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5 – Statement of Purpose (SOP) Samples

Raghuram Sukumar —  October 20, 2010 — 32 Comments

Following 5 Statement of Purpose samples were used by students who applied for Graduate school admission in US universities. You can find original version of Statement of purpose sent by them for review. Also, at end of this article, find out  how to your SOP reviewed for free SOP.

I have hand picked 5 sample statement of purpose to show well written SOP to copied SOP. Its easy to identify which SOP is copied, self-written SOP one of best SOP. I have attached a Poll below this article, you can download the SOP, read them and vote for the best sample SOP. Continue Reading…

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Copied Admission Essay; MBA Admission Revoked

Raghuram Sukumar —  February 25, 2010 — Leave a comment

Most of the students applying for admission refer to Sample Statement of purpose and college admission essay. They don’t stop referring admission essay, they use the same essay. Many of you reading this know what this topic is all about.

Smeal College of Business, Penn State University has revoked admission of one student and canceled six interviews due to copied admission essay.

As Smeal’s MBA Admissions Director Carrie Marcinkevage scanned the essays to select candidates for interviews, she felt having read certain paragraphs before in essays by earlier applicants. Upon further scrutiny and Googling, she found that they had all been copied exactly as they were from an article on ‘Principled Leadership’ from b-school accrediting body AACSB’s website, without citation of source and passed off as the applicants’ original work. In one case, the applicant had not even taken care to change the font of the plagiarised paragraph as copied from its original source.

Source – http://bit.ly/aNljej

Don’t Copy Admission Essay

In our previous article we had explained about the impact of writing true SOP [ 12 Tips to Write High Impact SOPs]. Plagrism is something we don’t pay much attention to in India. We take it for granted, but that’s not the same in US.

Many students who copied in exams during Masters have been punished severely by lower grades, Fail grades, Incomplete Courses and suspension from school in some cases. So, don’t have that same thoughts, where you can copy and get away with that.

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Why Do You Need Sample Statement of Purpose (SOP)?

Raghuram Sukumar —  May 21, 2009 — 7 Comments

Statement of Purpose is mandatory while applying for Graduaet School Admission. Students who come to this blog for the first time usualky leave coments like these Continue Reading…

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Sample Statement of Purpose – U.S. Universities

Raghuram Sukumar —  February 3, 2008 — 335 Comments

When crafting the Statement of Purpose for college admission, its always better to be original with your ideas. It’s difficult to write SOP, but if you can refer few sample statement of purpose, which can be used as reference to write a statement of purpose.

2 page college essay is that helps admission committee convey what kind of person you are, will you be able to work with them, how you can contribute the goals of the school, your research potential. So, make sure you get get your SOP right.

You Sample SOP for graduate school admission as a medium to express

  • Your personality
  • Why you want to study Master’s degree
  • Research Experience and Research Interests
  • Community Service and Volunteer Services preformed
  • Leadership and Communications Skills
  • Events and inspirations in your personal life

Sample Statement of Purpose

Computer Science and Computer Engineering

Biological Sciences

Biochemistry and Pharmacy

Bioinformatics SOP

Bio-Engineering Samples

MS biotechnology SOP Sample

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Chemistry

Architecture

More Sample Statement of Purpose

You can get access to more sample sops for Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Architecture, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science from sample sops. Examples Sops listed are collected from actual students who are currently in U.S. Universities.

Here’s the link to Exclusive SOP  contents that includes sample college essays, tips to write Statement of purpose and more from University of California Admission counselor sample statement of purpose. (Video)

Sample Recommendation Letters

You can get access to lots of sample recommendation letter templates here.

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