How To Write A Perfect Admissions Essay (Statement of Purpose)

388,331 views ・ 2016-07-27

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Hello guys, welcome to my channel
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Thank you so much for subscribing and commenting
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and sharing what you think about education abroad.
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and today I have a guest - Walker
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who is from the United States
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and today we're going to discuss motivation letters
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this is one of the most important aspects when you apply to university
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and I've gone through this process
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I wrote 6 motivation letters
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because I applied to 6 universities
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and I know it plays an amazing role in the application process
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We're going to discuss top 5 things you need to consider
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when writing a motivation letter.
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So Walker, could you please introduce yourself?
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I'm American living in Russia
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Phd in Asian Relation studies from the University of Pensilvania
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We start in America learning about motivation letters
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when we're getting ready to go in a camp
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My friend in New York said that their daugher who is 11
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has had to write her first motivation letter to go into a private school.
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As much as we all hate doing it
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it's an essential part of life and
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it's selling yourself
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and showing yourself as individual who's capable of doing something
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basic part of American culture
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and something that is spread in the application process
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around the world and
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something that any english-language University will require
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and many others
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The most important things
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about a motivation letter
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is that you look at it as being part of the entire package
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of your documents which you submit
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so when you gather these documets together
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you've got your exam scores
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for your field
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or whatever discipline you're entering into
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you've got your diploma
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and your grades
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and your marks
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and then you have this other part
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application
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and sometimes this letter is attached to
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And the most detailed thing about you as individual
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is often going to be in this application
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where they ask questions like "Why do you want to go here?"
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"what experience do you have?""Do you have work experience?"
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"what sorts of hobbies do you have?"
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"What languages do you speak?"
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All of these things are in the application.
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Many students make a mistake when they're preparing these letters
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as they use the application as the basis for the letter
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They end repeting it
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repeating half of what they wrote in the letter
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what you need to look at is
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look first at the whole documents
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and imagine that this person in the admission commetee
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is looking at you and only
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knows you from these documents.
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If you imagine yourself as a character
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that's only knows from this - what's missing?
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what is where about you that is not in this package?
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Your voice is missing actually
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because you have numbers and diplomas
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but you don't have your voice.
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Many universities have very detailed application
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questions
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that are part of the application
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and in that case you need to talk about something else
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in the letter
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Make sure that the letter is something that supliments
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the application and doesn't repeat it
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so it has new information.
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The second thing is really important
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you get a picture and it's written precisely
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to the audience
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that is going to be reading.
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a piace of writing
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and that the people who are there
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who are on this commetee
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are going to be attracted by this document
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to you
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as a person
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and this is distinguish to
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a lot of where you're going
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if you're going into BA program
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or you're younger student
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they're principally interested in you as a person
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and in you as a potential
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adult
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and so it's very important to talk about your hobbies
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show yourself as being a rounded person
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that's a common adjective - a well rounded person
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but if you're going into Master's or Doctor's program
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they're interested to know exactly how you're prepared
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and why you're interested in this particular program
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in this particular field.
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