foly17
Jan 1, 2011
Undergraduate / free afternoon + physics teacher compliment + the bing bang + questions - Yale [12]
your responses are very short
your responses are very short
foly17
Jan 1, 2011
Undergraduate / Bosnia Significant Experience; I was guilty of imposing my convictions [9]
this is a very intriguing essay... a job well done
this is a very intriguing essay... a job well done
foly17
Dec 31, 2010
Undergraduate / "the nation's first medical school" - academic, research paths [4]
Considering both the specific undergraduate school or program to which you are applying and the broader University of Pennsylvania community, what academic, research, and/or extracurricular paths do you see yourself exploring at Penn?
Fatoumata Foly Balde
"College", the place where every senior is striving to encompass, it's a big stepping stone in life that I feel I need to effectuate at the University of Pennsylvania. The big scary famous ivy leagues of the U.S are very strenuous to get accepted into. I see myself exploring either pre-medicine, art, or architecture in the college of arts and sciences. The Universities many historical achievements is what mainly enticed me to apply there. To be part of an abode full of innovational inventors, leaders, and even the progenitors of our country were fully amalgamated with the creation of this sublime institution. What pulled me in the most to this university was its potpourri of accomplishments and research opportunities that I can choose from. I am still undecided about what I want to major in but I have a couple of things in mind. My most likely major would be pre-medicine and later on to become a neurologist.
The University of Pennsylvania is the pioneer of the nation's first medical school with a university teaching hospital; this could be of great use to me because as I learn I also want to implement my studies in real life. Since Neurology is most likely what I will pursue in graduate school I see the University of Pennsylvania as offering me the best location to go to. I mean I don't want to get settled at a university for four years than later on move to a completely different location and have to start all over, I see that going the University of Pennsylvania will be an easier and smarter decision. After completing my undergraduate study at the college of arts and sciences I will pursue my doctorate in the graduate school of medicine. Another potential major I could research that the university is archeology, because I love history and studying ancient epochs. The University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is also what attracts me because if I go to another university where it is limited in resources and historical artifacts it would limit my studies and I see this university as having one of the best research capabilities for archaeology. I'm an artist so I want to go to a school that can inspire me and help me innovate my own artistic genre and skills, I believe that because the University of Pennsylvania is so full of history and is one of the oldest institutions in the world it can help and inspire me to become a better artist. To be accepted into this university will allow me to research, study, innovate, and invoke my ubiquitous talents which will allow me to bring more to the university while its one of the many greats schools that can offer the best prospects that a college student needs.
Considering both the specific undergraduate school or program to which you are applying and the broader University of Pennsylvania community, what academic, research, and/or extracurricular paths do you see yourself exploring at Penn?
Fatoumata Foly Balde
"College", the place where every senior is striving to encompass, it's a big stepping stone in life that I feel I need to effectuate at the University of Pennsylvania. The big scary famous ivy leagues of the U.S are very strenuous to get accepted into. I see myself exploring either pre-medicine, art, or architecture in the college of arts and sciences. The Universities many historical achievements is what mainly enticed me to apply there. To be part of an abode full of innovational inventors, leaders, and even the progenitors of our country were fully amalgamated with the creation of this sublime institution. What pulled me in the most to this university was its potpourri of accomplishments and research opportunities that I can choose from. I am still undecided about what I want to major in but I have a couple of things in mind. My most likely major would be pre-medicine and later on to become a neurologist.
The University of Pennsylvania is the pioneer of the nation's first medical school with a university teaching hospital; this could be of great use to me because as I learn I also want to implement my studies in real life. Since Neurology is most likely what I will pursue in graduate school I see the University of Pennsylvania as offering me the best location to go to. I mean I don't want to get settled at a university for four years than later on move to a completely different location and have to start all over, I see that going the University of Pennsylvania will be an easier and smarter decision. After completing my undergraduate study at the college of arts and sciences I will pursue my doctorate in the graduate school of medicine. Another potential major I could research that the university is archeology, because I love history and studying ancient epochs. The University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is also what attracts me because if I go to another university where it is limited in resources and historical artifacts it would limit my studies and I see this university as having one of the best research capabilities for archaeology. I'm an artist so I want to go to a school that can inspire me and help me innovate my own artistic genre and skills, I believe that because the University of Pennsylvania is so full of history and is one of the oldest institutions in the world it can help and inspire me to become a better artist. To be accepted into this university will allow me to research, study, innovate, and invoke my ubiquitous talents which will allow me to bring more to the university while its one of the many greats schools that can offer the best prospects that a college student needs.
foly17
Dec 31, 2010
Undergraduate / "The Really big book" + "In The Dumbest Generation" - UVA [NEW]
Fatoumata Foly Balde
What work of art, music, science, mathematics, or literature has surprised, unsettled, or challenged you, and in what way?
"The Really big book"
Reading is what makes the human civilization the most advanced species on this earth. I mean can dogs read? Can birds read? Can a fish read? No, it is one of the most valued accolades that a species can inherit. Reading was very easy for me to attain even in a third world country like Guinea, everyone knew how to read and you had to learn it under the French system. Later on though when I came back to U.S. around the age of seven I had to learn how to read all over again in a completely different language "English". I have to say it was quite hard for me to assimilate, one time in school my ESOL teacher was instructing me how to pronounce "ch". I could not pronounce it for my life and my teacher got very annoyed by it so I just cried under my desk because I'm not use to disappointing my elders. Back in my country I was the top student in my school but over here I felt like I was nothing. When I went home that day, my cousin decided to bring me and my brother to see Harry Potter. After watching it I was so mesmerized by this world of magic and ubiquitous unknown wonders it contained. For Christmas that year I got the first Harry Potter book and it's known that Harry Potter is a very tedious and prodigious novel to read. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets surprised and challenged me, because it was so tedious, but I could relate to it, Hermione Granger was one of my favorite characters. I could share several similarities with her; she came from a different background because she was a muggle in a magical world where humans were seeing as being weaker. I kind of felt like that in my situation because I came from a very different country and this novel helped me find something I could connect to. Overcoming that big book helped relish my different qualities and writing skills which I'm proud to say that helped me attain a perfect score twice on my SAT essay.
