So I’m looking at admission requirements for grad school, and eye-rolling at the whole “personal statement” issue. Schools want to know why they should let you in, and I guess I can’t tell them the truth. You know, that they want money to give me a degree, and I want to give them money to give me said degree. No, they want to know how my goals align with their goals.
I wished that they’d ask me about something that interests me. Then I could tell them that if they name any porn star from the last 10 years, I can probably name at least 10 of their movies… in alphabetical order. Or I could tell them in detail the differences between beer and hard cider. I would even give them my 20-page paper I wrote about the topic for a technical writing class. (Hey, that instructor said we could write about anything.) Or I could give them the scientific reasons why no one should ever eat the popcorn at Buzzard Beach.
But no, now I have to suck up to them and say why a grad school should take my money. Meh. I need a drink… minus the Buzzard Beach popcorn.
The Buzzard Beach has popcorn? How many dudes have whacked off in the “butter” dispencer? Eww.
I don’t want to talk about the popcorn issue…EVER. There are some things in life I don’t need to know but if you need any help with with the personal statement issue I would be happy to help.
It would be really hard for me to resist becoming all sarcastic on them and talking about how their school sooooo great and it’s the ooonly school in the area where I would eeeevar think about applying to grad school because they are the ooonly school who can give out such greaaaat MBAs
Hey congrats on the grad school tho, sincerely. And good luck.
Lie and then lie, and then lie some more.
lol.
It’s not a big deal, they just want to know what you will be doing with your degree…do you just want to gain the knowledge, or will it benefit your career… All I put was something about my career goals – simple, no fluff about their stupid school. Good luck.
Tell em you just wanna rock, to ELEVEN!
Or on a serious note, congrats and good luck I made one week of grad school before having to pull ou, and always regretted it.
im finishing up grad school right now. its the biggest waste of time and energy i have ever done. nothing the professors teach isn’t anything i did not already know from my undergrad. also it seems professors could care less to be there. many of them that i have had are more concerned about their “day job” as opposed to teaching. oh well. i am at a decent grad school too. anyway, if i could go back and time knowing what i know now about grad school would i still do it? yeah in an instant. in this crappy economy anything more to throw on a resume that puts me in front of someone else on a resume is just an added bonus. good luck!
why not write exactly that? contrary to popular belief they wan your money just as much as you want their degree. the worst that can happen is you won’t get accepted, wait 6 months,suddenly realize your “mistake” and write the statement they want.
I think they would be impressed by your knack for alphabetizing porn movies according to star…anyone would want that kind of talent in their school!