对于加拿大硕士研究生课程的申请文书，我有两个建议：
第一、不要过分追求完美的文本达到母语人士的水平；
PS是用来表现学生优秀的特性或丰富的经验。本来应该是中文的，但对方看不懂，只能用英文写。记住，PS并不能体现学生的英语综合实力。学生在英语语言表达方面的整体水平已经通过雅思、托福等考试得到了证实。
知名的升学指导权威专家Ana Ivy（曾担任过硕士研究生招生官）曾经建议大家：
It's your application, so ultimately it's your call. But I can tell you, from my own experience as an amissions officer, that any essays that soun 'too perfect' from an ESL applicant willraise re flags, an then the amissions officer will come to oubt the authenticity of the rest of your material too.
You run the risk that they'll suspect your essays were written by someone else, or that the essays have been 'scrubbe' to the point where not even the content is your own. An that's a huge mark against you, so you are much better of submitting the writing in your own voice.
Noboy will hol against you that your English oesn't soun totally native. Authenticity is a big part of what makes application essays successful, so you've actually mae your essays worse by having them worke over by native speakers to get the English 'perfect.'
主要观点是：你的母语不是英语，如果写的文件和外国人写的一样，招生官不是很够相信；你的文件写得很好，但其他原材料实际情况跟不上。招生官会怀疑你已经找人替你写了。英语表达不地道关系不大，没有招生官过分主张一个英语非母语的学生写出和本族语者水平一样的文书。
第二，不要写太多。
斯坦福大学也曾经提议硕士研究生申请人：
When you write your essays an “short takes” for the Common Application an Yale-specific questions, write about something that matters to you. Use your own voice. Do not worry about making a special effort to inclue impressive vocabulary wors or overly complex sentences. If you soun like yourself an iscuss something you care about, your essay will be more effective.
We know that no one can fit an entire life story into two brief essays, an we on’t expect you to try. Pick two topics that will give us an iea of who you are. It oesn’t matter which topics you choose, as long as they are meaningful to you. We have rea wonerful essays on common topics an weak essays on highly unusual ones. Your perspective – the lens through which you view your topic – is far more important than the specific topic itself. In the past, stuents have written about family situations, ethnicity or culture, school or community events to which they have ha strong reactions, people who have influence them, significant experiences, intellectual interests, personal aspirations, or – more generally – topics that spring from the life of the imagination.
Finally: proofrea, proofrea, proofrea! Share your essays with at least one or two people who know you well – such as a parent, teacher, counselor, or frien – an ask for feeback. Remember that you ultimately have control over your essays, an your essays shoul retain your own voice, but others may be able to catch mistakes that you misse an help suggest areas to cut if you are over the wor limit.
主要意思是：你需要自己写作。不要担心这些无用的词汇和句型。要有主题，你不必认为一两篇文章能完全展示你的人生，没有人可以做到。
话题不要考试是普通还是新奇。普通的题目可以写很好的文章，而新奇的题目可以写得平坦无奇怪。
坦率地说，这个文档并不意味着要编写一个诡异奇特的文本，文书并不是要写一篇你看不懂的文章。因为很有可能你看不懂的，招生官也看不懂。他不知道你想要表达什么。这真的不重要。目前，金吉列多数文案老师都有8 - 10年的行业工作经验，他们大都是英语语言文学专业的毕业生，有丰富的工作写作经验。他们知道如何表达，会让你给招生官留下深刻的印象。
