please i need your advice badly

[Ahlam]

hello everyone,,while surfing the internet for helpful hints on sop, I came across this forum

I can see how all of you are helpful and supportive, so I was encouraged to ask for advice regarding my sop

I am from Egypt, I am a teaching and research assistant in the university

I am planning to apply for PhD in biomedical sciences in USA univ.

First, I want to tell you something about me: I completed the masters' qualifications courses at the end of 2011, I couldn't pursue the masters for two reasons

1- I gave birth and i was compelled to take a long maternity leave because i feel that my son needed me

during the leave i worked on my skills, took many online courses, attended training program to learn the techniques used in biomedical sciences and started to read many articles and paper to get acquainted with the advances in the field

2- i am working in a department which is considered fledgling, I wanted to do biomedical research which is lacking here in egypt due to funding issues and lack of resources

so, during the leave i started to search abroad for a phd program in biomedical sciences

my questions are:

1- should i talk about my maternity leave or it will be a negative point in my application

2- adcom will wander why I didn't do masters and shifted to phd, but i am afraid of talking about the lack of resources here and the difficulties that the egyptian researcher face,,i am afraid that they may think all what i want is to leave my country which is not true.

 

I an waiting for your appreciated advice

thanks alot

 sorry for this lengthy post

[Applemiu]

In the US you often go from the BA (undergraduate) to the phd. The "master" is included in the phd. So I would not worry about that part.

[Ahlam]

thanks a lot for ur reply