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Should we mention it in SOP, if we met with the faculty we wanna work with?
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Depends on how/why you met. If you met them in some way unrelated to research/school, then it's not relevant and should not be mentioned. If you met them individually to talk about your graduate research interests, they will likely remember you, in which case it's not necessary.
In a case where you met them at a conference, indicating this in your SOP may be helpful. For example, something like this:
"My undergraduate thesis, supervised by Dr. X, examined the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention for dysphoria in first-year college students. I presented this work as a poster at the 2010 meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. This presentation afforded me the opportunity to disseminate my research, improve my presentation skills, and to discuss my findings with scholars in the field, including Dr. Y. I am currently conducting a follow-up project to examine..."
...would be entirely appropriate, and may help to jog their memory. 🙂
In a case where you met them at a conference, indicating this in your SOP may be helpful. For example, something like this:
"My undergraduate thesis, supervised by Dr. X, examined the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention for dysphoria in first-year college students. I presented this work as a poster at the 2010 meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. This presentation afforded me the opportunity to disseminate my research, improve my presentation skills, and to discuss my findings with scholars in the field, including Dr. Y. I am currently conducting a follow-up project to examine..."
...would be entirely appropriate, and may help to jog their memory. 🙂
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I have a somewhat similar question. If I have exchanged emails with a professor, is it okay to mention that in my essay? Some of these professors have confirmed that they would be interested in pursuing the lines of work I suggested. I feel like it would be appropriate to mention that, but I'm not sure. Thoughts?
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It definitely is, so I'm guessing the answer is yes, I should include this! Thanks!
This schools wants a 'fit', but doesn't say we should mention about a specific mentor in our SOP. however, in another application material I'm required to put 2 faculty names.
I'm gonna write my research interests, and actually there are two faculty members who have related work. I've already emailed to one of them, and he encouraged me to apply and that he's taking a new student.
So what should I do? should I mention specific faculty names?
and if yes, is it ok two mention 2 names? and if yes, how?
I'm gonna write my research interests, and actually there are two faculty members who have related work. I've already emailed to one of them, and he encouraged me to apply and that he's taking a new student.
So what should I do? should I mention specific faculty names?
and if yes, is it ok two mention 2 names? and if yes, how?
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Yes. Yes. If their research is related, you can simply mention them in the same sentence.
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