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Dec 23, 2018
Undergraduate / Addressing with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago? [3]
Prompt: How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago?
Essay: When I look back on my life, what I realize is that my main moments of growth were not comfortable; they usually felt a bit stressful at the time. But they pushed me outside of my comfort zone and introduced me to new ideas and perspectives, some of which I wasn't even aware of. Be it from the uncomfortable and stressful nature of the IB programme which pushes you to think more critically or the rigorous physics olympiad program which taught me the value of self-learning and hard work. I want my university experience to be similar.
I don't want to go to a university where I will focus completely on physics, something which I can already do myself and will pursue further in graduate school. In university, I want an experience that will push me to my intellectual limits, one which will challenge my way of thinking, and one which will strengthen me intellectually.
What drew me to UChicago was its unique style apparent from its weird essays, tough-and stressful as I have been told-Core Curriculum, its lack of pre-professional programs, and its dedication to the pursuit of knowledge and freedom of speech. The overall impression I receive is a world-class intellectually demanding curriculum and community where I can join in on rigorous debates and discussions both inside the small classrooms and with a community united by a common passion for learning.
If that's so, my wishes of being intellectually challenged and strengthened in and outside the classroom for a brutal 4 years of university will be fulfilled and I look forward to my experience.
Thank you all in advance :)
Why UChicago Learning, Community, Future
Prompt: How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago?
Essay: When I look back on my life, what I realize is that my main moments of growth were not comfortable; they usually felt a bit stressful at the time. But they pushed me outside of my comfort zone and introduced me to new ideas and perspectives, some of which I wasn't even aware of. Be it from the uncomfortable and stressful nature of the IB programme which pushes you to think more critically or the rigorous physics olympiad program which taught me the value of self-learning and hard work. I want my university experience to be similar.
I don't want to go to a university where I will focus completely on physics, something which I can already do myself and will pursue further in graduate school. In university, I want an experience that will push me to my intellectual limits, one which will challenge my way of thinking, and one which will strengthen me intellectually.
What drew me to UChicago was its unique style apparent from its weird essays, tough-and stressful as I have been told-Core Curriculum, its lack of pre-professional programs, and its dedication to the pursuit of knowledge and freedom of speech. The overall impression I receive is a world-class intellectually demanding curriculum and community where I can join in on rigorous debates and discussions both inside the small classrooms and with a community united by a common passion for learning.
If that's so, my wishes of being intellectually challenged and strengthened in and outside the classroom for a brutal 4 years of university will be fulfilled and I look forward to my experience.
Thank you all in advance :)
