Throughout my academic life, I have had different ideas about what career I would pursue in the future. In secondary school I wanted to become a pharmacist because of the high earnings. I later decided through careful consideration that I should keep my options open, hence choosing Chemistry, Biology, Computing and Mathematics at AS Level. Since then my interests have changed as a result of my experiences during the first year at college. I have found Computing interesting and exciting and it can lead to many professions. I have enhanced my computing and programming skills and I am certain that Computer science is the course for me. Studying A2 Computing will certainly consolidate my knowledge in this field and continuing Biology and Chemistry will serve as a backup if I wanted to join a different degree relating to those subjects. My future career will most definitely be one associated with my degree, hopefully a programming or software designing profession However, a career in teaching may be an option if I decide otherwise. I have developed my computer literacy and I have always enjoyed working in teams which would be expected of me if I pursued software design. I completed two weeks of work experience at Leicester City Council. This involved updating details in a database and doing general office tasks. This has given me a sense of realism about work and how it will affect my life. As far as leisure activities go, I play a great deal of sport. I play indoor football on Saturday nights and outdoor during the summer. I also play badminton with my family occasionally. I have always been very keen on health and fitness and I am a regular visitor to the gym I intend to carry on these activities whilst conducting my studies. I read many novels at home and try to keep in touch with the news by reading papers, preferably The Guardian or The Independent. I earnestly look forward, then, to a promising career in a computing- or history-related field and hope my studies at university will be productive both to me and to the large community of which I am a part of. Throughout my life, politics has always interested me. It is a vast subject that and one that thing that effects everyone's life. I have always been passionate about international as well as middle eastern politics.

Your part-time Ph.D. A program for working professionals is the best available option that I have found in terms of accommodating my working status along with attending one of the best programs in Florida. I am a professional in the field of Information Technology. My love for this profession began over ten years ago when I took my first undergraduate MIS classes in systems development and programming at the University of XXXX. As my studies progressed, I rapidly became increasingly aware that I had found my calling in life. I enjoyed and excelled in my classes, and now, I hope to continue with my passion by studying in your Masters's MIS program. The opportunity to study again presented itself in 2000 when the company I was working for as an IT consultant was forced to make staff cutbacks. The company offered to keep me on, but I opted out to continue with my studies. I completed the MS/MIS and MBA programs at the Business College of the University of XXXX. By gaining my MS/MIS and MBA in my chosen field, I created more opportunities for myself and my career development. I feel strongly that the knowledge and credentials that I have gained make me a strong candidate for your program. As a Vietnamese woman, I also look forward to contributing to the diversity of your program. I want very much to attain a Ph.D. Degree in my area so that I will have a that competitive edge in the IT service market. As you well know, academic degrees provide professionals with a significant advantage over their competitors and I seek to be competitive. I struggle every day to stay abreast of the latest, up-to-date technical skills through everyday work and by keeping myself informed of new developments in my field. The Ph.D.will provid me with an even greater competitive edge, especially when dealing with the government sector.

I have been interested in problem-solving from a very young age, especially mathematics-related problems. The computer has been my home for many years and is where I feel most comfortable. It is where my heart is. Now that I have completed my bachelor's degree, I look forward to the new challenge of graduate school with especially keen anticipation. I see graduate school in Computer Science as a new level of growth where I can reach an advanced degree of professional ability that I will seek to refine for the rest of my life. My favorite undergraduate studies have included Software Engineering, Computer Graphics and Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Design and Analysis of algorithms, Computational Mathematics, and Formal Logic for use with artificial intelligence systems. My sphere of particular interest in Computer Science is comprised of the dynamic relationship between Software and Intelligence systems. I am applying to study for an M.S. Degree in Engineering at the Department of Computer Science at the University of XXXX because I feel very strongly that this is the best location for continuing my studies. I look forward to directing access to the Department of Mathematics Statistical Consulting Service and its assistance with experimental design, data display and analysis, and the interpretation of findings related to statistical software engineering. I want to continue studying in Ohio, and your program ranks among the best. I fervently believe that I am an excellent candidate for your program because I am an extremely dedicated worker who never ceases to explore cutting-edge technologies. I have solid analytical and problem-solving skills, and I am a team player looking forward to working with development teams to advance software procedures, methods, tests, and systems. I long to participate in advanced testing, planning, and scheduling to assure that software product are optimally efficient and fulfill the purposes for which they were developed. I have labored with algorithms and have mastered the basics of formal logic, always with an eye toward artificial intelligence. I especially look forward to working with the professors and other graduates in your highly esteemed program and I want to thank you for considering my application

