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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

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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

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[andaway]

Well, we can't really answer that one for you. Is there really no story of your past that comes to mind when reading those words? A moment that marked you and helped you grow?

[immigrantpunk]

no i can think of a bunch
idk if they wanna hear about any of them tho

[andaway]

It depends on how you spin it. Anything can form a good story if you write well and passionately about it. That's a lot of what journalism is about, really: finding the right words to make the news poignant, while still being 100% honest and using just the facts.

What's a story you could use?

[immigrantpunk]

[That's funny, Jayden's roommate is Freddie Lounds and she told him journalism is about telling the most sensational story and making piles of money.]

moving to america i think
but i'm from russia so around here people are kinda touchy about it

[andaway]

[Jayden no don't trust Freddie (or actually do, sensational is what this kind of essays are about anyway).]

Actually, assuming you can spin it in a positive light that sounds perfect. Russian kid who comes to America and sees the best it has to offer? They will eat it up.

[He'd know, he's had to convince people he loves America even though he's wasn't born there plenty of times in the past.]

But you might have to spin your birth country in a bad that light for that to work, so you might not be comfortable with that.

[immigrantpunk]

[Too late, he trusts her word on a lot of things... although ever since she drugged him he's been a little more hesitant.]

eh its not hard to do that with russia, i'm sure i'll manage

[andaway]

[A little...]

Then I'm sure you'll manage. You just have to focus on the good things that happened to you in America and how they changed you. It is going to be a bit tricky to get into college being originally from Russia, I'm not going to lie. So you might as well spin it around and use it to your advantage.

Americans might not actually love an underdog, but they do love underdog stories.

[immigrantpunk]

[She had him convinced it was all for his own good, for the most part. It wasn't until a bunch of other people reacted in a horrified manner that he had to revisit the morality of that one.]

noted
i will try to do it that way

[andaway]

In the end it's your essay, anyway, so it's up to you. Good luck with it. Do you have someone to read it over when you're done?

[immigrantpunk]

yeah
i mean i guess i could have more than one person do it
if you want

[Since he was planning to get Yuri's opinion and then Yuri thwarted him. Maybe this guy will do. He seems to know about writing.]

[andaway]

If you want I don't mind, this kind of thing is a serious matter so you should probably get as many opinions on it as possible.

[immigrantpunk]

thanks
i'm jayden btw, i dunno if we've talked before

[The imPort network is hard to keep track of like that.]

[andaway]

I don't think we have. Nice to meet you Jayden, I'm Clark Kent.

[immigrantpunk]

you been here long?

[andaway]

Two months. I'm still getting the hang of how things work in this place.

You?

[immigrantpunk]

five months
still doing the same tho

[andaway]

If you're even going to apply for college I'd say you're doing just fine. And honestly, after being pulled away from our world with no warning it's no surprise that we take our time to adapt.

[immigrantpunk]

yeah i guess i'm good at adapting
i should probably put that in there