Thread by @drhammed

Writing Statement of Purpose for Graduate Admission: Some Important Tips to Note

I have reviewed many scholarship essays over the past few months. While some are great, I see common trends.

I would like to drop some points here for consideration to improve your essay.

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Sometime in August 2020, I wrote two threads on writing graduate admission essays, if you missed them, please check.

1. Statement of Purpose and Personal Statement

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1293545175566954496?s=20

2. Writing Graduate Essay using STAR Model

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1295708635285409793?s=20

Now, let's go

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1. Be sure of what you’re writing, be sure to verify facts and claims. Otherwise, the Prof (or admission committee) reading your essays will be wary and assume you're not well informed of literature in your field (better not to say what you don't know)👇

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Eg- I’m interested in solving Ozone Layer depletion & Climate change- NO, the Ozone hole isn’t depleting again significantly (or at least has little/or nothing to do with climate change). In fact, still, one of the key success of global environmental issue addressed to date
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2. No need to repeat obvious facts (esp. under word limits): E.g: I’m interested in Harvard University because the school is the best in the world. Yes, they know, but why specifically are you interested? What skills/training do you hope to get from Harvard? Hit it straight.

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3. If you give a claim, try to put credit to the source: E.g Nigeria has lost over 80% natural resources- says who? You or FAO? Let it be clear you're not coming up with numbers on your own- It's not scientific

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4. Write professionally (at least moderate): You write a lot in graduate school, so it's very important you write like a researcher. You’re not writing a report or account of what happened. 👇

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Eg: My friend & I visited a prison to offer them food, we asked them how they’re feeling, trekked to the center, etc

You could say: While conducting a sensitization program at Ikeja correctional center, as the President of ABC NGO, I led the team to feed over 20 inmates

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I hope this help (at least for a start) and GOODLUCK

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