3.4 Statement of Purpose

3.4 Statement of Purpose 

Features of SOP:

1) A Statement of Purpose (SOP) is an application made to a university to seek admission to a particular course. 

2) It is an essay which describes you as a person, your aims and ambitions.

3) It speaks about your journey of life and the qualities you have nurtured in the process.

4) The scorecard or the transcript gives your academic achievement.

5) It gives an idea about your innate qualities and is subjective in nature.

6) It gives you an opportunity to show the special qualities which make you distinct from others.

7) It explains why you want to join the course, what is your liking, how you have developed your liking.

8) It justifies how you will be able to achieve your aim. It also explains why you have selected a particular university.

9) It is a gateway to your career as the admission committee judges you or screens the applications on the basis of the SOPs received. Hence, it is a very important document.

10) The SOPs for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate levels would be different. The SOPs differ according to the requirement. The number of words in which an SOP is written is also different for different universities.

 

Format of Statement of Purpose:

1) The Statement of Purpose should be written in around 100 to 150 words, tentatively in five/six paragraphs.

2) First Paragraph: Begin with your introduction, talk about your personal background, your mental make-up and your aim in life.

3) The second paragraph: It should speak about why you wish to join this specific programme/course, your area of interest.

4) The third paragraph: Write about your qualities that would be helpful or suitable for this career goal or objective. Show how your hobbies and extracurricular activities would be helpful in strengthening your goals.

5) The fourth paragraph: Mention your experience in this field or any internship/ project you have done. You can state something which makes you distinct from the other applicants.

6) The Sixth (concluding) paragraph: State how admission to this particular course, university would be beneficial to you and how you look at it from a long-term career perspective.

 

Guidelines for writing SOP in the H.S.C. Board Exam:

1) Write the Statement of Purpose in clear and lucid language.

2) Do not make spelling or construction mistakes. You should show your skill of writing.

3) Show determination in your career. Give your purpose of choosing the particular course and university.

4) Highlight your qualities, life experiences in such a way that your application should stand out from the rest.

5) In the board exam make three big paragraphs or make small six paragraphs. The total word limit is 100 to 150 words only.

Assessment Criteria:

Content – 02

Sequence/ flow of ideas - 01

Appropriateness (language usage) - 01

Total = 04 Marks

 

Activity:

Q. You are highly passionate towards becoming a successful entrepreneur and therefore want to peruse your higher education in “Business Management”. Your background and skills have motivated you towards business and now you seek admission to accomplish a degree in “Business Management” at a reputed university. Prepare a ‘statement of purpose’ in about 100 to 150 words, which will help you to get admission to this University.

Answer:

Business Management is the work devoted to organizing, analyzing, and planning various types of business operations. Ever since childhood the functions of the business management have fascinated me. My father is a business person. I have been captivated by the way he deals with all the challenges in his business.

I aspire to study business management principally because of the diversity of both the subject and its applications. I find it fascinating and challenging at the same time. Having studied the processes from my father’s business, I believe that the possible depths to which it may be studied are almost endless, and the number of real-life situations to which it is relevant is similarly vast.

I am also interested in studying the all fields of business management and I aspire to further study the ideas, concepts and practices to acquire rational decision-making for improving business management. I read many life stories of business persons. They intensified my desire to go deeper into the field.

To further understand the practical applications of business management, I want to join the course which is prescribed in this university. This study plays a key role in the running of my own business. 

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