How Would You Describe Yourself?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I've noticed on a couple applications (not just for college, but other applications as well), that there are often sections where you're supposed to put your personal perks/characteristics/gifts/personality/amazing-ness (okay that's not a word but ANYWAYS MOVING ON). </p>

<p>Whenever I think about what/who/why/how/etcetc I am I have NO idea what to put, because even if I think of something, I decide to erase because I'm like "OMG that's so narcissistic lololol am I really this sanctimonious?" And then I think about my random traits, such as obsessiveness over Kpop and anime, and then go off on a tangent about how I like ice cream and whatnot, but then I realize I've written two sentences that are completely irrelevant to the question.</p>

<p>And then, when I try to write normal characteristics that I happen to have (eg slightly gregarious, happy-go-lucky, optimistic, loyal, friendly), I feel awkward and mushy-gushy inside and I feel like I'm complimenting someone else, and my description of myself doesn't seem to match me.</p>

<p>OH YEAH and then if someone asks "what do your friends think about you?".... Derpderp. They say I'm smart and hardworking.... but... I don't want to tell them that I think my friends think that I'm smart...... </p>

<p>AWKWARD.</p>

<p>/brick'd</p>

<p>Anyways, how would you describe yourself? Do you have the same problems as me? I'm curious. </p>

<p>By the way, pardon the mediocre diction and syntax. I have a tendency to put -ness/-y/-ful/-tion/otherrandomprefixesandsuffixes at the end/beginning of words when I don't know what else I can say.</p>

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<p>I feel the same way~!! Usually I tell others that I’m usually shy, I’m willing to try something new, do things to the best of my ability. I really have no clue, this is so embarrassing~!!. I had to stare at my keyboard for awhile just to think of some…</p>

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<p>EXACTLY LOL.
At times, I can be extremely conceited, at times, I feel the need to be extremely professional so I consider writing down stuff like “Hardworking, diligent, smart, astute”… but then since it’s not me, I quickly erase.
Most of the time I want to write stuff like “OTAKU-ISH, OBSESSIVE, CHILDISH, IMMATURE, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, OBSTINATE, derp”… which is probably not too socially acceptable, especially if you’re applying to-say-Stanford LOL.</p>

<p>And then when I ask other people to help me describe myself, they list all of these things and I’m like “uh nty glt. I DON’T THINK THAT’S ME” /brick’d</p>

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<p>Haha. I try to be more professional, but it doesn’t sound right to me lol. When others describe me, they always say the most cliche things, “He’s really into his work”, “He’s a delight”, “Wonderful personality”, “A pleasure to have in class”. Lol~</p>

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<p>SAMESAME~!
For the last internship I applied to, I had to ask my teacher and counselor for recommendations. Since they both are really lazy and don’t really care to help out their students, they just write half a page of banal compliments and give it to me. They let me read them and it was like “She is so passionate about everything she does” “She gets As” “She’s polite in class” “always comes to school on time” “uber motivated!11!shift!one”</p>

<p>I dunno. I think I must have something against description sections. I like essays because I can talk about random stuff like bunnies and painted rainbow ice cream bananas (is this even socially acceptable rofl) but for descriptions it’s like… derpderp. When I try to be me, I sound extremely naive. When I try to be professional, I sound so fake that I don’t like myself. Eventually, I just write down the first words that come to my mind from adlib-ing and hope it works out okay. XD</p>

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<p>YES! I’m the same way! I hate writing about myself xD. I especially hate the “Why should we pick you?” questions. I never know what to say because I don’t want to sound conceited.</p>

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<p>OMG YES. XD I’ve never seen that on a college app before, but on a gaming site I used to go onto, there was something called an “adoption process” where you could apply for pets. There was this why me section where you had to say why you were the best candidate for the pet and whenever I got to it I was like…
uhhhhhhh a mi me gusta su mascota kthnxbai… ;D</p>

