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2. ‘TIS THE SEASON FOR APPLICATIONS: SAMPLE PERSONAL STATEMENT FOR APPLYING TO GRAD SCHOOL

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In this second installment of my series sharing old application materials, I make available two personal statements that I wrote when I applied to grad school. It was my very first time producing a personal statement (also known as a statement of purpose), and I could not find any good models to emulate. Instead, I […]

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1. ‘TIS THE SEASON FOR APPLICATIONS: SAMPLE COVER LETTER FOR THE ACADEMIC JOB MARKET

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‘Tis the season of applications! In this series, I share my old application materials in hopes that they will be useful to younger scholars. Although there is abundant advice on the internet about applications as well as sample applications, my own experience was that it was often difficult to apply that advice to my very

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