(Gilmore Girls fan site)In the episode “Application Anxiety,” in reference to Sylvia Plath.
LORELAI: You can evaluate a significant experience that’s had an impact on you… Or you can write about a person who has had a significant influence on you.
RORY: You?
LORELAI: Or one of your authors, Faulkner or…
RORY: Or Sylvia Plath.
LORELAI: Hm, might send the wrong message.
RORY: The sticking her head in the oven thing?
LORELAI: Yeah. Although she did make her kids a snack first, shows a certain maternal instinct.
In filling out her application to Harvard, Rory faces the essay. The essay is one of the most important, most difficult, and most intimidating parts of the application process.
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