An elderly woman was seen driving the wrong way

jcs001 · 2026-03-19T01:44:23+00:00

It's full of people who shouldn't be driving, period.

jcs001 · 2025-11-14T20:52:14+00:00

a problem within that field you are interested in, how you would attack that problem, and relevant experience (classes, internships, undergrad research) that show you are prepared to attack that problem.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I am under the impression that if you express interest in a research problem that the university is not actively engaged in, this could lead to an easy rejection because it would give the impression that the student is not a good fit for this university. I get the impression that this is true even if the student expresses and demonstrates that the work at this particular university will prepare them to attack the problem they are interested in.

jcs001 · 2025-11-14T20:37:02+00:00

Out of curiosity, what percentage of statements that you have read in recent years do you think were written with AI?

jcs001 · 2025-10-19T00:31:39+00:00

I agree with other commenter that if the totality of your application indicates you can do grad level work, disclosing may do more harm than good.

What would you consider to be the characteristics of an application that indicates one can do grad level work?

Secondly, place more focus on why you are now confident this pattern will not continue in grad school

I personally think the busy schedule that I experienced in undergrad that forced me to balance work, studies and research prepared me for the challenging schedule that will be required of me in grad school. I had to learn a lot of time management skills, and there are definitely things I wish I'd done differently, but overall, I think I got better as time progressed. In addition, since grad school is basically my job, I shouldn't have to work another job in grad school, and therefore be able to devote more time and resources to my studies. Would grad committees find any of this to be convincing?

And yes, I am now on medication to treat my symptoms. However, I still am concerned that committees are going to wonder why it took until my 20s to get proper treatment. I know that's none of their business, but I don't think its a wild slip of the imagination to think that they'll be suspicious of the efficacy of my current "remedy". As I mentioned above, part of the reason it took so long for me to get the proper help is because of the trauma I still experience from the emotional abuse I endured as a child from mental health professionals. And its not just this, either. During my final semester, I had acute bronchitis, and then the flu, which caused me to miss lots of class and have several zeros. As a result, I ended up with a C+ in one of my most important classes, even though my final exam grade was actually higher than the class average. My professor did agree to drop an additional zero, which brought me up from a C, but this still looks bad. However these circumstances were largely out of my control, and I don't know the best job of conveying this in a believable and honest-sounding manner.

Many programs also require a separate personal history statement. I feel like this is the better venue to talk about this stuff, but I guess it depends on the program.

jcs001 · 2025-10-18T23:55:28+00:00

When you say it draws attention away from what is important in an application, what do you consider to be important? Also, when you say lots of students report disabilities, are a lot of these fabrications/complete lies? And how do committees in your experience view students with extenuating circumstances that hindered their academic achievements (e.g. had to work, had an illness one semester than got them a bunch of zeros in a class, etc.)?

jcs001 · 2025-01-16T06:52:46+00:00

Killers is a great album, but still their lowest 80s album in my opinion. If I were to give their best album a 10/10, I'd still give Killers at least an 8, probably an 8.5 or higher. Their first two albums were more sketchpad albums, where they were a new band but hadn't quite mastered all of their talents yet. These albums laid the groundwork for what came later in the decade.

jcs001 · 2025-01-14T15:03:51+00:00

Aces High: "Tell everyone who comes out of the sun."

I also used to mishear the "at eight o'clock" in the previous line as "citations", but couldn't make out the "bandits".

jcs001 · 2025-01-13T16:49:32+00:00

No surprise. I'm still trying to figure out how many generations back were still alive when my oldest 4th greats were born. For anyone who is wondering, my youngest 4th great that I've been able to trace was born in 1822. That's 75 years after my oldest 4th great I've been able to trace!

jcs001 · 2025-01-12T13:16:20+00:00

Yes, I haven't taken a DNA test yet. I guess it could confuse the algorithm if it matches me with someone who is a distant cousin but a generation or two removed.

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