I dive into everything you need to know on how to write a graduate school statement of purpose and share a real sample statement of purpose i.e. I READ MY OWN STATEMENT THAT GOT ME IN AT UBC!

0:00 how I divided this video to cover all things statement of purpose
0:41 what is a statement of purpose?
1:12 tip #1
1:37 tip #2: HOW TO START writing the statement of purpose
1:59 tip #3
2:27 tip #4
3:02 tip #5
3:32 tip #6
4:15 a huge thank you to a very special person
4:39 the structure of the statement of purpose, and what you should include in each part
6:19 IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER PLEASE DON'T COPY MY STATEMENT!
6:37 reading my statement of purpose (with a very special guest)
6:42 introduction/hook
7:29 body
11:49 conclusion
12:50 my realtime reaction to reading my own statement of purpose 4 years later
14:23 a sneak peek into the struggles of filming

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