个人陈述因其能较为全面地展现申请者的综合素质，故而成为西方高校对申请者进行审核、评判时的重要依据之一^[1]。但由于中西方文化的差异，国内申请者在撰写个人陈述时存在一些误区。文中以申请赴英美等国留学的国内高校本科毕业生以及英美等国高校的招生代表为研究对象，概括了目前国内申请者在撰写个人陈述过程中存在的主要问题。在对西方高校招生代表访谈、问卷调查的基础上，基于西方文化视角指出了个人陈述写作过程中应注意的问题，给出了相应的写作建议。

Personal statement which can fully show comprehensive qualities of applicants has become one of the most important evidences to audit and judge the applicants for western universities. However, due to differences between Chinese and western cultures, domestic applicants have some misunderstandings in writing personal statements. This study utilized domestic university graduates who tend to further education abroad as well as enrollment representatives of universities of UK and US as the research objects. From perspective of western culture, this paper firstly summarized main problems of current domestic applicants in writing personal statements, furthermore, pointed out the problems that should be noticed during writing, and gave corresponding suggestions of writing upon the basis of interviews and questionnaires.

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