The next time I saw my father in prison, he was haggard and wore a tried, unshaven face. My small twelve-year-old hands stretched toward the dirty, scratched up glass dividing us, trying to get as close to him as possible. He was a broken man.

My childhood was a childhood filled with instability. Frequent eviction notices, power cuts, and school transfers were completely normal to me. However, the instant I heard the silver cuffs click shut and saw my dad’s head pushed behind the dark windows of a police car, I knew that everything was about to change. That moment, seeing my dad going from a freeman to an incarcerated criminal, was the moment that I started my journey to become the strong, independent,...

NYU is the perfect place for me to pursue my unique passions for both international business and opera studies. The university's exhaustless course offerings both at home in Washington Square and abroad at study away sites allow me to design a course of study that merges together these two passions into a coherent concentration. Having spent my junior year studying abroad in Spain, I know how important on-the-ground experience is in becoming a “citizen of the globe.” As result, I...

For my personal essay I tried to explain a detail that made me significant and explained where I come from. Choosing to write this essay was extremely difficult and it felt like a risk for me. In the business world, this essay topic has occasionally reflected upon me and my family poorly. However, I feel like it was the right choice for my college essay. It was and will always continue to be a central part of my identity and...

When interviewing it is very important to look up and research everything that attracted you to the school. This way the interviewer can see how passionate about the school you are (even if you aren't it is important to make the interviewer believe this). Furthermore, look up your interviewer ahead of time. You won't want to mention that you looked them up, but you can mention topics and create a discussion and personal connection to your interviewer. For instance, I researched my interviewer and found out that she did a study abroad, played tennis, and lived in a town I...

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