On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Sri Harsha <sriharsha24 <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Varadhan,
>
> That is very true. Having to use some flowery words in SoP must be avoided.
> The usage of such words happens when one is out of words and start borrowing
> from someone else's SoPs. One could capture the structure of a well written
> SoP, not the whole words or ideas.
>
> But if you do mention words like 'passion', then justify it. Otherwise, just
> write plain sentences. The essay should be such that it should reflect your
> honesty and willingness to go for higher studies. Remember, no one SoP is
> excellent. Every SoP is a good essay in its own right. It takes time to
> write any good written work, SoP is no different.
>
> If you see your SoP after 10 years, it should bring back the true you and
> resonate with what you were and what you are now. Its a thrilling feeling to
> discover that whatever is written in your SoP was 'you'. You should be able
> to identify with it. As time goes by, your SoP will become your personal
> essay about you as a student.
>

This could be quite hard; 10 years is a long time. People's interests
and what they want out of life can change significantly in this much
time. Having to be so clear about one's entire life *right now* is
particularly hard. I, for instance, have clear sight of my life for
may be a couple years from now; everything about it after that is
still rather blurry. I could be doing a PhD after two years, I could
have bid farewell to academia and be working somewhere after two
years, I could be... heck I don't know! All I know is, two years from
now, I'll have an MS.

If one can have such a clear idea of one's life, I laud one.

Raghu

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What's worrying going to do? Nothing.

I am guessing there is a way to order score reports without having
your registration number; check with the ETS website (inviting others
to pitch in here; things changed since I took The Test). If that
telephone call system is still up, I guess you can order official
score reports without your printed copy and reg number. A friend of
mine, now in UTA, was able to do it. He got his printed score report 2
days after he ordered.

Raghu

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Brandee <imurfriend30 <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I haven't yet received my official score. Its been almost 7 weeks! Should I
> worry? What should I do?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Brandee!
>
>

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On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 07:50:15AM -0800, Varadhan SKM wrote:
> This will be your SOP. I dont think you need to send another SOP
> separately. So it is not redundant.

Unless the university has asked for it separately.
Priyanshu, if there are 3 questions and then there is another field to
upload your SOP as pdf. Then IMO, we have to answer these three
questions and SOP, which would include answer to these questions
and additional info would which present the candidate suitably for the
course,should be uploaded.
How is it in the form? If there is no other field to upload SOP, then
as Varadhan says this is SOP.

--
Senthil

> --- On Sun, 11/30/08, Priyanshu Agarwal <mail2priyanshu <at> yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> From: Priyanshu Agarwal <mail2priyanshu <at> yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: (GRE Success! ) Multitude of statements, University of
> Minnesota. Please help!!
> To: "G" <gre-success <at> yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 12:55 AM
>
>
> Thanks a lot for your valuable replies sirs....
> Please clarify one more thing. How is Statement#1 different from the
> Statement of Purpose? I mean I have to mention the following in my SOP
> and in a way it is redundant:
> 1) What is career path you want to pursue and why?
> 2) What kind of program will help you with your career objective? How
> does this school's program suit you?
> Please guide.
> Regards,
> Priyanshu
>

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Hi All,

Some universities are asking to pay the Application Fee by Cheque. How can the payment be made from here in India. The dollar keeps fluctuating so how should I calculate the conversion factor.

Pl help

Jai Hind

Regards,
Prasanna Venkatesan K

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