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Hurricane2k9 wrote:

i bet there are at least 3 papers about a Rise Against song.
I hope the professor is ready for a lot of these.
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3 hour IPE class coming up
Jay
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Last edited by Jay (2012-02-02 12:55:08)

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
HaiBai
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after 24 hours of straight work im finally done with my stupid college personal statement

finally

now i need to catch up in school
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HaiBai wrote:

after 24 hours of straight work im finally done with my stupid college personal statement

finally

now i need to catch up in school
Wait wat
HaiBai
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pulled an allnighter and had to skip school.  normally, i get home from school at this time, and i still have to finish a ton of shit that i fell behind on

i need to learn to do work on weekends
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How long is the personal statement?
HaiBai
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well, it was a 750 word personal statement, and then i spent 300 words on a 'brief statement' about how im interested in the university and my major.

it's not much at all, but i'm not exactly a good writer.  i spent a lot of time rewriting it over and over.  i sort of messed up my 7th semester GPA so i have to make sure i had a good essay.  and of course, i was distracted a couple of times simply from being on the computer.  but i'd say at least 80% of the time was spent on the essay, not including hygiene and eating
paste it here haibai
Jay
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it took you 24 hours to write a page and a half?
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
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Oh okay. Hope you do well. Where are you applying to? What are your safety schools?
Jaekus
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Hurricane2k9 wrote:

"Choose and discuss a song or album that you feel best represents important issues in your life and the lives of your classmates."

ugh, ended up using NIN's "Capital G" since I couldn't think of anything else. i bet there are at least 3 papers about a Rise Against song.
Being 2012 and all you should've chosen Ænema by Tool.
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Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

paste it here haibai
maybe, im apprehensive about receiving hate for it being shitty, heh, which it very well could be.  i decided to make it about somebody who influenced me, about my best friend.

Macbeth wrote:

Oh okay. Hope you do well. Where are you applying to? What are your safety schools?
thanks.  this actually sort of is my safety.

i don't know if anyone really remembers, but i sort of fucked up the first two years of high school.  junior year i recovered and got a 4.0 from taking normal classes.  senior year i decided to take 5 AP classes along with an internship after school.  the fact that i had never even been in an honors class combined with the extra work from college apps, i got rocked.  my GPA wasn't extremely horrible, but it could've been much better.

well, i got denied from U of I in urbana-champaign for comp science, which isn't too much of a surprise.
purdue deferred me, and i'm still waiting for them, but i decided that purdue is not worth $40k per year so whatever
my current application is for bradley university.  it's a smaller private school near urbana-champaign.  i've heard good stuff about it.  it's not as academically well known as the above two, but ive heard it still provides an awesome 'college experience' if you know what i mean.  i don't just mean drinking and partying, but like i can be independent and make a ton of new friends and etc.  i think total, it would be $32k per year, but they give everyone a $10k scholarship.  so thats $22k per year not including any other scholarships i may receive, so i think it's a good deal.

even though this is a safety/target, i still really want to get in.  if i don't get in here, i really don't know where i'm going.  prolly a small catholic university near my house
Jay
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Jaekus wrote:

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

"Choose and discuss a song or album that you feel best represents important issues in your life and the lives of your classmates."

ugh, ended up using NIN's "Capital G" since I couldn't think of anything else. i bet there are at least 3 papers about a Rise Against song.
Being 2012 and all you should've chosen Ænema by Tool.
I would've picked this:

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
HaiBai
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Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

paste it here haibai
actually, any criticism may help.  so here it is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fWT … 17C-o/edit
Jay
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first line, scratch literally.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
Jay
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just discovered with 'recently come to know'
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
HaiBai
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Jay wrote:

first line, scratch literally.
lol idk how i missed this one

Jay wrote:

just discovered with 'recently come to know'
reasoning for this one?
Jay
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HaiBai wrote:

Jay wrote:

first line, scratch literally.
lol idk how i missed this one

Jay wrote:

just discovered with 'recently come to know'
reasoning for this one?
Discovery with people as the object just doesn't seem right. They already existed, so you didn't discover them...
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
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Jay wrote:

first line, scratch literally.
Also

Like any normal > like any other.   Sounds better.

There are a bunch of things like that. Needs work dude. When is it due by?
HaiBai
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discover

Verb:

1.Find (something or someone) unexpectedly or in the course of a search.
2.Become aware of (a fact or situation).

???
HaiBai
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Macbeth wrote:

Jay wrote:

first line, scratch literally.
Also

Like any normal > like any other.   Sounds better.

There are a bunch of things like that. Needs work dude. When is it due by?
yeah i fixed that too.  idk when it's due, the application was due on january 31st.  except some lady from bradley university called me up and told me i can email them my personal statement later

but it saddens me that it's still bad   i wish i was a better writer
Jay
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My story begins with my family and I moving to a new neighborhood when I was in the sixth grade. Shortly after arriving, I decided to explore the neighborhood and came upon a group of boys who were playing with a wasp tied to a length of string. They were taking the wasp for a walk as if it were a dog. I asked them how they managed to tie the string to a living wasp, and a chubby little boy piped up and explained  how it was accomplished. (Explanation of how here). That chubby little boy became my best friend and one of my greatest influences.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
Jay
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walk away from the essay for a day or so, and then re-read it and edit it then.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
Macbeth
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Explanation of how here

Don't make it technical. One sentence. Brief.

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