I cringed while writing my own essays, and I know that my writing is worse quality when I don’t feel like I can communicate anything.
This, this, a thousand times this. Admissions essays were the most nail-bitingly painful thing I have ever written, and they always came out poorly written in addition to being substanceless drivel. Eventually I just gritted my teeth, wrote them, and then sent them off without worrying as much about quality as I normally would. I’m very happy the process is over.
In any case, best of luck with your admissions essays, Normal_Anomaly.
This, this, a thousand times this. Admissions essays were the most nail-bitingly painful thing I have ever written, and they always came out poorly written in addition to being substanceless drivel. Eventually I just gritted my teeth, wrote them, and then sent them off without worrying as much about quality as I normally would. I’m very happy the process is over.
In any case, best of luck with your admissions essays, Normal_Anomaly.