Transfer Essay w/o Experience: Help Needed

yupper
Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:36:30 +0000

I’m not an authority on the matter but they do say activities as well. My guess is that either the admissions office should realize that not all students have had an opportunity to gain relevant experience or this is their way of narrowing the pool. Assuming that they do realize that not all have had experience, I would say that this is where you get creative and dig deep if possible. They also mention activities that you may have participated in. I don’t know much about linguistics but think to yourself about any activity you may have done even if it was something you decided to do completely on your own. Then you could say in your essay that you have not yet had formal experience but you have taken the time to apply knowledge you have gained to conduct your own experiments which has helped you to gain a better understanding of your field, or something like that. I think they would be impressed to see someone that self motivated as well.