<p>lolno. But yeah. I HATE writing serious stuff when it comes to describing me. When I am conversing with others at my school about serious topics, I have no problem being serious (it would be awkward to be ASKLDASKDAL; AHAHAHAHAH HEULOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO) but when it comes to talking about myself, I just can’t be serious. |x </p>

<p>Eventually of course, (on the site at least. I’m not applying to any colleges YET so I still have to face that dilemma…) I ended up writing my why me sections like I would want to, and of course it didn’t work out very well. Basically each why me section started out talking about how I am overly youthful and full of life (except physically. just mentally. I already have back pain and hate getting out of bed hnnggg. I need exercise. badly.) and how I scream in the shower and pretend I’m good at singing and stuff, and then I go off on a tangent about lamps and jello snowmen… but yeah. </p>

<p>If I try to be myself, I risk losing all of my chances of getting accepted into whatever dream place I apply to. If I try to conform to the social norm, I end up feeling fake and icky and gross and way to narcissistic for my own good lol.</p>

<p>Not that narcissism is necessarily always bad of course. Sometimes being conceited helps. x)</p>

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<p>It’s really hard to do this without sounding cheesy. Hmm.</p>

<p>I’m pessimistic, cynical, somewhat arrogant, judgmental, and very introverted (borderline misanthropic). Also I get obsessed over problems, typically of the mathematical variety (is that weird? Yeah…)</p>

<p>So um that doesn’t sound very good…</p>

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<p>LOLOLOLOl that’s what I sometimes write.
If I could choose what I wrote, then I’d be</p>

<p>paranoid, hyperactive, introverted (irl), garrulous and gregarious (online–idk why, it’s just that way… I don’t like talking to strangers face to face, but I bombard my friends with randomness 24/7), incessant, narcissistic, naive, obsessive, happy-go-lucky, otaku-y (for lack of better words LOL), candid, strange, lazy, derp (just for the sake of saying derp)</p>

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<p>The sad thing is, that some professionals, or admission officers would sometimes only pick students or people who lie and say they are leaders, a hard worker and etc. You can’t really put your “true qualities” because you might not get hired. :frowning: I had to lie on a application, when I was applying for a clerk position at a drug store.</p>

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<p>Relaxed, humorous, hard working, motivated, dedicated. I don’t try and sugar coat it, I just put what i think about myself</p>

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<p>I don’t know any admissions officers, so I don’t know how they judge… but I do think it might be a little unacceptable to put some of the words that describe myself on paper. xD I think, by nature, most people want to see something serious, pensive, reflective, and heartfelt… I am just too young in my mind to think about mushy gushy stuff like that. u____u</p>

<p>Oh yeah, that is completely true for some job applications. For an application I sent to a hospital for an internship, I was chosen as a finalist so they conducted an interview with me. I had to wear formal clothing ( a dress ew, I never wear dresses). They asked me about my prior experience, my thoughts about myself, etcetc and then when they asked me at the end if I had anything else to say, I was open about how I often have the mind of a little kid and have no problem running and rolling around in the mud,jumproping up the driveway, and making snow pigs instead of snowmen during winter. I also said some of my obscure interests like anime lolol.</p>

<p>I got a call a few weeks later saying I was rejected because of my age and immaturity LOL.</p>

<p>I had a job as a docent/cashier at a museum and that time I never told her about anything except that I study for APs, the SAT, and take care of my siblings. All true so it didn’t really matter that I didn’t tell her my other interests, since it’s not like she’d care anyway. <em>shrug</em></p>

<p>I hate sugar coating stuff so much lolol. XD</p>

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<p>Just choose 3-5 words that aren’t showy or self-deprecating.</p>

<p>Quirky, impulsive, ambitious, lazy. </p>

<p>See, I’m already confusing and mysterious.</p>

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<p>Oh I like it. :D</p>

<p>It’s showing your personality with both quirks and serious aspects. </p>

<p>I MUST REMEMBER THIS. I’ll write my negative and positive words in certain orders and see how it affects the view I have about myself. o-o</p>

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<p>I’m awkward, introverted, methodical, accepting, ambitious, and naive.</p>

