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Sample Personal Statement for Communication System and Signal
Processing
Among over a million participants in the annual national university
entrance examination in China, few students in the liberal arts would
succeed in getting admitted into science and engineering majors. It is
even a greater accomplishment for such a student to enter the
country’s top-ranking university to study the state-designated Level-I
Intensive Subject. Motivated by my strong love for electrical
engineering and backed up by a level-headed recognition of my academic
potential, I faced the challenge and succeeded. With excellent
performance in the entrance examination, I was accepted by Institute
of XX where I chose to specialize in Information Engineering at the
Department of Electronic Engineering.
While feeling pleasantly surprised by my success, my former teachers
and my family members expressed their deep concern that my way of
thinking through many years of training in liberal arts would hamper
my undergraduate academic performance in engineering disciplines. What
happened proved that they were not totally unjustified in their
misgivings. In the first semester, I did experience some sort of
disorientation and maladaptation in a competitive environment. But
with due adjustments in my state of mind and learning strategies, my
background in liberal arts proved a blessing in disguise; instead of
constraining my scholastic development, it helped me win competitive
edge over my classmates and highlight my unique advantages.
I started practicing the violin since six and for ten years I won many
awards and honors. My long-time musical training has endowed me with
an intuitive inspiration and this makes it possible for me to achieve
unexpected results in solving practical problems. For instance, in
doing a course project on Digital Clock，I drew inspiration from the
synchronic theory of the digital network and constructed on the
microcomputer a synchronized network for master-slave communication.
By means of random digits, I simulated the clock sliding in the nodal
point system at different levels of communication. Obtaining clock
signal from the data code flow of the timing chain, I realized the
simple model of the nodal point clock synchronization in the digital
network, which was rated by my advisor as the “most original design of
the recent years.”
Encouraged by this initial success, I attempted to play a more active
role in extracurricular activities in arts and sports. I have acted as
the master of our departmental chorus and the editor-in-chief of the
departmental journalism society. In terms of sports, I have been a
member of our Institute’s mountaineering group and the key player of
the volleyball team and won second prize in the league match. My
comprehensive involvements in extracurricular activities have improved
my team spirit and leadership, and produced a positive effect on my
way of analyzing and solving problems. Compared with average students,
I tend to apply an integral or a total approach in dealing with
specific problems and to achieve systematic optimization.
In the experiment on traffic light circuits, I did not allow myself to
be confined to the simple requirements of a functioning light system.
In view of the latest theoretical developments in traffic control, I
expanded the scope of my experiment. Based on the statistics
concerning the fluctuations of the traffic flow during different
internals of the day, I designed a program to perform simulation and
realized a fixed mathematical model and a simple model of traffic
light control under the pre-installed plan. Based on this, I studied
the advanced adaptive system and by integrating the collected basic
traffic information, Internet communication, and the technical
concepts of simple fuzz control, I carried out theoretical design of
the intelligent traffic control system and endeavored to realize the
“green wave” effect under the road network environment and to achieve
the real-time optimized maneuver in the case of traffic congestion.
Although the model was only partially completed due to the technical
complexity and heavy workload in fuzz control and expert system, my
design conceptualization still won highly positive comments from Prof.
XXX and my design work is put on permanent display in the lab as a
sample for future students.
My success in experimental courses can be attributed not only to my
occasional sparks of inspiration but also to my solid and dexterous
experimental skills. I am a frequenter of the Institute’s central
laboratory and I would stay there so late into the night or arrive so
early in the morning that the doorkeeper simply gave me the key to the
door so that I could visit the lab as I pleased. Through extensive
practices, I have mastered the skills to operate all the lab’s
electronic devices and instruments. This has directly led to my
obtaining straight A’s in all the courses of circuit experiments and
course projects in electronics, which is absolutely rare in the entire
department.
Although I have not completed all the coursework for my undergraduate
program, I have already laid a firm academic foundation by doing a
satisfactory job in three categories—1. computer application, computer
network, and advanced programming based on C++ and Data Structure; 2.
circuit analysis, microelectronic devices and circuitry, digital
circuits, and electromagnetic fields; 3. signal system, random signal
analysis, and principles of communication. My final year’s coursework
will cover wideband wireless digital communication, random signal
processing and real-time signal processing. This makes me a worthy
candidate for your program.
With a GPA of 3.3 and ranking within the top 5 among a total of 60
students, I have been awarded second-class and third-class
scholarships. My regular reading of recent technical journals has kept
me well-informed of the most updated developments in modern
communication technology. I have especially closely followed the
developments in CDMA and GSM, together with their central standards
and existing technology. My research indicates that both theoretically
and technically, China is way behind advanced international levels.
Many protocol standards and patented technology are controlled by the
U.S., major European countries, Japan and South Korea. Therefore it is
necessary for an aspiring student to learn the most advanced theories
and technology from one of those countries in order to facilitate his
or her career development in the future.
The Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering of the XX
University, with a strong research profile with over 120 academic
staff and researchers, is legitimately a leading department in the UK
for studying electronics. Its many cooperative programs with the
industrial and governmental organizations permit students to acquire
important research experiences. The Department enjoys an indisputable
position in communication system technology and signal processing and
has made widely recognized achievements in the development of 2G and
3G mobile systems. It is my belief that your highly-respected program
is most appropriate for me.
In my tentative study plan, I would like to concentrate on Mobile
Communication Systems and Networks. Specifically, I am interested in
Advanced mobile radio techniques, Advanced Mobile Networks, and
Wideband for Mobile Communications. My intended courses encompass
communication systems, mobile communication systems, optical
communication systems, network and protocols, digital signal
processing, digital filter & spectral analysis, and coding theory. I
am convinced that this comprehensive curriculum is sufficient to
developing me into a well-trained specialist in communication systems
and signal processing, with cutting-edge expertise, who will play an
important role in tomorrow’s communication development in my country. |
