Writing a personal statement as a white male Forum

Mauve Dinosaur · Post by **Mauve Dinosaur** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:24 pm

I came from a nice, stable middle-class family too! This is brutal. What the hell do they expect me to write?!

23402385985 · Post by **23402385985** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:26 pm

Just mention how you love being white, etc. Go full on Louis C.K. on them.

094320 · Post by **094320** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:26 pm

20121109 · Post by **20121109** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:28 pm

acrossthelake wrote:
Yes, because the only thing minorities and females write about is that they're minorities and female. And white men can't possibly have anything interesting to say about themselves. Really?

Exactly.

As a minority female, I didn't mention either my sex or my race in my PS, and didn't even include a DS.

Ernert · Post by **Ernert** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:28 pm

acrossthelake wrote:
Yes, because the only thing minorities and females write about is that they're minorities and female. And white men can't possibly have anything interesting to say about themselves. Really?

+1

Diversity statement may be tough to pull off, but PS you'll be fine.

Bildungsroman · Post by **Bildungsroman** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:29 pm

This isn't a diversity statement; you don't need any special race, gender, or background to write one. Have you ever been in a leadership position? Struggled with a difficult project (not a class project)? Done something ambitious and failed/succeeded? Done anything that broadened your cultural experience? Volunteered? These are all questions that can help you find a PS topic. Hell, I'm as undistinguished and plain as they come and I still found a PS to write.

Samara · Post by **Samara** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:32 pm

joncrooshal wrote:Just mention how you love being white, etc. Go full on Louis C.K. on them.

I don't know up about you, but as a white male, I am definitely re-upping this year. (Also, I wrote my PS about a particular academic/advocacy interest of mine.)

23402385985 · Post by **23402385985** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:36 pm

Samara wrote:
joncrooshal wrote:Just mention how you love being white, etc. Go full on Louis C.K. on them.
I don't know up about you, but as a white male, I am definitely re-upping this year. (Also, I wrote my PS about a particular academic/advocacy interest of mine.)

I already sent in my application to re-up. Don't forget, (white) guys!

paratactical · Post by **paratactical** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:38 pm

Write about that bake sale you're planning.

23402385985 · Post by **23402385985** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:41 pm

paratactical wrote:Write about that bake sale you're planning.

Look, not all white guys are into meth.

kublaikahn · Post by **kublaikahn** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:44 am

Write about growing a hairy back and having bad skin in high school. You poor bastard. Or how your parents made you pay for your own car insurance after you crashed your mom's audi.

sach1282 · Post by **sach1282** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:13 pm

See the Ask Asha post about the overcoming obstacle PS (http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... art-i.aspx)

You don't have to write about a problem to have a successful PS.

071816 · Post by **071816** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:16 pm

Write about going camping with your family and your love of frisbee sports.

caminante · Post by **caminante** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:13 pm

chimp wrote:Write about going camping with your family and your love of frisbee sports.

Don't forget to mention skiing, sailing, and golf.

LawSchoolChampion · Post by **LawSchoolChampion** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:20 pm

Talk about how your love of mayonnaise and white bread has brought you to a new intellectual level.

In fact - don't.

That is my PS.

jim-green · Post by **jim-green** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:43 am

Samara wrote:I don't know up about you, but as a white male, I am definitely re-upping this year. (Also, I wrote my PS about a particular academic/advocacy interest of mine.)

What does re-up mean?

Samara · Post by **Samara** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:02 pm

jim-green wrote:
Samara wrote:I don't know up about you, but as a white male, I am definitely re-upping this year. (Also, I wrote my PS about a particular academic/advocacy interest of mine.)
What does re-up mean?

It's a paraphrasing of a Louis C.K. bit about being a white guy. The use of the term "re-up" in this context is ironic because it typically means to replenish one's stash of illicit drugs one is selling (stereotypically associated with inner-city African-American males), though "re-up" has entered the American lexicon with a more general meaning of replenishing or resubscribing. </pedant>

drmguy · Post by **drmguy** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:04 pm

joncrooshal wrote:Just mention how you love being white, etc. Go full on Louis C.K. on them.

+1

bjsesq · Post by **bjsesq** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:05 pm

Amazing how many people bit on this one.

rinkrat19 · Post by **rinkrat19** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:06 pm

Samara wrote:
jim-green wrote:
Samara wrote:I don't know up about you, but as a white male, I am definitely re-upping this year. (Also, I wrote my PS about a particular academic/advocacy interest of mine.)
What does re-up mean?
It's a paraphrasing of a Louis C.K. bit about being a white guy. The use of the term "re-up" in this context is ironic because it typically means to replenish one's stash of illicit drugs one is selling (stereotypically associated with inner-city African-American males), though "re-up" has entered the American lexicon with a more general meaning of replenishing or resubscribing. </pedant>

I always thought that 're-up' originally referred to reinlisting in the military. I've never heard it used in reference to drug stashes.

071816 · Post by **071816** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:11 pm

rinkrat19 wrote:
Samara wrote:
jim-green wrote:
Samara wrote:I don't know up about you, but as a white male, I am definitely re-upping this year. (Also, I wrote my PS about a particular academic/advocacy interest of mine.)
What does re-up mean?
It's a paraphrasing of a Louis C.K. bit about being a white guy. The use of the term "re-up" in this context is ironic because it typically means to replenish one's stash of illicit drugs one is selling (stereotypically associated with inner-city African-American males), though "re-up" has entered the American lexicon with a more general meaning of replenishing or resubscribing. </pedant>
I always thought that 're-up' originally referred to reinlisting in the military. I've never heard it used in reference to drug stashes.

That's the only context in which I've ever heard the phrase lol

rinkrat19 · Post by **rinkrat19** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:31 pm

chimp wrote:
rinkrat19 wrote:I always thought that 're-up' originally referred to reinlisting in the military. I've never heard it used in reference to drug stashes.
That's the only context in which I've ever heard the phrase lol

Merriam-Webster sez:
re–up verb \(ˌ)rē-ˈəp\
intransitive verb
: to sign on again <re-upped with the team for three more years>; especially : to enlist again

Origin of RE-UP
re- + sign up
First Known Use: circa 1906

Samara · Post by **Samara** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:01 pm

rinkrat19 wrote:
chimp wrote:
rinkrat19 wrote:I always thought that 're-up' originally referred to reinlisting in the military. I've never heard it used in reference to drug stashes.
That's the only context in which I've ever heard the phrase lol
Merriam-Webster sez:
re–up verb \(ˌ)rē-ˈəp\
intransitive verb
: to sign on again <re-upped with the team for three more years>; especially : to enlist again

Origin of RE-UP
re- + sign up
First Known Use: circa 1906

Huh, learn something new every day. I've always just seen that as re-enlist. I've only ever heard re-up from The Wire, etc.

ETA: I'm pretty sure Louis C.K. was referencing it as a drug term, but who knows.

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