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<p>I know exactly what you mean.
The truth: I’m a kinda smart, introverted, awkward, quirky, empathetic, friendly person who is amazing at procrastinating and despises speaking in large groups.
What I usually put: I’m an intelligent, hard-working, self-motivated person who gets along well with most people or something like that. But then I feel like I’m bragging. -_-</p>

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<p>lol gomdorri your posts are so funny to me. i don’t think adcoms will be like the people who terminated your hospital internship. if they are anything like i think they are, then will probably like you. they don’t care for all the seriousness either too much. really. honest expression is cool to them.</p>

<p>I mean, my feeling is the standard for seriousness and maturity and big words is mostly there to help hide undesirable expression, which would just make everyone embarrassed. they’re guidelines so people don’t sound bad and can pass as a person ready for college. they’re not guidelines for sounding interesting, just for not sounding offensive. with the quality of college students deteriorating, this is important. </p>

<p>so i think you’ll be fine. no need to worry. you sound humble and everything, along with being someone that will make adcoms smile.</p>

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<p>Hello gomdorri and others in the thread. I’m new to the site, so please forgive anything I say that may sound… noobish.</p>

<p>I sympathize with you so much, gomdorri. I feel like I’d have a much easier time writing out all my negatives rather than my positives, but then again, I have a very negative image of myself, so that may also play a part in why I suck so much at being about to describe the good parts of me.</p>

<p>Has anyone taken the Myer Briggs personality test? I have, and I am an ISFP. I know some people don’t believe/like them, but I do, and in my opinion, I think it described me very well. Whenever I have trouble being positive about myself, I usually look at the description of an ISFP to force myself to see the good parts. It helps me a lot.</p>

<p>Also, not directly related to the topic, what animes do you happen to like, gomdorri? I like Blue Exorcist the most, right now |D</p>

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<p>I don’t want to hide who I really am, or try to somebody else. The job I applied to wanted outgoing workers, this was a awhile ago, and I wasn’t really outgoing and I needed that job. It was hard trying “act” like someone else, I couldn’t stand it. It’s also stressful. I think others who “lied” had this problem too. But after awhile you kind of grow into your lie and become fake. No one should have to lie their way into any occupation. That’s just how I feel about it.</p>

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<p>I see what you mean here, but “helping thyself” gets really old, especially when you have to do it all the time…</p>

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<p>So how is lying or even slightly fabricating the truth wrong? In that case I would say it’s the smarter thing to do.
^ I see where you’re coming from. It’s sad though, that one would have to do that in order to succeed in life sometimes. </p>

<p>@enfieldacademy: Thanks I guess. I don’t really know how to react to compliments very well… SPEAKING OF WHICH OMG HOW DO YOU GUYS REACT TO COMPLIMENTS. If someone at school compliments you, then what do you say? I don’t want to say “I know” because I often disagree and think they are putting me onto a pedestal I don’t deserve (Perfect example: first day of school, I slept in and rushed to school without brushing my hair-except for once slightly with my fingers lololol-and everyone was like OMGG YOUR HAIR IS SO PRETTY TODAY), and I don’t want to say thank you because it makes me feel too mushy. And I can’t be silent and ignore it because that would make me feel awkward. AND THEN I CAN’T SAY PSHAWWWWW NOT TRUE MAN because even if that is what I truly think, people will be like “pshhhh don’t be so modest”
anyways.
yeah.
as you can probably tell I am a pretty awkward, almost-antisocial squirrel.</p>

<p>@ciuvern you don’t sound noobish haha. It’s fine. :3 </p>

<p>For me, it’s not necessarily being comfortable with saying my negatives. It’s just that the words that mean something to me, don’t necessarily mean the same thing to another. There are several “negative” words that I find slight optimism in (eg immaturity: if one saw it, then he/she would immediately give it a bad connotation). I guess I just like describing myself in weird ways that doesn’t suit people LOL. This might be because I have read Ayn Rand’s novels recently, but I do think I am slightly narcissistic… and at other times completely self-effacing. I DUNNO IT’S WEIRD. It really depends on the mood I am in… so I guess you could say my personality is fairly capricious.</p>

