pey94
Oct 19, 2015
Undergraduate / READMISSION ESSAY - why did you leave NYU, what were you doing then, how you finish your course now? [7]
So there are a few questions NYU gave me to answer and I've only answered the first question. I don't know how much I should write and whether what i wrote is appropriate and ok? HELP
The questions are:
Please answer the following questions in your personal statement and attach the personal statement to this application:
What caused you to leave NYU?
What have you been doing since you last attended NYU?
What has changed now that will enable you to complete your course work?
If you plan to work during the academic semester, what impact will your work schedule have on your ability to enroll in the courses that need you to graduate?
Here is what I have thus far:
Over the course of my gap year, I have come to the realization of what I was doing wrong during my first two years at NYU; failing is okay. Of course I should have gotten back up right after falling but I stayed. Instead of seeing of the option of getting back up, I kept on falling and eventually believed that all I could do is fall. It was a very unhealthy way of thinking and during my gap year, after opening up and speaking with many others who have taken gap years or had experiences and stories of their own, I learned that it's okay to fail. The downfall to this lesson was that I realized this too late, after failing my classes and failing to do better, as a result, I was dismissed from NYU.
In the beginning I was at a loss of words, although it was expected that a dismissal due to failure of meeting the requirements of SAP would hit my road of laziness and loss of confidence. I was upset at NYU for not giving me another chance. I was upset at my friends for distracting me. I was upset at my parents for not supporting me financially. I was upset at everyone and everything but me. It was easy to victimize myself because acknowledging that everything had happened as a consequence of my actions was something I had been avoiding my entire life. It was not easy for me to admit it.
So there are a few questions NYU gave me to answer and I've only answered the first question. I don't know how much I should write and whether what i wrote is appropriate and ok? HELP
The questions are:
Please answer the following questions in your personal statement and attach the personal statement to this application:
What caused you to leave NYU?
What have you been doing since you last attended NYU?
What has changed now that will enable you to complete your course work?
If you plan to work during the academic semester, what impact will your work schedule have on your ability to enroll in the courses that need you to graduate?
Here is what I have thus far:
Over the course of my gap year, I have come to the realization of what I was doing wrong during my first two years at NYU; failing is okay. Of course I should have gotten back up right after falling but I stayed. Instead of seeing of the option of getting back up, I kept on falling and eventually believed that all I could do is fall. It was a very unhealthy way of thinking and during my gap year, after opening up and speaking with many others who have taken gap years or had experiences and stories of their own, I learned that it's okay to fail. The downfall to this lesson was that I realized this too late, after failing my classes and failing to do better, as a result, I was dismissed from NYU.
In the beginning I was at a loss of words, although it was expected that a dismissal due to failure of meeting the requirements of SAP would hit my road of laziness and loss of confidence. I was upset at NYU for not giving me another chance. I was upset at my friends for distracting me. I was upset at my parents for not supporting me financially. I was upset at everyone and everything but me. It was easy to victimize myself because acknowledging that everything had happened as a consequence of my actions was something I had been avoiding my entire life. It was not easy for me to admit it.