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Statement of Purpose, Personal History, Diversity

Writing SOPs is hard! Fret with other applicants here. Advice on how to find that 'unique story'.

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  1. Can't 'paste' SOP in UCLA application!?

    By Sovereign Soul,
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  2. Unofficial personal statement, what points should I hit and what to avoid?

    By budgiepie,
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  3. Personal History Statement UCB

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  4. Using the word 'my'

    By Graham17,
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  5. Should I mention my age?

    By dat_nerd,
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  6. Is this a Good Statement of Purpose (Master of science in Civil Engineering)

    By Raja Jul Haziq,
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  7. Diversity Essay

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  8. Reapplicants! Get in here with your advice please

    By Pinkman,
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  9. SoPs - aren't they giving you guys any direction?

    By margarets,
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  10. Psychology PhD Personal Statement draft -- anyone willing to critique?

    By gkyluap,
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  11. PhD Mech. Eng. (Dynamics and Controls) SOP Review...Please Help!!

    By MadScientist,
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  12. Worth explaining bad semester when there's nothing to say?

    By huerita,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.8k views

  13. SOP without POI from Dept

    By DarlingNikki,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views

  14. Should I write a Diversity Statement that is OPTIONAL?

    By C_Chattra,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views

  15. influential readings statement

    By Graham17,
    • 0 replies
    • 753 views

  16. Career-change: Transcripts & withdrawal(s)

    By getinorgetout,
    • 5 replies
    • 3k views

  17. Inspired opening lines

    By thenerdypengwin,
    • 20 replies
    • 34.2k views

  18. JUST 1 page? Really? Help?

    By DeanDough74,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.5k views

  19. Computational Biology SOP

    By theboeingguy,
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  20. Kindly review my SOP

    By Naman,
    • 3 replies
    • 3.2k views

  21. if both ps and sop are required, how to arrange them?

    By liyzhen2,
    • 0 replies
    • 913 views

  22. SOP and PHS swap?

    By deborde91,
    • 0 replies
    • 698 views

  23. Sociology statement

    By ohgoodness,
    • 0 replies
    • 821 views

  24. Siting location as a reason for "fit" for program?

    By Sovereign Soul,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  25. Specific Question regarding MA SOPs...

    By 1Q84,
    • 1 reply
    • 937 views
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