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Content of a good SOP (Episode 4)

Today, we will discuss how to conclude SOP.

If you missed past episodes, kindly check this:

https://twitter.com/Oludeewon/status/1335714758931177473?s=20

In your last paragraph, you should think about the following:

1. Discuss what you intend to achieve during the Msc/PhD program. You need to let the admission committee understand that you have a target. This means that you must have a specific research interest or idea you think may be explored as discussed with your proposed supervisor

mentioned in the previous paragraphs. If you don't need to have a supervisor, then you should mention potential supervisors you aim to work with.

2. Discuss your immediate plans after the program. Your plan should either be to implement the things you intend to learn in

industries in that country (you must have researched about potential industries in that country).

Another plan is to further continue the research by considering a PhD or a post-doc. This will give you more time to further explore and innovate in that specific research area.

Make sure you mention that you would like to have as many publications and probably patents in order to increase the research visibility of your research group and also increase the global ranking of the school.

3. Mention your long term goal: Part of it may be to secure a Faculty position to impart the next generation or to establish a research centre in your home country to help others. You can also mention that you would like to go back home to work with the Govt to actualise some

of these ideas in terms of policies that can improve the economy.

With this, you are done with SOP.

What's next is how to arrange it paragraph by paragraph.

I will explain in the next episode.

Tag your friends to read.

Remember that SOP is your EYES.

Cheers!

RT.

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