<p>whether or not the way i see it is correct is irrelevent, its the way americans see it and thats where you're going to school. im not saying im right, im just saying thats the US way</p>
<p>I said "words can't describe." Three words just aren't enough to describe me completely neither are a hundred words. I hope that doesn't come off as too pretentious.</p>
<p>trojans14-
i think it's charming.
but i guess that depends on the tone of the rest of your app as well. :)</p>
<p>Well, why'd you go with that one? It's a pretty big risk any way you slice it.</p>
<p>'Agreeable', 'traditional', 'respectful'....'conventional' even. All sexy choices that imply the same thing as "Conformist" without the rather unpleasant imagery of either being a pushover or a right-wing militant.</p>
<p>I put some humor into my other quick takes so I guess they should get the idea that I was going for something funny/lighthearted.</p>
<p>Passionate, Charismatic , and Tenacious. :)</p>
<p>Good,
Bad,
Ugly
Just kidding. I watch too much cowboy movies.</p>
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milkdud... the way you use conformist is absolutely wrong....</p>
<p>a conformist by any definition is a person who follows the social conventions...</p>
<p>the word is wrongly used in US... but I will clarify it on Monday.
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<p>Words have both connotative and denotative meanings. You may or may not find connotation in a dictionary, but that doesn't mean it's incorrect usage. You may not have been exposed to the connotative meaning, and as a non-native speaker no one can blame you, but I'd venture to say that among native American speakers it has almost universally negative connotations. Given how we exported a lot of our hippie culture in the 60's and 70's, I'll guess you'll find that's true in most other English speaking countries.</p>
<p>I'm saying this because it may just help you. If you tell the USC adcom, as you've told us, that they don't understand the proper use of the word then you're going to get a negative reaction. If you explain that as a non-native speaker you did not understand the negative connotations of what you wrote then you will get a much better reaction.</p>
<p>I agree with KG, mkenien, you thought you picked the perfect word, but unfortunately the dictionary definition does not take into account connotations of the word in every day life.</p>
<p>I was scared to tell anyone this in case I got rejected, because it was a SUPER ballsy move on my part, and I didn't want people telling me, "you shouldn't have said that..." and increase my paranoia... but this is what I put for my 3 words...</p>
<p>"Future USC graduate"</p>
<p>I got accepted. lol.</p>
<p>^ Ha that's nice.</p>
<p>idioteque-DID YOU SERIOUSLY?!</p>
<p>that is pretty ridiculously awesome</p>
<p>I REALLY REALLY DID. I was too scared to tell anyone lol.</p>