Resume writing

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Could you please tell what words should be counted?   Are articles, words like as and  and  counted as well?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Could you please tell what words should be counted? Are articles, words like as and and counted as well?

If you want to count words, it's probably best to count all the words.

But why do you want to count words?

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

I have to count them as my application says that it shouldn't exceed more than 500 words. I mean the program of study essay and statement of purpose. I can't find a sample of a resume that applies to me. I am an international student and I have no experience except private lessons in English. I really don't know what to do

. I need a sample of a resume for Muskie's graduate fellowship program.

Could you please help me?

Clive · Answer

Hi,

If it says no more than 500 words, count every word.

Program of study essay - I don't know what this means. Does it mean you outline what you want to study?

Statement of purpose - sounds like oyou explain why wyou want to stiudy your field, and hy you want to study at ht particular university.

Resume - are you sure you need one? Are you sure you know what a resume is?

What instructions did you get about these topics when they asked you to write about them?

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

Hello,

In the Program of Study Essay they say: Please write a detailed essay describing your intended program of study in the US, including specific areas of interest,potential coursework,and/or research topics. I don't know how to begin such an essay as I have never written it before. Should I speak about this program? What is meant under program of study? This is graduate fellowship program and my field of study is : Journalism and Mass Communications. But I speak about it in the next topic too.

There are no instructions. I read samples of resume but none of them applies to me. I do need a resume and to be honest I don't know how to write it for this program.

In the Statement of purpose I wrote about why I am interested in journalism. But my topic consists of 200 words and not 1000 is this a problem?

Clive · Answer

Hi,

In the Program of Study Essay they say: Please write a detailed essay describing your intended program of study in the US, including specific areas of interest,potential coursework,and/or research topics. I don't know how to begin such an essay as I have never written it before. Should I speak about this program? What is meant under program of study?

Imagine they invite you to an interview. They ask you questions.

What are your specific areas of interest?

What kind of coursework do you hope to do?

What topics would you like to do some research on?

Begin by writing how you would answer these questions.

As a graduate student, you are expected to have opinions about these matters.

This is graduate fellowship program and my field of study is : Journalism and Mass Communications. But I speak about it in the next topic too.

There are no instructions. I read samples of resume but none of them applies to me. I do need a resume and to be honest I don't know how to write it for this program.

For academic purposes, people often speak not of a resume but of a Curriculum Vitae (ie a CV)

eg Have a look here for examples.

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/cvsamples/a/cvtemplate.htm

In the Statement of purpose I wrote about why I am interested in journalism. But my topic consists of 200 words and not 1000 is this a problem?

Just do your best to say why you have this interest. Make the reader choose your application istead of 100 others. It's a competition.

If you are studying journalism and communication, they will expect you to be good with words.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

Hello,

Thank you so much!!!

I will try to write these topics according to these questions.

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