Architecture, Planning, & Design
- Architecture (M.Arch.) Program with B.Arch. credentials > This essay totals 866 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I am hoping to find my eventual niche in study of urban architecture and the attendant socio-economic disparities that so often impact this field. I envisage working to reinvent old, disheveled, or neglected parts of large cities, with a view to rebuilding and redesigning structures that may yet serve as fully functional and aesthetically pleasing community areas...
- Architecture (M.Arch.) Program without B.Arch. credentials > This essay totals 814 words. Sample sentence included in this essay:I believe the nature of my undergraduate studies will very much assist me in my proposed pursuit of a Masters in Architecture degree, as the study of architecture is inherently multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural in nature...
- Graphic Design (B.A., B. Des., M.A. or MFA) Program > This essay totals 928 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: The work of a graphic designer reflects the essence of both our personal and collective identities. It speaks to who we are, what we want, and where we hope to go. A passion for form and design drive the graphic designer, along with an equal passion to communicate and impart meaning to others...
- Interior Design (M.A.) Program > This essay totals 801 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I have increasingly grown to understand that the world today is dominated by numerous and diverse visual design forms, such as those viewed daily on television and the Internet. Issues of communication, social interaction, and visual communication theory are therefore of great interest to me...
- Landscape Architecture (M.L.Arch.) Program > This essay totals 784 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I am dedicated to landscape-architecture endeavor that not only synthesizes human socioeconomic and cultural needs with those of environmental conservation and sustainability, but that also remains true to the human philosophical and aesthetic values that drive superlative landscape development...
- Landscape Design (M.L.Arch.) Program > This essay totals 769 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: am a strong advocate of the creation of sustainable, ecologically sensitive urban settings, in heritage conservation, and in land reclamation...
- Urban Planning (M.U.P.) Program > This essay totals 762 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: My current research interests are grounded in contemporary and innovative design, and in the techniques and new technologies related to those designs. My more general interests are focused in globalization, industrial development, and environmental degradation...
- Urban Planning (M.U.P.) Program (with a concentration in Urban Design) > This essay totals 720 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I have a strong interest not only in studying the cross-cultural and historic perspectives of urban development, but also in examining the socio-political constraints that inevitably impact this discipline...
- Video Game Design and Production (M.A, MFA, M.Sc.) Program > This essay totals 748 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: Although I am interested in study of graphic art as the fundamental basis of video design, I am equally interested in the basics of game design at the more abstract, conceptual level. For me, this involves conceptualization of timescales, events, tasks and activities that constitute the action and narrative of game...
Computer Science & Engineering
- Civil Engineering (M.S., M.A.Sc., M.Eng.) Program > This essay totals 722 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I am open to future work in either the public or private sector: I imagine working for governmental offices at both local or federal levels, or working in the private sector for an international company or a large financial corporation. I hope initially to gain employment in the monitoring of large urban construction projects out in the field...
- Computer Engineering (M.S. or M.Sc.) Program > This essay totals 695 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I am interested in course work devoted to the integration of software with hardware, and in gaining an understanding of the engineering principles that effect the smooth running of software within existing hardware systems...
- Computer Science (M.S, M.Sc.) Program > This essay totals 669 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I am a highly rational, logical individual who thinks in concrete, linear ways. I am able to stay with a task or an assigned problem in clear-headed and determined ways, and that I am able to persist undeterred until I achieve my goals...
- Computer Science and Software Engineering (M.S, M.Sc.) Program > This essay totals 642 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I am seeking a program grounded in a fundamental understanding of operating systems, software engineering, and data communications networks, while I am also hoping to engage in real-world, internship experience while pursuing graduate study...
Education
- Education (M.Ed., M.A.Ed.) Program > This essay totals 551 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: As a student, I am an independent self-starter. I am very interested in pursuing innovative and exploratory research in the field of educational leadership: I am not only drawn to examining current, cutting-edge research, but I am also drawn to pursuing new and tangential thinking in this field...
- Educational Administration (M.Ed., M.A.Ed.) Program > This essay totals 674 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I have natural leadership ability, which is most clearly evidenced in my interactions with my peers. I am proud of the trust and loyalty I inspire in colleagues, and in the ability I have to inspire and motivate fellow teachers...
- Educational Counseling (M.Ed., M.A.Ed.) Program > This essay totals 683 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: Humanistic and pedagogical views of the twentieth century increasingly saw childhood as a right of passage ideally endowed with experiences rooted in learning, discovery, and growth. For the developmentally disordered, the socially maladapted, or the emotionally disabled child, however, quite the reverse is true...
- Educational Counseling Psychology (M.Ed., M.A.Ed.) Program > This essay totals 750 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: When viewed through the lens of ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity, the range of human development is impressive, if not breathtaking. It is the breadth and scope of that range that fascinates me, as do the individual differences and unique personality traits evidenced in all human beings, across all ethnic, social, and political divides...
- Educational Leadership (M.Ed., M.A.Ed.) Program > This essay totals 761 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I have worked for a number of years as an educator, and although my work has always proved enormously fulfilling and rewarding, I feel that I may have a greater impact on the learning of the students I teach in a role of educational and administrative leadership. I am therefore seeking entrance into a graduate program that is focused not only in current theory and practice in the field of educational leadership, but also in evolving research and thought regarding innovative and creative leadership styles deemed..
