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Aug 6, 2015
Undergraduate / Challenging transition - College essay/personal statement [3]
Please tell us about the particular life experiences, talents, commitments and/or interests you will bring specifically to our campus that will enrich our community:
When I was in middle school, I remember learning about the theory of evolution. It excited me and made me think about how life came to be as it is now. We learned about all the possibilities, the theories, and the ways scientists have attempted to prove to the world that evolution is how we came to be. It was fascinating to learn the theories and speculations that scientists from all over the world were making and trying to prove true. It was absolutely intriguing to think about what was possible, and what could be possible just through science. These early science lessons sparked a passion not only for learning, but for investigating, and they also made me curious about living things and how they worked. This passion for science and investigating has lead me to take many science courses in high school, and has led me to the decision that I want a career in the medical field. For senior year, I will be taking many medical classes, to prepare me for the courses I will be taking in college, and to give me more insight into the career I am interested in.
After middle school I moved to Wisconsin. It was a challenging transition. The people I knew and the people I was closest to all thought the same as I did. Then I moved here and went to high school, a place where the student population is more diverse than it was in middle school. When I first arrived here, I was used to many people sharing the same beliefs as me. I never realized how many differing opinions there could be on one subject, and as I began to make more friends and be introduced to other people's perspectives, I began to grow as a person. I became more open minded and started to see that just because people had different opinions that did not make either opinion more right, or more wrong, than the other. This transition, in addition to making me more open minded and accepting of others, has created a passion for seeing many different kinds of perspectives, from the viewpoints of many different people.
This passion to learn about how other people see the world differently was one of the main reasons I accepted the invitation to the People to People Student Ambassador Celtic Cultures program, which took a large group of teenagers from Wisconsin and Michigan and brought them to the United Kingdom to learn about life there in the past and present, and to increase global awareness and acceptance. By being accepted into the People to People program, I had to work hard to raise the several thousand dollars it cost to go on this trip of a lifetime. I worked hard to achieve my goal of raising enough money by juggling my job, fundraisers to earn money, along with schoolwork and projects due for the program. On this program, I was brought somewhere completely unfamiliar to me, with forty other kids; most of whom I had never met. I learned a lot about myself on that program. I was given much more responsibility than I had ever had before. Some days, we would be let out in a city, such as Dublin, St. Andrews, or London, and would be allowed to explore with a small group of students. Being able to go off in these smaller groups made me become more responsible because I was placed in a city in another country and had to manage my time and money for where we would go and what we would do.
I should be accepted into ______________________'s program because I can bring a passion for my major and for learning everything I can about it. I am a responsible, passionate, open minded student who will work hard to achieve her goals and pursue my passions, and I truly believe that _____________________ would be the best school to help me get the most out of my college experience.
Please tell us about the particular life experiences, talents, commitments and/or interests you will bring specifically to our campus that will enrich our community:
When I was in middle school, I remember learning about the theory of evolution. It excited me and made me think about how life came to be as it is now. We learned about all the possibilities, the theories, and the ways scientists have attempted to prove to the world that evolution is how we came to be. It was fascinating to learn the theories and speculations that scientists from all over the world were making and trying to prove true. It was absolutely intriguing to think about what was possible, and what could be possible just through science. These early science lessons sparked a passion not only for learning, but for investigating, and they also made me curious about living things and how they worked. This passion for science and investigating has lead me to take many science courses in high school, and has led me to the decision that I want a career in the medical field. For senior year, I will be taking many medical classes, to prepare me for the courses I will be taking in college, and to give me more insight into the career I am interested in.
After middle school I moved to Wisconsin. It was a challenging transition. The people I knew and the people I was closest to all thought the same as I did. Then I moved here and went to high school, a place where the student population is more diverse than it was in middle school. When I first arrived here, I was used to many people sharing the same beliefs as me. I never realized how many differing opinions there could be on one subject, and as I began to make more friends and be introduced to other people's perspectives, I began to grow as a person. I became more open minded and started to see that just because people had different opinions that did not make either opinion more right, or more wrong, than the other. This transition, in addition to making me more open minded and accepting of others, has created a passion for seeing many different kinds of perspectives, from the viewpoints of many different people.
This passion to learn about how other people see the world differently was one of the main reasons I accepted the invitation to the People to People Student Ambassador Celtic Cultures program, which took a large group of teenagers from Wisconsin and Michigan and brought them to the United Kingdom to learn about life there in the past and present, and to increase global awareness and acceptance. By being accepted into the People to People program, I had to work hard to raise the several thousand dollars it cost to go on this trip of a lifetime. I worked hard to achieve my goal of raising enough money by juggling my job, fundraisers to earn money, along with schoolwork and projects due for the program. On this program, I was brought somewhere completely unfamiliar to me, with forty other kids; most of whom I had never met. I learned a lot about myself on that program. I was given much more responsibility than I had ever had before. Some days, we would be let out in a city, such as Dublin, St. Andrews, or London, and would be allowed to explore with a small group of students. Being able to go off in these smaller groups made me become more responsible because I was placed in a city in another country and had to manage my time and money for where we would go and what we would do.
I should be accepted into ______________________'s program because I can bring a passion for my major and for learning everything I can about it. I am a responsible, passionate, open minded student who will work hard to achieve her goals and pursue my passions, and I truly believe that _____________________ would be the best school to help me get the most out of my college experience.