Being born into a family that has always encouraged utilizing to the fullest extent our inherent gifts, I have excelled in every academic venture I have undertaken. I have adopted my parent's standards of how to conduct yourself in life, be disciplined, be persistent in your pursuits, and work hard at everything you do. I have an inquisitive nature and enjoy challenges and mysteries. I resolved to take on the intellectual difficulties Information Technology offered and dedicate my life to pursuing Information Technology. Now, more than ever, there is an industry-wide need for qualified leadership and research. While many speak of the ideals of developing culturally-competent students, I have achieved a level few could ever imagine attaining outside of the classroom, setting a worldview created by a singularly extraordinary and fortunate life. By living, working, and effectively interacting with people of many lands, utilizing a cross-cultural understanding coupled with the ability to speak two languages at a proficient level, I have a thorough understanding of what it means to appreciate and respect cultural differences. I feel that this will aid me tremendously as I work with diverse students as well as other information technology professionals. For the past eight years, my academic and professional careers have maintained a conceptual continuity, focusing on Information Technology. The knowledge I will obtain from my Ph.D. research at George Mason University with a concentration in Information Systems will enable me to plan, coordinate, and direct examination and facilitate the computer-related activities of organizations. I will be better equipped to approach and reduce the technical and business goals in consultation with senior management and clearly illustrate my goals through intensive planning. I have worked within multidisciplinary teams and anticipate utilizing these experiences to develop different concepts and requirements for researching and developing new product lines and expanding services. Combined with these abilities, I will also be able to quickly identify how an organization's computing capabilities can effectively aid project management. Research work has played a significant role in my academic career. I have conducted three research projects during my master's degree covering different aspects of IT security. Working with my advisors, I sought to establish improvements in the Fair Exchange protocol, a secure protocol used to exchange electronic items between two parties over the internet. My second area of research focused on the various models that guarantee the confidentiality of the information in the workflow systems. I illustrated the Access Control Models applied in these systems. My latest research was an overview of the work done in the Delegation Role-Based Access Control Model, which facilitates authority delegation among users to show the improvement in the model and the shortcoming as well. I feel strongly that my studies, coupled with my research acumen, have provided me with diverse knowledge and skills that make me an excellent candidate for doctoral study in this field. How and when companies and organizations use technology are critical factors in remaining competitive. A Ph.D. in Information Technology from XXXX University will allow me to play a vital role in the technical direction of these organizations. My role would vary from academic teaching in the universities. Through a quality education from XXU, I anticipate directing system design teams and developing and implementing advanced managerial techniques in the direction of computer-based information systems for software applications and hardware computers. Additionally, I will be better able to recognize organizations' computer and information needs from an operational and strategic perspective and determine immediate and long-range personnel and equipment requirements. Through this work, I will be able to assign and review the result of my team members while keeping abreast of the latest technologies to ensure the organization remains competitive. Coupled with this is the ability I will have to impart in an academic setting relevant and up-to-date industrial experiences. Through my academic and professional experiences, I have found that to further myself and increase myself as an asset to the industry; I need to pursue course work that examines the fundamental principles of information systems and security, which I have discovered fits well with the research interests of outstanding faculty members in these areas at XXXX University. XXXX University has a worldwide reputation and commands great respect in my homeland of Saudi Arabia. XXU places a great emphasis on the importance of and support for teaching excellence which makes it stand out from the background noise of other universities. As someone who wants to become a professor, I think being an effective educator is just as important as being an exceptional researcher. I admire XXXX University's supportive environment for opportunities in research. Through my academic career and professional work, you can see my passion and dedication to everything I undertake. I am confident that I will develop invaluable research and teaching skills while having the privilege of interacting with accessible professors and intellectually-gifted colleagues. I firmly believe that one of the essential elements in pursuing a successful academic career is to have a good mentor who can closely guide you academically and as a person. After procuring a position as a researcher and professor, I fully anticipate publishing my works for the betterment and development of the industry. I'm genuinely competitive and will do my utmost to become an exemplary teacher, striving constantly for classroom excellence. In the longer run, I hope to be a shining example of XXU graduates.  I thank you for your time, consideration and look forward to a personal interview.

