kellymcolburn
Jan 3, 2010
Undergraduate / "a Smart blonde and a UFO" - Intellectual Diversity Essay for UM [3]
I am so terrible at writing these things and I am at a loss. My writing is mostly whimsical and humorous. Please help..I need Essay writing 101.
Share an experience through which you have gained respect for intellectual, social, or cultural differences. Comment on how your personal experiences and achievements would contribute to the diversity of the University of Michigan.
What do a Smart blonde and a UFO have in common? You always hear about them but never actually see them. This is just one of many blonde jokes I hear daily that demonstrates the intellectual stereotyping that blondes, like me, encounter frequently.
When I first set foot in the Physics building of Auburn University, I instantly saw right through the belittling glares and the judgmental expressions of the supreme intellectuals that inhabited the Physics Department. I was not surprised being that I am short, long, blonde-haired girl who was geared with a wardrobe that matched the latest Vogue fashion catalog. I don't believe I fit the mold of a Physics enthusiast.
I met with my advisor in the department and, after much insistence from him to switch majors and a demeaning debate over my ability to excel with the difficult curriculum, I officially declared Physics as my major.
I have to admit there are no other blonde females in my department other than I, but I hope that in the future, if one does apply to my department, that advisor will remember my hard work, enthusiasm, motivation, and more importantly my all A's in my Physics major and maybe give the next seemingly aloof girl the benefit of the doubt.
I hope at the University of Michigan I can be an example to those that would dismiss me as a intellectual equal due to my being a small, blonde female. I hope to break those stereotypes that would trap me in the lower hierarchy of intelligence and set me on an equal playing field based on my academic contributions rather than mere appearances.
I am so terrible at writing these things and I am at a loss. My writing is mostly whimsical and humorous. Please help..I need Essay writing 101.
Share an experience through which you have gained respect for intellectual, social, or cultural differences. Comment on how your personal experiences and achievements would contribute to the diversity of the University of Michigan.
What do a Smart blonde and a UFO have in common? You always hear about them but never actually see them. This is just one of many blonde jokes I hear daily that demonstrates the intellectual stereotyping that blondes, like me, encounter frequently.
When I first set foot in the Physics building of Auburn University, I instantly saw right through the belittling glares and the judgmental expressions of the supreme intellectuals that inhabited the Physics Department. I was not surprised being that I am short, long, blonde-haired girl who was geared with a wardrobe that matched the latest Vogue fashion catalog. I don't believe I fit the mold of a Physics enthusiast.
I met with my advisor in the department and, after much insistence from him to switch majors and a demeaning debate over my ability to excel with the difficult curriculum, I officially declared Physics as my major.
I have to admit there are no other blonde females in my department other than I, but I hope that in the future, if one does apply to my department, that advisor will remember my hard work, enthusiasm, motivation, and more importantly my all A's in my Physics major and maybe give the next seemingly aloof girl the benefit of the doubt.
I hope at the University of Michigan I can be an example to those that would dismiss me as a intellectual equal due to my being a small, blonde female. I hope to break those stereotypes that would trap me in the lower hierarchy of intelligence and set me on an equal playing field based on my academic contributions rather than mere appearances.
