<p>I have started writing my SOP for mechanical engineering and wanted to confirm my outline, or the general idea of my paragraphs, with you guys.</p>
<p>1) Why I chose to pursue what i want to pursue? A brief statement of the areas of my major that I want to pursue. </p>
<p>2) Experience of 1st main research experience</p>
<p>3) Experience of 2nd main research experience</p>
<p>4) What makes this uni the best for me?</p>
<p>5) My motivation and goal in pursuing research in general.</p>
<p>I have a few concerns:</p>
<p>1) The order...does it prioritize the important stuffs?</p>
<p>2) Do I need to include detail about my vision in my area of interest? Or is it bad to do this because the net I cast becomes smaller? If I should, where do I put it? Do I integrate that with the paragraphs that talks about my experiences? But I feel like I need to have a new paragraph for that because I feel like the two main areas of my experiences can be related and I have done extra course work which will directly contribute to what I want to do, which may make the SOP longer. What is a general limit to a SOP for engineering? </p>
<p>3) Lastly, what specifically should I focus on when talking about why this particular uni? When listing the labs and profs I am interested to work with, should I mention their past work, or their current projects or general interests?</p>
<p>Thanks for your suggestions....they mean a lot</p>