<p>Whenever I write introductions about myself for anything, I never write it seriously. Basically I just say what’s on my mind, and often it’s random spontaneous gibberish that I don’t even understand 100% haha. I’m not too sure that this will help me look professional when I finally grow up though. SO GLAD TO BE SEMI-YOUNG STILL. <3</p>

<p>And no I have never heard of it. o3o </p>

<p>ASDKLASDKALAD; ANIME.
Um. Well. My favorite animes are OHSHC, Lovely Complex, Kaichou wa Maid Sama, Death Note, Soul Eater, and Kodocha.
I’ve watched a lot of others though (probably at least 40+). I also liked Pandora Hearts, Mermaid Melody (which most of my otaku friends don’t seem to understand at all but it’s okay. I don’t know why I like watching random mermaids sing either ;___;), The Wallflower, Skip Beat, etcetc. I watch a huge variety of stuff. I’m such a weakling when it comes to sad/scary stuff though. I will cry by watching basically ANYTHING that is even slighty sad, and I have nightmares from watching Goosebumps and horror movies (even if they aren’t even that bad: even if they are comedies with like, one death or something o-o) … I used to get nightmares from watching Powerpuff Girls because of the monsters LOLOLOL.</p>

<p>I haven’t seen Blue Exorcist though. :o</p>

<p>But after awhile you kind of grow into your lie and become fake. No one should have to lie their way into any occupation. That’s just how I feel about it.
^ I feel the same. At times, my pride and ego are inflated and I refuse to conform to what those around me tell me to do, so I end up being myself, and most of the time, I’m rejected/judged for it (I was bullied in kindergarten for this lol). Sometimes, I am absolutely serious. I have cried, I have yelled, I have screamed, I have squeezed pillows in my frustration, but I also have frolicked in cotton candy meadows, daydreamed in class, laughed for no good reason whatsoever, and eaten a whole box of pizza in 10 minutes to cure myself of my boredom (HUGE APPETITES FTWWWWW). I like doing that, because it’s fun, so nowadays if I’m being forced to stop my habits and stop being me, I usually just quit what I’m doing (like some ECS). The only exception for this is the job I just finished now. I was obligated to work 75 hours in order to get tuition assistance, since my parents really need it, and I didn’t really like it, but my parents really needed the help so I worked hard for 75 hours and finally finished. FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. </p>

<p>Now, I’m not too sure how much I care anymore. o-o I’d say that most of the time, I don’t really care about what people say about me, but I know that sometime in the near future I’m probably going to end up saying something that will completely contradict everything I theorize now LOLOLOLOL.
I think I’m just really stubborn.</p>

<p>I love helping and pleasing others, and so whenever my parents/friends/teachers/classmates/coworkers don’t ask me to do something but look like they need help, I always try to lend them a hand. Often secretly because I like pretending to be a spy on a top secret mission but ANYWAYS MOVING ON. If I feel like the atmosphere requires solemnity, I can calm down from being my normally hyperactive self, smile, think for awhile, and be serious, but when someone tries to force me into it then I don’t want to do it.
I DUNNO. I THINK ALL OF THAT AYN RAND IS GETTING TO MY HEAD. o<strong>o
Speaking of heads. Ever since I took AP psych, I’ve been finding a million different ways to over-think everything, and so lately I’ve been paranoid. o3o For awhile, I thought I was proud of being nonconformist because if I dislike something, then I speak up about it and try to reason through to a solution… but then I realized. WHAT IF MY OPINIONS AREN’T MY OPINIONS. Even though I don’t share the same beliefs as my parents, I must have gotten my ideas from somewhere. What if reading and watching TV has indoctrinated strange morals and values into me and I haven’t even realized it yet? o</strong>_o WHAT IF EVERYTHING I KNOW IS WRONG AND EVERYONE ELSE ALSO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.
But then again, over-thinking/analyzing is how I almost got a B in English this semester lololol.</p>