dimanche 21 décembre 2014

Should my SOP be a narrative of all the events in my life that lead me to develop my research interest?


I am applying to a master's degree in computer science and while writing my SOP I see two options.


(1) I participated in a bunch of competitions, read a bunch of papers, worked with a senior scientist and produced a draft of a paper which is about to be published. These are all chronological events. Should I describe each one of these events in a separate paragraph and explain what I have learnt from these that caused me to develop a research interest ?


(2) Should I just directly mention all the events very briefly in 5 ~ 6 sentences and the next couple of paragraphs talk about the specific topics I am interested in conducting research in, without mentioning the motivation behind what got me interested in these topics.


While concluding I would like to mention few specific faculties whose work fascinates me. I would like to describe the works of few particular faculty members which I would like to work under(Possibly have them as my thesis advisor if it is fine by them).


Are either of these two options fine or which one should I choose preferably ? Also how the should overly narrative(Tone and everything) of a SOP be?





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