jrandhawa Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 During the writing station, I spent way too much time planning my essay...I had barely begun my intro paragraph when I was told there was 5 (or 15...can't remember now) minutes remaining. Anyways I rushed through three paragraphs (barely legible, though my writing is usually very neat) and was just about to start my conclusion when time ran out. Needless to say, I was horrified! Yet, I feel that I did well on the other stations. Anyone else have a similar experience? How did you find the writing station? Do you have any ideas about how much it might be weighted in the interview/admission process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcoast11 Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Good question. I have no idea what they truly look for. Part of me thinks it's more of a quick test to demonstrate you have written English communication ability (that they could see easily from skimming your essay), but part of me thinks they actually do evaluate the content, flow, organization of your essay. It's hard to say, and as a fellow applicant (i.e. not adcom) I really don't know. I can imagine that it would definitely require a lot more effort/resources to do the latter, however. Maybe someone who knows more can chime in? That being said, I know it probably seems horrifying, and I understand why you're feeling so bad, but there is no use in beating yourself up over it now. All we can do at this point is to wait and enjoy ourselves in the meantime. Best of luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceWine Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 During the writing station, I spent way too much time planning my essay...I had barely begun my intro paragraph when I was told there was 5 (or 15...can't remember now) minutes remaining. Anyways I rushed through three paragraphs (barely legible, though my writing is usually very neat) and was just about to start my conclusion when time ran out. Needless to say, I was horrified! Yet, I feel that I did well on the other stations. Anyone else have a similar experience? How did you find the writing station? Do you have any ideas about how much it might be weighted in the interview/admission process? I thought I wrote the best essays and they didn't like them. Just relax and enjoy life and forget about it until May;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottoncandy6827 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 I thought I wrote the best essays and they didn't like them. Just relax and enjoy life and forget about it until May;) How do you know they didn't like them? do they give you a score or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaVen777 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 My essays were complete crap at UBC last year. I couldn't even read half of it when I was finished. I doubt they could. Still ended up getting in off the waitlist. wait and see. I thought that I failed the Calgary essay last year, but it went fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrandhawa Posted March 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I deeply appreciate all of your supportive comments. Thank-You! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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