<p>How many of you looking back at the essays you wrote realize how delusional you were when you thought they were good upon writing them? </p>
<p>I just re-read my personal statement and wow. I must say I would not admit myself.</p>
<p>■■■■ Nick! Don’t remind me.</p>
<p>Yesterday I went back to look at my UCSD rankings…and I looked at my statements…and I made like one spelling mistake. I’m sooo ****ed off. It’s because of stupid MSWord. ■■■■. I’m really mad. (put: their -supposed to put: they’re) X__X;; What are they going to think!!! </p>
<p>But I still think they were good. Especially the second.</p>
<p>Don’t feel too bad. I’m sure that if everything is else is settled then you shouldn’t worry. Gahh. I’m so mad the freshmen get their decisions tomorrow…one more month. X__X;;</p>
<p>Haha yeah one more month but hopefully it will go by quickly. And I totally understand the whole deal with the misspellings on the applications. I did that on my Berkeley application update because apparently Mozilla doesn’t understand certain things…I think I missed a letter or something that changed the meaning of the word completely.</p>
<p>Okay…so I why won’t the Pathways website let me in to read my application? What’s the username? I’m typing in “5423201” (example). Is that not my username?</p>
<p>^
That’s weird because I JUST checked mine. LOL. </p>
<p>The username or whatever should be your UC ID applicant #, 7 digits like that example. Not sure. ;O</p>
<p>Well that makes me feel better. A bit. ]:</p>
<p>Thankfully, my Spring Break is one week away…and I’ll be going back to Japan, so that will definitely help me relax…but still.</p>
<p>I know. I complain too much. -.-</p>
<p>Let’s swap personal statements! =)</p>
<p>Why do you suggest that adinek?</p>
<p>Critique, etc.</p>
<p>Eek. I’m going to need more than one word from you in order to understand. Lol.</p>
<p>HAHAH =)
Well I wanted someone to read mine and tell me what they thought. And so I would read theirs in return. =)</p>
<p>Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I get what you mean. Hahaha. I thought that you meant as in retrospectively-speaking you wish you had had mine (which would not have been good for you as the one about my major is incomprehensible to the max and the one about me is really bad). Sure. PM or e-mail whatever you prefer.</p>
<p>Yayyyy =) okay sent! </p>
<p>Oh btw, about the pathways thing, it’s not your application ID number . . . I think it’s a custom username that you were supposed to make up. Like for example, I chose the first letter of my first name and the rest was my last name. o_o</p>
<p>Upon reviewing my receipt, I realized that I accidentally marked the box that said that I was doing Berkeley’s TAP, 'cause I thought it was the same as UCLA’s TAP . . . would that be considered lying or something? </p>
<p>Oh and (I don’t know what I was thinking), but when I was filling out my EC’s, for the years involved section I put that I was involved with them in the 11th and 12th grades (my reasoning was that I skipped two years of high school, so I mean my CC years were supposed to be equivalent to 11th and 12th) . . . is that bad? x_x</p>
<p>^
It is your application number if you haven’t made up a custom username…</p>
<p>Anyways, ouchie. I’m not sure how they will accept that TAP for Berkeley. I did the TAG for UCD and they told me if I did/not indicate it on the application I could be denied. TAP tho…I’m not sure. I would have immediately e-mailed Berkeley to let them know because they could be looking (or have set your application in another pile) for your TAP info and all. :/</p>
<p>&& there was an option after 12th year. But I’m sure that won’t be counted against you.</p>
<p>Oh my gosh. hahahahaha. I completely forgot about that. You’re right. I remember mine now. 
Thanks!</p>
<p>So in other words they will think you only did those ECs for the last two years of HS and never at all in college? Is there anything in the descriptions that might indicate that they were done in college?</p>
<p>^ Not really. =( UGHHHHH what was I thinking?!!!</p>
<p>Would it be too late to email them about the TAP? who would I email! DARNIT!</p>
<p>You’re supposed to mail in or fax any changes. Is the TAP an official thing that you do through your CC?</p>
<p>I actually sent you the wrong one sakurax. Haha. That was the predecessor to the final draft.</p>
<p>I’d say my essays were about 6 or 7/10 with the edits. They were a tad verbose and the sentences, I agree, were really long which might serve as a disadvantage if the reader is someone who prefers more succinct language. </p>
<p>Two major grammatical errors combined. I don’t think they will jeopardize my chances too much, though.</p>
<p>Just read my personal statements… what was I thinking?! Fuxk!</p>
<p>What’s a TAP? XD.</p>
<p>I’m too scared to look at mine… haha. Only time will tell…</p>