hey peeps
My personal statement was actually about my coming out process and the hatred and ignorance I faced from my own parents.....i talked about how until that moment i had been following their dream...and it allowed me to see myself as an individual for the first time.....
I am an August Mcater....and so far I have received 2 interviews....UCSD and UCLA......
when i went to my ucsd interview just this past thrusday.....BOTH of my interviewers were quite nice, comfortable, and very sympathetic about it.....actually one of my interviewers was quite into the activism that i was into
I think that my homosexuality has shaped part of who i am...and it has indeed made me a stronger and more confident person....since i have been abused verbally and physically in school about this....i have overcome a lot.....
i am sure that perhaps some schools may not have been "approving" but in all reality i could care less.....id rather go to a school that is accepting of all students, no matter what culture, background, religion, race, or sexuality they represent.
so far UCSD has been great....they are even starting to form a new LGBT student group
i personally dont think that being open in your application hurts....the point is they want to know you.....even though it is not anyone's business....you dont have to share it....but since it has shaped my life so extremely.....i would be keeping a major part of myself if i left it out
well thats my 2 cents
good luck everyone on waiting, interviewing, and getting accepted!! the process will soooon be over!
"Can you lick my wounds please
Can you make it numb
And kill the pain like cortizone
And grant me intimacy
How'll we split your chromosomes "
---MASSIVE ATTACK