Fatoumata Foly Balde
In The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein asserts that social media and youth culture undercut the skills necessary to be a global citizen when he writes: "We need a steady stream of rising men and women to replenish the institutions, to become strong military leaders and wise political leaders, dedicated journalists and demanding teachers, judges and muckrakers, scholars and critics and artists. We have the best schools to train them, but social and private environments have eroded." Do you agree with his assessment of not?
"I want to rap when I grow up" this is the typical answer I get when I ask my peers about their future goals. There is a copious amount of knowledge to find throughout this ubiquitous universe. In the more ancient epochs social media and youth culture drove the innovations that are used today by many of our youths like iPods and laptops. I accede with the argument that Bauerlein asserts that social media and youth culture does undercut the skills necessary to be a global citizen. It's like a farm if you don't have good seeds than you can't grow anything or expand. In the time of Benjamin Franklin and Aristotle, where conducting experiments and being bound for higher education was expected of the youths unlike the current era were its all about trying to becoming an entertainer or being famous for an infamous act. In this day and age not many young people are interested in becoming politicians or scientist when they don't know scientist acquire more money than most rappers. Social medial and youth culture like T.V. shows promotes inadequate activities that are around sex, drug, and illegal ventures. Even in our music scene all rappers talk about is killing people and fondling with different woman. What this generation forgets is that the billionaires, pioneers, and entrepreneurs of our time worked hard for their money. For example Bill Gates the innovator of Microsoft for hours would study during his youth to master the computer. Bill wasn't wasting his time trying to learn how to moonwalk, he was trying to make something of himself and he did so by being a good global citizen and providing the other subjects of the world with useful recourses to expand our knowledge. If this and other coming generations don't try replenishing our world with useful citizens then I foresee a future that is full of uneducated individuals which is a very deleterious world.
Fatoumata Foly Balde
What work of art, music, science, mathematics, or literature has surprised, unsettled, or challenged you, and in what way?
"The Really big book"
Reading is what makes the human civilization the most advanced species on this earth. I mean can dogs read? Can birds read? Can a fish read? No, it is one of the most valued accolades that a species can inherit. Reading was very easy for me to attain even in a third world country like Guinea, everyone knew how to read and you had to learn it under the French system. Later on though when I came back to U.S. around the age of seven I had to learn how to read all over again in a completely different language "English". I have to say it was quite hard for me to assimilate, one time in school my ESOL teacher was instructing me how to pronounce "ch". I could not pronounce it for my life and my teacher got very annoyed by it so I just cried under my desk because I'm not use to disappointing my elders. Back in my country I was the top student in my school but over here I felt like I was nothing. When I went home that day, my cousin decided to bring me and my brother to see Harry Potter. After watching it I was so mesmerized by this world of magic and ubiquitous unknown wonders it contained. For Christmas that year I got the first Harry Potter book and it's known that Harry Potter is a very tedious and prodigious novel to read. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets surprised and challenged me, because it was so tedious, but I could relate to it, Hermione Granger was one of my favorite characters. I could share several similarities with her; she came from a different background because she was a muggle in a magical world where humans were seeing as being weaker. I kind of felt like that in my situation because I came from a very different country and this novel helped me find something I could connect to. Overcoming that big book helped relish my different qualities and writing skills which I'm proud to say that helped me attain a perfect score twice on my SAT essay.
Fatoumata Foly Balde
In The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein asserts that social media and youth culture undercut the skills necessary to be a global citizen when he writes: "We need a steady stream of rising men and women to replenish the institutions, to become strong military leaders and wise political leaders, dedicated journalists and demanding teachers, judges and muckrakers, scholars and critics and artists. We have the best schools to train them, but social and private environments have eroded." Do you agree with his assessment of not?
"I want to rap when I grow up" this is the typical answer I get when I ask my peers about their future goals. There is a copious amount of knowledge to find throughout this ubiquitous universe. In the more ancient epochs social media and youth culture drove the innovations that are used today by many of our youths like iPods and laptops. I accede with the argument that Bauerlein asserts that social media and youth culture does undercut the skills necessary to be a global citizen. It's like a farm if you don't have good seeds than you can't grow anything or expand. In the time of Benjamin Franklin and Aristotle, where conducting experiments and being bound for higher education was expected of the youths unlike the current era were its all about trying to becoming an entertainer or being famous for an infamous act. In this day and age not many young people are interested in becoming politicians or scientist when they don't know scientist acquire more money than most rappers. Social medial and youth culture like T.V. shows promotes inadequate activities that are around sex, drug, and illegal ventures. Even in our music scene all rappers talk about is killing people and fondling with different woman. What this generation forgets is that the billionaires, pioneers, and entrepreneurs of our time worked hard for their money. For example Bill Gates the innovator of Microsoft for hours would study during his youth to master the computer. Bill wasn't wasting his time trying to learn how to moonwalk, he was trying to make something of himself and he did so by being a good global citizen and providing the other subjects of the world with useful recourses to expand our knowledge. If this and other coming generations don't try replenishing our world with useful citizens then I foresee a future that is full of uneducated individuals which is a very deleterious world.