I am a young man from Iraq. I was born and raised in Baghdad. As with most young Iraqi men who have the great fortune to live somewhere other than Iraq, I am happy to be far removed from the conflict. I do grieve. How can one not suffer for one's land, people, and a deep and abiding passion for communication? I would go so far as to say that fomenting and facilitating communication, transaction, interchange, and commerce between peoples is my very spirituality. It is here that I am convinced that I will have much to contribute to human progress. I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Computer Software Engineering from XXXX College, one of the most prestigious educative institutions in Iraq. I have been playing with computers and software ever since I was a child. Engineering is my second sense. I have always taken things apart and put them together in new ways, building and creating. For some time now, my energy and focus, most significant test curiosity and passion, is for software development. I live here in Da, las Texas with my wife. We are delighted here, and we like Dallas very much. Thus, in addition to the highly reliable excellent credential of your program, the location is also ideal. I am now so thankful that I have arrived at a point in my life where I can give my all to graduate school. I now have sufficient maturity and discipline to function as an excellent student in your program because I assure you that I will work harder than most. Perhaps this is one of the advantages of being from Baghdad. One realizes that life can be short, and it is best to make the most of it when one has the golden opportunity to do so. I am especially interested in graduate work in the area of software engineering. In addition to education, I volunteered in Baghdad during further war-war when my school was shut down temporarily. And I worked as a tutor at my university for beginning students. I have also acquired professional experience working in Dubai writing programs. I hope to continue my education eventually to Ph.D. Ph.D. levelply love writing computer software programs. I also hope to use my linguistic abilities in Arabic as well as English. I want to help to end war by bringing people together through enhanced computer communication and education. I thank you for your consideration of my application.

I see XXXX University Online Master of Science Program in Computer Information Systems as the perfect bridge from where I am professional to where I want to go. I am attracted by the inventiveness and uniqueness of its Information Security and Database Management program since this area is my passion. As a banker, I am deeply immersed in fighting the practice of money laundering and need to enhance my abilities in database management. My father devoted his life to fighting white color crime with the New York State XXXX, and I am proud to follow in his footsteps in combating money laundering and online banking fraud. I am employed with XXXX Bank as an Assistant Vice President of Quality Control. My primary responsibilities include developing and maintaining the Quality Control"s (CATSWeb) Tracking Database, assessing other banking system areas, and evaluating another banking system the effectiveness in compliance risk controls. I spearhead systemic projects that provide innovative solutions for inefficiencies during compliance testing and review. I recently completed a professional anti-money laundering specialist certificate program (ACAMS), and I enjoy being given the latitude to make the ways that we do business safer, as well as create successful partnerships between vendors and financial institutions. Last year, I was asked to spearhead a project with several service providers in the identification and implementation of a software system that would improve the operational efficiency and reporting capabilities of my department. I developed a rigorous software comparison matrix that expanded the vendor selection process beyond the initial scope presented by the team to discover gaps, unique features, or other opportunities for functionality, exceeding their stated objectives. The recommended system was adopted and is now being used globally throughout the organization. I put into place an all-in-one technological solution for collecting, organizing, analyzing, and sharing information to improve the quality of overall compliance team performance. Studying in your program can help prepare me to help to integrate compliance efforts into various business activities better. I am interested in pursuing coursework that examines the fundamental principles of software design engineering in light of ongoing state-of-the-art quality advancement, especially concerning requirement specifications. Your online program at XXXX University will provide me with the comprehensive education and research experience I need to refine my ability to fight money laundering and apply sound business principles to Internet applications. I hope to overcome thereby some of the challenges that are posed by today's regulatory environment and find new ways to turn compliance efforts into capital opportunities. I am an intuitive and imaginative problem solver with a solid foundation in analytical processes, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. I believe that my work experience has afforded me with a sound basis for further study of key elements involved in the effective use of compliance systems. While ABN AMRO provides ample career opportunities in Compliance, I have reached a plateau in developing the analytical and management skills necessary to achieve my full career potential for mitigating compliance risks and proposing increasingly creative corrective measures. I still lack an adequate foundation in systemic knowledge of IT. Internet Systems Development and Administration are now central to my job description, and your program can prepare me to excel further in terms of my professional achievements. I believe that a business school for career professionals should balance theory with real-world applications, and I am pleased that XXXX's curriculum includes hands-on experience through online association and collaboration. I am drawn to XXXX University because of the school's recognition of the central importance of Database Design and Implementation for Business, Information Systems Analysis and Design, IT Strategy and Management, and Electronic Commerce Systems on the Web. I am applying to XXXX University because it has the best, flexible MSCIS program online, and one which will allow me to tailor my course of study directly to my career interests. I also look forward to contributing to the school's strong international alumni network.

