HOW TO WRITE A WINNING STATEMENT OF PURPOSE FOR A GRADUATE SCHOOL
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Shoukat Iqbal Khattak Faculty Member Bahria University of Management Sciences-Karachi campus E-mail: shoukat.iqbal@bimcs.edu.pk
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Anthony O. Okobi using:
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Table of Content
1. Introduction: What, Why and How of Statement of Purpose.
2. Stage I: Do your Homework
3. Stage II: Reflect and Brainstorm (on paper)
4. Stage III: Outline your Statement of Purpose
5. Stage IV: Write Draft of Statement of
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research experiences, courses, etc.)?
• What are your future goals for graduate school (i.e. Ph.D.)?
• What are your career goals (i.e. professorship)?
• What characteristics of the school/department/program can help you accomplish your goals?
• What positive aspects do you bring to the school/department/program?
Stage IV: Write Draft of Statement of Purpose
1. When writing your statement of purpose:
• Always use positive language when referring to yourself.
• Give detailed, but concise examples.
• Use transition words, sentences and paragraphs. Your statement must read smoothly.
• Skip a line after each paragraph. • Refrain from starting neighboring paragraphs the same way.
• Avoid using vocabulary that you do not know.
• Refrain from repeating yourself.
• Have strong opening and closing paragraph.
• Stay within the 2 – 3 page limit!
• Thank the admissions committee for their time at the end of your statement of purpose.
Stage V: Ask for Critique, Revise and Edit
1. When you are finished with your
I feel that I can excel in this school environment and that my middle school efforts have prepared me well for this program. I would like to close by thanking you for giving us students this opportunity to further our own
It was a pleasure meeting you during my visit to the campus for the position of Assistant/Associate Provost. I want to thank you for taking time to share information regarding the Admissions process for the University. The information you shared was very informative. Again, thank you.
I want to express my highest appreciation for your contribution to my continuing academic success. I am honored to be a recipient of the Wells Fargo Scholarship through the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Your generous support will allow me to continue to push toward my goal of graduating summa cum laude.
The reason I have graced you with my letter is to convince you why I am worthy of a scholarship and to tell you about my goals in life.
Respond to the following questions within your response: How, when, and why did you decide to enroll at GCU? What are some expectation(s) you wish to gain from attending GCU? What are your academic goals, personal goals, and professional goals? What are you planning to do now to ensure you will be able to obtain those goals?
I would like to expand my appreciation to you regarding the generous scholarship which you awarded me. This scholarship is not only an amazing assistance to me and my family, but also an honor of which I am very proud.
It was a pleasure meeting you and other members of the internship selection committee. I appreciated the time and effort that was spent in order to become more familiar with my application.
I have been lucky to have great mentors, family, and friends in my life and I would like them to know that I appreciate their guidance. I would not have been selected if it were not for their support, so thank
I would like to thank each of you for the opportunity to meet with you regarding the learning specialist at The Ohio State University. Through our conversation I got a feel for the SASSO team and expectation from you all as Athletic Academic Counselors. Although I felt a little nervous going into the interview, you all immediately put me at ease by welcoming with a handshake or smile.
"I am so grateful for the opportunity and am amazed by the skill and dedication with which this program was organized, delivered, and mentored!”
Thank you for your help in my application process for the National Honors Society. I really appreciate you taking the time out of your day to not only fill out the non-teacher evaluation, but to also come over and ensure that you would cover every important detail in the comment section. Your extra notes for my resumé have also been very helpful in giving it a better structure so that it is no longer a list, but a sort of story about my life’s accomplishments. Thank you again for all of your help and generosity, I am very
I would like to thank you again for your generosity and support. This scholarship make me feel everything I had done to be here its worthy, and I hope to accomplish
I am writing to thank you for the generous Alumni Honors Scholarship I received. I am very happy and appreciative to learn that I was selected as the recipient of this scholarship and will be able to carry on the legacy of graduating from this outstanding University.
First, I would like to extend thanks for reviewing my application. I realize that this office makes thousands of difficult decisions around this time of year and I understand that you cannot accept every hopeful applicant. The University of Massachusetts Amherst was the first school that I submitted an application to and – to be truthful – the only one I was truly excited for. Before visiting your campus, I had little interest in attending college. Until the beginning of my junior year, I did not even believe I would graduate high school. The road has been arduous but the idea of attending your university has always kept me hopeful and determined. This is the only university that I can picture myself attending.
When I was a little girl my friends and I always talked about what we were going to be when we grew up. Some said a teacher; others said a nurse, secretary, and even a mom. I knew what I was going to be, but what we don't think about is how we get to be these things. We float through elementary school, having small children fun. Next we go to middle school trying to find our ways in the world, some of us worries about grades, and some don't. Not many thinking ahead of high school, let alone college. In high school we soon realize that grades are very important and better grades give you a better chance at better colleges. So those of us who want to go to college start cramping down on our studies so we can get those desirable grades. I may have not been the perfect student throughout high school. My Study habits could have been better, but one thing I do know is that I want to do more with my life than just a high school diploma.