I am in the process of applying for a Ph.D. in business, and I was wondering which type of writing sample should I add to my application?
A sample of your scholarly writing (10-20 pages in length). This may be a chapter of your master's thesis or a paper written for a graduate course.
As I have a non-thesis master’s degree, I am unsure what I can add as a writing sample.
One of my friends said it is better to add a case study, but I don't know which case study would be appropriate to consider as a writing sample.
Moreover, The deadline is approaching, and I am worried about the time.
Can I have added a business plan that I have written during my Mba program?? I was wondering If it consists of some pictures of financial statements and graphs, is it still okay to be considered as a writing sample?
Can I add a business plan I have done during my Master”s program?
From a personal perspective, I would not class a business plan as a sample of academic writing. If you do not have a master's level dissertation/chapter, a good approach would be to carry out a literature review on a single, specific topic related to the PhD field you hope to study. This would give you an opportunity to engage in a critical assessment of a body of academic literature and present your findings in an academic writing style.
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Dear Kimia Hashemi , I was browsing through your RG profile and found that you have quite a lot of papers listed. In my view, you could very well use passages from recent works (such as, may be 'The Rasnik 3-point optical alignment system') if this counted towards your master and as long as you make transparent that you were not the only author and add a short statement clarifying to which parts you actively contributed and how.
Anyways, good luck with your application!
Dear Annika Hamachers thank you for your respons,
i have added a paper conference which i have done before my master degre. but i did updated today.
do I really need to explain which part i have done? Because i just submitted my conference paper as a writing sample Without any explanatio.
do you think they will accept it?
P.s: I used my friend’s account to ask my question :)
i look forward for your reply
thanks 🙏
Dear friend of Kimia Hashemi , I do not know the program your applying to or the conventions of your discipline but in general I'd be cautious. In my field its not very common to have to provide writing examples for a PhD application but for the PhD itself and there they are usually very specific that you must add an authorship statement for every work you co-authored with others that lists your contributions to these papers. Not doing so would be considered plagiarism.
Dear Kimia Hashemi conference papers, academic articles, even a piece of research based on your area of expertise written especially for the application process would be adequate. What the administrators are looking for is confirmation that you can write in an academic way (well researched, competently argued and critical in approach) and will be capable of completing the thesis element of the doctoral studies.
Very best of luck with it, James.
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