Statement of Purpose (SOP) is mandatory requirement when applying for Graduate Schools. Some schools call them as Personal Statement or College Admission Essay. For Undergraduate admission, students will be asked to write college admission essay on a specific topic, but for Graduate School admission, it will be more general. Universities use SOP to lean more about you. When you are applying for a program located half way around the world, SOP makes it easy to decide if they want to admit you to their program.
Sample Statement of Purpose
Here is a very nice video from University of California that explain in detail and in depth about the importance of College admission personal statement with an example. Video is 50 minutes in length, if you are looking to craft a SOP that will explain what kind of person you are and what you should include in a SOP that will get you an admission.
Don’t Copy from Sample Statement of Purpose
You can find lots of sample SOPs and students usually tend to copy the content from Sample Statement of Purpose and use it as it is. But, its very important to explain what kind of person you are and how you will contribute to college. So, try be as Original as possible in your Statement of Purpose. Same applies to sample LORs.
If you read the comments to some of the article here in HSB, students specifically ask
- I need sample SOP for Biotechnology
- I’m applying for MS in Pharmacy, can you send me few sample statement of purpose and LOR’s
- I’m applying for Masters in Electrical engineering with Embedded system as major, I need some statement of purpose
It very easy to say, if they are asking for a specific SOP, they are going to copy it. Because, if they are planning to write college admission essay with their personal experience, all they need is few sample sop and it really doesn’t matter which department the SOP is used for. Essentially you are going to write a story about you, but you can find format of SOP, page layout, structure, language style used, but same story and personal experience cannot be yours. So, don’t copy college essay when applying for colleges.
It will be funny, if someone after reading this article, writes a comment to this article requesting a sample SOP.
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do you send any sample of SOP for the PhD in Information Science
@Ken. Just a small suggestion. If you can’t (or don’t want to) help, it’s generally better to not reply at all rather than acting smug and posting rude, smarty-pants comments.
could u please send me some SOP samples. i want to pursue MS in computer network and technology
Did you even read this page ?
ken, doobiedoo is right, please! save us
iam a cameroonian awaiting to apply for an msc programme in enrgy studies,that is programme of Power Electronics and Drives (PED), Wind Power Systems (WPS) or Electrical Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering (EPSH), and need a sample of admission letter,cover letter and a recomendation.
thanks
please i need a letter of admission for Power Electronics and Drives (PED), Wind Power Systems (WPS) or Electrical Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering (EPSH).that is energy studies
I need sample SOP for Biotechnology for applying in UK as well as US universities.
Hi,
I am a graduate student from Northeastern University, Boston having a Masters Degree in Telecommunication Systems Management(System Development). I wish to apply for a PhD at a few universities that I have short-listed.
Getting selected in a research group isnt an easy job. Considering that I havent yet done any research work, I wanted to know how to go about my SOP. To elaborate, writing my SOP as if I am speaking my heart out about my strengths is appropriate or should I be professional by just including my abilities and strengths and letting them decide if I am the right candidate??
Thanx,
Sandilya.
Talk to professors in the schools you are planning to apply. For PhD you have to decide and apply, not them decide your abilities. With Masters from NE you should be able to decide the area and program you want to study.
I am confused about going to US or Europe in this recession time. I have monetary problem. I must need scholarship to go abroad.
US or Eurpoe – For education always US wins.
I had completed M.Sc in biotech; can i apply for integrated course (MS-PhD)?
Why don’t you ask the university?
hellow frds……. help me for the SOP for MS Nutritional Science.plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…its very urgent
Help yourself first.
could u please send me some SOP samples. i want to pursue MS in biotechnology
If you can’t write your own SOP, you have no abilities in pursuing an MS.
Ken its better for u to get lost and forget about commenting , rather then giving hese types useless comments . first u better find a good way for yourself ken
What Kind of SOP required for this course.???
What is your course? Finish your question.
Hello
I want to know about Engineering Management course. Kindly suggest the name of some of the universities which offer this course.
Iam having an experience of 2 years as Project Manager with total experience of 3 years in Civil Engineering ( Water Resource ) Consultancy firm. Iam taking GRE in May and targetting this course for spring admission.
Don’t you have the ability to do a web search?
you rock ken
yeah lol, every one of ken’s replies could have been replaced by “…NO” or “use google” and they would have been just as useful. And possibly less rude.
I like this site!
Hehehe I like your answers too!!