Your part-time Ph.D. Program for working professionals is the best available option that I have found in terms of accommodating my working status along with attending one of the best programs in Florida. A professional in the field of Information Technology, my love for this profession began over 10 years ago when I when I took my first undergraduate MIS classes in systems development and programming at the University of XXXX. As my studies progressed, I rapidly became increasingly aware that I had found my calling in life. I enjoyed and excelled at my classes and, now, I hope to continue with my passion by studying in your Masters MIS program. The opportunity for me to study again presented itself in 2000 when the company that I was working for as a IT consultant was forced to make staff cut backs. The company offered to keep me on but I opted out to continue with my studies. I successfully completed the MS/MIS and MBA programs at the Business College of the University of XXXX. By gaining my MS/MIS and MBA in my chosen field I created more opportunities for myself and for the development of my career. I feel strongly that the knowledge and the credentials that I have gained make me a strong candidate for your program. As a Vietnamese woman, I also look forward to contributing to the diversity of your program. I want very much to attain the Ph.D. Degree in my area so that I will have that competitive edge in the IT service market. As you well know, academic degrees provide professionals with a significant edge over their competitors and I seek to be competitive. I struggle every day to stay abreast of the latest, up-to-date technical skills through everyday work and by keeping myself informed of new developments in my field. The Ph.D.will provide me with an even greater competitive edge, especially when dealing with the government sector. Thus my short-term goal in pursuing the doctoral program in Information Systems is to obtain this status and competitive edge. My long term goal is to use my abilities to the greatest extent possible in order to help my society through enhanced communication and business system technology. Most of all, I long to help people in my country of origin, Vietnam, and would like to teach at the University of Economics in Vietnam, the same university where I first started college. Teaching at this university has always been a dream for me. Up until now, because of my hectic work schedule, I was unable to form a clear strategy of how to obtain my PhD and I had thought that my dream to teach was always going to be a dream. Then, I found the part-time PhD program offered by the Information Systems/ Decision Sciences Department at University of South Florida and realized that my dream can become a reality. I am especially interested in researching and applying Web technologies to effectively and conveniently serve adult learners in corporate environments, as well as in traditional educational institutions. In particular, I want to promote the use of open source software in under developed countries. My professional dream is to contribute in lessening the technology knowledge gap between students in developed vs. underdeveloped countries. If I am accepted to your part time program I will be paying for my tuition; however I would love to gain some teaching experience and I feel especially qualified given the advanced degrees that I already hold. This would help me with my dream to teach in Vietnam, sharing my real world knowledge and experience of the IT service market. To optimally equip myself with the pedagogical background knowledge necessary to perform research on the cutting edge, I have been taking graduate-level courses at the college of education dealing with learning theories, instructional design, and development of technology-based instruction and distant learning. I have also completed courses dealing with research tools, theories, models, etc., and so I also think that I would be an excellent candidate as a research assistant. Dedicated to and most persistent in the pursuit of my goals, I have enormous enthusiasm and drive and I ask for your help and guidance as to how to best go about helping Vietnam—and the rest of the developing world—organize information. I am not a perfect candidate for your program. English always has been and will always be something that is a challenge for me. This is reflected in my humble writing test scores on the GMAT and CLAST tests. But I live with and for challenge in life. In terms of my ability to help Vietnam, in this area I am very competitive. And I see this as the most important aspect of my application. I am a very cheerful woman and I look forward to meeting you and thoroughly enjoying working and learning as part of your academic community.

I hope to attend the best school in the United Kingdom. I am convinced that I can reach my fullest potential at XXXX and fulfill my dream of making a significant contribution to the ongoing technological development of my country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). I was born and raised in the UAE, a wonderful country that has given me everything I need to be happy and comfortable. Living in peace, safety, and freedom with broad access to free education and health services; has instilled in me a dream to serve others out of enormous gratitude. I am convinced that acquiring the highest quality of education possible at XXXX will best prepare me to become as creative and productive as possible, best able to make essential contributions to my country and the world. The UAE is an economic powerhouse, and I look forward to a long and highly diligent professional future on the cutting edge of business developments in the Middle East; and, most importantly, to developing more extensive business ties between the Middle East and Western economies. I am exemplary of the great value placed on education in the UAE. All Emarati citizens are instilled with a philosophy of high achievement and uncompromising commitment to excellence. In high school, I was one of a handful of young people recognized as excellent students, and we received this award from the hands of XXXX, head of the General Women's Union and wife of our nation´s founding father. After graduating with honors from XXXX High School in Abu Dhabi, I enrolled as an Information Technology major at XXXX University. I chose to focus on network technologies because my brain now functions like the Internet. I see the UAE mostly in cyberspace. Everything depends on the Net; no one can live without it since it connects us to the world. This is what makes my career so extremely exciting. I have been active in volunteer projects and extracurricular activities throughout my time at XXXX University. And as a result of my perseverance and profound dedication to my studies, I will soon be graduating with excellent grades, receiving my B.S. this coming June 2008. I have become