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Owww. My wallet. GRE examination fees are 115 dollars. I suppose I could have tried to apply for a fee waiver, but no time. Owwwww.

Meeeep.

Personal Statement of Educational and Professional Goals

The Personal Statement offers you the opportunity to communicate to the Admissions Committee your personal aspirations regarding your future in the library and information science professions. This statement could include your reasons for applying to the MLIS program, experiences and skills you would bring to the program, your special interests and abilities, what you expect to accomplish through this program, and your tentative goals for a professional career.

The Information School believes that diversity contributes to the intellectual and social enrichment of the School. We welcome applicants who have varied cultural, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds. If you wish to have these factors included in the review of your application, please include in your statement a section concerning relevant factors such as personal history, family background, and influences on your intellectual development. This statement could include cultural and educational opportunities (or lack thereof), social and economic disadvantages that you may have had to overcome, and the ways in which these experiences affected you.

*head in hands* Is their intention to make them so grandiose they scare the shit out of you?