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MOTIVATION STATEMENT
Since I was in Senior High School, I have believed that mathematics is an important factor in a life. All
human activities in several fields such as information technology, economics, physics, social and others will run
well if they are cited in a good mathematics framework. This circumstance stimulated me to attend faculty of
mathematics and natural science. I choose statistics as my specialization even though at this time, there
weren’t many people know about statistics and few students choose statistics as their specialization. I saw in
several developed countries such as The Netherlands and Belgium, the mathematics degree-holders not only
have many opportunities but also were cited as important scholar in their societies.
As a student at XXXX Department faculty of XXX of XXX University, I had numerous opportunities to
do many activities. From XXX to XXX I had chances to become a lecturer assistant in mathematics and statistics
laboratory. My resposibilities are taught and supervised students in the following subjects; Basic Programming,
Besides studying, I was active in the student senate and became the head of research and
development division. In XXX I, in a team, became the third winner of Indonesian student research
competition. Overall I am pleased with my academic record and I believe that it has prepared me very well for
graduate school.
Presently, I work as a XXX for XXX. My responsibilities are teaching, conducting research individually or in a
team and etc (mention your responsibilities)…… Working as a statistics lecturer needs deep knowledge of
fundamental mathematics and experiences in advanced research of applied statistics. Even though my
undergraduate programme has given me a strong background in the fundamentals of various mathematics
especially statistics, this is not enough for me to be a professional lecturer. I have to continue my study to enrich
Currently, our institution which one of the functions is to XXXX to the government of Indonesia, has
formulated its Long Term Plan known as the XXX PLAN, which directed toward the establishment of the
Integrated National XXX System. This plan is including the development of statistics in various fields such as
economy, demography, agriculture, and health. It leads the need of statistician who expert in those fields.
Today, there is no Master of Science in XXX in our institution. These circumstances persuade me to apply
1. It will improve education in XXX and Indonesia in general, and strenghten the establishment of the
Integrated National System
2. I will fill the masters of XXX scarcity and strengthen the sustainable development of Indonesia.
Considering all factors above. I believe that the chosen study will
benefit Indonesia in general
I consider myself to be a good candidate for XXX Scholarship because I am young, energetic,
hardworking, visionary, and motivated person who believes that I can do something for the benefit of my
country to whom I have been working. I did my best with all maximum efforts I could give for my institution.
But this is not enough. Frankly, I am not satisfied yet with what I did. I believe that I can do much better if I
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