a profoundly passionate learner and am increasingly determined to see my education through to the Ph.D. Degree. A Masters Degree at XXXX is the best cornerstone upon which to build a solid future and prepare me for a doctoral program. While studying at XXXX University, I worked as an IT tutor, orienting and instructing incoming students on using university technology and the applications that could be most useful to them. As a certified system administrator and developer, I have acquired a broad base of experience in IT systems. Currently, I am completing a professional IT internship at XXXX, a division of the XXXX Company. This has been an exciting experience, providing me with hands-on experience in dealing with numerous complex issues surrounding the development of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP). Due to the efforts of this transnational company, the UAE is poised to have an entirely new telephone system soon. After completing my Master's Degree at XXXX, I envision myself returning to work for this same company or a similar high-profile company operating in the UAE. I look forward to applying the knowledge I will acquire at XXXX to systems design, analysis, and management. I am generally characterized by my associates— friends, teachers, and colleagues as very dependable, punctual, and efficient. I get along well with people from many walks of life. I am a creative and resourceful person who aspires to acquire an ever higher level of knowledge to continue to better myself personally and professionally. My principal inspiration has been our prophet Mohammed who said that we should seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. One of the reasons I am especially looking forward to studying at XXXX is because it is the school that is best known for promoting cultural diversity among students and faculty. Having had the privilege of visiting XXXX, I know that it is located in an exciting city that will provide me with many opportunities both personally and professionally. I have always enjoyed traveling, discovering new cultures, and making friends who have taught me to appreciate cultural diversity more fully. I have traveled to Canada, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United States, Britain, and Bulgaria. I will bring excellent communication skills in Arabic/English translation in the areas most relevant to Information Systems to your program and look forward to extensive and profitable interchanges with colleagues and instructors. Another reason I have chosen XXXX is its balanced approach between management and development, mainly applied to information systems. Your program represents the opportunity to probe various critically essential aspects of IT development within international and governmental organizations. At XXXX, I will gain comprehensive practical knowledge that will enable me to return to my country on the cutting edge of IT developments. I am convinced that XXXX’s focus on research-led teaching will help me to remain at the forefront of theory and practice in my field. Being accepted to your program is the central, most critical factor for my professional An success and for my ability to make profound contributions to the advancement of IT development in my beloved country.

I hope to attend the best school in the United Kingdom. I am convinced that I can reach my fullest potential at XXXX and fulfill my dream of making a significant contribution to the ongoing technological development of my country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). I was born and raised in the UAE, a wonderful country that has given me everything I need to be happy and comfortable. Living in peace, safety, and freedom with broad access to free education and health services; has instilled in me a dream to serve others out of enormous gratitude. I am convinced that acquiring the highest quality of education possible at XXXX will best prepare me to become as creative and productive as possible, best able to make essential contributions to my country and the world. The UAE is an economic powerhouse, and I look forward to a long and highly diligent professional future on the cutting edge of business developments in the Middle East; and, most importantly, to developing more extensive business ties between the Middle East and Western economies. I am exemplary of the great value placed on education in the UAE. All Emarati citizens are instilled with a philosophy of high achievement and uncompromising commitment to excellence. In high school, I was one of a handful of young people recognized as excellent students, and we received this award from the hands of XXXX, head of the General Women's Union and wife of our nation's founding father. After graduating with honors from XXXX High School in Abu Dhabi, I enrolled as an Information Technology major at XXXX University. I chose to focus on network technologies because my brain now functions like the Internet. I see the UAE mostly in cyberspace. Everything depends on the Net; no one can live without it since it connects us to the world. This is what makes my career so extremely exciting. I have been active in volunteer projects and extracurricular activities throughout my time at XXXX University. And as a result of my perseverance and profound dedication to my studies, I will soon be graduating with excellent grades, receiving my B.S. this coming June 2008. I have become a profoundly passionate learner and am increasingly determined to see my education through to the Ph.D. Degree. A Masters Degree at XXXX is the best cornerstone upon which to build a solid future and prepare me for a doctoral program. While studying at XXXX University, I worked as an IT tutor, orienting and instructing incoming students on using university technology and the applications that could be most useful to them. As a certified system administrator and developer, I have acquired a broad base of experience in IT systems. Currently, I am completing a professional IT internship at XXXX, a division of the XXXX Company. This has been an exciting experience, providing me with hands-on experience in dealing with numerous complex issues surrounding the development of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP). Due to the efforts of this transnational company, the UAE is poised to have an entirely new telephone system soon. After completing my Master's Degree at XXXX, I envision myself returning to work for this same company or a similar high-profile company operating in the UAE. I look forward to applying the knowledge I will acquire at XXXX to systems design, analysis, and management. My associates, friends, teachers, and colleagues generally characterize me as very dependable, punctual, and efficient. I get along well with people from many walks of life. I am a creative and resourceful person who aspires to acquire an ever higher level of knowledge to continue to