hi, have u decided the topic of your interest for which u will b writing your sop?? once your sure of that, u need to read at least 2 3 books and a few articles on the subject to have an idea about the latest research already done in that area. once u do that, u need to narrow down your own research question. so for example if u have decided a brod area of say silvia plath's poetry, then u need to narrow it down to 1 particular theme. like the recurrence of death in her poems, or human relations in her poems etc. some theme rather than a brod general area. once u have decided the particular topic, u need to write about 2 pages worth of why you'd like to work in that area, and what exactly r the questions u want to address. so u start with an intro about the work that has already been done, u can quote some of the articles u will have read. then go on to address the main issue. so for example if u have chosen the theme of death in her poems, then u can give a few examples of lines from her different poems where the same theme keeps recurring. the more examples u give, the more qualitative is your sop because u actually have enough instances to work on. and in your conclusion u can describe the method of your research. so if your doing a statistical study rather than a theoretical 1, then u can explain who will b your subjects, what r the questions u will b addressing, etc. then u end your sop mentioning the references. that is, all the books/ articles u have read. that is very important. dont forget to mention the references. even in the references, u 1st write the name of authors, then the year of publication of the book/ article, and then the name of the article. for examples u can just chek the end of any article. u will have a lot of references. just remember a few important points. dont ever lie about any references. if u have not read the book, dont ever mention it because you might get a question in your interview based on that book. so dont take that chance. and whatever u write in your proposal, u will b asked questions based on that. so b sure about every single sentence u write in those 2 pages. dont coppy paste anything that u dont understand. u need to b able to answer questions about any word/ sentences that u write in the sop. these r just some basic points, u can write to me off the list if u have any more specific questions. all the best. shireen.
On 10/29/13, Shreyas N Reddy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all! > as the above line says, I am suppose to type or write on my own the > statement of purpose if I am suppose to join any new university and > how could I do so? > Please help me... > > -- > in regards > Shreyas Nagaraj Reddy > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
