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Sep 19, 2010
Undergraduate / Arts and Sciences and Engineering: "I don't know" - JHU supplement [10]
Write a brief essay (250 words maximum each question) in which you respond to the following questions. (Freshman applicants only):
1. Johns Hopkins offers 50 majors across the schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering. On this application, we ask you to identify one or two that you might like to pursue here. Why did you choose the way you did? If you are undecided, why didn't you choose? (If any past courses or academic experience influenced your decision, you may include them in your essay.)
I don't know. I don't know what I want to do. I don't know who I want to be. What I do know is that I was never one to sit behind a desk and do the same menial tasks day after day. The idea of being just another employee, just another statistic, is simply not an option for me.
To me, choosing a choice of study was not about how much potential money could be earned or what sounds like the most fun, but rather in which can I make the greatest difference. I love to draw, I like to design, I have a passion for planes and the idea of flight, and, admittedly, I spend hours playing video games with my friends. Yet I could not see myself ever pursuing one of my many interests as a major. I want to help people. With an engineering degree the possibilities to improving other's lives are endless. For every problem an engineer solves there is no telling to how many people were actually affected and how many lives bettered.
As an undergraduate engineering undecided applicant I am hesitant and timid to make a finite decision on what it is within engineering I want to study. I chose Johns Hopkins not only because of its engineering excellence but also because of its quality over vast studies. Knowing myself that I have interests in a broad range of topics only makes my decision harder and one that is almost cruel; however, in Johns Hopkins, I know that whatever choice I do make, I will be receiving a first-rate education.
Write a brief essay (250 words maximum each question) in which you respond to the following questions. (Freshman applicants only):
1. Johns Hopkins offers 50 majors across the schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering. On this application, we ask you to identify one or two that you might like to pursue here. Why did you choose the way you did? If you are undecided, why didn't you choose? (If any past courses or academic experience influenced your decision, you may include them in your essay.)
I don't know. I don't know what I want to do. I don't know who I want to be. What I do know is that I was never one to sit behind a desk and do the same menial tasks day after day. The idea of being just another employee, just another statistic, is simply not an option for me.
To me, choosing a choice of study was not about how much potential money could be earned or what sounds like the most fun, but rather in which can I make the greatest difference. I love to draw, I like to design, I have a passion for planes and the idea of flight, and, admittedly, I spend hours playing video games with my friends. Yet I could not see myself ever pursuing one of my many interests as a major. I want to help people. With an engineering degree the possibilities to improving other's lives are endless. For every problem an engineer solves there is no telling to how many people were actually affected and how many lives bettered.
As an undergraduate engineering undecided applicant I am hesitant and timid to make a finite decision on what it is within engineering I want to study. I chose Johns Hopkins not only because of its engineering excellence but also because of its quality over vast studies. Knowing myself that I have interests in a broad range of topics only makes my decision harder and one that is almost cruel; however, in Johns Hopkins, I know that whatever choice I do make, I will be receiving a first-rate education.