A couple decades ago (and it’s weird to think of it in those terms) I had to write a personal essay to get into college. By the time I was at the personal essay stage I was several months behind my friends who had already sent out their college admission materials. College was [...]
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crappy personal essay
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
application
Posted in grad skool on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The application was sent on Monday. 21 pages of manuscript, a 3 page personal essay and a 4 page evisceration of a YA title called Joker — 2 copies of each — along with a check for $50 and the promise that transcripts and letters of recommendation were on their way.
In a lot of [...]