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0:02the first thing to know about the why
0:05major sa is they tend to be non school
0:07specific sometimes they do say why do
0:10you want to study a particular major at
0:12our school but in general when you see
0:14what do you want a major in you can
0:16write that essay and you do not need to
0:19connect it to the specific school and
0:21the things that that school offers the
0:24key to writing the why major essay is to
0:26be able to establish how you got to a
0:28point that you knew or know that you
0:31want a major in a particular area of
0:33study the more self-aware you are about
0:35where that interest came from how you
0:38developed it as you were growing up and
0:40now as a high school student and
0:42applying to college how have you taken
0:44that made that major interest to a
0:46meaningful level of depth and you do
0:48that through story teller write
0:50experiences that you've had as you have
0:52gone through middle school and high
0:54school that have led you to a point
0:56where you absolutely know this is what I
0:58want to study in college and if you do
1:00that you're gonna have it's going to be
1:03really easy to convince the schools and
1:04make it believable that this is why I
1:06want to study a particular major than
1:09the school is offer
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