Undergraduate / Small businesses are the engine of the economy; TRANSFER/CORNEL&UCHICAGO [3]

As a twelve-year old Jamaican and a XXX resident, I understood that small businesses are the engine of the economy. I worked at a party rental store and experienced how our business started out promising, only to go bankrupt. The driving factor was pollution. From the rat-infested trash left by the restaurant nearby to an inefficient waste disposal system to the carbon monoxide coming from the generator of the restaurant, the pollution drove away potential customers. I was fortunate to have had an experience of how a small businesses struggle with pollution. I wished I had done something, at least to save my job. That experience has allowed me to combine my environmental concerns with my desire to study economics.

Upon my immigrating to the United States two-years ago, I was fascinated by learning about the brilliant ideas of Plato or how Machiavelli's the price would have been loved by some corrupt leaders. I had no knowledge about western thought, but the philosophy of these great artists was inspiring. I felt attending XXX Community College would be a good foundation. My decision to attend XXX was based on its academic offerings and its proximity to my home. I went to XXX planning to get an associate's degree and then transfer after two years to earn a bachelor's degree. XXX has a great economic department and faculty that further broadened my knowledge of economics. Although XXX Community College gave me the foundation I wanted, I believe I need a school that will provide me with a great liberal art education that expands on the knowledge I have gained. With an environmental economics degree, I hope to contribute to the economic policies being implemented. For example, the debate on whether the president should approve the Keystone Oil Pipeline bill or not is a complex issue I find interesting. On the one hand, approving the pipeline would create jobs for the economy but at a huge environmental cost. We should ask ourselves if the economic profits outweigh the environmental cost and jobs lost in the process.

I am happy XXX provided me with a good learning environment and a support system to have achieved all I wanted. I still believe I have so much to learn, and I hope to achieve this by transferring. However, in my pursuit of a degree in environmental economics, I hope to expand my mind on the humanistic knowledge I have gained. To achieve my goals, I need the opportunity to explore and test various theories through different internship programs. I feel I still have so much to learn, and so much more to give. I hope, after earning a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in environmental economics, to develop policies that create jobs and protect our environment.

Undergraduate / My imagination ; COMMON APP - Extracurricular or Work experiences [5]

This is all i could think about. this be harsh
Is this want they want.
Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below (1000 character maximum).

From the super bowl adverts to the series and movies on TV to politicians trying to convince me that their views are right the other guy is wrong, our currently society is mostly simulated by images. I find this means of interaction tiresome. Although people learn visually, I see myself different. When I read novels, I, and most of us, just see words. Right! That's the point. The words written by the author is not trying to convince me or stimulate me in any way, but the words help me think of the way I, myself, would interpret those words. I love reading novels; my imagination is endless. After reading a novel, I begin to think of different scenarios that could have happened to a character. I feel like I have lived many life times through the characters of the novels I read. My imagination as not only given me the ability to think of likely solutions to any math problem, but it has also helped me think of possible solutions to the problems I encounter every day.

Undergraduate / BACHELORS IN ECONOMICS; TRANSFER - University of Chicago [4]

Please tell us why you are planning to leave (or have already left) your current college or university

XXX-previous college

My attending XXX is a necessary mistake I had to make. I went to XXX community college understanding my decisions. My decision to attend XXX was based on academics and my financial position at the time. I was left with the tradeoff between the price of college and the quality of education I want.

I wanted a bachelor's degree in economics and I knew XXX did not offer bachelor's degree. However I was naive, hoping they had I great economic department that could convince me to just to get an associate degree. Sadly they failed; XXX's economic department is strong as the engineering or health care department. The economic classes I took were great, but I neither could apply what I learnt outside the class nor was there opportunity for me to participate in research with my professors. Even though the classes were not that expensive, I wanted more.

I was motivated to get a bachelor's degree but at the same time I didn't want to put my single mother and myself in debt we could not pay. Thankfully, I am economist at heart. I decided to attend a two year college. Attending a two year college would reduce the interest I would have to pay on a loan if I wanted to transfer to a school that fulfills my need.

Although XXX did not fulfill my needs, I know University of Chicago has the resources to fulfill my needs. I plan to be an economist and hopefully work at for the government, especially the US Federal Reserve, to implement policies. Policies that would not only drive the economy but would also have an impact on children's education, like am currently experiencing.

University of Chicago provides resources like the Heckman Equation, Economics Research Center, or the Becker and Friedman institute that would not only provide me with incredible research opportunity, but a chance to learn from professors, first hand, why they support different policy and challenge them on why some public policies like providing insurance for everyone or economic policies like taxing the rich, which are good at heart, but later have negative effect.

