Motivation Letter for Mater in Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioural, Biomedical and Social Sciences, Utrecht University

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I am going to apply for Master in Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioural, Biomedical and Social Sciences at Utrecht University. For this, I have written this motivation letter. Can any expert evaluate this, please? I shall be very grateful.

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Motivation Letter:

Respected Sir/Madam,

I am eagerly applying for “Master in Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioural, Biomedical and Social Sciences” starting in September 2017. As this master programme covers the theoretical and applied aspects of methodology and statistics, it will certainly be helpful to prepare me for achieving PhD in the same field afterwards and flourishing my career in academia.

I have completed my B.Sc(Hons.) in Statistics from Government College University (GCU) Lahore, Pakistan in 2013 as Gold Medalist and received Academic Role of Honour. I completed a research project in my bachelor entitled “A Comparative and Critical Study of Population, Literacy and Marriage for Pakistan in the Light of Population Censuses 1981 & 1998 and Population Projection”.

To appreciate my outstanding performance in graduation, GCU Lahore granted me full waiver for continuing M.Phil (Statistics); I acknowledged that accolade and have completed one year course work and one research work of M.Phil. Recently, I am waiting for the defense of my submitted M.Phil dissertation entitled “Modified Burr-III Geometric Distribution: Characteristics and Applications” and also expecting to complete the degree among two top.

The Department of Statistics, GCU Lahore encouraged my hard work by providing me the position of Lecturer in Statistics. I am working here since September 2013; Till October 2015, I was involved in teaching of statistics for intermediate and B.Sc(Hons) classes. I have taught Introductory Statistics, Probability and Probability Distributions, Basic Statistical Inference, Applied Statistics, Statistical Packages-I (Excel & SPSS), Non-parametric Methods, Biostatistics and Bayesian Statistics to B.Sc(Hons.) students. I have also supervised ten students of B.Sc(Hons) for their final research projects so far in both applied and pure statistics. And one research project with the students of B.Sc (Hons.) is underway entitled “ The Properties of Truncated Weibull-Inverse-Weibull Distribution”.

On 13th October 2015, I joined Higher Education Department of Government of Punjab as regular Lecturer in Statistics. After getting top position in competitive exams throughout the Punjab Province, I was placed in Government Degree College (B), Shalimar Town, Lahore. Here, I have been teaching intermediate and degree classes of statistics. I have also been performing some administrative duties such as Head of the Department of Statistics, Member of Admission Committee, Assistant Controller of Examination and In-charge of timetable for College.

After the commencement of two years of M.Sc Statistics program at GCU Lahore in 2015, I have been teaching as visiting lecturer to master students in the areas of Nonparametric Methods, Biostatistics and Population Studies. I have successfully supervised two research projects of master students entitled as “A Note on Lomax-Geometric Distribution” and “The Factors Affecting on Frequently Absent Students”. In pure work, compounding technique was used; in applied work, logistic regression model was developed.

I remained an active member of Statistics Society of GCU Lahore during my stay as a student. I am also serving the same society as co-advisor. During organization of different seminars, poster competitions, statistical day celebrations and alumni dinners, I learned the skills of handling pressure and management.

On December 1st, 2016, in requisition of Department of Statistics, GCU Lahore, the secretary of higher education, government of Punjab, Pakistan has posted me at GCU Lahore. Currently, I am working here as Lecturer is Statistics and is involved in intermediate, B.Sc (Hons.) in Statistics and M.Sc (Statistics) classes. I am also teaching a course, Quantitative Methods, to B.sc (Hons.) in Applied Management students.

I searched online many well-reputed universities of Europe to have the exposure of international master but Utrecht University allures me the most because of its strong and unique programme in Methodology and Statistics which covers the fields of not only behavioural and biomedical but also of social sciences. As its programme is ranked at the top in its field by “Keuzegids Master”, it is also enticing me to study in one of the prestigious universities of the world, Utrecht University. After speaking with students and professors from this university and other universities, I am very much confident of my decision.

Not only having the excellent academic record but also having very good experience of teaching the different courses of statistics from intermediate to master classes at university level makes me distinguish and one of the most suitable aspirants for this programme. Moreover, the experience of working in Statistics Society and involvement in research are also my positive points to be accepting in this programme.

I am very much grateful to you for considering my application, and I am very confidently looking forward to an acceptance letter from you.