是什么，如领导能力、组织能力、交流沟通能力或是协调能力。
6、学习计划和目的：学习期间的学习计划是什么，与你的职业追求、职业目标又有什么关联。
7、奖励：你曾经受过何种奖励，你是否担任过助教，你是否有优秀的论文曾经得到发表或受到奖励。
8、特长爱好：你的特长与爱好，需要在你的陈述里面体现。
接着来看看书写技巧。
1、词数要求
美国留学个人陈述一般为600—800词，不宜过少和过多。很多留学申请人试图把自己的方方面面的优 点和成绩展示出来，但个人陈述不是简历的详细补充，许多信息可以通过其它文件展示（如学习成绩等）。美国大学的招生人员曾谈到：在留学申请旺季时，面对堆堆积如山的文件，一般他们审查一个留学个人陈述的时间只有2至3分钟，那种长篇大论类的留学个人陈述只能让人心生厌烦。
2、个人陈述要突出重点，主线明确
如果个人陈述写作得当，可以很大程度的提高申请者获得录取和奖学金的几率。这对申请者来说是一个绝好的机会。标准化分数、高中成绩绩点、竞赛获奖经历、课外活动参加和获奖情况，已在个人简历和common系统的表格里全涵盖了。很多申请者对个人陈述往往敷衍了事，殊不知，美国大学招生官平均每天要看20-40个学生的申请文书，文章超过100篇。如果个人陈述内容过于贫乏、逻辑没有主次、语法甚至错误连篇，那么你的申请有很大几率会失败。切记，申请文书体现的是自身素质能力和性格闪光点，突出重点，主线明确，清楚有力地表达求学动机，和学习学术能力。文书是要在很短的时间内，清楚地用几百字告诉招生教授你是入学（奖学金）非常合格的人选。
3、个人陈述要结构简单，衔接紧密
在个人陈述写作上，重点放在学术或专业兴趣及背景，研究经验和工作经历以及未来的职业目标等可以体现申请者能力的方面。语言流畅，且文章逻辑严谨，衔接紧密，层次分明，能充分显示申请人的才华并抓住审阅人的注意力。一篇好的申请文书要求申请人能够用一种与其他申请人完全不同的方式，巧妙地展现自己的独特个性和经验。制作自述要花大量的精力，决不能草率从事。必须静下心来，有条不紊的处理多种文件，这其中自述是重中之重。
最后来看看参考范文。
Academic and research background
The desire to know more about the nature has motivated me to step into the broad world of science. I have cultivated my great interest in physics， chemistry， biology and a lot of related fields since I was very young. I was armed with strong foundation in physics due to my three years’ time in Tianjin Nankai High School， （one of the most famous high schools in China）.
In the September of 2000， I entered University of Science and Technology of China and became a member of physics department since then. New environment always brings unexpected difficulties， and great effort has given by me to get adapt to the new life. During the period of hard trying， both my knowledge and my maturity have remarkably grown and I finally got rank above 12 % of 140， with overall GPA 3.5/4.0， and major GPA 3.8/4.0. My hard working finally earned me the Outstanding Student Scholarship in 2003.
Besides enhancement of knowledge in physics， I have also accumulated a great deal of knowledge in chemistry and material science. I have got 95/100 in “The Structure and Properties in Solid and Solid State Chemistry” and 87/100 in “Solid State Optics and Spectroscopy”， among the top scores in class. Moreover， I have made effort to improve my ability in mathematics and computer science cautiously.（附加的段）
My two years’ research in Structure Research Laboratory of USTC has brought me to a more extensive and practical field of physics. Served as an undergraduate research assistant in Professor Xianhui Chen’s group， I have devoted most of my time to the research and my knowledge in condensed matter physics and its related fields have greatly increased. I have obtained all the basic experimental skills in a very short time and in order to keep with the pace of the latest achievement in my research field， I have spent a large amount of time in reading related journals， such as Appl. Phys. Lett.， J. Appl. Phys.， Phys. Rev. B， Phys. Rev. Lett.， J. Solid State Chem. and so on.
At the beginning of 2003， I began my systematical work in exploring the growing method and transport property investigations in hole-doped single crystal BSLCO （Bi2Sr2-xLaxCuO4+y） series and electron-doped NCCO （Nd2-xCexCuO4-y） series. My work was focused on the single crystal preparation and physical property measurement， especially the transport property and magnetic properties. After so many times of attempt in the melting range and descending speed， I successfully grew a great deal of single crystals with high quality. Moreover， I have spent so many days and nights together with my colleagues in lab measuring the resistance of the single crystals under zero field and high field. Due to the high quality of the crystals and our hard work， we finally obtained plenty of meaningful data and by analyzing the normal state property， I have submitted a paper titled “Field-induced log （1/T） diverging resistivity deviation from normal state in superconducting cuprates” to Phys. Rev. Lett. in 2003 as the third author. However， my work was not stopped and with further investigation in the 2D weak localization system， I have submitted another paper to Europhys. Lett. in October 2003 as a co-author.
