How to Write a Statement of Purpose 📝 + my OWN Harvard SoP!

As a former admissions interviewer for the Harvard PhD Program in Neuroscience, I'm sharing 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 I know about how to write a STRONG Statement of Purpose! 👩🏻‍🏫 Over the last 6 years, I helped 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝟔𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 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. 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 about the admissions process below ⬇️, and share with a friend applying to PhD programs this Fall! 📝 📝 📝 As promised, HERE is my Statement of Purpose that got me into Harvard's Neuroscience PhD program: https://bit.ly/harvardsop ⏰ TIMESTAMPS (main topics in 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱) 0:00 - Introduction and topics covered 1:21 - 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗣, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿? 2:32 - 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗣 _____________ 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏-𝐁𝐘-𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄 _____________ 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?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:39 - 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗢𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗣 10:31 - 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗦𝗼𝗣 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱! 21:54 - Conclusion FOLLOW ME 💕 🪴 instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlucylai 🌻 twitter/x: https://twitter.com/drlucylai/ -- tags: #phd #applications #admissions #statementofpurpose #harvard #ivyleague #STEM #science #drlucylai current brainiacs: 569