Please provide a statement explaining your reasons for wanting to do graduate work in Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. The statement should describe how you see, think, and feel about the world, as well as your professional objectives. You should set forth the issues or problems you want to address in the course of your studies and the environment in which you see yourself working professionally. As part of that endeavor, share your analysis or understanding of the challenges you are interested in working on. Be specific in articulating how graduate studies in DUSP would allow you to address those challenges and/or fulfill your professional objectives. Your honors, extracurricular activities, professional experiences, teaching, etc. need only be integrated into your statement to the extent that they relate to your proposed course of study at MIT and your professional aspirations.