Scholarship / 'basis for my future career in Russia' - Personal Statement [2]

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Books entertain us, educate and help to solve many difficult problems and they teach us to hope and dream. I'm fond of reading and I cannot imagine my life without books. Besides, I like to read articles, essays, sketches, and short stories in magazines.

I read a lot at school where my favorite subject was literature. After school I decided to be a journalist or an author. I finished school in 2006 and became a student of Magnitogorsk State University where I studied journalism. I read extensively at the university. Especially I liked English and American literature. I read O. Henry, Theodore Dreiser, Margaret Mitchell, Ayn Rand, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, Arthur Hailey and others. At the university I began to read some English and American books in the original because I like English very much. I like fiction and my favorite type of books are novels. Last year I read a very interesting book by Margaret Mitchell titled "Gone with the wind" which made a very deep impression on me. Currently my favorite writer is Margaret Mitchell and my favorite literary characters are Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler because they are convincing and alive. O. Henry's stories are very interesting, simply breath-catching. I read "The Last Leaf" and "The gift of the Magi". It impressed me greatly. I like O. Henry because he could work out a plot that would keep the reader in suspense up to the surprising end. I read "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. I like "An American Tragedy" and "Jennie Gerhardt" by Theodore Dreiser. "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger, "Hotel" and "Airport" by Arthur Hailey. I think people who don't read a lot rarely write well.

My interest in creative writing has been developing while I was a student of Magnitogorsk State University, where English and American literature and magazine writing were my favorite majors. I had been studying journalism at Magnitogorsk State University for 5 years. During my studies, I specialized in woman's media in short story genre. The dean of my department suggested that I did a research on the women's magazine which is considered one the most popular kinds of press in Russia, and advised me to look for material in the woman's magazines such as Cosmopolitan, My Story, Real-Life Story.

Also during my studies I was a freelance author. In the second-year course I began to publish articles, stories in the women's press. I was first published in 2008 in a women's magazine of a publishing house Severnaya Nedelya where my first short story and article appeared. I have had considerable practical training in dealing with a publishing house Severnaya Nedelya since 2008. I undertook an internship with the above publishing house during my studies. Since that time I have written stories for woman's media. I graduated from Magnitogorsk State University in 2012. I currently work as a freelance author in a publishing house Severnaya Nedelya. It is the basis for me wishing to pursue a career in literary activity.

After this interesting experience I am bent on becoming an author because I understand that I like to make up stories more than only to describe different news. I think I have a flair for writing fiction. In my spare time I enjoy reading and creative writing and collecting the material for my stories, sketches, and articles.

The skills gained at the university have significantly contributed to my professional development. I want to pursue my further education, my research, my journalistic and literary career. Therefore, I hope I could find the necessary educational resources in the United States, as well as better infrastructure, including research workshops, seminars, courses etc. I believe that my training in the United States would be beneficial to me as a professional author, journalist, and a well-educated person. And of course, I would like to bring a piece of American culture to my future life in Russia. After returning from the US I intend to continue my professional career in Russia. My educational objectives in the United States are linked to my academic work, working in publishing house and making further development in literary activity as well as to create basis for my future career in Russia.

Scholarship / 'Training in the USA is essential for my future' - Study Objective [2]

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I am willing to study in the USA so that I might complete a Master's degree program to become more proficient in my career. The objective of my studies is to learn more about creative writing and the United States experience in creating famous all over the world novels. Creative Writing is the field that I really like and want to make a career in. A master's program in the USA would help me to get a valuable international experience, improve my working skills, and grow professionally and personally. The United States of America is considered one of the world leaders in the field of publishing, media, and literary activity. For this reason I would like to gain more in-depth knowledge of contemporary US experience and researches on this topic and would apply such positive experience on my return to Russia.

My educational objectives in the US would be connected with my future career plans in working as an editor and an author. My academic and professional background is studies at the Department of Journalism of Magnitogorsk State University. I have studied Journalism at Magnitogorsk State University since 2006. During my studies, I have specialized in woman's media in the life and short story genre. Moreover, I undertook an internship with a publishing house Severnaya Nedelya during my studies. I have gained experience in this area, having worked in this publishing house as a freelance author since July 2008. I currently work in a publishing house Severnaya Nedelya, which publish women's editions in Russia. I collaborate with publishing house "Severnaya Nedelya" as a freelance author and actively publish my works in woman's magazines of the above publishing house. I had attached my publications, of which life stories, to my graduation qualification thesis "Life story as a genre of modern woman's magazines". My diploma project was based on research that I conducted on the women's press in my country. The focus of the project was studying stories in the women's magazines and their peculiarities.

I decided to pursue a Master of Art degree in creative writing because I want to pursue my further education, research, and career development in media and literary activity domain. As far as I know there are special writing programs in the United States that help to understand theory and practice in this field better. As for my study plans, I would like to take course on fiction to learn more about it. I aim to understand principles of fiction. I would like also to take courses on magazine writing in order to apply this knowledge on my return to Russia, where it could be used in my journalism and literary activity. I want to improve the quality of my own writing, my skills and technique. I want to get advices on craft, creating convincing characters, writing believable dialogue, and plot development. I would like to improve my knowledge about modern American novel. The goal of my study is to write manuscript. It will be a novel. As far as I know thesis for fiction students, it is a manuscript of 75 pages or more. I hope that my studies in the US and research contribute to better understanding of principles creative writing. The research I would like to conduct will deal with modern American novel and magazine writing.

