Statement of Purpose(๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ) ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด guide
๐๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: After going through several statement of purpose essays, a typical formula is emerging in the first paragraph of all common SOPs:
๐) ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐
๐) ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐
๐) ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ and
4) ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง. ๐๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
Please don't start your SOP using this recipe if you wish to stand out from the rest. A quote may be useful if and only if it is relevant. This is not an English literature essay but an essay about you. Do you need some random quotes by Aristotle or XYZ to describe yourself? Secondly nobody knows from childhood that he/she wanted to become a public health expert or wireless communication engineer. It looks very artificial. Talk about a school project if there was something extraordinary about it. Did you get a prize or appreciated somewhere?
1) The more genuine or factual your essay, the more appealing it is. However, one cannot go to another extreme by saying that I got admission in civil engineering but not in electrical engineering and this the sole reason for doing a masters in civil eng.
2) The first impression is the last impression. Your opening paragraph should be different from the rest. This can only happen when you think originally. There are no rules for writing an SOP though, but the first paragraph can include a genuine reason why you chose this field, a story which made you decide that choice of a particular study area. An easy starting could be the importance of your field and how it affects public life and then you can say you chose this field and so on.
3) Don't forget to talk about your research, your final year projects and what interests you.
4) Don't forget to mention your volunteering work. It shows that you can return public favors.