Undergraduate / Footprints on the Sand, and a Tree; Lehigh/ Unique aspect of Leigh [4]

What unique aspect of Lehigh most interests you? (As a guideline, your response should be between 150-250 words.)

What I look for in a school is an academic and social environment that enables me to grow out towards a community and grow in depth in my knowledge and learn how to apply it to my life. As I researched about Lehigh, what struck me were the large branches that the university has, such as connections with other companies and connections outside the US like China, and their depth in education. Lehigh is like a tree. Its roots grow wide and deep, while it reaches to the sky. This is what I want my college to be like, so that I may grow in that similar fashion. I wish to attend a school that not only serves my best interest but also nurture me so I can employ my knowledge into actions, transfiguring my knowledge to wisdom. By that effect, I can aid the community and the people around me as the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow asserted in his poem, "A Psalm of Life".

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sand of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
So with Lehigh's unique devotion to students' connection to the world and to students' education, I hope to leave footprints in the sands of time. I'll leave behind both the same legacy as the school, and reflect the tree that Lehigh is.

Undergraduate / Philosophy, pursuit of truth and wisdom / Lehigh supp/Topic of study [3]

Any feedback is welcome! I'll take a look at your essay, so please, take a look at mine.

Prompt: If you founded your own college or university, what topic of study would you make mandatory for all students to study and why? What would be the values and priorities of your institution and why?

I would make philosophy a mandatory topic of study because it is important for students to have a certain level of skepticism so that they will question "why" and pursue knowledge. Philosophy is the pursuit of truth, and wisdom, and it also emphasizes character in ethics. I want students that enrolled in my college to take philosophy because philosophy turns knowledge learned into knowledge applied and then to wisdom. It not only teaches students not to blindly accept an idea, but also discover why and how it applies. It makes students become true scholars, and innovators of the society.

The values of my college would be to seek knowledge and seek it with others for the improvement of the community and themselves. Students would benefit by learning from others, helping other students out in the effort of seeking knowledge and therefore there would be respectful to everyone. By respecting others at all times, there will be a collegian atmosphere that enables students to approach each other without fear of disparity, rejection or no trust. This value of seeking knowledge not only for themselves but also for the betterment of others and society as a whole, brings a cohesiveness that helps students in their efforts in learning.

My college's priorities would be the students' accessibility to learn. I would do the best I could to tailor my college so that students in my college may easily access a book, staff member, or any material so that they can learn to the best of their abilities. If anything, when students left my school, I would want them to leave exclaiming, "This college made the ability to access learning material easy, and taught me well, so now I want to learn about that subject even more!".