broadcast outcast

I consider my temperament to be cynically optimistic.  That being said…this news article made me certain I will not react strongly either way to my NYU admissions decision.  I’m not throwing a party, and I’m not jumping off a building. Combine that with UCSD’s mistake last week, and it just goes to show admissions offices [...]

I’m not as hot on this essay anymore.  Truthfully, I think the personal essay for Columbia was better-constructed.  But I digress. — Essay B: Professional Interests What led you to your interest in journalism? What experience, if any, do you have in journalism? What do you hope to gain through your work at the Graduate School [...]

For an M.S. at Columbia, there were two essays, with an optional third for their Stabile Investigative Journalism Program.  I refrained.  Without further ado: — Essay A: Autobiographical Essay In a short autobiographical essay, tell us about yourself. You can write about your family, your education, your talents, or your passions; about significant places or events [...]

I’m going to toss up a couple of posts here today; each should include the prompts and how I responded to them for the schools I applied to.  To give background: generally, I try to sound different in my essay writing.  Thus far in my life, it’s been fairly successful.  I managed to wrangle enough [...]