<p>Your essay will be the most important part of your application. As the previous poster says, talk about why you want to go to GS (and not just because it’s in NYC, is an Ivy, etc). What about the program speaks to you? </p>
<p>One thing I want to add regarding flexibility, is that the Dean of GS, Peter Awn, famously tells all incoming students to GS that the school is “both expensive and inconvenient”. It’s funny, but it’s also true. What is meant by that is there aren’t night classes for people working full time, etc - you go to class when everyone else (CC/SEAS) does. </p>
<p>So, what about that environment speaks to you? </p>
<p>You mention teaching in your post - what have you done on a professional level since high school?</p>