Please help with my SOP

Graduate School
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<p>Ok I'm about to start writing my SOP for UPenn MCIT program, with the deadline coming up on March 15th. This program is for students who want to pursue masters in CS with no bachelors in CS. So it is a career change program. I was an EE/Physics major and have research experience in Physics, Internship experience in power engineering, and currently work as a telecommunications engineer. I graduated in May 2013. </p>

<p>With this research and work experience I kinda feel like a scatterbrain because my physics research and power internship don't really support my grad school app in CS. The only thing that is slightly relevant is the telecommunications job at Sprint which I just started. So for the SOP I know you have to show how you fit in the program and why you want a MSc in CS, but how can I show it with this experience that's all over the place?</p>

<p>BTW, I need a MSc in CS because I would like to become a technology analyst at an investment banking company. (Yeah, more scatter brain :I )</p>

<p>Please advice</p>

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<p>I am sure that you have had programming experience in your EE and Physics programs. I am not sure that a MSc in CS will help you get to the job you want though since a financial analyst is not a software engineer. In my experience with physics and EE majors in our program at Illinois Tech, they have been able to get positions with financial firms in precisely the area you want without having the CS background. These companies want to have smart people who understand how to build models of physical systems and who know some programming. A MSc in mathematical finance or finance might be a better choice for you. This kind of degree would be much easier to motivate.</p>

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<p>Not a financial analyst, tech analyst. And I was in power engineering track so I didn’t really get any programming experience. </p>