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I. Personal information
Including name, date of birth, gender, address, contact number and email address.
1) Westerners often confuse surnames with first names, which leads to the inversion of names on I20 forms issued after admission. Then you have to contact the school to modify it before mailing it, which is very troublesome.
Therefore, it is suggested that the Chinese phonetic alphabet of surnames should be capitalized and the Chinese phonetic alphabet of first names should be capitalized, and the order of surnames and first names is not important. Of course, you can also use your name and gender as the title of the motivation letter, such as Zhang.
2) In Germany, the format of birth date is year, month and day.
3) The address must be filled in accurately, otherwise the receipt of the admission package may be delayed. If the home address is not convenient to receive the package, you can write the mailing address and home address separately in the motivation letter, so that the school will generally send the package to the mailing address. If you live in an alley, Jiahua's German study abroad experts suggest not to translate the address, but to use pinyin directly.
4) If you contact the telephone number, add the area code after the telephone number and the country, and separate them with a short horizontal line.
5) E-mail is very important, so be sure to leave a valid one, because in the application process, E-mail will become the main communication method between you and the school.
6) Honors won, academic and social activities should be written down. Including the award-winning name, award-winning time, award-winning unit, award-winning reason, award-winning proportion, etc. can be simply explained. If there are outstanding awards in secondary schools that are strongly related to the applied major, they should also be written in. Or the total number of awards is small, and special prizes for middle schools can be added.
Second, personal published works
Including book title, author, time and magazine (including page number) (in both Chinese and English, the original magazine shall prevail).
Third, personal skills.
It is best to decide the order according to the degree of relevance to the applied major, and the skills that are more closely related or more important are generally placed first.
Fourth, others.
Including standardized test scores, computer level, main experimental skills, hobbies and so on. If you do well in studying abroad, you should emphasize that each individual achievement should be separated. If you have hobbies that reflect the spirit of adventure and innovation, such as extreme sports and mountain racing, you can focus on them.
The above is the general order of qualified motivation letters. If there are special circumstances, the applicant can make some adjustments to the order of the items or the details of the contents according to his or her applied major and experience, or add something helpful to the application as appropriate.
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Introduction:
Don't talk nonsense like "hiermit Bewerberich Mich ...". It's best to list the most important arguments to support your point of view. For example, "I graduated from BWL with excellent results, and my bachelor's thesis is also related to the electronic market, which makes me want to apply for a master's degree in network marketing as a natural continuation of my current major."
Resume:
What have you done before this? What matters when you apply for a university is your current academic performance or your graduation from high school. Don't forget to mention your bachelor thesis in your motivation letter. You can also mention the social activities, part-time jobs and internships you have participated in. It should be noted that don't list (these experiences) one by one in the motivation letter, just write relevant ones. For example, working in a coffee shop has nothing to do with master's studies, but the corresponding internship is more important. For example, "I worked as an intern in Eritrea (an eastern African country), a German reconstruction credit bank, which gave me a deep understanding of foreign aid. This experience also makes "my desire to devote myself to the development of economics (research) in master's study" stronger. "
Future:
Similarly, a good motivation letter also includes what to do later and how a master's degree will help it, which is often overlooked. It can be written as follows: "My career plan-which is constantly clarified in my internship experience-is to become a leader in the aviation industry. In order to achieve this goal, I need the best education. And this part, I think, will be obtained from your master's study. "
Applied research:
In the motivation letter, you should show that you have thoroughly studied the bachelor's major or master's major, instead of just saying "I think this major is great". At this time, you should say, "Why do you think this major is great?"
Ending:
The last part of the motivation letter for master's application is generally to summarize the application and express the desire to be admitted. For example, you can write: "I believe that I deserve to be admitted as a master in view of my excellent performance in undergraduate course." I look forward to hearing from your school. "
Matters needing attention
The length of the motivation letter should be neither too long nor too short, preferably one and a half pages. The layout of the whole article should be reasonable and logical, and the font should not appear very individual. It is recommended to use regular fonts.
For students studying in Germany, if there are grammar and spelling mistakes in the prepared motivation letter, it will show that your language level is not high. After writing the letter of encouragement, ask your classmates or teachers to help you see if there are any mistakes.