Hey, it's kind of urgent. This is the "What major do you choose?" essay. The limit is suppose to be 250 words, lol, so I definitely need help. Anything that seems unnecessary or should I just take a chance sending in this 675 word essay?
"Your search - afropsychology - did not match any documents." The spring break of my junior year, I spent my time "googling" college majors. I knew that somewhere, at some institution, there was a department and curriculum that was exactly what I was looking for.
Afropsychology: the science of mind and behavior of African Americans in various societies. I can vividly remember that day when this seemingly perfect major popped into my head. A thousand plus young people, with police helicopters circling overhead, on that cold March fourth morning, stood outside the Baltimore Juvenile Justice Center chanting while panting, "Books not bars!"
The Baltimore Algebra Project (BAP), a youth-led organization, which focuses on tutoring in mathematics, while promoting social justice, took the lead organizing in Baltimore. As a math literacy worker, an advocate, and the secretary of BAP, I have sat through extensive strategy meetings, made hundreds of phone calls, and spoke at what seemed like hundreds of events, in an effort to organize supporters for March 4th. This national day of action to defend education, made it an opportunity to highlight the fact that while Baltimore City schools struggle to find enough money for supplies, programs, and books, state legislators continue to fund the construction of new youth detention centers.
The next day, there were floods of emails asking, "What's going to happen next?" With everyone enthusiastically waiting, my one question remained, "What are the solutions so we won't need another national day of action to defend education?"
I am going to college wanting to answer this question. I have this urge to understand how my city and nation got to this particular status quo. I have always been intrigued to understand the human mind, human behavior, and why people act and do the things they do. Working with the BAP has guided me into silhouetting who I want to be, what I want to study, and discovering what I'm truly passionate about. And while I still have this desire to explore psychology and sociology, it is the consciousness that I also want to dedicate my life and career to understanding and aiding African Americans.
Intending to have a student-designed major, I know that my courses of study will give me the opportunity to explore every aspect I want to. Moreover, I want to examine the psychological differences of black people through the study of sociology. For example, what are the different behaviors and mind patterns of black people who live in Baltimore or London or Zimbabwe? Or, how do different social classes and their stratifications affect the behaviors of black people in their society?
At Johns Hopkins, I have the ideal setting and support in assisting me in studying "afropsychology." As a Baltimore native, Hopkins gives me the opportunity to continue organizing in my community, while receiving astounding academic knowledge "right out my back door." The range of courses between the Africana, Psychology, and Sociology departments at Hopkins are just what I am looking for to study at an institution. From The Power of Place: Race and Community in East Baltimore to Behavioral Endocrinology to Class, Stratification and Personality, Hopkins offers great courses for me to take advantage of. The opportunity to have classes that analyze the community of Baltimore, as well as other areas, is exactly what I seek in my college experience; getting me one step closer to answering my many questions.
"Your search - afropsychology - did not match any documents." The spring break of my junior year, I spent my time "googling" college majors. I knew that somewhere, at some institution, there was a department and curriculum that was exactly what I was looking for.
Afropsychology: the science of mind and behavior of African Americans in various societies. I can vividly remember that day when this seemingly perfect major popped into my head. A thousand plus young people, with police helicopters circling overhead, on that cold March fourth morning, stood outside the Baltimore Juvenile Justice Center chanting while panting, "Books not bars!"
The Baltimore Algebra Project (BAP), a youth-led organization, which focuses on tutoring in mathematics, while promoting social justice, took the lead organizing in Baltimore. As a math literacy worker, an advocate, and the secretary of BAP, I have sat through extensive strategy meetings, made hundreds of phone calls, and spoke at what seemed like hundreds of events, in an effort to organize supporters for March 4th. This national day of action to defend education, made it an opportunity to highlight the fact that while Baltimore City schools struggle to find enough money for supplies, programs, and books, state legislators continue to fund the construction of new youth detention centers.
The next day, there were floods of emails asking, "What's going to happen next?" With everyone enthusiastically waiting, my one question remained, "What are the solutions so we won't need another national day of action to defend education?"
I am going to college wanting to answer this question. I have this urge to understand how my city and nation got to this particular status quo. I have always been intrigued to understand the human mind, human behavior, and why people act and do the things they do. Working with the BAP has guided me into silhouetting who I want to be, what I want to study, and discovering what I'm truly passionate about. And while I still have this desire to explore psychology and sociology, it is the consciousness that I also want to dedicate my life and career to understanding and aiding African Americans.
Intending to have a student-designed major, I know that my courses of study will give me the opportunity to explore every aspect I want to. Moreover, I want to examine the psychological differences of black people through the study of sociology. For example, what are the different behaviors and mind patterns of black people who live in Baltimore or London or Zimbabwe? Or, how do different social classes and their stratifications affect the behaviors of black people in their society?
At Johns Hopkins, I have the ideal setting and support in assisting me in studying "afropsychology." As a Baltimore native, Hopkins gives me the opportunity to continue organizing in my community, while receiving astounding academic knowledge "right out my back door." The range of courses between the Africana, Psychology, and Sociology departments at Hopkins are just what I am looking for to study at an institution. From The Power of Place: Race and Community in East Baltimore to Behavioral Endocrinology to Class, Stratification and Personality, Hopkins offers great courses for me to take advantage of. The opportunity to have classes that analyze the community of Baltimore, as well as other areas, is exactly what I seek in my college experience; getting me one step closer to answering my many questions.
