Prompt: We would like to know more about your interest in NYU. We are particularly interested in knowing what motivated you to apply to NYU and more specifically, why you have applied or expressed interest in a particular campus, school, college, program, and/or area of study? If you have applied to more than one, please tell us why you are interested in each of the campuses, schools, colleges, or programs to which you have applied. You may be focused or undecided, or simply open to the options within NYU's global network; regardless, we want to understand - Why NYU? (400-word maximum)
My choice of study is a result of a long process as I moved from intuition about what I would like to study to conviction about my future calling. Today I …show more content…
Often they have a huge impact when they are happening. When we face failure, we usually move on and, at best, we learn from these situations. Nevertheless, some events, even minor ones, can have a significant impact on us in the long term. This is what happened to me in early October of this year. It was a Tuesday and I was set to take a regular schedule French Baccalaureate review exam in math.
That math test was the first important one of the year and I was not able to give this one as much study time as I would like to it because my time was focused on writing my essays for college. Furthermore, math is one of my strengths, so I thought that if there was one test I could “wing,” it would be this one. Unexpectedly, I failed and I got a C+. I realized the impact of this poor grade when I became aware that this test would account for 1/3 of the overall rating of the first trimester. I was devastated. At best I could get a B+ over the trimester and I was worried that my poor performance could close doors for me. Afterwards, I became really upset with myself as I realized that I had misunderstood just one concept, which impacted my entire test, as it was the limits in the series’ chapter. I also realized that time was not on my side because the trimester would be quickly ending. This is the reason why I decided to react both tactically and
My choice of study is a result of a long process as I moved from intuition about what I would like to study to conviction about my future calling. Today I …show more content…
Often they have a huge impact when they are happening. When we face failure, we usually move on and, at best, we learn from these situations. Nevertheless, some events, even minor ones, can have a significant impact on us in the long term. This is what happened to me in early October of this year. It was a Tuesday and I was set to take a regular schedule French Baccalaureate review exam in math.
That math test was the first important one of the year and I was not able to give this one as much study time as I would like to it because my time was focused on writing my essays for college. Furthermore, math is one of my strengths, so I thought that if there was one test I could “wing,” it would be this one. Unexpectedly, I failed and I got a C+. I realized the impact of this poor grade when I became aware that this test would account for 1/3 of the overall rating of the first trimester. I was devastated. At best I could get a B+ over the trimester and I was worried that my poor performance could close doors for me. Afterwards, I became really upset with myself as I realized that I had misunderstood just one concept, which impacted my entire test, as it was the limits in the series’ chapter. I also realized that time was not on my side because the trimester would be quickly ending. This is the reason why I decided to react both tactically and