Ramani K. Raman

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I used the following web pages while I was struggling with my own SoP. Some of them were really helpful. 

• http://www.cs.umd.edu/~arun/grad/sop.html 
  Strongly Recommended - A crisp, to-the-point and funny article about how to go about compoing the SoP.
• http://www.statementofpurpose.com/tips_starting.html
  Strongly Recommended - A complete step by step guide about writing SoP: from start to finish - very good. I found it immensely useful
• http://www.phys.psu.edu/graduate/apply/statement.html
  Strongly Recommended - Tips put up on the Penn State Physics Depatment Gradaute pages. Tips straight from the horses mouth?
• http://career.berkeley.edu/Grad/GradStatement.stm
  Strongly Recommended - One more such source from Berkley
• http://www.accepted.com/grad/personalstatement.aspx
  Strongly Recommended - Some Dos and Don'ts
• http://www.accepted.com/grad/tenwritingtips.aspx
  If You Have Time - Another commercial wesbite offering some free advice!
• http://www.geocities.com/justdoithoney/links/graduate_studies.html
  If You Have Time - Bless the soul who compiled all useful sources in one place. You might face the problem of plenty here!

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