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How to Write SOP?

I do not want to state some rules here. I want to prevent you from writing an awful SOP. Like other human-made, SOP is a game. The departments know that you know their interest fields, thus if you want to reveal the IO as your interest field, you should be reasonable, because other applicants tell the IO as their interest too. The reasonability is the main issue in SOP.

Write the SOP as short as you can. The faculties, who should select between applicants, never read all SOPs. Some students prefer to bold key sentences. I deny this method. First sentence of each paragraph emerge the meaning of that paragraph. Write the gist of each paragraph besides it. Think about that gist. Is it necessary to write about such a gist in SOP? If not, delete it and if yes, adopt the first sentence of paragraph to show this gist.

SOP answers to 3 questions.
· Why do you want to pursue Ph.D. in Economics? Ph.D. lasts 5 years, it is a bit hard to leave your hometown and continue your research and studies in a foreign country. So you should exhibit reasonable explanation why you want to pursue your studies.
· Why should they choose you among all other applicants? You must satisfy them to choose you.
· Why you choose this university? Any SOP should answer these questions.

Why science?

Each one stress's his reasons to support this title; the following is my point of view!

Life is a Game; the nature of Game is Lottery. It means you gamble each time. Game has so many descriptions, I state my favorite picture. Games consist of players, rules and information. Players are individuals, agents, company, countries and cartels. Rules mean strategists, constraints and consequents. Information means observed utility, observed strategists and expectation. For simplification, thinks we have two players: developed countries which are rich and expert and developing countries which are poor and green. Players can coordinate or not. Information is perfect. It is a gamble. Rich one has K1 coins and poor one has K2 coins. If H faces up in each flip rich one win M1 and poor one lose M1. If T faces up in each flip rich one lose M2 and poor one win M2. The coin face up H with probability P. I interpret the first endowment by real capital (K), the probability means the accumulation of knowledge and the reward of game means the development in economics. First assume that M2=M1=1 and K1=100 and K2=5 and P=0.9. Just about K2 and K1 is the ratio of capital accumulation in the rivals and the P=0.9 obtain from the ratio of paper published. We are interested the time of bankruptcy? When the capitals of poor countries become equal to zero?

This is a simple game that can be solved by stochastic process. The poor country will lose after …… step and the probability of poor to win is less than ….. What happen if the players have the same knowledge? P=0.5.

Why Web?

Since the closure of my previous web, I have not written any post, until last month Saleh asked me to write for him about the continuation of writing. After that I decided to establish a web. My central reasons are:

1. This is a good idea for practicing in English Writing, especially if you would help me and mention me my mistakes to correct them!
2. I can write here my experiences and ideas about application for Economics! I think it can help other students that are interested in economics or hesitate to pursue his/her studies in Economics.
3. I can record my remembrances

Best regards
Hossien