In this video I’ll walk you through some common mistakes students make in their graduate school applications, 4 basic questions to probably answer in a great SOP for grad school, 5 Tips for Actually Writing the Thing + examples.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Three common mistakes with grad school SOPs
01:03 The four questions you want to answer in a great statement of purpose
02:06 Tip #1 - Find an inciting incident + example
04:16 Tip #2 - Raise the stakes + example
07:47 Tip #3 - Include a turning point + example
09:00 Tip #4 - Include specific resources + example
09:41 Three quick tips for researching graduate programs
11:09 Tip #5 - Bring it home + example
12:33 Final thoughts + other graduate school essays/application materials to keep in mind

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