To achieve my goal, I need the opportunity challenge currently ideas, the resources to test this ideas and University of Chicago to provide me the platform to achieve my goals.

Undergraduate / Waldo's presence / Breathing difficulty; U CHICAGO/ WALDO; Which one is better? [4]

WhicH essay should I USE.Critic and tell me PLEASE THANK

University of Chicago ESSAY: Where is Waldo

THE LIFE AND (POSSIBLE) DEATH OF WALDO

It is my pleasure to confirm the death of Madam Waldo. Don't be vexed by my happiness in the death of Waldo. If you knew the effect Waldo had in the world in past five to six years, you would also be happy. You asked where Waldo is and I can tell you nobody as seen her. However, I can tell where she has been by the effect she has had.

Waldo's presence was first noticed in 2007 when the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) announced bankruptcy. Of course, I didn't understand until our house was foreclosed and my family had to move to an apartment. Waldo didn't stop there; he went on from Wall Street, where millions of jobs were lost, to the bail out of banks and finally to the overall economy, causing millions of jobs to be lost. Waldo's impact on the country was not only financially, but also in the lives of the average American family, like mine.

Before my family experienced Waldo, I lived a comfortable life, but it all changed drastically when I actually felt Waldo's impact on my house. First, my dad lost his job. Not long after, my father started working two jobs. We eventually moved to small apartment to minimize the cost. For me, I stopped buying bookings online and became an assassin of cheap books where ever I saw one. At some point, I stopped buying books all together and started borrowing book from different city library close to Chicago. I went from Chicago library to Evanston library to Skokie library borrowing books I would not have bought if I was not forced to.

Although I was more street smart and sensible about my spending, the financial hardship took its tow on my father and eventually took his life. It almost looked like Waldo could not be stopped from the rise in unemployment rate to the increase in US debt, everything looked doomed and gloom, but I was wrong.

After my father's death, I moved in with my uncle, who also felt the effect of Waldo and was also unemployed like my father. In summer of 2011, he found a job and at the same time I got admitted to a community college and also won a scholarship that paid for my expenses for the year. Things were finally looking up. I did not want to jinx it, but it felt as if Waldo was finally done with us, but I needed confirmation from other people. Although the effect my family was going through was not wide spread, the lives of some neighbors and close relative where faring better, even the government monthly jobs report was indicating positive growth. This was when I knew Waldo was no more.

Waldo was the mother of depression, oppression, pain, struggle and the unhappiness Americans and the world faced during this period. Unfortunately, some of Waldo's children still survive and pop up in our daily life. An example is oppression, who is hanging to his dear life in the Middle East. So you ask where Waldo is? Sorry, she is gone. May her troublesome soul rest in peace

2ND ESSAY FOR UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Susan Sontag, AB'51, wrote that "Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech." Write about an issue or a situation in
which you remained silent, and explain how silence may speak in ways that you did or did not intend. e Aesthetics of Silence, 1967

My eyes were closed but I could smell disinfectant in the air, the quiet shuffling of constantly moving feet. I was not sure where I was. I gradually opened my eyes then realized I was at cook county hospital. My mum was asleep on the chair, rested her head at the foot of my bed. I didn't know how i got there, but I knew that I was responsible.

Ever since I was a child, I have had difficulty breathing. Two things deterred my parents from singing off to a procedure that might have helped me: the risky and the cost of the operation. However, there were preventive measures I could take if I was every vigilant about the symptoms.

Over the years, I have always told my parents about if I was experiencing the major symptoms like headaches, chest pain, or loss of appetite. But, over the years, every time I tell my parents about any symptoms, I notice mother's eyes dilate but no tears, her face swells, her hands sweats, as she begins to calmly but urgently order my father on the routine. My mother is strong and she does her best to hide it, but I know when I see a glowing smiling with no restriction on her face when she is happy and the smile that brings wrinkle on her face. I felt like a bad wind that continues to prevent the rose f lower from blossoming again and again, so i decided to take care of myself and show my independence next time I notice the symptoms.

I noticed minor symptoms at home, but I remained silence. At school, during one of my class breaks, I noticed a major symptom, chest pain, and kept it to myself. During class, Mr. Feng, my calculus professor asked jokingly if everything was okay because I haven't questioned any of the proofs on the board. I nodded, signaling that nothing was wrong. I knew the procedure, but I had the get home first. Suddenly, I grabbed my chest, trying to stop the pain, I could feel hear and feel my heart pounding faster. I felt dizzy, tire, and running short of breath. I knew I was too late. All I could think about was my mom's feeling; her voice ringing in my head saying why? Why? Why? I blacked out.

