PERSONAL STATEMENT
By using the Personal Application, you are not required to submit a formal essay. However, we do ask that you write a personal statement (at least 250 words) - allowing Tulane to get an idea of who you are beyond your grades, classes and test scores. If there's any information you would like the admission committee to take into consideration when reviewing your application, this is the place for it.
Using the space below, please write between 250 and 500 words to describe a special interest, significant experience or achievement, or anything else that has special meaning to you or had a significant influence on you.
I have decided to dedicate my personal statement to a special experience that I have found to be very important and helpful to others. An idea that was recently presented to me, that affected my way of thinking, is the consequences of the relationships of everyone's lives. I was unaware how important the impact of relationships could be until I started thinking about my history class. The way you treat someone, or interact with, may impact the rest of your life. I think that if more people considered their relationships with everyday acquaintances more important, their futures might be brighter.
This idea first presented itself to me after history class last week, after a review of the significance of certain people in the scientific revolution, such as Galileo, and Copernicus. As I thought about how these people are seen to be very important and special to the world, I thought about how the people are me might change the world. I started to think the friends and family that I see every day, may as well become the next Copernicus, so to speak. I also thought to myself that there are little differences between the people I know, and some of the people who are known for their contribution to the world as we know it. When I realized that anyone, who is willing, could change the world, I began to think about what sort of relationship I have with them.
I am grateful that I experienced this sudden change in ideas. I believe that now I have a greater level of understanding and perspective of others. I also feel that I respect my acquaintances in a different way. Anyone can change the world or do something that no one before them has done. I feel like this is a special concept to understand, and I am eager to explain to others how this can improve the way people treat one another.
By using the Personal Application, you are not required to submit a formal essay. However, we do ask that you write a personal statement (at least 250 words) - allowing Tulane to get an idea of who you are beyond your grades, classes and test scores. If there's any information you would like the admission committee to take into consideration when reviewing your application, this is the place for it.
Using the space below, please write between 250 and 500 words to describe a special interest, significant experience or achievement, or anything else that has special meaning to you or had a significant influence on you.
I have decided to dedicate my personal statement to a special experience that I have found to be very important and helpful to others. An idea that was recently presented to me, that affected my way of thinking, is the consequences of the relationships of everyone's lives. I was unaware how important the impact of relationships could be until I started thinking about my history class. The way you treat someone, or interact with, may impact the rest of your life. I think that if more people considered their relationships with everyday acquaintances more important, their futures might be brighter.
This idea first presented itself to me after history class last week, after a review of the significance of certain people in the scientific revolution, such as Galileo, and Copernicus. As I thought about how these people are seen to be very important and special to the world, I thought about how the people are me might change the world. I started to think the friends and family that I see every day, may as well become the next Copernicus, so to speak. I also thought to myself that there are little differences between the people I know, and some of the people who are known for their contribution to the world as we know it. When I realized that anyone, who is willing, could change the world, I began to think about what sort of relationship I have with them.
I am grateful that I experienced this sudden change in ideas. I believe that now I have a greater level of understanding and perspective of others. I also feel that I respect my acquaintances in a different way. Anyone can change the world or do something that no one before them has done. I feel like this is a special concept to understand, and I am eager to explain to others how this can improve the way people treat one another.