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The Most Stupid College Interview Responses: The Fabricated Inspirational Story

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Elizabeth Camche and Abby Fernandez

#4: The Fabricated Inspirational Story

Interviewer: So what challenges would you say you’ve overcome during your high school days?

Interviewee: Well-like- I was supposed to, like, have a party for my sweet sixteen and then my Dad’s bonus salary at AIG got cut by ten percent, so I was, like, the family should come first instead.

Interviewer: So you cancelled the party?

Interviewee: No, but One Direction didn’t come. Instead, it was just Asher Roth; most people would probably have just sat in their room and cried for only getting a D list celebrity to come to their sweet 16, but now I appreciate what poor people have to go through so much more.

Lesson: This tip is pretty simple- but it can be difficult to abide by. Don’t make up or over exaggerate your life problems in order to seem heroic. Growing up in Westport doesn’t provide the best plot for one’s future auto-biography, but making things up could really give the admissions counselor a sleazy impression.

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Erik Sommer ’13, Opinions Editor for Inklings, is a man with a strong voice, in more ways than one. His favorite perk of being involved in journalism is questioning things and making people think. His voice in writing particularly shines through as he talks about the subjects he enjoys covering most. His preferred topic to report on would be one that is meaningful, not “superficial” or full of “fluff”.  He believes that the only way to make progress in fixing a problem is to show people that there is a problem out there that needs solving. For example, because Sommer disliked the way news sources were covering only personal issues and campaign strategy regarding the 2012 Republican primary race, he wrote a piece in which he sarcastically evaluated the candidates’ actual transcripts. His never-ending hope is that his readers take something away from his writing. Sommer’s passionate writing voice is not his only strength, though. His speaking voice is prominent as well. While living in England when he was in fourth grade, he was asked to do a voiceover for a young boy in the movie “Batman Begins”. “I worked with the great Christopher Nolan for two hours and they recorded my beautiful voice,” said Sommer.

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