Undergraduate / Lawyer or computer scientist - NYU Supplement for College of the Arts and Sciences! [3]

Not very sure if this is any good or not. Need help and words of wisdom! Any advice appreciated!!

1. Given your NYU campuses of interest - whether they are your primary and alternate home campuses of interest or where you would like to study away while you are a student - where, exactly, would you like to study at NYU - and why?

2. Whether you are undecided or you have a definitive plan of study in mind, what are your academic interests and how do you plan to explore them at NYU?

Throughout my life, my parents, teachers, and even friends have always told me that I should be a lawyer or study computer science. I love both topics and have a slight understanding of the esoteric language of computers such as the efficiency of representing binary digits in a hexadecimal format when the computer is processing numbers for memory storage such as in megabytes. I've always been told what to do, and while I do love computers, my passion is to study to become a doctor. A friend of my family influenced the interest of medicine into my head when I was younger and as I grew older I discovered the different doctor specializations and realized my love for both neurology and surgery. I would love to study at the New York campus of NYU for possibly a year and hopefully for the remaining years study at the Shanghai campus. My high school is one of the most ethnically diverse schools around, and because of this I have learned to appreciate other cultures as well as learn about them. By attending NYU, I will be given the opportunity to learn about many different cultures as well be immersed in NYC (where the variety in cultures is endless) or possibly study in Shanghai where there is a myriad of cultures and religions that I am not accustomed to.

Studying the human body is a huge interest I have had since I was very young. Everything about it has piqued my interest which has made my love for studying science even greater. With the plethora of opportunities offered by NYU, there is no other place I would prefer to study. There is an interminable amount of opportunities available as well as connections waiting to be made in the proximity of the school. The surfeit of potential locations of study such as museums and libraries as well as possible areas for internships assures me that there is no better school than NYU. The very same applies to NYU Shanghai with Shanghai being the most populated city in the world, the amount of opportunities is virtually endless. I will be able to learn about a completely different culture while enjoying the full benefits of being a NYU student.

Undergraduate / MY AUNT'S HOUSE: Place where you are perfectly content [3]

I'm sure this prompt is not new to this forum but I shall post it nonetheless: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you? If anyone could help with any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. Here is my essay:

Most of my life, I had a great relationship with my cousin. Practically inseparable, we would joke around and have more fun than I had with anybody else. We often went on escapades and recorded them with his older brother's camcorder only to get yelled at later on for using it. All of these adventures and memories took place at one of my favorite places - my aunt's house.

My cousin Andres and I were best friends for as long as I can remember. Both of us shared what we had and talked about everything. I could be myself and let loose with the coolest person I knew. Looking up to Andres, I wanted to be just like him.

When I was in sixth grade, my whole family went through a very rough time; unexpected divorces, legal issues, unemployment... and the list goes on. Some of us had a harder time dealing with this than others. During school, Andres went to my class and my brother's class to say goodbye to us... the principal knew him very well and was concerned when he saw him like that. Soon, my cousin was institutionalized in a hospital for teenagers who were at risk of attempting suicide. After that he was never the same.

Following seventh grade, there was a noticeable change in him. He distanced himself from me, and we didn't talk nearly as much as we had. He barely looked at me and ignored me when he passed by in the hallway with his friends. This hurt the most. In all of the time we were together, never did I think he would ignore me to be cool in front of his friends. Yet when we were alone, he would act like we were best friends again. I was concerned about him, but after several months of trying, I gave up.

I stopped seeing my cousin in school after a couple of months. I talked to my mother about this, wondering what was going on. I ended up finding out that he was in rehab for behavioral problems and drug abuse. He remained there for almost a year and went two more times after he was released for a total of about two and a half years. To this day, he remains unchanged and we are very distant.

My aunt's home is the place where I am perfectly content. This is where I have all of my memories with my cousin and the countless times we laughed together. This is where I feel safe and we both are innocent little kids without a real care in the world. This is where I am still young waiting for him to come downstairs for out next adventure. This is where we are still best friends.