The school is requesting I write two essays a statement of purpose and a personal history statement.
Here are the requirements for the personal history statement (copied directly from the application)
"In an essay, discuss how your personal background informs your decision to pursue a graduate degree. Please include any educational, familial, cultural, economic, or social experiences, challenges, or opportunities relevant to your academic journey; how you might contribute to social or cultural diversity within your chosen field; and/or how you might serve educationally underrepresented segments of society with your degree."
I am pursuing a degree for a specific purpose to move up in my agency of course! I know from researching in this agency that we've done massive hires, but according to my research the minority hiring done recently were all males and the quarter prior to that we hired minorities in both genders, but in my specific ethnic group only males were hired. Should I mention the specific reports I've found stating this information?
I am not sure this is what they're looking for when they say "how you might contribute to social or cultural diversity w/in your chosen field). I'm a woman and I'm pacific islander...
So far, my essay is one page (front and back)... I've discussed mostly my work history so far.
I'm stuck on the statement of purpose, as well, but I will work on it first and post again with specific questions.
Thanks in advance for your insight and help!
(Here is my inital draft of this section)
SSA has always encouraged diversity. In fact, over 70% of its employees are woman, but looking at the senior staff of SSA OIG, one can see that the ratio of men to woman is 5:2 and no one is (or none are?) of Asian or Pacific Islander descent. The OIG Semi Annual Report to Congress (Fall 2010) also discusses their efforts to increase diversity, but their most recent increases to minorities were only males. In the report prior, they state that Hispanic and Black employees?/numbers were increased in both genders, but the Pacific Islander minority was only increased by males. I hope to bring representation of my Filipino culture to OIG and I believe I can contribute a unique prospective...
Does this sound appropriate so far?
Here are the requirements for the personal history statement (copied directly from the application)
"In an essay, discuss how your personal background informs your decision to pursue a graduate degree. Please include any educational, familial, cultural, economic, or social experiences, challenges, or opportunities relevant to your academic journey; how you might contribute to social or cultural diversity within your chosen field; and/or how you might serve educationally underrepresented segments of society with your degree."
I am pursuing a degree for a specific purpose to move up in my agency of course! I know from researching in this agency that we've done massive hires, but according to my research the minority hiring done recently were all males and the quarter prior to that we hired minorities in both genders, but in my specific ethnic group only males were hired. Should I mention the specific reports I've found stating this information?
I am not sure this is what they're looking for when they say "how you might contribute to social or cultural diversity w/in your chosen field). I'm a woman and I'm pacific islander...
So far, my essay is one page (front and back)... I've discussed mostly my work history so far.
I'm stuck on the statement of purpose, as well, but I will work on it first and post again with specific questions.
Thanks in advance for your insight and help!
(Here is my inital draft of this section)
SSA has always encouraged diversity. In fact, over 70% of its employees are woman, but looking at the senior staff of SSA OIG, one can see that the ratio of men to woman is 5:2 and no one is (or none are?) of Asian or Pacific Islander descent. The OIG Semi Annual Report to Congress (Fall 2010) also discusses their efforts to increase diversity, but their most recent increases to minorities were only males. In the report prior, they state that Hispanic and Black employees?/numbers were increased in both genders, but the Pacific Islander minority was only increased by males. I hope to bring representation of my Filipino culture to OIG and I believe I can contribute a unique prospective...
Does this sound appropriate so far?