Hook Up statement for SOP

[Jeewan]

Dear altruists,

I am writing SOP for phd program in chemical engineering. I welcome any suggestions in the hookup statement. Any sample sentences are preferable. 

Thank you 

[Eigen]

I have no idea what you mean by a hookup statement. Can you clarify?

Secondly, asking for sample sentences seems awfully close to plagiarism. Can you clarify your request?

[hopefulPhD2017]

I'm afraid hookup means something else altogether my friend. I'll let you google examples of that word. ?

I'm guessing you mean a hook, or an interesting starting sentence that "hooks" your reader, yes?

I always struggle with my intro. As a writing teacher, I recommend writing a solid draft of your essay and then fine tuning your first few sentences to lead into your statement.  

Common "hooking" devices include using a quote, surprising fact, or a statistic.

 

[fuzzylogician]

I would strongly advise against using a "hook" unless you are absolutely certain it works. And since you are soliciting advice online and asking for example sentences, I doubt that you have that certainty. In that case, it might be a much safer bet to start with something like your research interests - straight and to the point. (I generally almost never think hooks are a good idea; the quote/statistic/joke/fact don't teach me anything about you as a candidate, and that's what I'm reading the SOP for. Tell me about yourself, not about some random unrelated fact.)

[hopefulPhD2017]

@Jeewan I just found this thread http://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/6541-sop-introductions/

It might be helpful to you 

[Jeewan]

Thank you all for your suggestions. I was checking some sop ideas and everyone was talking about hooking up the reader. Yeah, its mainly the first paragraph which will urge the reader to go further.I think i can get something from the SOP introduction thread above .