<p>did anyone actually try to work the humor angle on the personal statements? haha. i didn't for the ucs but my usc personal statement definately did.</p>
<p>I talked to the admissions director at Cal and she said generally when people try to incorporate humor into UC applications it doesn’t come off well in the essays.</p>
<p>i would imagine that being true because humor is so subjective. for example i didnt find that acceptance speech posted on CC funny but a lot of people did.</p>
<p>I talked about how I was a professional gamer and paid for my all my expenses from my winnings. It was nice, never had to get a real job.</p>
<p>AND janethedoe THANK YOU. I thought I was the only who didn’t think it was that funny.</p>
<p>I agree with you guys, I too didn’t find it that funny. The background music is what helped evoke “comic effect,” but only to little avail (imo). By the way, I heard the speaker plagiarized a lot of it and got in trouble.</p>
<p>lol im glad i had a choice to opt out of hearing it, i don’t know what i would have done were i in the audience, and had to sit through that crap.</p>
<p>i probably would have ripped apart my purple orchid lei and stuffed it in my ears.</p>
<p>Anyone have a link to this essay?</p>
<p>Unless your name is Swift or Twain, avoid attempting to be humorous in your writing.</p>
<p>I assume you’re talking about Taylor Swift and not Jonathan Swift in which case, yeah she’s hilarious.</p>
<p>Who the hell is that?</p>
<p>thank god im not the only one who thought that video was ■■■■■■■■… i was watching the video for the entire 7 minutes hoping for a funny moment… which never came :(</p>
<p>honestly, it wasnt that funny either.</p>