1. In addition to any work experience that you listed on your application, please tell us how you spent your most recent summer vacation
Last summer, I went on a church sponsored trip to the Niagara Falls with my family. The way the rainbow illuminated the falls was vividly striking and being able to experience the attractions firsthand was ineffable. I will never forget Journey in the Falls , wandering into an array of butterflies at the Butterfly Conservatory, dining in the Skylon Tower, and walking right near the falls in the White Water Walk. Most importantly, I will cherish the time I spent with my mother sisters and brother simply because we usually never come together and take time to embrace a sense of interconnectedness that families should have.
2. If you had the opportunity to spend one day in New York City with a famous New Yorker, who would it be and what would you do? (Your New Yorker can be anyone -past or present, fictional or nonfictional - who is commonly associated with New York City; they do not necessarily have to have been born and raised in New York.)
To spend a day in the city with Jerome Najee Rasheed would be like experiencing a new age jazz renaissance. We would go to a jazz club where he would play his hit single"sweet love" and have me join him as a clarinet accompaniment. Afterwards, we would go "musician hunting" and offer aspiring musicians usually found roaming around the city streets an opportunity to pursue their love for music by giving them a chance to sign with HighNote records.
3. Write a haiku, limerick, or short (eight lines or less) poem that best represents you.
Still a seed today
Wishing to grow tomorrow
Tree in the future
4. In the year 2050, a movie is being made of your life. Please tell us the name of your movie and briefly summarize the story line.
Chasing Faces
Akua was the girl with one identity to all who knew her-smart, conscientious, and introverted. Yet, her dreams reveal the other side of her she withholds from her peers and family. Each night she escapes from reality into a series of flashbacks. In each flashback, she recounts lost dreams of singing and acting in plays, attempts to rekindle a broken relationship with her mother, and her doubts. This movie depicts the struggles of a young woman who must accept her identity before she can finally wake up to reality. Based on world- renowned author, Akua Boakye-Yiadom's thought-provoking memoir, Chasing Faces.
Please tell us what led you to select your anticipated academic program and/or NYU school/college, and what interests you most about your intended discipline.
What do you want to be when you grow up? This is the one question that I still have no definite answer for. I enjoy English, band, counseling others, debating, the sciences and history so simply choosing one seems too risky for me at this point. I am eager to find my niche in terms career aspirations which is why I am applying to the College of Arts and Sciences. A liberal arts program will provide me with new insights on my strengths and weaknesses in various subjects during my freshman year and further prepare me to pursue the career of my choice.
Last summer, I went on a church sponsored trip to the Niagara Falls with my family. The way the rainbow illuminated the falls was vividly striking and being able to experience the attractions firsthand was ineffable. I will never forget Journey in the Falls , wandering into an array of butterflies at the Butterfly Conservatory, dining in the Skylon Tower, and walking right near the falls in the White Water Walk. Most importantly, I will cherish the time I spent with my mother sisters and brother simply because we usually never come together and take time to embrace a sense of interconnectedness that families should have.
2. If you had the opportunity to spend one day in New York City with a famous New Yorker, who would it be and what would you do? (Your New Yorker can be anyone -past or present, fictional or nonfictional - who is commonly associated with New York City; they do not necessarily have to have been born and raised in New York.)
To spend a day in the city with Jerome Najee Rasheed would be like experiencing a new age jazz renaissance. We would go to a jazz club where he would play his hit single"sweet love" and have me join him as a clarinet accompaniment. Afterwards, we would go "musician hunting" and offer aspiring musicians usually found roaming around the city streets an opportunity to pursue their love for music by giving them a chance to sign with HighNote records.
3. Write a haiku, limerick, or short (eight lines or less) poem that best represents you.
Still a seed today
Wishing to grow tomorrow
Tree in the future
4. In the year 2050, a movie is being made of your life. Please tell us the name of your movie and briefly summarize the story line.
Chasing Faces
Akua was the girl with one identity to all who knew her-smart, conscientious, and introverted. Yet, her dreams reveal the other side of her she withholds from her peers and family. Each night she escapes from reality into a series of flashbacks. In each flashback, she recounts lost dreams of singing and acting in plays, attempts to rekindle a broken relationship with her mother, and her doubts. This movie depicts the struggles of a young woman who must accept her identity before she can finally wake up to reality. Based on world- renowned author, Akua Boakye-Yiadom's thought-provoking memoir, Chasing Faces.
Please tell us what led you to select your anticipated academic program and/or NYU school/college, and what interests you most about your intended discipline.
What do you want to be when you grow up? This is the one question that I still have no definite answer for. I enjoy English, band, counseling others, debating, the sciences and history so simply choosing one seems too risky for me at this point. I am eager to find my niche in terms career aspirations which is why I am applying to the College of Arts and Sciences. A liberal arts program will provide me with new insights on my strengths and weaknesses in various subjects during my freshman year and further prepare me to pursue the career of my choice.
