“Wake up!” someone shouted as I felt repetitive slapping across my face. It was one in the morning and the room was lit. I woke up in confusion as my mother cradled me in her arms. I was on the floor drenched and lying in a pool of blood. I was whisked away in an ambulance as the sirens roared into the night. The ulcer that I had been combating for two years finally erupted. The emergency room was cold...

I believe that motivation is the key to success. NYU has amazing facilities and features that I can access in order to build up motivation. After visiting the Polytechnic School of Engineering campus, I was very impressed with the resources that the campus provided. The research labs within the university provide plenty of foundation to start revolutionary projects or innovate on already existing ideas. I have peaked interest in NYU’s Integrated Digital Media program at the School of Engineering....

I had many options as to where I wanted to attend for college. I was accepted into all of my CUNY schools. Those schools do not have a high price tag on them for great education so I could have gone with the safe route. I could have gone upstate to Rochester Institute of Technology or University at Buffalo if I wanted to try out dorming, but I felt like it was not the time for me to dorm just yet. So those schools, along with Oneonta were...

The application process sure is a tough one. You have to search up the colleges you want, write essays, write even more essays, etc. But in the end, if you...

Go volunteering. Many high schools have a volunteer requirement signaling how many hours you should complete community...

Most of the schools I declined were due to the reputation or the inconvenience of accessibility. I declined my...

Much research was involved when it came to choosing schools. I looked up things such as ethnicity and gender ratios, as well as academic reputations, and especially the...