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Apparently the law says it can be destroyed by staff...but if we were caught transporting it to the school, we could very easily be arrested and prosecuted (we would have to prove in a court of law that we intended to take them to be destroyed).

So they may be on safe legal ground in that regard, but the reasoning behind it could still be criminal, ultimately.

Plus they just generally sound like a sack of jerks.

I did have to restrain myself when our "team leader" and brave shouter at children went off on a 2 minute tirade (I timed it) against one of my co-workers during the meeting.

I'm hoping my look of complete disdain conveyed my feelings well enough, and I know that member of staff is going to put in a formal complaint, but I still feel I should have interjected and said something.

I may have overreacted to his lack of propriety; not a very receptive state.  Cool restraint now possible.

[LMNO]

I'm kind of freaking out over not knowing what sort of writing sample to submit for the neuroscience graduate program. A research paper? A poster?

This is probably not helpful: submit something that shows you're an interesting human willing to work to learn things and find stuff out, because discovery is cool.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm kind of freaking out over not knowing what sort of writing sample to submit for the neuroscience graduate program. A research paper? A poster?

This is probably not helpful: submit something that shows you're an interesting human willing to work to learn things and find stuff out, because discovery is cool.

The problem is that the instructions say "a writing sample". That's it.

Yet, it's a science program. So they likely want a sample of science writing, ie. a research paper, abstract, or poster.

Most biology graduate programs don't ask for a writing sample at all.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The statement of purpose is a completely separate piece of writing, not to be confused with a writing sample.

[LMNO]

Nailed it! Not helpful.

[Faust]

I wish I was crazy or a zealot.
Nihilism is boring.

Then do it. You're a  Nihilist, there's nothing stopping you.

[Don Coyote]

I'm kind of freaking out over not knowing what sort of writing sample to submit for the neuroscience graduate program. A research paper? A poster?

This is probably not helpful: submit something that shows you're an interesting human willing to work to learn things and find stuff out, because discovery is cool.

The problem is that the instructions say "a writing sample". That's it.

Yet, it's a science program. So they likely want a sample of science writing, ie. a research paper, abstract, or poster.

Most biology graduate programs don't ask for a writing sample at all.

Ask someone involved with the graduate admissions. I've found the ones working at the schools I'm applying to, to be very helpful.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm kind of freaking out over not knowing what sort of writing sample to submit for the neuroscience graduate program. A research paper? A poster?

This is probably not helpful: submit something that shows you're an interesting human willing to work to learn things and find stuff out, because discovery is cool.

The problem is that the instructions say "a writing sample". That's it.

Yet, it's a science program. So they likely want a sample of science writing, ie. a research paper, abstract, or poster.

Most biology graduate programs don't ask for a writing sample at all.

Ask someone involved with the graduate admissions. I've found the ones working at the schools I'm applying to, to be very helpful.

Yes, that and talking to my advisor are the obvious solutions, neither of which was available to me last night when I was posting because they were at home and not at work.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Nailed it! Not helpful.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Have you tried throwing fistfuls of sacrificial goat entrails into a fiery pit while screaming curses into the indifferent Void?

I mean I'm not an expert or anything but that just seems like the solution from where I'm standing, imo.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That was nothing like the level of not helpful I received when I posted a question on my FB wall last night. A couple of my friends really went above and beyond in the not helpful department. I believe I received two "A research poster wouldn't fly in the social sciences", two "talk to your adviser"s, and at least one "email the admissions liaison", because those are things that would clearly never occur to me.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Have you tried throwing fistfuls of sacrificial goat entrails into a fiery pit while screaming curses into the indifferent Void?

I mean I'm not an expert or anything but that just seems like the solution from where I'm standing, imo.

That sounds pretty much exactly like the grad school application process.

Also, literally the most helpful advice I've received since last Wednesday.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Then do it. You're a  Nihilist, there's nothing stopping you.

This is the best thing I've read all month.   

[Cain]

Apparently the law says it can be destroyed by staff...but if we were caught transporting it to the school, we could very easily be arrested and prosecuted (we would have to prove in a court of law that we intended to take them to be destroyed).

So they may be on safe legal ground in that regard, but the reasoning behind it could still be criminal, ultimately.

Plus they just generally sound like a sack of jerks.

I did have to restrain myself when our "team leader" and brave shouter at children went off on a 2 minute tirade (I timed it) against one of my co-workers during the meeting.

I'm hoping my look of complete disdain conveyed my feelings well enough, and I know that member of staff is going to put in a formal complaint, but I still feel I should have interjected and said something.

I rarely know what to do with people like that.

Well, I've decided I wont go to any staff party he is present.

Drinking alcohol around him would make suppressing the urge to punch his face actually literally impossible.  Beyond that...I'll tell my coworker I'll back her complaint, and if he ever speaks to someone like that again, I'm going to suggest that either he leaves, or the rest of the staff do, since he's not interested in having any kind of productive conversation.

And I'm sure you've already thought of this, but do you have any especially highly rated pieces of writing from previous University assignments?  I considered using some from my first degree for my application, but ultimately I wasn't satisfied with them in comparison with writing a new piece entirely.

[Faust]

Then do it. You're a  Nihilist, there's nothing stopping you.

This is the best thing I've read all month.   

Thanks, I was afraid it was cutting it dangerously close to being a pun.