ANJ
Dec 26, 2021
Scholarship / UofT's econ program - Scholarship Essay Question 1 [2]
Please include specifically how a Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto will contribute to your achieving your longer-range goals. (100 word maximum)
UofT's econ program, special topics courses and TEEL lab opportunities excite me. These coupled with the summer abroad program which I intend to take will help me understand socio economic issues like poverty and quality education in cultures unlike my own such as South Africa who have faced similar upheavals like Bangladesh, my home country. Though these topics are of key interest I also believe most opportunities and access to education are skewed male. The interventions needed in school curriculums and changes policies needed can be understood through the multidimensional immersion offered at UofT. I see studying under award winning professors who specialize in areas of research such as poverty and behavioral economics like Prof. Gazzale, Ann Armstrong to mention a few.The defining part of university are its people , and UofT's vibrant and intellectually stimulating curious individuals is where I want to be in.
Describe your academic objectives and indicate how these are appropriate to your long-range goals.
Please include specifically how a Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto will contribute to your achieving your longer-range goals. (100 word maximum)
UofT's econ program, special topics courses and TEEL lab opportunities excite me. These coupled with the summer abroad program which I intend to take will help me understand socio economic issues like poverty and quality education in cultures unlike my own such as South Africa who have faced similar upheavals like Bangladesh, my home country. Though these topics are of key interest I also believe most opportunities and access to education are skewed male. The interventions needed in school curriculums and changes policies needed can be understood through the multidimensional immersion offered at UofT. I see studying under award winning professors who specialize in areas of research such as poverty and behavioral economics like Prof. Gazzale, Ann Armstrong to mention a few.The defining part of university are its people , and UofT's vibrant and intellectually stimulating curious individuals is where I want to be in.