Journal batconnie's Journal: College Essays & Admissions Woes 1
I'm considerably worried about doing my college admissions essay because so far everything that I have written is crap. I keep starting all over again and trying to find a way to best explain my Georgetown transcript, if I ever get it that is. But in any case, being admitted under a non-degree seeking status would probably send me into a financial debt that will send me to the moon. So that is something that I don't want. But what is aggravating is that once I send my application under degree seeking status, I cannot change it and they ask for my transcript and continue to bother me until I A. Give In or B. Go Insane. Usually neither happens and I sit at home wondering what the hell to do.
The next problem on my list is doing my English research paper. I have finally chosen to do Leonard Peltier and his involvement with the murders of Jack Coley and Ron Williams. It's sort of hard having to write an argumentive paper toward my student audience when everyone agrees that he should recieve parole or pardoned. So I think I am going to target my paper to the No Parole Peltier website admin. So help me God if I get skinned alive. Which is alright, I'm getting tired of my old one. :-D
write first, edit later (Score:2)
Here's a writing tip: First write the whole thing from begining to end and if it's crap, let it be crap. Don't let yourself change anything you've written and don't agonize over the "right" way to say anything -- just go ahead and write it the wrong way. It might help to give yourself a ridiculously short deadline like half an hour -- just get to the end, getting the information down without worrying about how it sounds.
Once you get to the end, take a break from it before coming back to read and edit. It's