This is a rough version of my SOP for my top choice school. I'm looking to revise this at least once before it goes to my letter writers for their use. Thanks.
I'm applying to media and culture PhD programs. My research interest or intended dissertation topic is a social history of Grey's Anatomy and the queering of the show (both cannon and meta). I spend a great deal of time talking about specific topics and methods in my SOP (which isn't quite polished enough for LJ yet). I started this research in my
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I am writing my SOP and there is a section for me to discuss why my GPA was less than 3.0. It was 2.92. I do have very valid reasons: cancer, serious illnesses of my youngest child, and death of a parent. When I got my A.A., I graduated with a 3.5 and had made Dean's list a few times
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I posted my general SOP a while back and got some really helpful comments. It's gone through some edits and I would love to know what else could be done to it. I'm still struggling with the personal history (read: diversity) statements, but at least I've got something better for this.
I have written a draft SOP. I am really bad at essay writing. I need help to make my application not to be rejected due to my SOP, I have good grades and GRE ( 1420).
Please give some advice to me to make my SOP acceptable. I will spend whole next week in making my SOP strong and persuasive.
I'm sort of unsure exactly how one of these should go, so I just sat down and typed for a bit and this is what came out. It's about 800 words right now, and I plan on adding 200 words that are specific to each school I'm applying to at the end.
No longer am I panicking about the quality of my essay - I think it's acceptable - but still the deadline coming up in a few days. Will you lovely people take a look at my second draft? MA in English, Film Studies.