Besides， through the work， I obtained almost all the skills of manipulation of the corresponding instruments from physical preparation to characterization， such as m Glove-Box system （Germany）， MORRIS High Pressure system （Berkeley）， Rietveld and Lebail Refinement of crystal structure from XRD pattern， 17 T Ultra-High Magnetic Field system （Oxford Science）， AC Assistance Bridge （Liner Research Inc.） sputtering and so on. What’s more， I can skillfully use software， （GSAS， FullProf， CELL PCPDFWIN and etc）， to analyze the structure of the material through X-ray diffraction data.
Beyond the achievement in research， the happiness I gained from the cooperation with others and the approach of the physics science was greater. Times of failure make me believe that the persistence is the only thing to make people gain their goals and the research work needs active and creative thinking. I often have discussion with other members in my group not only on the current encountered problem but also on the some new ideas for research. During the weekly group meeting， we often exchanged our views on our current research project and I have learned a lot through this communication.
Meanwhile， I never give up searching for more extensive and challenging field. Actually， some of my present work is from my own idea. Known the misfit layer of CoO2， I have grown some single crystals of highly efficient thermoelectric materials， such as Bi2Sr2Co2O， Bi2Sr2CoO6+y， Ca3Co4O9....... In order to find the relationship between the misfit structure of CoO2 layer and the high thermoelectricity， magneto-resistance and magneto-power， I have investigated the low-temperature transport， thermal and magnetic properties. By reading a number of related papers， I plan to take further investigation of these materials through their thermoelectric potential and other related measurements.
With great interest in nano science， I have paid extra attention to the update technique in synthesizing the nanowires and nanoparticles. Both from the corresponding books in this field and experience of the PhD students in my group， I grasped a number of methods， such as micro-emulsion， hydrothermal method， sol-gel and other soft chemical ways to synthesize the nano scale materials. Under the available condition， I am synthesizing the nano scale superconducting material YBCO and nanowires of magnetic materials， such as La0.5Ba0.5MnO3.
More and more do I realize the importance of collaboration， during my exploring of the novel polycrystalline Co1212 and Fe1212. The samples were reported by some group to be superconducting only if it is annealed under the extreme pressure. I have measured the transport property of the crystals and observed some abnormal phase transition of superconductivity. However， because of the limitation of experimental condition， our samples cannot become superconducting. In order to solve the problem， we cooperated with Institute of Physics of China Academic Science to obtain the extreme pressure. Two papers of my work on Co1212 have been submitted to the international journals late this year， and I was the second author. In this case， I realized the cooperation within and without a group is equally important， and sometimes accomplishment is gained under several groups of people. We also have done some work in YBCO thin film transport property， collaborated with professor C. L. Chen of Superconducting Center Texas， U.S.A.
In addition， I have also attended some of other sub-group’s research project， such as using sol-gel method to grow Ru1212， NaCoO2 transport property investigation and colossal magneto resistance materials preparation. What’s more， I have also attended the 7th National Superconductivity Conference and National Annual Conference of Physics in 2003. My ken was greatly enlarged by hearing the report of the attendance and my confidence in my research was increased at the same time.
Research interest and future plan
Material of science and engineering is concerned with the study of structure， properties and applications of materials. During my two years’ research in Structure Research Laboratory， I have accumulated plenty of knowledge in the related area of material science， and meanwhile my ability in doing research is greatly proved. In the past work， I have done quite a lot in synthesis as well as characterization， and I have also deal with different classes of materials， such as electronic， magnetic， superconducting and so on. I believe， aimed with strong foundation of physics， the appropriate area for me to take research work will be more extensive.
The area of interest is just as following：
1. I have read a lot of corresponding papers in magnetic recording research， and I have great interest in this kind of materials. I believe research in this area is important both for basic studies of the effects of dimensionality and interactions， and for the future of magnetic recording. Hence， I wish to do some work in synthesis and processing of this kind of materials.
2. Because nano materials， such as carbon nanotubes， nano particles， quantum dots， nano-porous structures， and nano-electronics device materials， are the essential part of the current and future nano-based technologies. I hope very much to continue my future research work in this area.
3. Moreover， I am also interested in the structural material， such as advanced engineering materials， which characters may be changed responding to the different mechanic condition. So I think I also hope to do the related research in analysis of materials property.
My future plan is to pursue my PhD degree in material science and engineering. In fact， though the technology is developing at a tremendous speed， there is still a lot of progress remaining to be made. For instance， nanoscale devices， either assembled lithographically or chemically， will have a high probability of failure. Therefore， any architecture built from large numbers of nano scale devices will necessarily contain a large number of defects， which fluctuate on time scales comparable to the computation cycle. Furthermore， deeper insight should be given into the constraints imposed by nano-devices， especially carbon nanotube-based devices， by modeling the devices and corresponding architectures. Such a framework can contribute towards building more powerful nano-probes， nano-computer and efficient power fuel-cells.
Why I Choose UCSD
UCSD is world famous for its outstanding faculty and reputation. Though the economic condition in California is not so satisfying at the moment， I believe it will not impede the future development of UCSD.
The Materials Science and Engineering Program at UCSD aims to provide fundamental knowledge for understanding of materials with the objective of predicting， modifying， and tailoring the properties of materials to yield， at the technology level， enhanced material performance. Also， I was greatly impressed by the great collaboration of different departments， which makes the Materials Science department more competitive and attractive. With so many outstanding professors and so broad research areas， I was convinced that the Material Science and Engineering Department is always the best choice for me to pursue my PhD degree.
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