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Sample Statement of Purpose for Management Information Systems
It has been frequently asserted by scholars, both domestic and
international, that the marked discrepancy between China and advanced
western countries should be attributed not so much to the lack of
capital investment and cutting-edge technology as to its social
system, administration and management. Whether this assertion is
justified or not, one thing is certain, that is, the losses caused by
China’s backward management is beyond the calculation of concrete
statistical figures. Under such circumstances, to develop
highly-qualified management talents becomes a prerequisite. In view of
this, on the verge of completing my undergraduate program in
Information Management and Information System at the College of
Economy Management, XX University of Technology, I wish to apply for a
taught degree (Master’s) in Analysis, Design and Management of
Information Systems at your renowned university.
The specialization Information Management and Information System at
the College of Economy Management that I major in seems to be
fittingly geared to my academic interests as it unifies three most
important subjects in modern sciences—economics, management science
and computer science. Compared with most of my classmates, I have a
wider range of interests and ken of knowledge, more receptive to new
ideas and adept at understanding difficult concepts and theories. My
academic performance can fully testify to my commitment to coursework
and to my unswerving interest in my specialization. With an overall
GPA of 3.3 and core-course GPA of 3.8, ranking 4% among a total of 240
students in my grade, I have received Second-Class Scholarships for
three consecutive years, which is only eligible to 3% students in my
university. I succeeded in passing Band IV and Band IV National
English Proficiency Test for University Students at the first attempt
and scored “A” in spoken English in both of them.
Generally speaking, I have excelled in science courses such as Higher
Mathematics, Operational Research, and Digital Logical Circuits. I am
especially proud of the full mark I scored in Statistics and
Probability Theory, the only one in the college. Although Computer
Networks and Database Design are the two courses taught in English, I
managed to achieve 95 points in both of them under a 100-point grading
system. Meanwhile, I have also been very interested in management,
achieving satisfactory scores in Management Science, Information
Management, Management Psychology, Principles of Management,
Production Management and Financial Management, etc. Science courses
improved my ability of analytical reasoning while management sciences
allowed me to gain a deep understanding of human behavior. Economics
taught me the principle of how to make optimum allocation of resources
in this world of limited and decreasing resources.
As XX University of Technology attaches great importance to student
practice programs, I have participated in seven internships and field
trips over the past 4 years. They include Accounting internship,
course project for Database Structure & Program Design, market
surveys. Based on my good academic foundation, I have considerably
enhanced my problem solving abilities. I take every occasion seriously
so as to enrich my practical experience. I have scored “Excellent” in
all those extracurricular programs.
My other extracurricular activities have also been very rich and
various. In the middle school, I was a student official whose
leadership and teamwork were generally recognized by the teachers and
the schoolmaster. I was honored as Outstanding Youth League Member of
XX City. From the very outset of my undergraduate program, I have paid
special attention to the development of my all-round personal
qualities by assuming extracurricular responsibilities. I am a member
of the student government of my class, in charge of art and
entertainment; I am also a key figure of the campus broadcasting
station responsible for hosting daily news programs. In addition, I
independently launched a special English program “Global City,” which
won the first prize in the evaluation of all the programs of the
station.
My English language proficiency is further improved through other
channels. I have participated in the annual “Noah’s Ark Cup”
All-University English Speech Contest, winning third prize as a
freshman, first prize as a sophomore and special prize as a junior. I
qualified myself as the delegate of my university to attend the 2002
XX Province English Speaking Competition for University Students and
won second prize. Immediately after this, I took part in XX. This was
the most serious challenge that I faced in my life because I had to
compete against 96 attendants. But I did not back away and finally
snatched a 30th ranking with an Excellent Prize. Linguistically, I
will encounter no difficulty in my proposed program at your
university.
Under the guidance of Prof. XXX, I undertook a research project in
human resource management last year, focusing on how to make career
development plans. My research paper proposes that three major factors
must be taken into consideration in formulating career development
plans—what are the appropriate jobs for oneself, whether those jobs
are available to oneself, an what jobs are most demanded on the job
market. In addition, the prospect of a specific job, and an
individual’s competitive edge in the future world must also be
examined. Receiving praises from Prof. Zhang, I did a course project
this year—The Present Conditions of XX Computer Co. Ltd.( XX Branch),
a leading computer manufacturer in China. In recent years, the rapid
increase of enterprise data has far exceeded the handling capacity of
the Branch’s Information Center. My solution was the construction of
an internal network-based office automation information system by
utilizing the Browser/Server structure and connecting this system with
the Internet via the head company’s network server. In this way, the
real-time processing and analysis of various data and distance office
management could be realized. The evaluation of this system indicates
that it is up to the standards and my advisor has expressed his
satisfaction, commenting on it as “displaying relatively strong
trans-platform capacity and super system expansion capacity; useful
for procedure optimization, reduction of management risks, and
improvement of office efficiency.”
The all too short 4-year undergraduate program cannot truly make me
master all the sophisticated computer skills to perform effective
information management. I want to consolidate my academic foundation
and to further improve my computer expertise so that I can become a
well-trained MIS specialist. Compared to advanced western countries,
China falls rather behind in terms of teaching and research of MIS.
This is the essential reason for my application for a Master’s program
at XX which enjoys an undeniable top ranking in MIS research.
I am an ordinary student but I do not want to remain ordinary. I want
to excel and to scale new heights. XX is precisely the university that
I believe will help me excel because it can give me the kind of
knowledge and skills that I cannot obtain in China. I firmly believe
that “the best way to learn is to learn from the best” and this
constitutes the true motivation behind my present application.
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