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Friday, August 13, 2004
7:15 PM

so today, i found out certain things which i'm supposed to know about my future, but i didn't know. great. so they say, for university application, you need both a testimonial and a personal statement.

1. The former is just a document stating all your achievements (if any) collated over the years of academia pursued.
2. While schools do provide testiomonials, apparently these testimonials are inadequate if you are intending to apply to foriegn universities, so effectively, you have to produce your own version of your testimonial.
3. The personal statement is, as implied, a statement about who you are. Basically, you have to come up with your personal statement, and it does not follow any particular structure or does not have to include any particular content.
4. The personal statement effectively makes or breaks your university application (!), ie. given intense competition, personal statement holds key value in judging whether you will be offered a place in your desired university (of course, assuming that you have 4 As which is the prerequisite anyway).
5. Therefore, the personal statement will have to convince the university why you are so deserving of a place in the desired faculty.

so i was like, wtf? i missed out so much juz cos i didnt attend the university admission talks? geez.. so i actually contemplated on what i'd possibly like to read in university.

1. Biology
2. Geography
3. Economics
4. International Relations

WTF. so is it faculty of science? or faculty of arts? omg...i can't even decide on that, and whats worse.. i only considered what i'd like to read in university. i didnt not measure my competence, or capability...or even career prospects.

zzzz.... what the hell. i'll just set aside this heavy burden for now.. and concentrate on studying for the econs mock exam? wow, there's 19 chapters.. i've studied 4.