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[immigrantpunk]

ok so anyone on here have advice on writing college essays?
i'm trying to get a head start before midterms and i'm just kinda
staring at the question blankly

(Edited 12-04-14 9:43 pm)

ok here is the question:

Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.


like where do i even start with that

Comments

[slightlyoffchilt]

You could always use central themes like fear.

THEY'RE FINALLY TALKING I'M SO EXCITED

[immigrantpunk]

[Why does this guy's name look so familiar...]

why fear?

SAME!

[slightlyoffchilt]

Because everyone can relate to fear, experiencing fear.

Except for psychopaths, of course.

:)

[immigrantpunk]

[...]

psychopaths are never afraid?

[WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH COLLEGE ESSAYS]

[slightlyoffchilt]

They don't process fear the same way a non-psychopathic brain does; hence the lack of impulse control, the lack of consideration for consequences, etc.

[immigrantpunk]

oh

[He didn't really know anything about psychopaths before. Now it sounds like that kid Sai he met at school might be one.]

do psychopaths do college admissions

[slightlyoffchilt]

Is it an Ivy? Then, yes.

[immigrantpunk]

uhhhh i don't think so

[De Chima Polytechnic isn't Ivy League, is it? They would have warned him about that, wouldn't they?]

[slightlyoffchilt]

Congratulations, you might be in the clear. Fewer psychopaths, lesser post-graduate salary.

[immigrantpunk]

[He can't tell if this is a compliment or an insult.]

less student loans too

[slightlyoffchilt]

Unless I'm speaking to Tony Stark's next prodigy?

[immigrantpunk]

who?

[Probably not.]

[slightlyoffchilt]

I like you more than I did, initially. Well done.

[immigrantpunk]

[...]

thanks?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Hesitance belies insecurity. So you know.

[immigrantpunk]

[What the fuck.]

how do you know?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I have a diploma saying that I know.

[immigrantpunk]

a diploma in what?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Psychiatry, of course. It is my profession, across universes.

[immigrantpunk]

[Oh God what]

thanks but i don't need a psychiatrist just for writing essays

[Or for ANYTHING ELSE for that matter.]

[slightlyoffchilt]

Easy to claim that now.

My number's listed, if ever you change your mind.

[immigrantpunk]

[Riiiiight...]

sure okay

[Because that sounds convincing.]