Statement of Purpose : Complete Guide
In this article, you can find tips from Professor about writing Statement of Purpose, sample original statement of purpose, formulas for writing high impact statement of purpose, SOP worksheet that will guide you with list of questions to write statement of purpose.
I’ve read many applications to our graduate program, and I’ve seen a lot of statements of purpose that, frankly, aren’t very good.
Here are some thoughts and comments that will hopefully help you write a better statement of purpose. These are merely my own thoughts and should not be construed as official guidelines of any sort.
What the statement of purpose is not
- Many students (particularly foreign students) think that the statement of purpose is about character. While honesty, sincerity, conscientiousness, etc. are important attributes, I assume students with good academic records applying to graduate school have these traits.
- Many students think that the statement of purpose should be an autobiographical sketch. Believe me, the story of your first computer when you were 10 years old and how it inspired you to devote your life to Computer Science does not make particularly interesting reading, nor does it tell me the things I want to know. Continue Reading
Statement of Purpose Advice by Dr. Wes Huang
Other Useful Links
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How Not to write Statement of Purpose – Accepted Admission Blog
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can u send me a mail of sop on want to study master’s programme in advertising in ohio university pleaseee
would you please send me great sample statement of purpose about higher education leadership.
Thank you in advance
please send me a sample sop of a electrical and electronics student who pursued his/her masters in computer science..its a bit urgent…can u plz send me the sop as soon as possible.
I wnat to switch mt branch telecommunication to computer science .so how should be my sop?
can u plz give me the exact pattern of writing a SOP
hey can u pls send me sop for undergraduate degree admission in economics, for the U.S. thx a million.
can you please send me one sample sop for doing a pg diploma in hospitality management……………………
thank you.
Bijo, when you write SOP, all you need is some sample to know the SOP structure. We don’t SOP for Hospitality Management, but with sample SOPs in HSB that should be more than enough to create your own based on those.
please send me a sample sop for doing ms programme in biotechnology. its very urgent.
thanks
pretty cool info yo…thx man/woman..who ever u are..
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