Should I avoid writing about my experience as a Congressional Page? - Page 2

diamondprynzez · 06-30-2007, 07:14 PM

don't talk about what you did, but what being there meant to you, and how it affected you and changed your outlook on things.

13579 · 06-30-2007, 08:18 PM

Why would this be?

UMrunner08 · 06-30-2007, 09:36 PM

because you really don't do anything remarkable as a page... lets be honest: you run errands all day... but you can still use this to write a good essay, just dont get wound up in the day-to-day details

13579 · 07-01-2007, 03:51 PM

got it... thanks for the advice all

1MX · 07-02-2007, 01:21 AM

GO FOR IT that's probably the most important thing in your life. let them know it!

AznN3rd · 07-02-2007, 05:49 PM

doesn't a page just prove that you were related to a congressman, as they are the ones that nominate you?

UMrunner08 · 07-02-2007, 05:55 PM

lol, 99% of what you think a congressman does personally, their staff actually does. so no, a congressman doesnt personally nominate people for being a page

AznN3rd · 07-03-2007, 01:09 AM

so then you will have to be related to the aides of a congressman. Classic nepotism.

13579 · 07-03-2007, 02:11 PM

actually in many cases the page nomination process is a highly competitive one. I had to contact my congressman and ask him for the application packet, which multiple people filled out and submitted to his office. I don't know who makes the decisions in his office but whoever it was didn't know me and chose me out of the applicant pool. granted, some pages are nominated because their dad works in the capitol or because their mom works with the congressman, but in no way is that the rule