NUS application essay
Prompt:This section is an opportunity for you to elaborate on the information you have provided earlier. You may wish to discuss a special talent, a personal experience or an activity that you have been involved in thath is relevant to the course that you are applying for admission
"DARLING, I AM ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH YOU."
Is that all we are supposed to say when we propose? At least not in my case. Sociology is a high-maintenance boyfriend who, I must admit, is of the fussy and meticulous type, always demanding full attention to his speech, frowning upon my lapse of concentration and insisting on occupying my mind day and night. A descendant of a prestigious European intellectual society which may trace its root to as far as Plato, Sociology prides himself on his hereditary rationality, and thus, is not likely to content himself with such a maudlin and hackneyed avowal of love. Only an analysis of reasons will suffice to open the window to his heart, and that I will heartily take pains to do.
Sociology is not my first love, I confess. I was once smitten with my ex-boyfriend, whose name is Mathematics. The gracefulness of a logical solution, the succinctness of formulas and the transparency of the world reduced to geometrical pattern and numerical order could only be described as fascinating. He made my world safe and predictable, in which logic was the sovereign ruler, leaving no room for uncertainty and chaos. I felt enormous relief when I was with him, as if I was with my God, who assured me that there would always be a definite answer, a final and ultimate solution, solidifying my position in the ever-changing world.
And yet I broke up with him, for my own good. When I went to high school I had difficulty forging new relationships and blending in and became a misanthrope who shunned society and sought for solitude. Relationships do not work logically and I found them perplexing. How should one react to others' anger, fear, love and hope? The answer cannot be vaguer: "It depends". Human behaviors and interactions are, to some extent, work like math, in which everything happens for a reason. But here the reasons are diverse and abundant, and they interrelate in the most exquisite way that we can never know what is going to happen. In contrast to the predictability of mathematics, sociology is a field of volatility and possibility. There is no definite answer.
I started to unveil the myth of sociology out of curiosity and bewilderment, yet it has turned into a lifelong passion. The dynamics of human interaction is no less miraculous than the kaleidoscope, my favorite childhood playtoy. Maybe that's why I fall in love with you, Sociology.
* I want to write sth different and creative so I came up with this stuff. But it turns out to be so vulgar and I haven't the faintes idea how to fix it up. Plz help! Thanks a lot.
Prompt:This section is an opportunity for you to elaborate on the information you have provided earlier. You may wish to discuss a special talent, a personal experience or an activity that you have been involved in thath is relevant to the course that you are applying for admission
"DARLING, I AM ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH YOU."
Is that all we are supposed to say when we propose? At least not in my case. Sociology is a high-maintenance boyfriend who, I must admit, is of the fussy and meticulous type, always demanding full attention to his speech, frowning upon my lapse of concentration and insisting on occupying my mind day and night. A descendant of a prestigious European intellectual society which may trace its root to as far as Plato, Sociology prides himself on his hereditary rationality, and thus, is not likely to content himself with such a maudlin and hackneyed avowal of love. Only an analysis of reasons will suffice to open the window to his heart, and that I will heartily take pains to do.
Sociology is not my first love, I confess. I was once smitten with my ex-boyfriend, whose name is Mathematics. The gracefulness of a logical solution, the succinctness of formulas and the transparency of the world reduced to geometrical pattern and numerical order could only be described as fascinating. He made my world safe and predictable, in which logic was the sovereign ruler, leaving no room for uncertainty and chaos. I felt enormous relief when I was with him, as if I was with my God, who assured me that there would always be a definite answer, a final and ultimate solution, solidifying my position in the ever-changing world.
And yet I broke up with him, for my own good. When I went to high school I had difficulty forging new relationships and blending in and became a misanthrope who shunned society and sought for solitude. Relationships do not work logically and I found them perplexing. How should one react to others' anger, fear, love and hope? The answer cannot be vaguer: "It depends". Human behaviors and interactions are, to some extent, work like math, in which everything happens for a reason. But here the reasons are diverse and abundant, and they interrelate in the most exquisite way that we can never know what is going to happen. In contrast to the predictability of mathematics, sociology is a field of volatility and possibility. There is no definite answer.
I started to unveil the myth of sociology out of curiosity and bewilderment, yet it has turned into a lifelong passion. The dynamics of human interaction is no less miraculous than the kaleidoscope, my favorite childhood playtoy. Maybe that's why I fall in love with you, Sociology.
* I want to write sth different and creative so I came up with this stuff. But it turns out to be so vulgar and I haven't the faintes idea how to fix it up. Plz help! Thanks a lot.