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WE 1: 4 years, corporate event planning
Re: Calling all NYU Fall 2010 applicants
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12 Nov 2009, 10:26
I am writing an essay for #3. I struggled for weeks about how I should approach this and tried to think of better ideas. I'm scared that the adcom will dock me for lack of creativity, but when I think to myself about how I would introduce myself to people, an essay just seems to be best. I'm not an arts and crafts person at all, and it would be completely out of character to "make something" creative as an introduction about myself. If the core purpose of the question is to get to know me, I'm okay with the fact that "creativity" in the artistic sense is not really my strong suit, and never has been.
I guess writing an essay could be considered "playing it safe" - but if writing is a strength, I think it's the way to go. If the ultimate goal is for them to get to know you, making something unusual just for the sake of trying to be creative goes against the spirit of the question, doesn't it?
Just my two cents - that's how I rationalized sticking to a regular essay. Of course, if I had some great light bulb idea (like the crossword idea - that is awesome and I wish I'd thought of something like that), I'd probably be thinking differently. I would have been pretty comfortable doing a PowerPoint, and I think I made a great intro about myself for Chicago. But the strong chance that they'd look down upon any PPT period eliminates that option.