How to write a Statement of Purpose / Personal Statement OR Letter of Recommendation?

I have been going through the dilemma of how to help students overcome their inability of writing a Statement of Purpose - SOP or Personal Statement on their own without copying or taking lines from an already written statement. I have seen a strange inability of students of the sub-continent especially Indian students (Not all though!!) to write a statement using their abilities and presumably less developed art of writing. I have seen students requesting SOPs and Letters of Recommendation - LORs all over the internet communities especially created for the purpose on Orkut, Facebook and so many other social-networking websites. If you are one among them? All I can say is, BEWARE!!!

Requesting someone else's written Statement of Purpose is not going to help you in anyway. To get a Letter of Recommendation you should get in touch with your college professor or your employer who knows you pretty well and can assess you for leadership traits, tactical aptitude, communication skills or whatever they and you feel is essential for the admission tutors to know about you. Copying what somebody else has written can adversely affect your application and may sometimes even lead rejection of your application. So be cautious!

Writing a Statement of Purpose or a Personal Statement may seem a daunting and hard task initially but remember copying never works. You can start writing a personal statement by first summing up all what your have achieved academically, by participating in extra curricular activities, what your hobbies and interests are? and then trying to make a connecting between all what you have achieved and what you want to achieve? A Statement of Purpose is your only chance to tell the universities and colleges you have chosen why you are applying and why they should want you as a student. A good personal statement is important as it could persuade an admission tutor to offer you a place. Hiding facts and dishonesty must be avoided at all costs.

You may not be too good at English to write an impressive Personal Statement but you should try your best to transfer your thoughts from mind to the paper and then ask your tutor, friend or anybody who is good at English to go through your statement and correct it for any grammatical mistakes and make it sound unambiguous (Ambiguity kills the essence of thought!). You will then appreciate your hard work and and will definitely feel proud of your accomplishment which you otherwise won't have been able to if you had copied someone else's work.

Learn to stand on your own only then you can help others to stand. 
BE THE CHANGE...
Best of Luck