better myself personally and professionally. My principal inspiration has been our prophet Mohammed who said that we should seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. One of the reasons I am especially looking forward to studying at XXXX is because it is the school that is best known for promoting cultural diversity among students and faculty. Having had the privilege of visiting XXXX, I know that it is located in an exciting city that will provide me with many opportunities both personally and professionally. I have always enjoyed traveling, discovering new cultures, and making friends who have taught me to appreciate cultural diversity more fully. I have traveled to Canada, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United States, Britain, and Bulgaria. I will bring excellent communication skills in Arabic/English translation in the areas most relevant to Information Systems to your program and look forward to extensive and profitable interchanges with colleagues and instructors. Another reason I have chosen XXXX is its balanced approach between management and development, mainly applied to information systems. Your program represents the opportunity to probe various critically essential aspects of IT evolution within international and governmental organizations. At XXXX, I will gain comprehensive practical knowledge that will enable me to return to my country on the cutting edge of IT developments. I am convinced that XXXX's focus on research-led teaching will help me to remain at the forefront of theory and practice in my field. Being accepted to your program is the central, most critical factor for my professional success and for my ability to make profound contributions to the advancement of IT development in my beloved country.

A young woman from India, last year I finished my undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering and I could not be more enthused about the prospect of continuing on to graduate school in the area of Construction Management. This is where I think I could make my maximum contribution to my society, India, since I see construction projects as of especially critical importance to economic development in my country. This is especially true with respect to our need for investment in infrastructure, particularly roads and bridges. Agriculture is still the principal occupation in India and the way that a majority of Indians continue to support their families. I am especially concerned with the fact that it is very difficult for farmers in remote areas of the country to sell their crops because of the great difficulties involved in getting those crops to market. These concerns led me to choose Civil Engineering for my undergraduate studies and I graduated from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering in July of 2016. My central professional dream, therefore, is to attain a cutting-edge education in Construction Management so that I will be able to help the most abandoned and ignored sectors of our economy in India to prosper in the future as a result of the development of new irrigation systems, roads, and bridges etc. I feel strongly that these kinds of investments in infrastructure would help make the Indian economy more competitive on a global level. I hope very much to be accepted to your particularly distinguished Master’s Degree Program in Construction Management at Deakin University in Australia. Earning the MSc at Deakin would represent the fulfillment of my longstanding dream of receiving a top-notch, First World education in my field at one of the finest universities in the world. There are many reasons why I have my heart set on Deakin University, especially the fact that it is the finest program of its kind in the world for studying digital technology and modeling as applied to architecture and construction management. I look forward to an intense immersion experience for two full years learning everything that I can about all aspects of Construction Management. I appreciate how the program at Deakin is so thoroughgoing and multi-disciplinary; exploring a wide range of topics all interrelated with construction management. I also appreciate very much how your program at Deakin is geared to real-world challenges in building construction and a search for creative solutions to those challenges. I take pride in both my analytical capabilities and my computer skills and I keenly look forward to exercising these abilities to the fullest extent as a graduate student at Deakin. Your program is the perfect place for me to develop my technical knowledge and skill-set and learn how to manage the complex problems that arise in construction today. I also see your program at Deakin as unparalleled insofar as you provide students with professional on-site opportunities. This is what I seek most of all in a Master’s Program, direct industrial exposure and experience. I am most excited about the prospect of learning from the masters at Deakin University: skills, tips, and procedures for successful construction management, working independently and in teams. I look forward to getting increasing on-site exposure in the construction field as a result of completing my Masters at Deakin. I have already completed my first internship; and have been working intensively for some time on two research projects. I never give up, I just get up and try again until I succeed, like a spider building a web. I want very much now at 22 years old to leave my family and friends, as well as my country, and go off to find myself and my place in the world of construction management. I want to face up to all of my difficulties and challenges entirely on my own, leaning on no one. I presented a technical paper on ground water recharge techniques for smart cities for the National Conference on “SMART CITIES –CONCEPT FOR INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS” at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering. I also presented a paper titled Experimental Study of a Gate Valve for Improvement in its Hydraulic performance at the 1st International conference on “Energy, Environment and Engineering” (ICEE-2016) organized by the Coimbatore Institute of Technology. Finally, I have completed several courses at the Center of Innovation and Leadership, including personal effectiveness and communication skills for business and working in teams. I have been planning to apply to graduate school in Australia for some time, reading and studying, learning about Australia and the opportunities that exist in construction in particular. After graduating with my Master’s Degree from Deakin University, I hope to begin working as an engineer on a construction site, on my way to a management position within a few years. Ultimately, I look forward to being in charge of the construction site. I thank you for your consideration of my application to Construction Management at Deakin University.

