I have read this thread and definitely it provides valuable advice for those applying for grad school for the first time. Does anyone in this forum has any advice for preparing a statement of purpose in order to transfer to another school for both personal and academic reasons? This SOP is a lot trickier right? First, do you mention those personal reasons (for instance, my wife getting a job across the country)? and how do you prepare a narrative in order to justify leaving one program for a better one? would not that amount to having been careless when you first selected that program and now that you have done your homework you realize you fit better in another program, another university?