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autobiography?

Post by 052106 » Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:33 pm

Guys, I have a very rich set of unusual circamstences in my life (immigrant, parents devorced, came to the US young alone, worked full time since 15, and so on...). I want to make my PS a short autobiography, just telling about my life, how I got to this point? do you guys think this is ok? I was told to stay away from solely autobiographical PS....
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Re: autobiography?

Post by merichard87 » Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:56 pm

i think the sentiment about staying away from autobiographical ps topics has more to do with rehashing your resume. if you want to talk about your life's experiences outside of things on your resume i think that would be ok.

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Re: autobiography?

Post by 052106 » Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:17 pm

well, my PS has some stuff from the resume but I mostly talk about the way I grew up and wondered around the world. My resume is more of job summary

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