Masters?

Applications. As I sit down for the fourth night in a row to write my personal statement, something that is supposed to describe where I came from, what I have done and why I want a masters degree (in one page or less), I begin to think about who is going to be reading this. How much does this person get paid for reading my personal statement? Do they get paid per personal statement that they read or per hour? Is it better to pull a James Frey and take some literary license or just write the somewhat mundane truth?

I just hope the reader and judge of my personal statement, the person who holds my fate in her hands, had a good morning. (yeah I guess I picture a 'her')