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Common Mistakes in SOP writing:
When writing SOP, there are some instances that are peculiar to your country and you'd like to put in your SOP because such instance help to really drive home the point you are trying to make. You need to have it at the back of your mind that the
It'd be an honour to have you as my MENTOR. I’m ready to put in the work to submit a competitive application packet during this application window. Your mentorship would help me tremendously. Thank you for this great opportunity. I look forward to hearing from you.
Dear Sir @dafemlions
First off, I'd like to appreciate your tremendous work.
I’m Femi Adegbola. I have a background in Economics (3.78/5.0) and Accountancy (3.1/4.0) from UNIBEN & Yabatech respectively.
Anyone who combs through your page knows how much you emphasize the GRE
MENTORSHIP GROUP
If you would like to be part of my mentorship group, kindly go through my expectations for mentees and describe how you meet each of the criteria. Please start by introducing yourself, your course of study, and address how you meet each of the criteria. The
I emailed my departments to get information on whether I need to secure a supervisor and what the procedure for funding is; Fortunately, all the departments are fully funded for PhD and I do not need to contact any profs.
My SOP highlights my research experience and goals, personal strengths, background, successes, rationale for choice of school and department, and other attributes that will help my application stand out. I continue to write and re-write it, perfecting it day by day.
My CV is styled in the CV format of the CVs of US school professors with whom I potentially will work. Transcripts from my two schools are ready. The direct conversion of my CGPAs to the USA grading scale is at least 3.0, hence I do not need a WES Evaluation.
I also learned from your pinned threads the importance of reaching out to Professors who can attest to my research prowess, personality strengths, and academic capabilities in a recommendation letter - I have secured 4! My line manager at work is also willing to write one for me.
This encouraged me to prepare & sit for it. Thankfully, I Scored 332. I heard from your space how strategic we should be in choosing schools, hence, I selected a blend of high-ranked and low-ranked schools to apply to. Your Nairaland post guided me on how to write a good SOP
If you have written the GRE already with a minimum score of 300 and you are looking to earn a spot in my mentorship group, please go and read my pinned tweet from the beginning till the end and quote this tweet in a comprehensively extensive thread on what you’ve learnt, what you’ve done
This is a plea to be taken in as your mentee so you can guide me in submitting a competitive application package for fall 2025.
I hope you see this. Thank you
I've identified my research interest and reached out to a couple of professors. Fortunately, the four schools I sent my GRE to do not require securing a supervisor.
Prompted by your tweets:
- I've secured 3 recommendation letters
- I've identified 4 schools with full funding in Economics which I sent my GRE score to
- Statement of purpose is ready for your perusal
- Academic CV is American-styled