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Old Mar 16, 2005 | 02:56 PM
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Discuss your career plans and goals, the influence of your work experience on them, and the reasons it is important for you to undertake this graduate program at this time.
... and do it in a maximum of 500 words. DOH. In a double-spaced document, 500 words is a little more than a page and a half. I feel like I could write a hundred page book to answer that question.
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Old Mar 16, 2005 | 06:45 PM
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Outline it, write it, then cut it down.
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Old Mar 16, 2005 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Kestrel
Outline it, write it, then cut it down.
What he said.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 05:33 AM
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I wrote a very good essay last night. Unfortunately, it came nowhere close to answering the question. I'll give it another shot today.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 05:37 AM
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we could get this bad boy out in under 50 words ...

Discuss your career plans and goals
- world domination starting at your house

the influence of your work experience on them
- I'm pretty good with a bostaff

and the reasons it is important for you to undertake this graduate program at this time
- slinging rock on the corner ain't getting ray ray the green fast enuf

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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by e3NiNe
we could get this bad boy out in under 50 words ...

Discuss your career plans and goals
- world domination starting at your house

the influence of your work experience on them
- I'm pretty good with a bostaff

and the reasons it is important for you to undertake this graduate program at this time
- slinging rock on the corner ain't getting ray ray the green fast enuf


:lmfao: great essay Andrew :reechy:
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by e3NiNe
we could get this bad boy out in under 50 words ...

Discuss your career plans and goals
- world domination starting at your house

the influence of your work experience on them
- I'm pretty good with a bostaff

and the reasons it is important for you to undertake this graduate program at this time
- slinging rock on the corner ain't getting ray ray the green fast enuf

World domination: check.

Bostaff: I'm more of a numbchucks kind of guy.

Yeah, son.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 08:35 AM
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Just think of it like a story of your life and how certain events made you want to go on to grad school.
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