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Next up: my topic essay for Northwestern.  Somehow, all my essays for NU came out better than those for Columbia, which I spent a far greater amount of time on.  Hmm.  Perhaps I was pressing–that wouldn’t be a stretch of the imagination.  Regardless, the topic essay cometh: — Please write an essay of approximately 800 [...]

Seeing how I got into Medill, I suppose I did a good job with these essays.  NU had two–a short one about me, and a longer one about a topic.  I like that.  I hate writing about myself, despite what this site may seem like.  It’s a far cry, from writing anecdotes and stories, to [...]

With all bitching aside, I did manage to get my application materials into Mizzou, and I did get accepted into their International program.   No need to rehash my career goals again–you can read them in other entries–but I didn’t feel like Mizzou’s program was necessarily in-line with what I want to accomplish.  Clearly, they’re [...]

NYU’s application was my second dragon to slay; Columbia’s deadline was Dec. 15, while NYU’s priority deadline was Dec. 18.  I got my app in on time, but my GRE scores didn’t get there until about Dec. 30…though no one is in the office at that time.  The final deadline for NYU was Jan. 4, [...]

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 [...]