I'm gonna be applying to MS programs in EE this fall, but I am really not sure how to write my SOP. The general idea I have for the SOP right now is to write about 3 things
1) research experience
2) what area of you want to study in grad school and why
3) why school X is a good fit for you
Is this correct?
Anyways, im having trouble figuring out how exactly to write about my research.
How much should I ramble about the technical specifics of the project I worked on? What am I supposed to say about my research exactly?
Also, my research is kind of unrelated to what I want to study in grad school (did research in a CS lab about compression algorithm, and a EE photonics lab involving raman spectroscopy with femtosecond lasers, but interested in something like computer architecture or embedded systems) How do I tie my experiences back in to make it relevant?
So far, I am thinking about writing a little about my project, then writing about my responsibility, and then lastly something about what I learned from my research experience (something about problem solving skills, etc.)
tl;dr: What am I supposed to say about my research experience exactly? Also, my research is quite unrelated (CS lab involving algorithms, EE lab involving photonics), but wanna do computer engineering type stuff
Thanks!