As a former admissions interviewer for the Harvard PhD Program in Neuroscience, I'm sharing ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ I know about how to write a STRONG Statement of Purpose! ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ซ Over the last 6 years, I helped ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ get into TOP PhD programs by using this exact method and structure!
While this method of writing Statement of Purposes (SoP) is most applicable to STEM PhDs, the structure that I lay out could be generally helpful for any field. ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ about the admissions process below โฌ๏ธ, and share with a friend applying to PhD programs this Fall!
๐ ๐ ๐ As promised, HERE is my Statement of Purpose that got me into Harvard's Neuroscience PhD program: https://bit.ly/harvardsop
โฐ TIMESTAMPS (main topics in ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ)
0:00 - Introduction and topics covered
1:21 - ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฃ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ?
2:32 - ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฃ
_____________ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ _____________
3:48 - The SIX SENTENCE PARAGRAPH structure to summarize each of your research experiences
5:34 - One paragraph about why you want to do a PhD, and what you want to study
6:27 - One last paragraph about "why this school?"
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7:39 - ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ก'๐ง๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฃ
10:31 - ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ช๐ก ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฃ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ!
21:54 - Conclusion
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