I have 3 cats and 2 dogs. I walk my dogs frequently. I work at the grocery store down the street. I am thinking of going back to college. I want to go to an Ivy League school. I grew up in a small town.  We walked everywhere when we lived there. I like computer science. I took an online coding class. I code in python. I take courses on Coursera.
I live alone and do not have any pets. I am unemployed, but looking for a new job. I like reading, and feel as if I am too old to go back to college. I like going for walks. I listen to books on tape. I took a coding class.
I am going to apply to Yale. That's great!  What major are you applying for? I'm going to put on my application that I want to major in applied math, as supposedly there are very few people going for that major at Yale. That said, I'll switch to computer science if I actually get in lol. Lol you're trying to game the system?  Smart, considering Yale has a low acceptance rate. Exactly, the numbers are so low that you need to have some sort of hook. I'll definitely mention in my essay that I work in a grocery store; maybe that will score some brownie points haha. Maybe talk about your "troubled past"?  Haha Haha yes, and all the lessons I learned along the way. It's getting ridiculous. It used to be that all you needed were good grades and a high SAT score. Yeah college is more about who you know nowadays.  Do you know anyone who could help convince admissions and get you in? There's actually a regular customer at our store who went there. He's always wearing a Yale baseball cap, and I asked him about it one time. I should see if he might be willing to write me a recommendation letter. Yeah, maybe he could even slide them $100,000 if he's rich?  I heard that some people do that from the new documentary. Which documentary is that? I'd love to see it lol. But yeah, between legacy admissions and huge donors, it's hard for the small fry to get a fair shake. Oh, I forgot what it was called.  Some guy was fudging students' admissions to get them into any school they wanted.  They would pay him and the schools millions of dollars.