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		<title>How Not to Pay for College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just came across this riveting New York Times article about the student loan process.  Nowdays it is not uncommon for students and parents to make college choices based on emotions.  
The brand value of going to an ivy league school can be pretty compelling.  However as a result, a lot of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.statementofpurpose.com/soptalk/?p=58</link>
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		<title>Recommendations Should Add to your SOP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of students wonder why we discuss letters of recommendation on our site dedicated to the statement of purpose. The answer is because both are written statements about you and you exercise some level of control over both them. However an important aspect is that they are related.
While the statement of purpose is your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.statementofpurpose.com/soptalk/?p=56</link>
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		<title>How Important is the College Admissions Essay?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your grades, your test scores and your recommendations are pretty well established and there&#8217;s not a lot you can do about them.  However your college admissions essay is your one shot to stand out amongst the crowd and make a difference, positive or negative.  Here&#8217;s a great article from USA Today that discusses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.statementofpurpose.com/soptalk/?p=55</link>
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		<title>Essay writing for applications around the world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we started on this site in 1999, we decided to focus on students applying to Universities in the US. From the very start, we&#8217;ve been aware that many applicants to schools in other countries have been using our site for tips on application essays. We&#8217;d be very interested in hearing from users of our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.statementofpurpose.com/soptalk/?p=54</link>
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		<title>Start Working on your SOP Early</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the Fall application frenzy just a few months away I thought it would be great to highlight the need for students to start working on their statement of purpose early.  We posted some polls on statementofpurpose.com a year or so back and have gathered some great feedback.  Here&#8217;s the results from one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.statementofpurpose.com/soptalk/?p=14</link>
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		<title>Picking a hot field</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday's Newsweek carried a story about the exploding demand for pharmacists - apparently the US will need 150,000 more by 2020 to meet the needs of aging baby boomers. Similarly, the Washington Post last week talked about the shortage of faculty in business schools. Stories like this point to hot careers, and give an idea about an applicant's chances in those areas. Business school doctoral programs, for instance, are competing for good doctoral students.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.statementofpurpose.com/soptalk/?p=11</link>
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		<title>Seemantini&#8217;s advice on email etiquette - 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few more dos and don&#8217;ts:

Do:

Keep your emails short and readable

Use good grammar, punctuation and complete sentences

Include a relevant subject line (such as &#8216;2007 MS application&#8217;) so that your email won&#8217;t be relegated unseen to the junk bin.

Respond as promptly as possible. These are busy people who may forget you easily. A prompt response also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.statementofpurpose.com/soptalk/?p=8</link>
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		<title>GRE to be revamped</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's New York Times talks about the biggest revamp in the history of the Graduate Record Exam. What does it mean for someone who's thinking of applying to graduate school?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.statementofpurpose.com/soptalk/?p=9</link>
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		<title>Seemantini&#8217;s advice on email etiquette - 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you apply to a school, it is often a good idea to write a short email to professors who are doing work you may be interested in. This note is a reminder of some things to keep in mind to ensure that you don&#8217;t ruin your chances by saying or doing the wrong thing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.statementofpurpose.com/soptalk/?p=7</link>
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		<title>NYTimes story on college email etiquette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The convenience and speed of emails has made keeping in touch easy. But Jonathan Glater shows how the spontaneity that email encourages has a downside too. While the article talks about how college students might make bad impressions on professors through thoughtless emailing, this is also a useful reminder for those of us in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.statementofpurpose.com/soptalk/?p=6</link>
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