在美国留学文书当中，相信大家对于 PS 并不陌生，应该知道是个人陈述 (Personal Statement) ，但是对于 SOP ，可能知道的人就少了。但是往往有的美国留学的院校会要求提供 SOP ，下面就给大家说说 PS 和 SOP 的区别所在吧 !
PS ，相信准备美国留学申请的学生都不会陌生，而 SOP ，大家会认为跟 PS 一样，都是个人陈述，所写的内容也是一样的。其实不然， PS 和 SOP 是有区别的，有些美国大学会要求同时提交 PS 和 SOP 。下面是 密歇根大学安娜堡分校 ME 对 SOP 和 PS 的解释，并且 UMich 要求同时提交 SOP 和 PS 。
Statement of Purpose (SOP): The Statement of Purpose shoul be a concise, well-written statement about an applicant ’ s acaemic an research backgroun, career goals, an how this grauate program will help meet career an eucational objectives.
Personal Statement (PS): The Personal Statement is an essay about how an applicant ’ s backgroun an life experiences, incluing cultural, geographical, financial, an eucational or other opportunities or challenges, motivate the ecision to pursue a grauate egree at the University of Michigan. For example, if an applicant grew up in a community where eucational, cultural, or other opportunities were either especially plentiful or especially lacking, they might iscuss the impact this ha on their evelopment an interests. This shoul be a iscussion of the journey that has le to the ecision to seek a grauate egree.
另外， 加州大学伯克利分校的 ME 也要求同时提交 SOP 和 PS 。
通过以上对 PS 和 SOP 区别的相关解释，希望大家对他们间的区别有所了解了吧 !
