Comments | bestill_myheart: Statement of Purpose

bestill_myheart

Statement of Purpose

Nov 13, 2008 00:36

Hi LJ-land. Long time no talk. My e-absence is mostly a result of me being ridiculously busy, but also me kind of wanting to literally die from this heartbreak I'm enduring and not really wanting to write about that ( Read more... )

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scowlette November 13 2008, 20:32:19 UTC

i think your statement of purpose is much better than the one i wrote for my program in which is stated i wanted to be an archivist because i like air conditioning.

thanks for inviting me to your housewarming. i hope to see you soon.

matteh15 November 15 2008, 15:33:39 UTC

When I was four years old, a drunk driver hit my father outside my home as he was taking out the garbage. This incident positioned my mom as the sole provider for the two of us;[i think you stay too rigidly in formal expository here instead of using words that express what it means to have your father die, at least like "what for some would have been solely a trying emotional hardship" even though that's still formal. p.statements are a chance to play emo cards where otherwise you don't get the opp.] with nothing but a high school diploma, she began working tirelessly in low-paying jobs. Prior to developing a critical lens, [this is an excellent direct phrase and i love you] I always interpreted our existence as “unlucky,” not, as I would now, a reflection of class stagnancy ( ... )

matteh15 November 15 2008, 15:34:05 UTC

Second, I entered the MA program in Multicultural Communication at DePaul. My interpretive and critical research has focused on radical-left resistance culture in the United States. I have studied the impetus for, and impact of, Food Not Bombs, a radical reclaimed food [reclaimed-food would make this make more sense the first time through] sharing movement; the Radical Cheerleaders, a “genderqueer,” Do-It-Yourself (DIY) protest squad; and the infoshop movement, which seeks to create non-capitalist spaces to exist as activist resource centers. This research has taught me that radical culture in the US often acts as a means of building radical identities, and thus a movement, but does not ultimately create the social change the groups desire ( ... )

matteh15 November 15 2008, 15:34:13 UTC

I am faithfully committed to exceptional academic performance, both as a student and an educator. By extension, I am certain that the Rhetoric and Public Culture program will offer me an ideal environment for doctoral studies, as the theoretical foundation of this program highly reflects my interests and experiences. My fervor for critically analyzing the transformation from the oppressed to the empowered would find a happy home in a program that encourages acknowledging factors like globalization, the contested nature of post-modern cultural space, and communicative practices that inform cultural agency ( ... )

bestill_myheart November 15 2008, 19:57:14 UTC

DIDIER YOU ARE AMAZING! thank you for that, that was incredibly helpful and meant a lot coming from you!

i agree with much of it, particularly pulling the emo card in the beginning, but the issue of course is that it needs to be super short and be 90% focused on what i'm studying and what i want to do in the future and 10% pre-ma/phd stuff, you know? hmmmm.

december 1st is the due date, wish me luck !

misssmith November 25 2008, 01:17:37 UTC

okay... that was amazing. i wish you could see how i just swell with pride whenever i think about you.

and hey, on that note, i need some advice about writing personal statements. mine tend to be awfully long and lacking in... ermm... a point? sometimes? as someone who's speeding down the academic expressway at a speed i can't even imagine, what would you say are the most crucial points to hit/qualities to express in a statement such as this?

i love you more than anything, i miss you.

bestill_myheart December 16 2008, 19:29:06 UTC

baby-sis, i can't believe i neglected to respond to this. what i know is that personal statements for a research program and a lit program are going to be very different. my first draft of this statement was written like something i would write for a zine or something. very narrative-driven and vaguely poetic. my thesis advisor actualyl wrote "did you decide to get a PhD in creative writing, raechel?" as in like, "this is not a statement for a research program, they don't give a fuck that you can make sentences sound "pretty"." I am guessing, however, taht an MFA (which i'm guessing you'll be getting) DOES care about pretty sentences. sooo. i'm kind of not sure. do you have depaul faculty mentors who you can turn to?

miss you!