Undergraduate / 'Surrounding darkness' - NYU Common App Supplement Question #2 [2]

B. What intrigues you? Tell us about one work of art, scientific achievement, piece of literature, method of communication, or place in the world (a film, book, performance, website, event, location, etc.), and explain its significance to you.

Your darkness surrounds me and I feel comfortable and your brightness below me creates a feeling of hope. The stars above us are serene and make me feel that we are being watched; I feel your ambience. You change my mood, you make me feel instantly peaceful and happy with my life and the world. I play my music at peak level, but you don't care; you let me do as I please because I know you only want me to be happy and to use this time together to be myself. The people around us may not agree with the level or the type of my music, but you don't care and neither do I. I cannot get you out of my mind when I am sad, when I am happy, or when I am angry; I always want to escape to your darkness and your cold yet comfortable aura, so I bring a blanket. I look out to the world with you and I see our little island, the city, the lights, and the mountains and I just feel even happier that we are together. The Christmas tree that you have just makes everything better, it lights up around the happiest time of the year but I get to see it year round, because you allow me to. I don't want to, yet I do want to share you with the world; I want you to know my friends and my family. I love being with you, Christmas Tree Park.

Undergraduate / 'The category of being undecided' - Common App Short Answer for NYU [2]

Q: NYU's global network provides students with hundreds of academic areas of interest for students to cultivate their intellectual curiosity and to help achieve their career goals. Whether you are entirely undecided about your academic plans or you have a definitive program of study in mind, what are your own academic interests? Feel free to share any thoughts on any particular programs or how you might explore those interests at NYU on any of our campuses.

A: I currently fall under the category of being undecided because I am unable to choose a major between business management and marketing or nursing. Despite this, I am ambitious and know that I would excel in either major. I am a sociable person that communicates with experiences and honesty. I constantly speak to others about past experiences to help them and these communication skills would only propel my involvement in either nursing or the business field. I am a caring person in the sense that I am constantly looking for opportunities to volunteer my time to help organizations or personal friends. I joined Key Club, a service club, my freshmen year of high school and since then I have volunteered approximately 1,500 hours towards my community and medical fundraisers. Since being opened up to the world of helping people and advertising events I have developed a great interest in Nursing and business management and marketing. The former because I would be able to aid others towards peak health or simply comfort them with my knowledge; the latter to delve into a career of product knowledge to put out beneficial items on the market to either ease life or to be an expert in quality. At NYU, I know I would be able to explore my interests because NYU is in a versatile state, NYU provides countless opportunities to attempt new things, and NYU's educators are some of the best in the nation.