It should go without saying that you should demonstrate the same ability to follow directions that you would expect of your students. Demonstrate flair and originality.

1. HOW TO WRITE A SOP FOR
GRADUATE SCHOOL

2. Contents
∙ Follow directions
- Consider your audience
- Write a draft
- Choose your angle carefully
- Peel back the layers
- Be clear and concise
- Conclusion

3. Follow Directions - It should go without saying that you should demonstrate the same ability to follow
directions that you would expect of your students. Demonstrate flair and originality.
Consider your audience - Admissions officers will read dozens of SOPs during each application season.
They can smell formulaic writing and insincerity from miles away, but they'll also get genuinely excited
when they read something unique.

4. Write a draft - Presentations are communication tools that can be
demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more. Most of the
time, they’re presented before an audience.

5. Choose Your Angle Carefully - Your goal in writing a SOP is to present your path through life as a story,
one that the admissions committee hasn’t heard before. What will you bring to the classroom that no
one else does?
Peel Back the Layers - Many people need to start writing (and keep writing) before knowing exactly
what they want to write. Start putting your thoughts down on paper, and you may see patterns and
deeper meaning begin to emerge.

6. Be Clear and Concise - A SOP is not the place to show off your academic
writing chops. You’re not writing long-winded literary fiction or a new
philosophy of being. You’re writing a letter to a stranger.

7. Conclusion
The Statement of Purpose is probably one of the most misunderstood aspects of graduate applications. Most students pass it off like
it is just another essay about themselves, and naturally, write monotonous stuff that doesn’t stand out.
That is why, the university admissions committee puts a hefty weight on statement of purposes and their structure – they want to
see whether you take the interest in letting them know how much you want to study at their university.

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