In school, I can recall a countless number of times when writing a personal essay or speech was met with horror and dread by my classmates. They would complain that talking about themselves was too hard, awkward, or embarrassing. Especially when it came to talking about accomplishments, at which my peers would shudder and present … Continue reading An Ode to Personal Statements
Tag: graduate school
Impatiently Patiently Waiting for Applications to Open
The last time my phone battery drained this quickly was in the Spring of 2013 when I was waiting for the admissions decision from the undergraduate admissions department for NYU. Since September, I have been compulsively refreshing the postgraduate admissions pages and waiting for the application portals to open. For some god forsaken reason, the … Continue reading Impatiently Patiently Waiting for Applications to Open
The Grad Student Blog I Wanted to Find
For the past few months, I have scoured the internet looking for a particular type of blog. I wanted to read content about students from the United States currently doing a graduate degree program abroad. Despite spending countless of my lunch hours on google, changing the search terms to encompass every possible combination of “American … Continue reading The Grad Student Blog I Wanted to Find
The Traveling Smith 