Perhaps the single strongest aspect of my application to your most distinguished and highly competitive program is my language ability, providing me with a vehicle for doing important work in real estate development across Asia, since Mandarin Chinese is my mother tongue and I am fully fluent in English. I also have a working proficiency in Cantonese as well as Malay. Most of all, however, I ask you to take into consideration the way in which my professional dreams and visions are based on a profound desire to help the less privileged classes of our society. A young Chinese man from Malaysia, still only 22, I have been in the United States for the past 3 years on a student visa. By early next year, 2015, I will be completing my Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis on Finance as well as my Real Estate Certification. My long term career goal is give my all at the forefront of constructing affordable housing across Asia, working for the most innovative progressive companies in this area. I hope to become an expert in affordable and sustainable housing across Asia, helping less successful or underdeveloped areas learn from the successes of their neighbors. Comfortable and affordable home ownership for working class people across Asia is the great dream and vision that I share with many of my colleagues and network contacts the world over, but especially in Asia. I am sensitive to the way in which India, for example, is projected to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation within a few decades. Still only 22, I hope to live to see this take place and to help respond to our increasing need for housing that is at once affordable, socially sustainable, and at one with our natural environment. At the same time that I give my life to helping to make home ownership possible for as many as I can, I also want to protect the lives and potential opportunities of the generations that will follow by encouraging an laboring on behalf of environmentally friendly technologies and construction practices. My profound love for and sensibility concerning the less fortunate members of our society is reflected in my record as a volunteer while still in Malaysia, organizing educational games with children at orphanages and shelters such as the Agathians Shelter and the Harvest Center. I also volunteered at the Kechara Soup Kitchen. One of the highlights of my life so far was my participation in World Food Day, packaging dried food to be distributed to the hungry. I like to think of myself as someone who thinks globally and acts locally, wanting very much to improve the world one home at a time. I am currently employed by the university as a videographer and interview stenographer for the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program. I especially enjoy our exploration of comparative teaching strategies and how they lead to enhancements of the learning environment, helping good professors to become great ones based on feedback from their classrooms. Your distinguished program at the XXXX Institute of Technology is my first choice for graduate school because I see it as the finest of its kind in the world. I also deeply admire Sweden as a country because of the just and socially advanced character of your economic and educational systems. I especially appreciate the egalitarian nature of Sweden’s educational system because I come from a very hierarchical society in Malaysia where it is most difficult to get a good education unless one comes from a privileged stratum of society. I was most fortunate to have been awarded a full scholarship for my undergraduate studies in the USA. I want to get involved with multinational real estate projects that add environmental, social and emotional sustainability to residential and commercial areas. I see myself down the road as a property consultant in a multinational firm, doing presentations for foreign clients and investors from all around the world. Your program represents for me the optimal springboard not only for attaining high levels of professional responsibility in years to come, but also going on to complete a PHD and contributing in the future to the body of literature in my area of expertise, distinguishing myself in research and publication as well as teaching. I have long felt troubled by the way in which, in most societies, social and economic hierarchy is the main determinant of one’s fate, with only a small minority of individuals attaining an extensive education of high quality. This is one of the reasons why I plan to labor to make the world a fundamentally more egalitarian place to grow up through the advancement of more dignified housing and equal opportunity for upward mobility. Before I secured a full scholarship to further my studies in the USA, I grew up in a family where it was a great struggle to pay for my college tuition. Throughout my school years, I was mocked by classmates because of my underprivileged background, which tended to leave me feeling like a social outcast. The grief that resulted from my comparatively humble economic origins was compounded by the fact that I lost both of my parents at the age of 12, when my father died of a heart attack and my mother was forced to leave the country in search of work. Finally, being gay led to all sorts of additional abuse as a pre-teen and adolescent, being raised by distant relatives with only the most minimal of education, people who cared little for me and used me as an object upon which to vent their own misery, often resulting in beatings and humiliation. I mention this in my statement as a testimony of my resilience and determination to succeed against all odds. What I find most appealing about Swedish education is its encouragement of intellectual innovation, diversity of opinions, and independence of thought. Stepping into Sweden would be taking a step into an intellectual adventure of vast proportions that would provide me with numerous opportunities to measure up to many great challenges both personally and professionally. I was subjected to a conservative