Arnab Sinha / September 22‚ 1983 / Applying to PhD‚ Department of Electrical Engineering‚ Princeton U. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE “Stay hungry‚ stay foolish” Steve Jobs [Commencement Address‚ Stanford University‚ 2005] I first felt the thrill of pursuing a dedicated scientific research‚ when I read about Prof. Andrew Wiles‚ (who spent seven years in isolation‚ solving the toughest riddle of mathematics) in the popular book - ``The Fermat’s Last Theorem’’ by Simon Singh‚ in my sophomore undergraduate
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Statement of Purpose – A two-to-three page Statement of Purpose that describes the strengths and any weaknesses of your academic background‚ research interests‚ reasons for pursuing a Master’s program in Economics at the University of San Francisco and your educational and career goals. When I began planning for college‚ I looked for a very rigorous school focused on math and science. I want a school that will be extremely challenging academically. After four years‚ I want to look back and be
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WRITING A STATEMENT OF PURPOSE What is a statement of purpose? The Statement of Purpose (often called “letter of intent” or “application essay” by various educational institutions) is one of the most important components of your application process. This document provides the admissions committee with information that allows them to become more acquainted with who you are; what you want to study at graduate school and why; experiences you have in the field; and what you plan on doing with
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE NAME: SRIKANTHREDDY SANIKOMMU Firstly I would like to introduce myself as an undergraduate student of the Bachelor of Engineering program from Adam’s Engineering College‚ one of the most prestigious institutions of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad. I have completed my course of engineering in the field of ’Electronics and Communication Engineering’‚ which was for a period of four years. I graduated in the first class with distinction. Hence‚ having done
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Statement of Purpose for Masters of Education I had a challenging youth‚ my father was a heroin addict who struggled to provide for the family needs; I can still visualize my mother as she tossed all of his clothing out of the window ultimately disbanding the family when I was five. I always thought that that had something to do with me. After my mom and dad divorced when I was young (mainly due to my dad’s addiction to heroin)‚ I was brutally raped at age Seven. After that I was molested
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The purpose of learning is to gain knowledge‚ which is the driving force that keeps the human mind active. It is this pursuit of knowledge that has been my motivation and has made me to apply for masters program in your esteemed university. How it all began? When I was in 9th standard (high school)‚ our school had organized a science exhibition where each student was to exhibit his or her talent. Where I stood last among the entire student and I was criticized
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE I am interested to be a part of the organizing team of Crescendo 2011 as it is very prestigious event. Being a part of the organizing team will help me to learn the quality of coordinating and organizing such huge events as a team which is essential in today’s corporate world. It will help me to interact and gain the valuable knowledge and expertise from the corporate professionals as well as the seniors who have become familiar with organizing such annual events. It will also
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Statement of Purpose The Statement of Purpose is your first personal contact with the Admissions committee. Use it to distinguish yourself. The SOP should speak about you‚ your aspirations and professional goals and relate these to the graduate program that you intend to pursue.It should basically answer the question..."Why should the graduate school admit you... what makes you special? Remember‚ the SOP is the tool that faculty use to gauge if you have what it takes to succeed in grad school
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE “The Art & Science of building stuff that does stuff at the Nanometer scale” * Richard E Smalley I am always intrigued by the depth involved and the broad range of sciences‚ this statement covers‚ for the purpose of defining Nanotechnology. It is one of the key statements which made this field curious to me. My interest in this field began‚ when I first came across the essay “There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom” written by Richard P Feynman. And thereafter‚ from curiosity
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1 ANNOTATED EXEMPLAR OF STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. The statement below is an exemplar of a strong statement of goals – it contains many (though not all) of the elements of a strong statement (see sidebar and concluding comments in boxes for details). The purpose of this exemplar is to assist you in considering elements of a strong “statement of purpose” for your doctoral application. This is only one example and not meant to imply that all statements should be similarly structured – rather‚ the most salient
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