Outsourcing personal statement? seriously?
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:52 am
So I've been reading the TLS forums for awhile now, tons of helpful tips here, I take the LSAT Oct9th, and am just beginning the law school application process myself. For awhile now I've been picking up freelance writing work on oDesk, and its not a bad way to make extra money, plus I figured all the extra writing would help prepare me for the amount I'll have to do in law school, regardless, I stumbled across this job posting today and thought you guys might enjoy it....
"Job Posting:
Law School Personal Statement
I want to hire someone who is excellent at writing. I will give the topic to write about, and this person must have a tremendous vocabulary, as well as the ability to have different styles of writing. You will not be able to copy and paste someone elses work because i have the program that can find out if you plagiarized. This must be in your own words.
Topic: Describe any life experiences that led you into the career of law, or how these experiences would make you an effective lawyer.
I want humor in the writing also once i hire you i will give you a few topics i want to touch up on. Will be directly working with you on this project.
If you have past work of sample essays that you wrote that would be great. I need to see that you are an excellent writer"
I'm assuming this is for real. How asinine is that? Or is this something people actually do? Can I just have a few drinks, record myself talking about myself, ship it off to a ghostwriter and have a stellar personal statement in a few days.....
"Job Posting:
Law School Personal Statement
I want to hire someone who is excellent at writing. I will give the topic to write about, and this person must have a tremendous vocabulary, as well as the ability to have different styles of writing. You will not be able to copy and paste someone elses work because i have the program that can find out if you plagiarized. This must be in your own words.
Topic: Describe any life experiences that led you into the career of law, or how these experiences would make you an effective lawyer.
I want humor in the writing also once i hire you i will give you a few topics i want to touch up on. Will be directly working with you on this project.
If you have past work of sample essays that you wrote that would be great. I need to see that you are an excellent writer"
I'm assuming this is for real. How asinine is that? Or is this something people actually do? Can I just have a few drinks, record myself talking about myself, ship it off to a ghostwriter and have a stellar personal statement in a few days.....