University Applications Pillows

"Cheer up, Nicole! What does Princeton know? Say, you got any plans for that last bit of cobbler?"

"The extent of your extracurricular activities in high school, may very well be participation in regular program of oral hygiene using an effective decay preventaative tooth paste, but that won't get you into a good university."

"Stop applying! You've been accepted to three universities!"

"Actually, I'm hoping what I'm going to be when I grow up hasn't been invented yet."

"Fill out an application? Can't I just text it?"

"He's having a hard time finding work."

"Still, diving for it would look good on my college application.

'Another football scholarship offer?'

Procrastinator Foumdation: 'We're putting off the decision to fund you for at least another month...'

My belief is if you're old enough to take texts, counter-texts, and meta-texts in Western Philosophy, you should be old enough to drink.

'I know my resume makes me seem overtrained, but I really wasn't paying attention.'

"So what makes you think you're the man for the job?"

I think you'll appreciate my resume. It's printed on a fridge magnet.

'This scholarship application is great. You must have received an A in creative writing.'

"Hey, there's Sara, padding her college-entrance résumé!"

"To be clear you are willing to labor under misconceptions?"

"Just as I thought! You used our competitor's paper for your resume!"

'It's my application to Harvard...'

"If I'd known you were not looking for experience I wouldn't have lied on my CV."

'Does it matter what answer I put down? After all, this is Liberal Arts.'

End of Affirmative Action

What do you think of the application so far?

Pinara fund

State U. He procrastinated and is now trying to do all the work for his middle English literature class in a couple of days. "Canterburied," is he?!

Cover Design for Cambridge ABC (Student Magazine)

'Maybe we should have been a bit more specific in the ad...'

"Will this job involve multiple choice, true and false, or essay questions?"

"Of course I'm not quitting school, Dad! If anything, I've learned that if you want to succeed, you need passion and leadership and a whatever-it-takes attitude!"

Bureaucratic Position Interview

',,,and you can name your salary as long as it falls within our range of underpaid employees,'

"If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

The bane of every college applicant: the admissions essay.

Waiting for the results.

"At this school we stress critical thinking. And right now I'm very critical of your thinking."

"Buy stock in a college?...I don't think you can...but why would we?"