School 1 (Both statement of purpose AND personal statement = 2000 words max): UCLA & UCI Master’s Entry Clinical Nurse:
-Statement of Purpose (1000 Words / Single Spaced)
-It is required to respond to each question by telling a story that will leave an impression. Focus on the elements that feel most relevant to the candidacy. Describe how your experiences AND education have: 1. Prepared you to enter the nursing profession with focus on addressing the barriers to healthcare among underserved populations? 2. Gave you the purpose in applying for graduate study in your specified degree program? Describe your area(s) of interest, including any subfield(s) or interdisciplinary interests.
3. Prepared you for advanced study or research in this degree program? What relevant skills have you gained from these experiences? Have your experiences led to specific or tangible outcomes that would support your potential to contribute to this field (examples: performances, publications, presentations, awards or recognitions)?
4. What additional information about your past experience may aid the selection committee in evaluating your preparation and aptitude for graduate study at UCLA & UC Irvine? How did your experiences and education provide you with unique perspectives that will contribute to the richness of the MEPN program?
5. Why is the UCLA & UC Irvine graduate program to which you are applying is the best place for you to pursue your academic goals? If you are applying for a research master’s or doctoral program, we encourage you to indicate specific research interests and potential faculty mentors.
6. What are your plans for your career after earning this degree? How did you experience and education influence your future career goals?
-UCLA Personal Statement (1000 Words / Single Spaced)
-Required to respond to one or more prompts by telling a story that will leave an impression. Highly recommended to also describe contributions to diversity. 1. Are there educational, personal, cultural, economic, or social experiences, not described in your Statement of Purpose, that have shaped your academic journey? If so, how? Have any of these experiences provided a unique perspective(s) that you would contribute to your program, field, or profession?
2. Describe challenge(s) or barriers that you have faced in your pursuit of higher education. What motivated you to persist, and how did you overcome them? What is the evidence of your persistence, progress, or success?
3. How have your life experiences and educational background informed your understanding of the barriers facing groups that are underrepresented in higher education?
4. How have you been actively engaged (e.g., through participation, employment, service, teaching, or other activities) in programs or activities focused on increasing participation by groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education?
5. How do you intend to engage in scholarly discourse, research, teaching, creative efforts, and/or community engagement during your graduate program that has the potential to advance diversity and equal opportunity in higher education?
6. How do you see yourself contributing to diversity in your profession after you earn your advanced degree at UCLA?
School 2: University of San Francisco Master’s Entry Clinical Nurse:
– Personal Statement (500-1000 Words / Single Spaced)
– Required to respond to each question by telling a story that will leave an impression. -Please tell us about: 1. Your personal and professional background and why you want to pursue a Master of Science degree in Nursing.
2. Explain any discrepancies between your grades or any circumstances that may have affected your GPA.
School 3: University of San Diego Master’s Entry Clinical Nurse:
– Personal Statement (500 Words / Single Spaced)
Prompt: Please tell us about an individual, experience, or challenge in your life that influenced the person you are today and inspired you to become a nurse who will care for a diverse population of patients.
School 4: Azusa Pacific University Entry Clinical Nurse:
– Personal Statement (3 Pages max / Double Spaced)
Prompt: Required to respond to each question by telling a story that will leave an impression by including attention of the following: 1. Why are you applying to the Azusa Pacific University ELM program?
2. Your motivations for pursuing nursing at this time in your life, including relevant background experiences and why you are choosing nursing over other healthcare professions.
3. Any professional or volunteer experiences you have related to nursing.
4. Brief background information which would help someone get to know you as a unique person.
5. Brief discussion of professional goals.
About me: I am a first-generation Undergraduate Student at UC Irvine. I am a US citizen as I was born in the US and can speak fluent English and Mandarin. I have basic Spanish speaking skills. I love listening to Kpop (BTS mainly) music, I learned ballet, I love playing the violin, I love/am very interested in Korean skincare, and I enjoy watching Chinese and Korean dramas. In addition, I love my Chinese culture origins and I am not afraid to share my culture when asked. I was bullied very seriously in elementary school, which resulted in my parents transferring me for safety and to not develop serious depression. My parents came from China to the United States before I was born (I am an only child). They both came to the United States when the economy was very bad and it was very hard to survive when they didn’t have any money. In middle school (7th-8th grade), my grandma had open-heart surgery and survived. In high school (10-11th grade), my mother had an oophorectomy surgery due to a non-cancerous tumor and survived. In my undergraduate (2nd – 3rd year), my grandma had cancer and unfortunately died after a month from surgery. I hope to attain my goal of being a Registered Nurse (RN) certified in California. After, I hope to continue my nursing journey to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists certified in California. *Personally, it is also good to infer and/or directly express/show to the admission reads on:
Why be a nurse? What motivated you to be a nurse? What is keeping you excited to become and be a nurse?
Show a touching/impressionable story on the accumulation of experiences of reassurance of
becoming a nurse.
It is best to avoid common storytelling such as wanting to help/care for people, I am a
compassionate person, healthcare (nursing) is a stable occupation that earns lots of money, etc.