Please include a biographical essay...

"Argh. I hate this. Southern wants me to send in a 'briefbiographical statement' in fact the won't process my application w/o it. But they tell you nothign about what they want. How brief is 'brief'? Do they want to know about my past life, my planned future, my interests? I hate this kind of open ended stuff. I know they are looking for something in particular, but I have no idea what. This is what I've written, suggestions? comments? etc."

What is there to say about me? Well I suppose it is best to start at the beginning. I grew up in Wethersfield Connecticut An altogether uninteresting town known only for being the oldest settlement in Connecticut, and for being hit by meteorites twice.

After high school graduation I moved to Rhode Island and attended New England Institute of Technology for Computer Repair. I realized halfway through my two years there that this was not something I wanted to do with my life, but decided to stick it out and finish what I had started.

Since graduating NEIT in 1998 I have lived in many places in several states, and worked at a myriad of jobs. I have moved for love, for work, for fun, and because I was left with no other choice. I have worked with people I liked but a jobs I hated, at jobs I loved with people I hated, and at places where I hated both. Part of why I'm returning to college is that I can find a place where I like both.

Much of my free time is taken up by my friends. They are scattered far and wide across the country, an unfortunate downside to my odd ways of meeting them. I care deeply for an about my friends, I count on them to be there for me, and they can count on me to be there for them. Few things in life are as enjoyable to me as making connections with new people and finding someone new to befriend. Another part of why I'm returning to college is to meet people, to make connections, to find people to care about and for.

I delight in finding things to be enthralled by. I have my artcar The Cat
(http://www.blert.net/thecat/) a black wagon with over 750 different quotations scrawled upon it from every imaginable source. I have the various groups and organizations I belong to. I have my books and writings, authors who can sweep me away in the wonder of their words. And that's the third reason I am returning to college, to find a field I can be enthralled by, and passionate about.

Acck!

"I'm going nuts! I want ot get into Southern, I've been talking like it's a sure bet. But after talking again with the admissions ecretary I don't know. The soonest I can have all my paperwork in is Wednesday and it supposedly takes 1-2 weeks for a decision to be made. I don't have 1-2 weeks. Classes start next Tuesday.
What if I don't get in? I'll be a disappointment to myself and lots of other ppl. I'll have to explain to everyone I've been gushing to that I didn't get in. I'll have to find another shit job. I'll be stuck living with my mom for longer (and she's been driving me crazy).
And there's nothing I can really do. Right now I'm waiting on my transcript for NEIT which I will be picking up tomorrow 9the soonest they can get it. I have to wait for the high school records office to call me to tell me my transcript from there is ready (supposedly before 4:30pm today. I have to decide to send in the biographical statement I have or write another one. I have to get a copy of my SAT scores (hopefully i can get that from the records office at the high school also)
Shit. Shit. Shit.

Biographical statement take 2

I was born and raised here in Connecticut. After high school graduation I moved to Rhode Island and attended New England Institute of Technology for Computer Repair. I came to the conclusion about halfway through the program there thatit was not the field for me.However I decided to complete what I had started and graduated with an associates degree.

Since graduating NEIT in 1998 I have lived in many places in several
states, and worked at a myriad of jobs. I have moved for love, for work, for fun, and because I was left with no other choice. I have worked with people I liked but a jobs I hated, at jobs I loved with people I hated, and at places where I hated both. Part of why I'm returning to college is that I can find a place where I like both.

I have many diverse friends, scattered all across the country to take up much of my time. I care deeply for an about my friends, I count on them to be there for me, and they can count on me to be there for them. Few things in life are as enjoyable to me as making connections with new people and finding someone new to befriend. Another part of why I'm returning to college is to meet people, to make connections, to find people to care about and for.

I delight in finding things to be enthralled by. I have my artcar The Cat
(http://www.blert.net/thecat/) a black wagon with over 750 different quotations scrawled upon it from every imaginable source. I have taken it as places as far as Baltimore Maryland and Houston Texas to display her and participate in events. I have the various groups and organizations I belong to. I have my books and writings, authors who can sweep me away in the wonder of their words. And that's the third reason I am returning to college, to find a field I can be enthralled by, and passionate about.