Statement of Purpose or Letter of Intent seems to be a hot topic these days among students either for immigration purposes or when applying for post graduate programs in colleges and universities.
Emails about about writing the letter keeps coming up every now and then. While some are afraid to take the first step in trying others have assembled courage to give it a try. Those who give it a shot will sometimes ask for my help in proof reading the letters while others will bluntly ask you to kindly write one and email it to them. Keep in mind I am no expert.
While trying to do something for the first time can be challenging I believe It can be easily accomplished with the proper guideline in place.
In an effort to encourage prospective students who wish to write this letter I took the time to read several guidelines online for writing a statement of purpose letter, so I can recommend which guideline can be of most help to students.
The Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) writing centre provides an in-depth guideline for writing statements of purpose.
Below is the link to the pdf provided by the Ohio Wesleyan University writing centre.
http://blog.owu.edu/writingcenter/files/2012/07/Statements-of-Purpose-Guidelines-and-Sample-Essays.pdf
The guideline provided by OWU assumes the student is addressing the faculty or department so keep in mind that you might have to condense the technical aspect a bit when using the letter for immigration purposes i.e your consulate officer might not know too much about the technical aspect of your program so why go in-depth in the letter.
Emails about about writing the letter keeps coming up every now and then. While some are afraid to take the first step in trying others have assembled courage to give it a try. Those who give it a shot will sometimes ask for my help in proof reading the letters while others will bluntly ask you to kindly write one and email it to them. Keep in mind I am no expert.
While trying to do something for the first time can be challenging I believe It can be easily accomplished with the proper guideline in place.
In an effort to encourage prospective students who wish to write this letter I took the time to read several guidelines online for writing a statement of purpose letter, so I can recommend which guideline can be of most help to students.
The Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) writing centre provides an in-depth guideline for writing statements of purpose.
Below is the link to the pdf provided by the Ohio Wesleyan University writing centre.
http://blog.owu.edu/writingcenter/files/2012/07/Statements-of-Purpose-Guidelines-and-Sample-Essays.pdf
The guideline provided by OWU assumes the student is addressing the faculty or department so keep in mind that you might have to condense the technical aspect a bit when using the letter for immigration purposes i.e your consulate officer might not know too much about the technical aspect of your program so why go in-depth in the letter.
