Undergraduate / Certainty is what matters. stanford essay. [7]

Hi, everyone)
This is another essay for Stanford. What matters to you, and why? max 2000 characters

Before I wrote this, I had been drafting an essay about having a choice as something that really matters to me. Well, it still does. And my essay was about my parents not allowing me to study psychology and becoming a clinical psychologist, because of their rusty disregard and misconceptions of that job, and how I had to argue for weeks to no avail. However, I scratched that out. Let me narrate the story in another light.

Once upon a time, I told my mom about my interest in psychology and my desire to bind it with my life -- her answer was affirmative ,though not overly enthusiastic. As time passed, my dad and grandmother decided to intervene with their diminutive notions of psychology, consequentially making my mom change her mind and forcing me to make another choice: I took advertising for pre-law and fixed on law career. Time flowed still, and while I conducted my tiresome research into good advertisement colleges, my parents condescended to say that psychology would actually be a better pre-law. Full of indignation, I suffered, helpless, for my life was trifled with , for my parents paid for my education, thus rendering me wholly dependent on them.

But guess what, about a week before I started this essay, my mom suddenly told me I could resume my old pursuits. You might think I have been happy, overflowing with joy and thanking heavens for mercy. The reality was different though -- I was utterly perplexed. Guess why, it was a diviner who told her that according to stars or whatever he used for divination, it is very suitable for me, who was born in the year of mouse with affiliation to water, to work as a psychologist.

Now you wonder what is this all about. It is about certainty. Certainty is what matters to me on par with having choice. Life taught me uncertainty is a hope that constantly leaves and returns, a wound that is stabbed and bandaged over and over and thus should be never wished to anyone.

Undergraduate / 'going to live with you' - Stanford Letter to Roommate [7]

Hi everyone)
This is my letter for roommate and I definitely could use some feedback from you , guys. I wanted to sound more casual , not haughty in this letter

So here it is:
Hey, my future roommate, if you are reading this, that pretty much means I'm going to live with you. Now start taking notes. I'm quite phlegmatic, humble and tolerant, so I won't put myself above you or nitpick you or do anything obnoxious. It's possible that you would might perceive the default countenance of my relaxed face as too serious , even gloomy a bit ( many people have remarked that), but that shouldn't alienate you. I'm melomaniac and listen to all genres and most of subgenres of music, so I definitely won't rant about my hatred of classical or pop music, while you listen to it; we might only argue on music performers. Though I'm not excessively pedantic, chaos is not my element - you will have a hard time indulging yourself in messing the room up, if you are inclined to it. Sometimes I experience occasional fits of cooking, so you may grab some nice bite, if I don't overcook the dish. You might as well expect some counseling services from me, for you are welcome, just don't whine excessively. However, what I want from you is: not snoring, drinking, smoking, asking silly questions, clipping your nails in the room and singing if you are bad at it -- those are my simple and quite feasible requirements for a good roommate. And leave me some space on the wall for me to punch it; the rest is yours: for posters and whatever stuff you deem worthy of hanging there.

Anyway, I just hope you are a decent guy or gal to deal with, and if you are, then our coexistence will be blissful. I assure you.

And, yeah, just forgot, my name's Khan. If it's hard to pronounce, just call me Han then.