The research I am planning to undertake and studies in an American university will be useful not only for my personal development and proficiency in my major. I intend to use the results of my work in publishing activity. Training in the USA is essential for my future career development. Studies in the US would give me an opportunity to acquire both in-depth theoretical knowledge and practical experience in my major. In the future I would like to publish my own novel and I want to work in a big publishing house as an editor, a journalist, and an author in my country and make a contribution to the development of this kind of the press and book/media industry in Russia.

Letters / 'not afraid to try herself' - Maria Recommendation [3]

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Kostyuchenko Maria studied Journalism at the Faculty of Philology from 2006 to 2012. She has proved herself to be a responsible, independent, and capable student with creative abilities. During her studies, Maria specialized in woman's media in the life and short story genre. Maria collaborates with publishing house "Severnaya Nedelya" as a freelance writer and actively publishes her works in woman's magazines of the above publishing house. Moreover, Maria undertook an internship with the above publishing house during her studies. She attached her publications, of which life stories, to her graduation qualification thesis "Life story as a genre of modern woman's magazines". Maria has huge potential for further education, research, and career development in such journalism and literary activity domain.

Maria Kostyuchenko studied journalism at Magnitogorsk State University. During her training she studied classical and modern Russian and foreign literature actively. She treated studying of foreign literature with huge interest. On my classroom Maria has proved herself as a very erudite person who knows the literature of foreign authors in perfection. She feeds huge sympathy to English and American literature. Maria also reads the American classic literature in the original as she knows English well. I think that Maria has a huge potential and the base put by university for successful training in the USA on a specialty of creative writing.

Maria has been cooperating with the publishing house Severnaya Nedelya since 2008. During this time her materials were published in our editions on various topics, including short stories, poems. Proved herself as a creative freelance author who is able to create original texts on hot topics. Proved herself as a creative person, an organized employee, a talented author and a journalist. I think that Maria has a high potential for further work in the field of creative writing and journalism. She has a good imagination, bent for self-education, she is easily taught, efficient, sociable, mobile. She is able to express her thoughts clearly and correctly, to offer non-standard decisions, to notice the details of the phenomena and to comprehend them creatively. She is broad-minded and able to generate ideas.

Strengths of the materials of Maria are the actual base, creative approach, use of figurative means of language, composition, analysis of the phenomena of reality, ability to make decisions, to submit information in an interesting and accessible form. She can create texts, focusing on the target audience of the newspaper or magazine, considering character and direction of the edition. Maria is not afraid to try herself in different genres of literary and journalistic creativity.

Undergraduate / (Creative Writing with a specialization in fiction) Study Objective essay [2]

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I would like to study in the USA so that I could complete a Master's degree program in order to achieve development in my career. Creative Writing is the field that I liked and wanted to make a career in. The United States of America is considered one of the world leaders in the field of publishing, media, and literary activity. There is no doubt that the United States is experienced in creating famous novels all over the world. For this reasons I would like to gain more in-depth knowledge of contemporary U.S. experience and would apply such positive experience on my return to Russia. Secondly, the USA is the hometown of my favorite authors, including O. Henry, Theodore Dreiser, and Margaret Mitchell. It would be so exciting just to think that I may have the chance to study in the culture they had grown up and developed their careers.

Thus, I plan to study Creative Writing with a specialization in fiction in the USA to enhance my writing skills. I want to take part in a creative writing program to learn more about fiction writing from an outstanding staff and in the process to improve my own creative writing. A master's program on Creative Writing in the USA will definitely help me to get valuable international experiences, to improve working skills, and to grow professionally and personally. I believe my background also let me to pursue my study on the MA Writing Program. My academic background is studies at the Department of Journalism of Magnitogorsk State University. My professional background is working for a publishing house as a freelance author. I studied Journalism at Magnitogorsk State University. Moreover, I have a miscellany of work experiences as a freelance writer. During my studies, I specialized in women's media in short story genre. I undertook an internship with a publishing house Severnaya Nedelya, which is a well-known Russian publisher of women's magazines, during my curriculum. Moreover, I have worked for this publishing house as a freelance author since July 2008 and I gained great experience. I have published my literary works in women's magazines of this publishing house. I attached my short stories for women to my thesis - A short story as a genre of contemporary women's magazines". My thesis was based on research that I conducted within the Russian women's press. The focus of the project was studying stories in the women's magazines and their characteristics.

I decided to pursue a Master's degree in Creative Writing because I want to pursue my further education and career development in publishing. I have a strong ambition to become a novel writer and in the future I intend to publish my own novel. I have written professionally for 4 years and I wish to strengthen my own literary potential. My educational objectives in the US would be connected with my future career plans in working as an editor and an author.

Writing programs of the United States will help me to understand theory and practice of Creative Writing better. My main focus in Creative Writing is prose. As for my study plans, I would like to take course on fiction to learn more about it in order to apply this knowledge on my return to Russia, where it could be used in my journalism and literary activity. I want to improve the quality of my own writing, my creative writing skills and my literary technique. I want to get advices on craft, creating convincing characters, writing believable dialogue, and plot development from outstanding staff which includes famous American writers. As far as I know fiction students must to write a manuscript of 75 pages or more as a thesis. One of my main objectives is to write manuscript for the time of my study. It will be a novel. I want to write it very much. To do this I need a course of Creative Writing. That is why I am applying. I hope that my studies in the US h contribute to better understanding of principles of creative writing. I also would like to improve my knowledge about modern American novel. creative writing.

Training in the USA is essential for my future career development. The studies in an American university will be useful not only for my personal and career development. I intend to use the results of my study in publishing. Studies in the US would give me an opportunity to acquire both in-depth theoretical knowledge and practical experience in Creative Writing. I intend in pursuing my career in publishing as an editor and an author and make a contribution to the development of publishing and media industry in Russia.