Another reu personal statement thread

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Assistance is sought for criticism on a statement of purpose for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) application, which combines elements from multiple previous drafts. The focus is on improving the opening section. Users express willingness to help with proofreading, although some face access issues with Google Docs. Clarification is provided regarding forum rules on bumping threads, emphasizing a 24-hour waiting period before doing so. Ultimately, the Google document link is reported as taken down, limiting further feedback opportunities.
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I don't think anyone really likes these threads, but I could use some assistance. Could anyone offer me some criticism on my statement of purpose below, for an REU? This one is really an amalgamation of a couple of ones that I wrote for specifically for different programs, which all more of less asked me to briefly explain why I was interested in research and the fields I was interested in, as well as describing past experiences. In this way instead of posting 6 different ones, I will just absorb what I learn from this one. I am particularly concerned with the opening

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EnqonVHP8Tw1MPGPet3GTwzIRAbToMVYui7qQ20Xox4/edit

any suggestions/criticisms would be appreciated, thanks. Also let me know if you cannot access the doc
 
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Gonna go ahead and violate the rules with this one time bump.
 
Takuza said:
Gonna go ahead and violate the rules with this one time bump.

Don't worry, bumping once is not against the rules :-p
 
I would totally be down to proofreading this, but I'm one of the cool kids that only has Hotmail and has no intention of getting a Google Docs account until I absolutely have to. Please feel free to PM the document to me.
 
micromass said:
Don't worry, bumping once is not against the rules :-p

He was probably thinking of the 24-hour rule:

Do not "bump" one of your threads to the top of a forum's thread list by posting a basically empty message to it, until at least 24 hours have passed since the latest post in the thread; and then do it only once per thread.

But I congratulate him on KNOWING the rules
 
I responded to your message.

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