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		| Originally posted by irseg On a side note, what the fuck is the point of those things anyway? How about "I want to pay this institution so I can attend its classes" for a personal statement? I don't have to write a persuasive essay to Wal-Mart explaining why they should sell me a case of motor oil..
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 Well, if you have more applicants than spots, you're going to have to have some basis for selection.  I think it's better to take a personal statement into consideration than to do it based on test-scores alone...