SOPTalk

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’s the results from one of the poll questions:

As you can see over 78% of you said that you either started your sop late (21%) or you saved it for the last minute (a whopping 57%). This was by no means a scientific poll but you can see that the sample size is pretty large, around 1222 respondents. So it’s apparent that most students start working on their statements of purpose very late.

What is interesting is that almost 60% of you who responded to our other poll question deemed the statement of purpose the most important part of the application process. See below results based on 1635 responses.

What these two poll results indicate is even though students consider the sop very important, they treat it as an afterthought. We believe that the SOP is the single most important part of the application process that will help you stand out amongst the crowd and requires substantial time and effort. See our tips on starting your statement of purpose.

It’s very simple. You are investing a lot of energy in your applications. You are studying for tests, running around trying to get letters of recommendation, and most of all trying to figure what is a good college or University to attend. But don’t take the sop lightly. If you begin late you won’t be able to do justice to yourself. And if you start early, remember, well begun is half done. So good luck and happy writing!

Tags: Application advice, General, statement of purpose //