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Sample Personal Statement for Wireless Systems
The first time I participated in specific research project, my
advisor Prof. XXX assigned me to a ”mission impossible.” Two flaw
detectors were diagnosed by professional maintenance worker as “beyond
repair” and I was required to repair them. My advisor was too busy to
provide me with adequate guidance and the only surviving blueprints
proved that they did not actually match with the circuits in those
machines.
For me, the only way out of this dilemma was to draw up a totally new
circuit pattern by examining all the components one by one. In order
to prevent the seriously outdated circuit board from incurring any
irreversible damages, I did not remove any component from the circuit
board in the entire process of re-establishing the circuit pattern. To
make matters worse, the signal interferences from different circuit
components made my precise determination of the circuit difficult. For
nearly a month, I was in a constant state of anxiety. As long as I
felt sober enough, I performed deductions and analysis of all
possibilities and hypotheses in my mind. Over-fatigue resulted in my
contraction of serious cerebral ischemia. Nevertheless, my hard
efforts paid off—the two detectors were saved and were put into use
again.
Although this research experience happened outside the field of
wireless communication, it nevertheless testifies to my academic
dedication. As an undergraduate majoring in measurement technology &
instrument at the College of Communication Engineering of XX
University, arguably the best university in Northeaster China, I have
always regarded the attainment of academic excellence and the
improvement of practical abilities as my primary objectives. For the
past three years in my rewarding undergraduate program, I have
developed a systematic command of specialized knowledge in my major,
laying a solid foundation in communication engineering. Communication
engineering has a special appeal to me because, by applying proper
processing to the collected signals, we can retransmit the signals and
in the process exercise control over those signals to produce desired
effects. As I like to perform analysis and design, I have a genuine
interest in the subject. Courses like Principles of Automatic Control,
Digital Signal Processing, Principles of Communication, and Signals
and Systems remain my favorites. With quite satisfactory academic
performance in almost all the specialized courses, I am ranked top 3
of my class. For my distinguished academic performance, I have been
awarded first-class scholarship for three consecutive years.
As a student of communication engineering, I have paid special
attention to developing my aptitudes in mathematics and in computer
science and technology, two important subjects that will prove
extremely crucial to wireless systems. Prior to my university
education, I have excelled in mathematics throughout my primary and
middle schools, and I have continued to develop this talent in XX
University. In the mathematical modeling contest launched by my
university early this year, I won the first prize and, in September,
representing my university, I participated in the nationwide contest
of mathematical modeling for university students in which I won the
third prize. Besides mathematics, courses in computer science and
technology such as Principles of Computer Composition and
Microcomputer Interface Technique have enriched my knowledge buildup
as an engineering student. In addition, they have also improved my
creative thinking and hands-on abilities.
Not contented with acquiring knowledge simply from formal academic
education, I have tried to venture beyond the campus into the larger
world to apply and test my knowledge. In the first semester as a
junior student, and at the strong recommendation of my advisor, I
participated in the development of XX for the XX Plant. By carefully
studying the overall design plan, I realized that, as the system is to
be applied to a wide variety of environments, it must maintain high
performance under different conditions of temperature, humidity,
pollution and vibration. I collected a large amount of technical
literature concerning relevant components from libraries and local
manufacturers, comparing and verifying the technical parameters of
individual types of components. In the circuit design, I consciously
expanded the range of the working conditions that the main modules
apply to, thereby providing sound hardware basis for the realization
of the entire system. So far, the system has been put into actual
operation.
Having savored a sense of achievement in this research project, I have
become increasingly aware of the importance of developing my research
capacity as an engineering student. At present, I am making extensive
research for completing my graduation project XX. The MPEG-4
technology is a live subject for many research teams on video
technology and existing bibliography indicates that mature systems
have not yet been developed in China. For an undergraduate like me,
this is a rather challenging task. Underlying this project is my
strong interest in real-time network transmission technology.
Now, on the verge of completing my undergraduate program and having a
solid foundation in communication engineering, I would like to apply
for a Master’s program in XX. In China, wireless communication is
dominated by 2G technology whereas in XX 3G technology has become
rather popular and in some countries even 4 G technology has been
used, allowing the transmission of large quantities of data with
greatly improved quality. As the central technology in wireless
communication, wireless systems will determine the future trends of
communication technology. I wish to receive more advanced education in
this fascinating technology and become a leading specialist in this
field in China five years from now.
In my proposed program, I would like to concentrate on (a) Information
Theory and Communication Theory (specifically source-channel coding,
coding for wireless communications, space-time coding, detection and
estimation), (b) Audio-Visual Mobile Internetworking, and (c) 4G
Wireless Infrastructure and Blue-Tooth Wireless. The key courses I
plan to attend include Digital Communication, Introduction to Signal
Theory, Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling，Wireless
Networks, and Antenna Theory. I would like to identify Prof. XX as my
potential advisor, from whom I can learn a lot in Information Theory
and Communication Theory.
As captain of our College’s basketball team, I am fully aware of the
importance of leadership, teamwork, and indefatigable will in
achieving success in any undertaking. In applying for your program, I
have set me to yet another major challenge—to acquire the most
advanced education and professional training in wireless systems. But
the greater the challenge, the greater the satisfaction that I derive
from meeting this challenge.
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