Sri Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 Hi Erin, I was reading up articles on the web about writing a personal statement and some of the websites suggest writing the SOP in third person while others say that its better to write it in first person so that the SOP doesn't look too wordy....What would u suggest????? As this is one thing which can sometimes make or break my application I just want it to be THE BEST!! Can u lemme know as and when u can??? Thanks in advance, -Sri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 How can we write the SOP in third person, when we are talking about OUR qualifications, OUR goals and OUR career plans? I can't think of a way to... can you please give one or two example sentences...? Atleast the intro and conclusion can only be in the first person I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sri Posted December 8, 2002 Author Share Posted December 8, 2002 Well, that's what I didnot understand either...I thought that a First person passive voice approach is better compared to a first person active voice approach....I thought the former made my SOP look a bit better compared to the latter approach....But then while reading those articles I was totally confused...Like for example see the following sentences (Passive is in red and active is in blue) An inclination to understand how things work fascinated me and made me pursue higher studies in the field of Engineering. My undergraduate interest in Engineering was the result of a fascination with and a strong inclination to understand how things work Graduate studies in Bioinformatics promise to provide me with the ideal platform for achieving my goals. Graduate studies in Bioinformatics promise to provide the ideal platform whereby I can achieve my goals. -Sri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TestTaker2003 Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 No offense but all four of these sentences (passive or active) are ideal candidates for one of the four wrong answer choices in the sentence correction section of the GMAT. The only one that may work in an essay is #3. I would never use anything that remotely resembles the other three in an essay if I were you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmundlo777 Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I understand that the four funny sentences are here just to illustrate a point. No one in the right mind will put them on his personal statement. But I think the best way to write the sentence is: Graduate studies in Bioinformatics is the ideal platform for achieving my goals. It sounds much more convincing and positive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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