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Notes from Appian Way: Statement of Purpose

Ghazal Gulati is a master’s in education candidate in the International Education Policy Program. After transitioning from finance to teaching, Ghazal is now interested in systems design for monitoring and evaluation programs. With a love for museums, she is enjoying exploring the historic aspects of Cambridge and Boston!

 

While participating in two panels last weekend for the Admissions Office, memories of this time last year came flooding back!

It was around this time that I was starting to put finishing touches on the ‘all important’ Statement of Purpose. For all you prospective students out there, I thought I’d put in some quick pointers. Hopefully these will help:

a. Starting early:  Don’t leave this till the week of the deadline. I know it is easy to put off but if you get started early, the quality of your end product will be radically different. Read the prompt multiple times. It helped me to break down the questions into different elements so that my statement answered it all. Read the instructions carefully as well – font size, type and number of pages should all be kept in mind when you start writing. ...

To read the complete blog post, visit "Statement of Purpose: Telling Your Story."

Read more blog posts by master's students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Notes from Appian Way.

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