How honest are people being about wanting to pivot careers in their essays. I keep toning mine down to sound more focused, but the truth is I’m still figuring it out. Idk if thats sloppy to admit.

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Do you mean lying about what you want to pivot into or if you want to pivot at all? IMO most people just say whatever to get accepted.

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