Now fully awake in the hospital, the foot of my bed was soaked. I looked up and saw my mother raining tears from her eyes. My mother appeared scared, angry, and at the same time relieved." why did you keep silent or am I doing a bad job at taking care of you? Or are you depressed?" my mother asked, crying.

Surprised and in tears, I replied that she misread my intention. "All I wanted was to see the same smile I saw in wedding pictures or the smile I saw picture I saw when I was a baby", I said. My mother was shocked and started to cry and said she won't have to be worried anymore. Why? , I replied. She responded saying that the doctor had to perform the operation to save me. I cried. I could not believe how my tears of sadness turned to joy. Surprising, Mr. Feng enter and smiled. He said he would to pay half the bill. My mother and I thanked him. Mr. Feng later said he understands why I remained silent about my health, but can't understand why I didn't ask for help and other people might misunderstand it has being proud.

And misunderstand, they did. My intention, to me, was good because I wanted to learn to be independent and give my mother life outside mine, but she misread it. I obviously did not intend to make my mother sad and I didn't intend to ask for help from my teacher, but somehow I did. If there was one thing i took away from this, it is that silence is not only a form of speech. Silence is like a behavior that can be interpreted in various ways. Aristotle said man is a social animal? Silence was not responsible for the evolution of men, nor was it responsible for ending both world wars. So what was responsible? Definitely not silence. To me, Silence is a mystery we should only endeavor in if we are sure of the outcome.

Undergraduate / Broader study exposure; WHY DO WANT TO TRANSFER TO UC? [5]

Please tell us why you are planning to leave (or have already left) your current college or university.

I am very happy with what Oakton community college has been able to provide for me during my two years at the college. My professors were very passionate about what they teach and very knowledgably. However, my college cannot provide the resources for me to further my educational goal of becoming an economist.

As an Economist, I would need to study the effect the economies of different countries around the world and to this need to a culturally diverse environment to succeed. My current college is deficient in this area, which is no fault of theirs since they accept almost all the students that apply. This deficiency was evident in my humanities class when we my professor asked if China's growth was a threat to the US? Most of my classmate had no response and those would have said yes based on what they watch on TV. However, they fail to connect the fact that a growth in china, and the world economy, would lead to an increase in the US export and reduction in our trade deficit, which would lead to more American jobs.

Oakton community college is a good school with great teacher, but having passion is only one part of the equation. However, university of Chicago has the complete equation: passion and an outstanding Academic and research community.

Undergraduate / 'I did this and my property' - WHY UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO? [8]

HONEST AND BRUTAL CRITIQUE NEEDED.

"I did this" Is a characteristic I have. These words are not intended to sound proud, but are a source of motivation for me. I have always tried not to be the best I can but better than the best around me. This might sound cliche, but I ask myself what the purpose of ranking or prize if not to know who has worked the hardest. My interest in economic is a very unusually one because I love do something that has not been done. The field of economics, today, is full of theories that can be right for few decades and wrong the next, not because the theory is wrong, but because the environment has change; with the continuous change in environment, there is abundant opportunity for me develop my ideas and be among the groups that I classify has the "I did this" . University of Chicago is full of unique individuals , but similar to me because we all share the same the " I did this"characteristic. My past experience has not been much help, from a high school in northern part of Nigeria that limits expression, to one that, all together, prevents all forms of diversity. This experience has shaped my idea of what my dream school should be like, a school where different cultures and ideas are not only embraced but can also shape me by expressing the cultural values of an African. A school where an idea would pierce the heart of everyone in class, due to its small size, rather than fade in the crowd of students; I believe University of Chicago is that kind of school.

My motivations to have a degree in economics were two things.First is my lack of understanding of the causes of economic events happening in the world for example: why having one five-hundred thousand note of Zimbabwean dollar can not feed a man for a day .Second is from my father, who always said that getting A in class does not mean it hasn't been done before, but am just among millions of students that have gotten an A . I want achieve something that hasn't been done, that makes me standout and I believe University of Chicago is the place where I my curiosity and love for challenge is matched with great resources and, most importantly, someone to challenge me. A place where I finally can have a chance to pose questions like why an increase in a country's GDP does not translate to economic development for all economic classes or how the improvement in education and economic policy can curb the threat of terrorism around the world. These questions can't be answered without having a state of the art research facility, which University of Chicago provides for students thanks in part to the work of Milton Friedman, who epitomize what it means to challenge existing theories. Milton Friedman did this, but I can do better given the right environment, University of Chicago. In a few years in University of Chicago, I would have achieved something that has been done, rather than just pass through. I would finally be among those that can say "I did this" and passing this challenge to the next students.