Mraawwwgh....

[puddlesofun]

How to bignote myself without sounding like an arrogant yoghurt?

Writing personal statements is hard.

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[madradish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's not easy. If you'd like a hand, email me.. my lj username at gmail dot com. I'm not doing much today.

[emotivating.livejournal.com]

Having the same problem - scholarship applications are horrible!

[whirlygig.livejournal.com]

Yep, same here. I'm working on a job application. I would so like to be doing absolutely anything else right now.

(Also, job application is why I'm not at book club. I hope you got my message!)

[puddlesofun.livejournal.com]

Got it. Hopefully you're doing something more fun by the time you read this message. :)

[whirlygig.livejournal.com]

Nope! But I'm about to give up for the night and go to bed.

[illykai.livejournal.com]

I know how you feel. I'm actually reading LJ instead of writing my personal statement for my grad school applications RIGHT NOW! I have one paragraph left to go, but it's the hard one. =(

[illykai.livejournal.com]

Oh and I found that having a successful applicant's personal statement to refer to (Shoshe's in my case) makes you feel like less of a jerk and gives a good idea of what people expect from a good statement. See if you can find anyone that has one lying around.

[puddlesofun.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip! I couldn't find anyone I knew who'd done exactly this type of thing, but enough vaguely equivalent stuff was floating around on the internet to be of help.

So, are you in Japan now?

[illykai.livejournal.com]

I'm finishing up in LA tonight. Tomorrow I hop on a plane to meet up with Sophie in Tokyo, then I'm back in Sydney on the 15th of December.