#I need to find a way to download the ineffable feeling of how actually thrilled I would genuinely be into her brain

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how do you write a grad school statement of purpose talking about a professor you really admire and love the work of, who's research genuinely represents EXACTLY the kind of work you want to do not just in grad school but forever and ever and ever since you were in 7th grade, without sounding like a crazed fangirl?

asking for a friend.

#It's just- AHHH it's SO COOL #But I can't just SAY that because when you use too many superlatives even when you really mean them it comes of as insincere #Words are cheap! Everyone applicant writes that they'd be 'thrilled to work with' the group they're applying for so it doesn't mean anythin #I need to find a way to download the ineffable feeling of how actually thrilled I would genuinely be into her brain #honestly though this is not a bad problem to have #I am really excited about this person's work to the point that even if I don't get into their program or get to work with them #I still want to do a PhD thesis that would give me ample opportunities to cite them #grad school jeremiad