and rigid curriculum throughout my schooling in Malaysia. While my education in the US has been a liberating experience indeed and helped me to learn to think on new levels, I see your program in Sweden to be the optimal location for bringing my creativity to its fullest fruition as someone capable of making important contributions to progressive social change and development in Asia. In my humble opinion, important questions of professional ethics, morality and especially sustainability are simply overlooked by most people in business and public administration in the culture from which I come, Malaysia. In fact, I see my country of origin as a classic example of the moral and financial crises confronting many Muslim countries in particular, as they struggle to more fully integrate themselves into the increasingly international economic and political structures of our global capitalist economy. I hope to learn from Sweden in order to teach Asia. I want to study towards my first professional degree in one the world’s most advanced societies in terms of social responsibility and eco-friendly attitudes and initiatives. I am certain that your program at the XXXX Institute of Technology will inspire me for a lifetime of creative thinking in pragmatic ways that, nevertheless, refuse to surrender the most important principles of sustainability in real estate development. I see my central mission in life as doing everything that I can to promote and advance the cause of those multinational real estate projects that add physical, social, emotional and environmental sustainability to the world. I dream of promoting the beauty of philanthropy by lending our helping hands to orphans, in particular, as a result of profits generated from multinational real estate projects. In everything that I do professionally in the future, I seek to raise awareness of the importance of principles of social and environmental sustainability and I fully intend to go to my grave many decades from now still arguing that these ventures can still be highly profitable at the same time that they are socially responsible. I thank you for consideration of my application to your unique program.

I am a young man from Turkey who lives for what I like to think of as art stuck into the ground. I am enormously pleased to take such deep delight in my field of study. Construction for me is progress, and continuing to prepare myself every day to become increasingly adept in construction management brings me my greatest fulfillment in life. I am especially interested in doing Ph.D. work in 4D modeling tools, building information modeling, and architecture in virtual reality.My deep and abiding passion for construction engineering inspired me to become the President of the Civil Engineering Society at Sakarya University, where I received my undergraduate degree. I see engineering as a way to give back to society and make an indelible impression on the world through one’s career. I feel strongly that the most significant contribution that I might be able to drive to society would be to become a well-known and appreciated researcher in my area of expertise, at the cutting edge of the crossover between the construction industry and computer-based technology. I am working on my master's thesis dealing with building information modeling, generally speaking, and tools that can be adapted to construction management education, mainly. I want very much to continue my education to the terminal degree, the Ph.D., primarily because I thrive doing research.While perhaps my Masters’ Degree is of most critical importance to my application, I also feel strongly that my professional experience is a critically important aspect of my application. Serving as an assistant to the faculty here at XXXX State University’s Construction Management Department has been my greatest accomplishment so far, with duties entailing assisting the department chair, taking a very active role in departmental organizations, and complementing my formal study by helping faculty members with their research. My recent accomplishments, for example, have included a self-evaluation study for renewal of accreditation to the SPSU Construction Management Department. Other positions have also been critical to building my professional identity and skill level, especially my experience working in Afghanistan from January through September of 2006; I served as Site Superintendent for XXXX Construction Industry & Trade Inc. My primary duties included day-to-day operations and supervision of 50 employees performing pavement construction tasks. I oversaw asphalt production, AWC, ATB pavement, DBST production, and various base course and sub-base stabilizing types. I was also responsible for preparing daily and monthly reports and schedules and coordinating and attending meetings with site engineers. Furthermore, my most recent position as a subcontractor with the XXXX Company has provided me with professional experience on still a more extensive scale since I have been responsible for overseeing the day-to-day construction project operations and the supervision of 250 employees performing all construction tasks (pavement, earthworks, and structure works) virtually. I see this experience as invaluable in refining my skills in handling multi-task operations, hiring and supervising sub-contractors, supplying operations, and performing other related tasks on projects that I oversee from start to finish.My first choice for Ph.D. studies is XXXX’s Building Construction Program because I hope to take full advantage of the enormous resources available throughout the College of Architecture. It is important to me that I become the kind of well-rounded researcher that will be able to make essential contributions to my field. My interests align well with the program at XXXX, and yours is the optimal choice for a program where I would be most comfortable giving my all. Thank you for considering my application, and I look forward with keen anticipation to making the most significant contribution to your program.