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Scientific Writing Resources<\/a> \/ Career Development<\/a> \/ Statement of Purpose (SOP)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.4.4″ width=”100%” max_width=”100%” min_height=”518px” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||3px||false|false” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.4″ min_height=”1250px” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_toggle title=”General Guidelines in Scientific Writing” _builder_version=”4.4.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Preparing Scholarly Work” _builder_version=”4.4.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Preparing for a Publication” _builder_version=”4.4.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Career Development” open=”on” _builder_version=”4.4.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ custom_margin=”|10px||10px|false|false” custom_padding=”|||10px|false|false” border_width_left=”5px” border_color_left=”#0c71c3″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n A Statement of Purpose (SOP) may form a part of an application for a college admission, a fellowship program, a scholarship, or a job. Academic grades alone may not enable evaluators to assess the full potential of a candidate. A SOP helps them get to know a candidate better and evaluate the suitability of the candidate for a particular position or program. A SOP helps evaluators assess personality traits, work ethics, and potential for success. Further, the written presentation of the SOP demonstrates the candidate\u2019s communication skills and ability to organize thoughts effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n A SOP typically includes information about the following:<\/span><\/p>\n The academic program\/company may provide instructions on what to include in the SOP for specific positions. These instructions could be in the form of prompts or a list of questions. Before writing an SOP, carefully read these instructions and create an outline of your responses. Thereafter, expand your outline into descriptive paragraphs. It is important to also write within the word\/page limits, if these instructions have been provided.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The following resources provide guidelines for writing an effective SOP:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scientific Writing Resources \/ Career Development \/ Statement of Purpose (SOP) Academic Integrity Building an Argument Critical Reading Critical Writing Figures and Tables Paragraphs\u00a0\u00a0 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Peer-review\u00a0 Response to Reviewers\u2019 Critiques Plagiarism Writing Tips and Tools Types or Styles of Writing How to evaluate online information resources Miscellaneous Dissertation\/ Thesis\u00a0 Journal Article Original […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-590","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1999,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590\/revisions\/1999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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