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The document is a statement of purpose from a candidate seeking admission to a Master's in Data Science program. It outlines the candidate's qualifications which include a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, work experience managing employee payroll and later as a senior process executive where they maintained databases and analyzed data. The candidate demonstrates a passion for data science through various academic projects completed during their undergraduate studies focusing on image compression, data analysis, and location-based sentiment analysis on tweets. They believe that pursuing a Master's in Data Science will help them further develop their skills and career prospects in working with data to support strategic initiatives at organizations.

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Data Science Sample SOP

The document is a statement of purpose from a candidate seeking admission to a Master's in Data Science program. It outlines the candidate's qualifications which include a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, work experience managing employee payroll and later as a senior process executive where they maintained databases and analyzed data. The candidate demonstrates a passion for data science through various academic projects completed during their undergraduate studies focusing on image compression, data analysis, and location-based sentiment analysis on tweets. They believe that pursuing a Master's in Data Science will help them further develop their skills and career prospects in working with data to support strategic initiatives at organizations.

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

“Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.” Quoted
by Peter Sondergaard in 2011, when he was the Senior Vice President at Gartner, a
world-leading research and advisory company, the statement keeps on giving as the world
moves forward. To succeed as an organization in today’s world, data science has become a
prerequisite and a practice that governs decisions. Whether it is to understand customers and
develop products or the personalization of content and evaluation of ad campaigns, the
operation of data science is the rising force that holds the insights required. Motivated to
master the art, I seek higher education at the University of ___ for a Master’s in Data
Science. I possess a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from ___ University, and
though there weren’t many subjects centering data, barring Design and Analysis of
Algorithms, a summer training reinforced my passion. At the ___ Corporation, I was
entrusted with managing employee payroll, a task to maintain the data of all employees and
their salary slips. Though elementary, the experience proved trivial in igniting the spark for
an inclination towards data, and I haven’t looked back since.

During my collegiate years, I engaged in several academic projects to strengthen my intellect.


‘Image Compression’ was a project that aimed to minimize the byte size of a graphics file
without hampering the quality level of the original image, while ‘Data Analysis’ dwelled on
the content of the Wikipedia pages of the Amazon River and Amazon E-commerce, which
were to be differentiated based on the input provided in a text file. Though the two mentioned
projects were stimulating, I put in a substantial amount of work for my third project. Titled
‘Location-based Sentiment Analysis on Tweets,’ it was divided into two objectives. The first
was to analyze if Twitter activity can be used to predict the results of the recently-held
elections in West Bengal, and second to provide the user with an interface that displayed the
top five movies of the week, as listed on BookMyShow, and the reviews they got from
Twitter users by classifying the tweets as positive or negative using histograms. For its
execution, we used two algorithms—Lexicon based method, which treated the document as a
Bag of Word, and Naïve Bayes Classifier in R to attain a higher level of accuracy and
improve our system. My unfamiliarity with Python and R proved to be an obstacle in our
path, but with the help of our professor’s guidance, we were able to accomplish our
objectives.

My professional journey commenced at ___ Technologies, where I got the opportunity to


implement my classroom learnings and take them further as an Associate. The experience
opened the doors of possibilities in data as my work profile ranged from interpreting data to
conclude executive actions, using statistical techniques to test the hypothesis for its
validation, and presenting said data and conclusions to my team members to improve
operations and propose solutions for the same. With a strengthened zeal to further equip me
in data, I started working as a Senior Process Executive at ___ Limited. My tenure at the
company was studded with practices that fostered personal and professional development. I
maintained large databases, used professional statistical techniques to collect, analyze, and
interpret data from customers and partners, dealt with data issues and weekly reports, and
dedicated myself to developing and implementing new quantitative models to maximize
efficiency. Moreover, I worked on escalation tickets and was an enthusiastic participant in
team meetings with managers, often collaborating with my colleagues to meet the
requirements of the duties assigned. While my team maintained access to different software, I
looked after managing power outages or failures in applications, using my team’s data to
address the issues.

In addition to achieving academic proficiency and hosting rewarding professional


experiences, I possess a penchant to induce positive changes in society, owing to it to my
father, a member of the Airforce. During my schooling years, I explored my drive by joining
the Scouts program. As I progressed to college, I immersed myself in community service and
regularly indulged in feeding the homeless, being a part of the natural calamities relief
program, amongst others, holding numerous regional and state level camp certificates for my
efforts in the same as well.

In the past few years, I have thoroughly devoted myself to establishing a strong base in data.
With a fuelled passion and expectation to enhance my career prospect of working at a
multinational company and mentoring the next generation of data analysts, I wish to pursue a
Master’s in Data Science from the University of ___. Formulated with the focus to meet the
current and projected demand for a workforce trained in data science and analytics, the
institution’s curriculum aims at educating a new generation of information professionals
capable of taking the leadership role through connecting the dots and using data to support
strategic initiatives within the organization. With the potential to gain skills and experience in
designing, implementing, and transforming data sets into actionable knowledge, I believe the
pursuit of the course best aligns with my future goals. I look forward to being guided by
Professor ___ and benefiting from her expertise in Digital Libraries and Information Systems.
Furthermore, Professor ___’s competence in Data Science and Engineering is truly
encouraging, and I hope to gain a profound understanding of the same. I am optimistic that
my prowess in data visualization, perseverance, and continual motivation will prove to be an
asset to the institution. Lastly, I would like to thank the admissions committee for their
consideration and hope for an opportunity to grow, personally and professionally, under the
Master’s program in Data Science from the University of ___.

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