Sep. 25th, 2002
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Sep. 25th, 2002 01:27 pmI don't know how much people know about the British education system, but basically, you can't get into university without filling out an UCAS form. I hate the UCAS form. Or rather, I hate the personal statement part of it.
I live my life trying to avoid the topic of me, I am other people's Boswell. Basically, I'd rather think about other people, because they're way more interesting than me, so it's a bit of a trial.
I tried being honest rather than passing myself off as a mixture of Mother Theresa and Stephen Hawking in Marion Jones's body.
So I see my higher education adviser, who tells me to re-do my personal statment because I'm not being positive enough. Hello, sir, I'm being as positive as I can be. I was brought up to be a perfectionist, and since I'm not it, I will gripe, so it's not out of character that my p.s is hardly sellling myself hard.
I live my life trying to avoid the topic of me, I am other people's Boswell. Basically, I'd rather think about other people, because they're way more interesting than me, so it's a bit of a trial.
I tried being honest rather than passing myself off as a mixture of Mother Theresa and Stephen Hawking in Marion Jones's body.
So I see my higher education adviser, who tells me to re-do my personal statment because I'm not being positive enough. Hello, sir, I'm being as positive as I can be. I was brought up to be a perfectionist, and since I'm not it, I will gripe, so it's not out of character that my p.s is hardly sellling myself hard.
I'll try and cut them, but this is the first time I've tried it
1) Which Lord of the Rings race would you be? Why am I bothering, I'll get hobbit.
( One )
2) What Hogwarts house am I?
( Well? )
hopefully this will work the second time. Ooops. Third time lucky? Nope, maybe 4. Try 5.
I give up. Anyone care to tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm going ( Read more... )
1) Which Lord of the Rings race would you be? Why am I bothering, I'll get hobbit.
( One )
2) What Hogwarts house am I?
( Well? )
hopefully this will work the second time. Ooops. Third time lucky? Nope, maybe 4. Try 5.
I give up. Anyone care to tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm going ( Read more... )