What the heck... care to check out my roommate short essay?

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>Since I’ve already pretty much written off Stanford as a realistic prospect and will apply solely to amuse myself (sniff sniff), I’ll just post it here instead of suffer through PMs:</p>

<pre><code> ‘Ell there roomie! I 'm sure we’ll have mighty good time. You’ve probably noticed that I made myself totally at home here; moving around so many times in eighteen years can give that ability to a person. Don’t worry, you can check out my exotic collection of tidbits. You might have noticed a set of strange literature next to my bed, with words that resemble no Chinese characters that you’ve ever seen. Well, Smarty-pants, that’s because they’re in Hebrew! That’s right, Mr. Adventurer here has lived in Israel for four years of mental kicks in the nuts (fortunately, the physical kind occurred a tad less often). You might’ve also noticed that the books looks suspiciously like a bunch of fantasy books… and Goosebumps. Not exactly the type of literature a Stanford student typically reads, right? Well, they’re here for gratitude as well as leisure; these books saved my sanity in Israel, so they hold highly sentimental values.
Yet, more importantly, these books remind me every day of my greatest failure: the loss of an entire language. Through gross neglect and brain damage, my ability to use Hebrew is now limited to saying “I don’t know Hebrew.” The fact that I could lose such a giant chunk of knowledge shames me, and everywhere I look, the books taunt me, daring me to read them once more; but I dare! The shame doesn’t consume me; it only fuels my desire to regain what I lost. I bring these books here for that reason: to prove to myself I will never avoid my faliures, and to always learn from them.
Ultimately, the books are here to stand testament to some of my most fundamental characteristics: I remember both good times and big losses, and what I lose, I will get back.
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<p>Oh, and remember, I know where you live.</p>

<p>If you didn’t catch it, the last part was to give my message a practical effect of saying: don’t steal my stuff, *****, because I’ll never forget, and I’ll hunt you down.</p>

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<p>actually I am gonna to start my essay pretty soon…I really have no idea what to write…</p>

<p>didnt really read your essay carefully, but thanks for sharing.</p>

<p>btw, should the short essay be this long?</p>

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<p>Ray, I sent you a PM.</p>

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<p>this long? it was short to me… god im never going to fit everything i want to say…</p>

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<p>wow…I thought it should only be about 200 words</p>

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<p>Your character length is 1732. 1597 is maximum allowed in the space. You’ve got to edit!</p>

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<p>i don’t think so. they let you go over by a little bit. I played aroudn with it, not sure of the maximum, but the character counter does dip into the negatives, so that means 1600++ characters.</p>