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Statement of Purpose (College Essays) : Be

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College Essay ( Statement of Purpose ) and Recommendation letters for graduate schools play
very important role in getting your application noticed and that leads to acceptance into college.
Today I had few emails from students who are applying for Fall semester, asking for Sample
copies of recommendation letter and college essay, statement of purpose.

Most of students college essay and recommendation letters are replica of their friends or from
online resources. Sometimes essays are written by combining different sample essays obtained
from various online sources.

College essays play an important role in getting you accepted into the graduate school you
desired to study. Usually, students who apply for top schools write essays tailored to specific
college degree program and also specific to graduate school.

It’s usually not that difficult to find the college essays that were not originally written. Some
essays will not have the continuation and it doesn’t take long time to figure out if its copied from
online resources.

If the essays submitted can be searched online and within seconds it will say the percentage and
occurrence of the contents. So, It’s generally not recommended to copy the exact copy and send
to the universities.

I’m not saying you cannot look ate sample college essays. There are so many college essay
writing services and there you can find sample templates and essays. Those sample college
essays can be used for reference.

But, explaining the inner self reason every student have to select specific college and course will
not look like copied essay. Even if you pen down the outline of your contents and then get some
professional help to develop the contents will be much better then copying entire college essay
for graduate school admission.
12 Tips For Writing High Impact Statement
of Purpose
Statement of purpose or College Admission essay plays an important role in Graduate School
admission process. It indirectly speaks about you – Who you are, what have you accomplished,
how you will contribute to the development of the University and much more. Statement of
Purpose must be crafted to explain some important questions Graduate Admission Committee is
looking for in every candidate who apply for college admission. Here are some sample sops to
get you going.

Statement of Purpose - Complete Guide contains tips from computer science assistant professor.
But here is few more tips that can be included in Statement of Purpose that will make your
application stand-out form rest of the students who apply for college admission.

1. Clearly state area of interest


2. Opportunity to state educational and research accomplishments
3. Relate your accomplishments to planned research interest in Graduate Program.
4. Include awards, certifications, paper publications
5. Outline any teaching and work experience
6. Teaching Experience will help to get TA position.
7. List leadership roles from previous work and school related activities
8. List volunteer work
9. Focus on the positive side of your accomplishments
10. Tailor to the specific program; mention faculty with whom you would like to study
11. Use correct paragraph construction, spelling and grammar to demonstrate writing ability
12. Length: brief but informative, and stay within any stated page limits  ( max of 2 pages )

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