Tutor Joy

This week I got an email out of the blue. It was from my old Chinese tutor from my time in Beijing. She wanted me to help her correct a personal statement she was making for her applications to U.S. grad schools. I jumped at the chance. For me it is pretty cool, first since she is applying to ND and second since she helped me so much for 3 months in Beijing that this is sort of my chance to give back to her. She is going to have a killer statement if I can help it. I just haven’t decided how much of my voice should come through (I mean it is sort of unfair if it becomes my personal statement and her voice is lost—unfair to her and to any future school that she tried to apply to since they are getting something totally different from the essay the receive).