Graduate School Admissions Essay: City Planning

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‘CIDCO-We make cities’-This tagline of Cidco, the city planning organization created by the Government of Maharashtra(India),intrigued me even when I was in primary school. As my father is a Cidco employee, I often visited Cidco Bhavan (Navi Mumbai) when I was young. The architectural models of the city nodes, the airport, the NRI Township, the plans of satellite node city of Kharghar, etc. fascinated me.

During my early studies, my knowledge about architecture was limited. My passion for architecture was recognized by my parents when I was in high school. After receiving guidance from architects known by my father, I chose to pursue architecture and later joined Pillai’s college of architecture, Mumbai. I found that learning architecture gives me immense joy and satisfaction. I often get immersed in designing the way an avid booklover gets wrapped up in a good book. My interest in photographing and sketching sceneries,- both urban and natural and urbanscapes, is in consonance with the study of urban planning. The major part of a city planner’s job is to formulate plans for the development and management of a urban and suburban areas, typically analyzing land use compatibility with consideration of economic environmental and social trends. Urban planners must also consider a wide arrey of issues such as sustainability, air pollution , traffic congestion, crime, land values, legislation and zoning codes (Source : Wikipedia).

My first critical exposure to urban planning was in fourth year of B.Arch in preparation of my thesis topic seawoods integrated commercial complex cum railway station. I had limited the scope of my thesis to the design of ‘railway station building with the commercial complexes and a shopping ...

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...eek a chance of further study at your university and which I sincerely desire.
In conclusion, I find that your University offers the per-requisites needed to achieve my goals in life. The work experience, research or training that I will acquire during the course of this program will help me to get a head start in my career and it is this magnetism that has attracted me to your University. I feel confident that my background would help me make the most of our program and unleash my true potential essential. I look forward to being a strong addition to your department. I hope that this brief statement has given you a better idea of my abilities, experience and interests. I am very confident that if I get an opportunity to be a part of that intellectually stimulating environment, I am sure that my talents will be put to optimal use.

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