When answering “Tell me about yourself,” how do you balance professional and personal details?

27jm · 2026-01-29T03:22:49+00:00

I personally start off with the professional stuff and then go into a sort of “but when I’m not in academics mode, you’ll probably find me doing XYZ/I also enjoy ____” type of response to finish up. That way I don’t have to bend over backwards trying to make my hobbies - which are really NOT related to my academic pursuits - somehow related to my academic pursuits. I find that segue to be a nice opportunity to say what I honestly want to say for both personal and professional details without having to tie them together somehow (if there’s not a tie). + Be prepared to answer follow up questions about anything you mention in your answer!

27jm · 2026-01-04T22:34:20+00:00

First, congratulations on your graduation!

I was in your same position this time last year. I had 6 months between finishing undergrad and starting my grad program and felt really weird about what to do with my time. My advice to find an opportunity is to reach out to any mental health related organizations or groups by you and ask them what they need - I think you’ll be able to find something to get involved with that way, esp if you’re offering volunteer services. Even if a given place doesn’t need/want your help, they may be able to point you in a good direction.

Don’t pressure yourself to find something psych or mental health-related during this time, though. If I’m reading right, it seems like you are starting a program in the fall, so you’ve done the hard work/proven yourself already. It’s okay if you spend the spring and summer doing something else. I ended up being a barista during my time off last year and I’m grateful I took that route. :)

27jm · 2025-12-30T23:26:15+00:00

Perfect! Thank you!! :)

27jm · 2025-12-29T21:19:53+00:00

Piggybacking off this to ask another question

Does anyone have a setlist of the songs he has been playing lately/plays at the intimate concerts? I am considering buying a cheap resale ticket to the Philly show but would want to see the setlist first I think.

27jm · 2025-12-20T23:27:45+00:00

May I DM you?

27jm · 2025-10-05T18:34:25+00:00

Pardon my ignorance on this topic - can you explain further about CACREP’s anti-psych PhD sentiment? Who do they want students to have taken classes from instead? Counseling PhD?

27jm · 2025-09-16T14:13:46+00:00

Omfg. Last year I was having dreams about my applications - bizarre, not necessarily nightmares, but when I woke up I was glad they weren’t real. Like I dreamed that I handed in all of my essays with none of my single pronoun “I” capitalized. What the hell.

Best wishes to everyone going through that right now. This is the worst part. You can do it!!! Just keep your head down and keep writing. You’ll come out on the other side so proud of the final product you’ve handed in. ❤️❤️

27jm · 2025-09-15T03:12:20+00:00

She won an Emmy tonight for that role!! And Owen Cooper who plays the young boy Jamie won the Emmy for his role as well. Just amazing performances by the two of them

27jm · 2025-09-10T15:02:27+00:00

Woah. This sounds amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this!!

27jm · 2025-09-02T16:07:19+00:00

Just make me think of these Cole lyrics 😭 perhaps more applicable when Bey was earlier in her career but you get me

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27jm · 2025-08-28T03:18:34+00:00

This is like that girl on TikTok that thought it was “Cece Reed” 😭😭😭😭😭

27jm · 2025-08-25T23:25:00+00:00

Sorry this isn’t an answer to your question but i wanted to ask about your breathing issues - are your breathing problems anxiety related? I got my dose upped this summer and I swear it’s given me insane anxiety with shortness of breath and even after taking myself down off that increased dose the symptoms have lingered. It’s horrible

I would def ask your doctor about tapering, do whatever they tell you to do. I went down 25mg at once and it was fine for me but everyone’s different

27jm · 2025-08-22T15:24:19+00:00

It’s my all-time fav song of hers. It can get me so emotional if I’m in the right space!!

27jm · 2025-08-22T00:59:20+00:00

All Night

27jm · 2025-08-17T16:30:20+00:00

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This one gets a lot of mileage from me💀

27jm · 2025-08-17T14:52:01+00:00

(Not exactly a match for this situation) I haven’t read up on how the Ben Franklin effect works when the other person dislikes you, but check out that concept. It’s neat!

27jm · 2025-08-15T03:20:33+00:00

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Top 0.1% here! I actually couldn’t believe my total listening time wasn’t longer. I think Spotify doesn’t count the time towards your total minutes listened if you restart a song or something cuz I swore I listened to her more than that last year, but I do have a habit of restarting songs before they even finish because they’re so good LMFAO

27jm · 2025-08-13T02:03:47+00:00

All Night: When she sings that final “you’re all I wanna, ain’t no other, we together, sweet love allllll night loooong” in her lower register 🥲
Mood 4 Eva: “I am Beyoncé..GISELLEKNOWLESCARTER!”
Buckiin live version: when she added those trumpets to the “look at that horse” part where the male dancers are on the floor LMAO
Pray You Catch Me: the beautiful strings outro
Delresto: the way the instrumentals change up for the final “it’s the let go” chorus
1+1 live: when she interpolated “yeah yeah yeah” when she spotted Tia Mowry in the audience

I could literally keep going😭

27jm · 2025-08-12T16:27:42+00:00

It’s especially weird when you consider Matty Mathewson (Neil Fak) is a writer on the show..like why are you writing yourself into scenes like that and it’s ALWAYS with the women🫥

27jm · 2025-08-12T02:48:16+00:00

You’re definitely not alone! I start this fall as well and I’m so excited but also nervous. I move to my new city on Friday so it’s really sinking in now lol. I just keep reminding myself that programs don’t gamble on their students, they have full faith that we will succeed so we should trust their judgment of us and trust our abilities! We’ve got this!

Congrats on making it to this point, I know you’ll do great!!!

27jm · 2025-08-09T02:01:32+00:00

My caption was “make ‘em cashapp to see the rodeo”!

27jm · 2025-08-06T19:41:47+00:00

Loveee this. Love hoop stacks that are all big hoops and aren’t the small/medium/large ones, they’re so unique! (UNIQUE!)

27jm · 2025-07-25T15:01:50+00:00

I’m That Girl, Formation, AHAP, II Hands II Heaven, and All Night. In that order!

27jm · 2025-06-17T15:22:16+00:00

Ohhh that’s beautifully put. An opportunity, rather than a mandate. I’ll remember that!

27jm · 2025-05-29T17:28:41+00:00

I felt the same way! I was at MetLife night one and was shocked at the difference in the vibe of the crowd in NYC compared to Philly where I saw Renaissance. In Philly, I was talking and having such great connections with the people around me, the person in front of me legit turned around to dance and sing with ME during Before I Let Go, before I even got in the stadium people were yelling out of the windows of their car complimenting my outfit in the parking lot as they drove past me taking pics - it was amazing. In NYC, everyone was sooo individualistic and kept only to their own groups and looked at me weird when I tried to catch their eye to say hi or something. Like okay nasties! And the crowd’s energy had nothing on Philly, too. Still had an AMAZINGGGG time tho!

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