tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post6129005865878237740..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: In a short statement of 300-700 words,Sisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-7056183961378289042007-11-16T07:48:00.000-08:002007-11-16T07:48:00.000-08:00You pasted this from the NEH website, I swear :-)....You pasted this from the NEH website, I swear :-).undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-57629500980613915052007-11-15T07:31:00.000-08:002007-11-15T07:31:00.000-08:00Hee, hee, hee....Good luck with everything!Hee, hee, hee....<BR/><BR/>Good luck with everything!medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457130525946143002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-87979603002889745372007-11-15T04:34:00.000-08:002007-11-15T04:34:00.000-08:00A friend of mine wrote a 300-word statement like t...A friend of mine wrote a 300-word statement like that for a grant proposal recently, then read the instructions more carefully and realised to her horror that the limit was actually 300 CHARACTERS (including spaces and punctuation). She threatened to write it in mobile-phone-speak, because seriously, what can you say in 300 characters?StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-16024213125253942902007-11-14T15:07:00.000-08:002007-11-14T15:07:00.000-08:00I also hate the ones that require you to write way...I also hate the ones that require you to write way too many words about something that you don't have anything to say about. E.g.:<BR/><BR/>In 1000 words, describe how you expect to contribute to our department.<BR/><BR/>Or, better yet:<BR/><BR/>In 1000 words or less, describe how you will contribute to the diversity of our institution.<BR/><BR/>Okay, yeah, you can go under the 1000, but I do think you need to exceed the 2 I can come up with ("Not much").heu mihihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529298049179816825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-58205877802454138082007-11-14T10:06:00.000-08:002007-11-14T10:06:00.000-08:00You'd think that after years of grant proposals, f...You'd think that after years of grant proposals, fellowship proposals, and begging for money in general as a grad student that the word-count thing wouldn't sting. Alas, it still does. I'd do what a student of mine once did and superscript a number after every word...vChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07188867701718218161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-21040114972178325472007-11-14T07:56:00.000-08:002007-11-14T07:56:00.000-08:00I'd add the words! (and possibly also up the targe...I'd add the words! (and possibly also up the target count if I was feeling stickler-ish)kermitthefroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742856153167362749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-83403740487627898242007-11-13T21:18:00.000-08:002007-11-13T21:18:00.000-08:00Oh, and I forgot to add for all those people sayi...Oh, and I forgot to add for all those people saying on the <A HREF="http://community.livejournal.com/applyingtograd" REL="nofollow"> applying to grad school livejournal forum</A> "Ooh I hate writing these statement-of-purpose things and searching my soul and I will be <I>so</I> glad once I'm in grad school and will never have to deal with this again":<BR/><BR/>Run. Or get used to it. 'Cause from where I stand this shit just keeps comin'.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-41902087177896267942007-11-13T20:17:00.000-08:002007-11-13T20:17:00.000-08:00This reminds me somewhat of Borges's Chinese Encyc...This reminds me somewhat of Borges's Chinese Encyclopedia invoked in Foucault's Order of Things ...Liza Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105726464955172469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-41991787338146652442007-11-13T20:14:00.000-08:002007-11-13T20:14:00.000-08:00You forgot that they want to know dietary restrict...You forgot that they want to know dietary restrictions, allergies and meds...<BR/><BR/>700 is good. Keep it up!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-82035512208787431632007-11-13T19:38:00.000-08:002007-11-13T19:38:00.000-08:00PS I wrote 700 words today, but I won't add them t...PS I wrote 700 words today, but I won't add them to the wordmeter. Or actually, I wrote way more than 700 words, but that's all I'll get to keep.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.com