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abulkhair37 8 / 22  
Jan 1, 2013   #1
2.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 deï-nitive 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 special academic interest of mine has for a long time been the study of history. Ever since picking up a book on ancient Roman history in the elementary school I have been fascinated by the ways of the past. With the strong major program present in NYU in history I would love to participate in the advanced European history courses and the seminars on the Eurasian history due to my interest in the European history, and my heritage pertaining to the Eurasian history. If presented with the opportunity I would also like to participate in the editing of the "Historian" journal which serves to be the oldest undergraduate history journal in the United States of America. The commitment of NYU to its global network is fascinating to me, as I wish to further my education on the European history by taking the course on French Revolution and Napoleon through the Global Study program located in Paris, France, as I would also like to take the course on the history of contemporary Latin America in Buenos Aires. Although history is my major academic interest, I also possess interests in other areas as well. Because of the variety of courses offered at NYU, other than history I would also like to explore the fields of mathematics, and economics by taking courses in these fields, and I would also possibly attempt to minor in economics as well.

3.What intrigues you? Tell us about one work of art, scientiï-c achievement, piece of literature, method of communication, or place in the world (a ï-lm, book,

performance, website, event, location, etc.), and explain its signiï-cance to you.

Whenever I am somewhat free, one my favorite hobbies is to play video games. However, the one that always takes away my breath is the franchise of "Assassin's Creed". As the saying goes "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", so in that sense while many people see it as simply a violent video game to me it is much more than that. As a history nut, "Assassin's Creed" games let me appreciate the beauty of ancient cities such as Jerusalem, Rome, or Istanbul vividly rendered in the games. Although not fully accurate, "Assassin's Creed" games offer an interesting spin on the history that we know and in the end divulges into the moral issues present in the game. The main moral question posed in the game is should people commit lesser evil for the greater good? This question pits the order of the Assassins against the order of the Templar. Although, both want peace for all humanity the Assassins want it in a very anarchic way as they believe every individual should have full freedom to do what he wants, while the Templars go about their business in a very totalitarian manner desiring to control people into peace. Although I obviously understand that this is simply a game, and I don't agree with deciding who is worthy of death and who is not, the games of "Assassin's Creed" series have given me many issues to ponder about as these events could serve as a parallel to the modern world. Would one be right in killing a dictator, or is it not right to kill no matter who it is?

Lollifroll 2 / 5  
Jan 1, 2013   #2
Little grammar error I noticed on response one
I would be able to work on a//the famous journal "Historian" in the classroom
It could be either, but without onw, it sounds like improper English.

For the response one, maybe elaborate more on the academic interests you have or add more onto your interest in New York libraries and archives. And maybe talk more on what fascinates you on European culture in the second response. Also, in the third response, you start two sentences with 'as', it's just a pet peeve of mine, but I feel that every sentence should have a different opening, but that's minor.

Overall, I liked it and I find your responses interesting. Hopefully, someone else will respond to give you a different take and good luck and if you could check out my Northwestern Supplement, that would be much appreciated.
OP abulkhair37 8 / 22  
Jan 1, 2013   #3
I appreciate your response, and although I planned elaborating more there is a 700 character limit on the first question, and 1500 character limit on the second so it limited me.
aceq 2 / 12  
Jan 2, 2013   #4
A special academic interest of mine has for a long time been the study of history. Ever since picking up a book on ancient Roman history in the elementary school I have been fascinated by the ways of the past. With the strong history major program present in NYU in history I would love to participate in the advanced European history courses and the seminars on the Eurasian history due to my interest in the European history, and my heritage pertaining to the Eurasian history . If presented with the opportunity I would also like to participate in the editing of the "Historian" journal which serves to be the oldest undergraduate history journal in the United States of America. The commitment of NYU to its global network is fascinating to me, as I wish to further my education on the European history by taking the course on French Revolution and Napoleon through the Global Study program located in Paris, France, as I would also like to take the course on the history of contemporary Latin America in Buenos Aires.(run on sentence, split in to two) Although history is my major academic interest, I also possess interests in other areas as well. Because of the variety of courses offered at NYU, other than history I would also like to explore the fields of mathematics, and economics by taking courses in these fields, and I would also possibly attempt to minor in economics as well.

Whenever I am somewhat free, one my favorite hobbies is to play video games. However, the one that always takes away my breath away s the franchise of "Assassin's Creed".

hope this helps!
fluff123 - / 1  
Jan 3, 2013   #5
I really loved your Assassin's Creed essay! Very creative, and I love how it ends with a question.


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