3 Strong Ways to Start Your Statement of Purpose (That Actually Work)

Описание: Struggling with how to start your Statement of Purpose?

Here are 3 proven strategies that admissions committees actually respond to — so you can open strong and set the tone.

🔹 The Anchor Sentence — clean, confident, direct
🔹 The Present-to-Past Pivot — shows where your interest came from
🔹 The Problem-Driven Opener — bold and focused from the first line

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