Discuss (with clarity and focus) why you want to study urban planning, why you want to study at UC Berkeley, and how our program can help you achieve your academic and professional goals.

Statement of Purpose

This paper is a statement of purpose for admissions into the University of California, Berkeley.

This is the prompt I followed:

A. Discuss (with clarity and focus) why you want to study urban planning, why you want to study at UC Berkeley, and how our program can help you achieve your academic and professional goals.

B. We encourage you to consider your responses to the questions below.

i.The Present: What brought you to pursue graduate study in planning?

ii.The Past: What academic, employment experiences (professional work experience and/or internships) or activities (research, co-curricular activities, leadership roles, etc.) bear on your qualifications for this planning program? How do these experiences relate to your decision to study planning?

iii.The Future: What are your long-term career goals? In following the completion of your graduate degree in planning, what kinds of work and professional activities would you like to engage?