Law & Criminal Justice
- Criminal Justice (MCJ, MSCJ, MACJ) Program > This essay totals 674 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I am keenly aware that the field of criminal justice is dynamic and open to ongoing change, and that technological advancements, along with increased awareness of world terrorism, have initiated a greater need for highly trained professionals in the criminal justice field...
- Corporate and Commercial Law (for International Applicants / J.D. or LL.M.) Program > This essay totals 711 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: Contract negotiation particularly fascinates me: I am an astute and analytical thinker, and I am well suited to the complexities and contradictions inherent to the process of negotiation...
- Law General (J.D.) Program > This essay totals 668 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I believe that the greatest attribute I bring to the study and future practice of the law is my genuine commitment to work in the service of others, and most especially, to work in the service of the poor, the disenfranchised, and the socially marginalized among us...
- Intellectual Property and Patent Law Specialty (J.D. or LL.M.) Program > This essay totals 784 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: However, I have a strong interest in technological and scientific legal issues, and in the application of science and technology mediated IP Law in the competitive world of corporate finance. I hope eventually to find work with a leading U.S. Patent Firm, or in the legal department of a large corporation or...
Liberal Arts
- Liberal Arts (M.L.A.) Program > This essay totals 639 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I believe study in the field of the liberal arts is ideally suited to my learning interests. I have always loved the study of language, rhetoric, and reason, and I have always been fascinated by the human drive to employ spoken and written language in the search for shared meaning-making and understanding of the human condition...
Medicine
- Medicine (Doctor of Medicine) Program > This essay totals 708 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I respond well to the challenge presented by long work hours and to the demands of stressful, fast-paced work environments, and I am always able to view difficulty or adversity as both potential motivators and as opportunities for learning and growth...
- Medicine (Internal Medicine) Program > This essay totals 751 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: Internal Medicine often involves the treatment of patients over lengthy periods of time, and it also involves caring for patients throughout all stages of the human lifecycle, from birth through to old age. The Internal Medicine practitioner also deals with chronic as well as acute conditions, and he or she must be able to deal with emotional or psychosocial issues as equally effectively as he or she must deal with patients’ physical or medical conditions...
- Medicine (Emergency Care) Program > This essay totals 624 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I am committed to the emotional and psychological support of patients in my care, and I am therefore seeking a residency program that promotes passion, empathy, and...
MBA
- MBA Accounting (MBA) Program > This essay totals 749 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I very much look forward to this component of the [name of university] MBA program, as my own interests are clear at this time, and are largely grounded in advanced study of international financial markets, contemporary issues in international accounting, and current globalized accounting and auditing practices...
- MBA Executive (EMBA) Program > This essay totals 563 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I am also interested in advanced study of the development and management of information technology, and as I understand that [name of university] offers extensive course work focused in studies of innovative technology and information management, I believe this program is eminently well suited to my own unique learning needs...
- MBA Finance (or MSF) Program > This essay totals 727 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: Financial issues are central not only to all commercial business endeavors, but also to the smooth running of non-profit organizations and governmental agencies. Financial executives stand at the helm of corporations, non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies alike, and their work is invariably challenging and demanding...
- MBA General Management Program > This essay totals 598 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I hope to engage in a program that supports an extensive alumni support organization, as I am well aware that interactive, mutually supportive networking, such as that offered in established alumni societies, is often extremely useful to the aspiring young professional...
- MBA (or MS) Health Care Management Program > This essay totals 653 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I well understand that one of the greatest challenges facing healthcare administrators today is the problem of spiraling costs and their impact on the maintenance of effective patient care. I therefore appreciate that I will need broad based but specialized training in cost effectiveness, risk analysis, and investment planning, in order to operate successfully in the competitive...
- MBA (or HRM) Human Resources Program > This essay totals 752 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: The highly complex nature of today’s global business markets makes it essential that an effective business organization is always ready to face change wherever necessary. Top HRM managers must understand the concept of change if they wish to lead their organizations into the competitive market place of the twenty-first century...
- MBA Marketing Program > This essay totals 739 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: My current research interests are grounded in environmental issues and in the specific marketing strategies that may be employed to meet the constraints and sudden shifts in policy associated with global environmental concerns...
- MBA Project Management Program > This essay totals 532 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I believe that my work experience to date has afforded me a sound understanding of the key elements inherent to effective business leadership. I very much support the application of open, egalitarian and non-hierarchical management strategies...
- MBA Public Administration Program > This essay totals 602 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I respond well to stress, and I may always be relied upon to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, while also remaining abreast of impending deadlines. I have excellent time management and organizational skills, and I am able to follow through on incremental goal achievement in concrete and linear ways...
- MBA Online / Distance Learning Program > This essay totals 747 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I believe that one of the greatest attributes I bring to future study is my strong, natural leadership ability. I am committed to supportive, collaborate models of leadership, and I believe that leadership skill of this nature very much supports collaborative, online learning endeavor...
- MBA Technology Management / Management of Technology (MoT) > This essay totals 706 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I plan eventually to seek work as an e-commerce consultant operating across a variety of business settings, in which capacity I hope to devise and guide corporate internal web development, web-based mechanizing, and the implementation of effective information systems...
Social Work
- Social Work (MSW) Program > This essay totals 654 words. Sample sentence included in this essay: I am passionately committed to a future dedicated to the service of others, and most especially to the service of socially diverse peoples across a variety of socio-economic strata. The social and economic disparity evidenced in so many urban settings throughout [the United States, Canada] today both disturbs and motivates me...
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