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SOP Questionnaire for Master's Applicants

The document provides instructions for a student to answer questions about their educational and career goals in detail for a Statement of Purpose application. It asks the student to describe their intended course of study and universities, explain their motivation and why an advanced degree is important for their career goals, discuss their personality and leadership skills with examples, and provide details about their educational and professional background and accomplishments. The student is also asked to describe any gap years, efforts made towards their goals, hobbies and interests, and expectations for their Statement of Purpose.

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SOP Questionnaire for Master's Applicants

The document provides instructions for a student to answer questions about their educational and career goals in detail for a Statement of Purpose application. It asks the student to describe their intended course of study and universities, explain their motivation and why an advanced degree is important for their career goals, discuss their personality and leadership skills with examples, and provide details about their educational and professional background and accomplishments. The student is also asked to describe any gap years, efforts made towards their goals, hobbies and interests, and expectations for their Statement of Purpose.

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Please be as expressive and genuine as possible in answering the following questions

We need to know your story. Describe everything in detail. Answer honestly.

Name of the student:

1. List out the universities and courses that you intent to apply for (mention sub-areas of
interests too).
(If you haven’t shortlisted the universities yet, that’s fine)

Course:

Country:

Universities:

Preferred Intake:

Sub-areas of interest: What are the topics you intend to study? (You can refer to the
university's course curriculum) -

2. Describe the reason/motivation to pursue the Master’s program. Please make it clear
and explain in detail. (Think, is there any personal story attached to this, any specific
instance that you can recall)

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3. Why do you feel that MS degree is imperative for you? Link your career objectives with
it (short-term and long-term goals are to be mentioned). – What do you want to do after
the program? (Eg: Machine Learning Developer or Embedded engineer etc)
(If you want, you can refer to Google, be specific while writing career goals. You can
mention what kind of company you would like to join, where do you see yourself in this
industry 10-15 years down the line?)

4. Describe your personality (focusing on leadership and inter-personal skills).


(Don’t just list down the qualities you have, give me examples where you showcased
those skills)

5. Describe your family background highlighting any significant point that you feel is worth
mentioning.
(Is there anyone in your family who is in the same field? Who inspires you? Is there any
story worth mentioning?)

6. Extensive description of your educational journey so far, right from school to the last
acquired degree. It is important that you highlight your accomplishments well.
(Pick 1 or 2 major projects or accomplishments during your education and explain how you
excelled at those tasks) Detailed description about internships and projects are required as to
what were the challenges and learning from them?

School:

Academics:

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Extra-curricular:

Graduation:

Why did you choose this stream for graduation?

Your favorite subjects during graduation:

(Note: Please describe in detail about the things that you’ve done and learnt while doing
projects and internship. Don’t mention just the titles but describe it in detail)

Projects:

Internships:

Extra-curricular:

Post-Graduation (If applicable)

Projects:

Internships:

Extra-curricular:

Gap Year –

Have you taken any gap year? Any career break? Please justify if you have taken any break. Also
justify what you were doing during this gap.

Are you switching your field? If yes, what’s the reason behind your switching?

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7. Illustrate your performance at work so far. Again, highlight your accomplishments and
outstanding performance (rewards and recognitions) and how have you linked your job
with your career objectives (both short term and long term). Cite suitable examples.

Think - What’s the challenge? How have you solved it? What have you learned out of it
and have you received any rewards for that work?
(If you are a fresher or have no full-time work experience, you can ignore this.)

8. Highlight the efforts that you have made to achieve your career objectives (online
courses, internships, part-time jobs, or certifications).

9. Describe the co-curricular activities, hobbies and social interests (community services)
that you regularly pursue and how they have helped you in shaping your personality.

10. What is your expectation on the SOP? How do you want us to write it? Is there any word
limit? Do you want us to highlight any situation or project or achievement? Please
mention.

Thank you!!

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