College Grads/Students using the phrase, "I am a rising..."
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Like other posters, I've used and heard the phrase, "rising" whatever, for a long time and know that it means that they are finishing one year and about to embark on the next. It's used by all students from elementary through College.
So, then what does it imply? That the applicant is just pulling your leg? That they are really just a lazy lump, yet want to give the impression that they are 'rising'?
The title of this thread is College Grads/Students using the phrase...That implies that the applicant has intentions of being upwardly-mobile and not settling for the bottom or even middle.
So please, enlighten me. How am I a good example of someone who does not 'get it' let alone not wanting to?
Now, if it simply means moving from one grade level to the next that is one thing, however if that is the case the OP needs to remove College Grad from the title unless these grads are entering grad school. Anyways, I posted my reply based on what was written in the OP.
It simply means you're in-between grades. I never used it in school, however, I know people who did and it was never used in an "I'm better than you" way. This was clarified probably a dozen times in the prior pages.
The OP didn't know what the phrase meant, hence the reason for the thread. I do agree the name of the thread is confusing, however, the OP never mentions Grads in his/her post, only students.
I get to read students' cover letters for job applications sometimes, and if I ever read "I am a rising..." again I think I'm going to puke.
The OP didn't know what the phrase meant, hence the reason for the thread. I do agree the name of the thread is confusing, however, the OP never mentions Grads in his/her post, only students.
Yes, only students in the OP, yet the title of the thread specifically states college grads AND students. Now, with that, one can only surmise that the OP is reading applications/resumes from people who have already graduated from college. Why that is so hard to deduce is beyond me. And yes, I get the whole point about moving up from grade X to grade Y. But like I wrote, the OP leads to the possibility that he is reading resumes that use the phrase I am a rising... from students who already graduated. I read it like it was wrote.
Yes, only students in the OP, yet the title of the thread specifically states college grads AND students. Now, with that, one can only surmise that the OP is reading applications/resumes from people who have already graduated from college. Why that is so hard to deduce is beyond me. And yes, I get the whole point about moving up from grade X to grade Y. But like I wrote, the OP leads to the possibility that he is reading resumes that use the phrase I am a rising... from students who already graduated. I read it like it was wrote.
Yeah, I agree, that does seem weird to use it in that context. Do they mean like "aspiring" or something?
Yes, only students in the OP, yet the title of the thread specifically states college grads AND students. Now, with that, one can only surmise that the OP is reading applications/resumes from people who have already graduated from college. Why that is so hard to deduce is beyond me. And yes, I get the whole point about moving up from grade X to grade Y. But like I wrote, the OP leads to the possibility that he is reading resumes that use the phrase I am a rising... from students who already graduated. I read it like it was wrote.
You could of clarified things for yourself by reading the OP and a few of the replies before you posted. Instead, you jumped to conclusions and made up your own definition.
You now know what the phrase means, there is really nothing more to discuss.
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