The prompt is: In an essay of approximately 300 words, let us know why you want to be a member of the University Honors Program.
I have about 386 words, any chopping/editing you want to help me do would be greatly appreciated. I'm kind of all on my own with this college app process. I'll definitely edit back for anyone.
In a graduating class of roughly 400, there are 14 IB Diploma Candidate seniors. There are 14 people who have the desire for an interdisciplinary approach to learning with the opportunity to work closely with each other, and their teachers. I am one of those 14, and the University Honors Program is the type of environment to which I am drawn.
I took IB for the challenge. As pedestrian as it may sound, I am on a perpetual quest for knowledge. Whether it was being enrolled in all of the "Gifted and Talented" classes in elementary school or taking a combined AP/IB schedule in high school, I have always wanted to learn more in a rigorous academic arena. It is this desire, and these special characteristics that have driven me to apply to the University Honors Program.
The University Honors Program offers a school within a school approach, something I am very much familiar with, given my IB education. This type of environment is the type in which I do my best work - where I have the ability to stand out, and collaborate but where I am forced to work hard and apply myself completely. I wish to be surrounded by others who feel the same way, individuals who are incredibly self-motivated, articulate, and disciplined; which I believe is found most exclusively in the Honors Program.
I am undeterred by the extensive work-load the Honors Program would bring. I have mastered the art of time management, completing my 4000 word Extended Essay well before the deadline, and will work to complete a task until it is completed superbly. The small class environment I would experience as part of the Honors Program would provide for me, the optimum educational collegiate experience and would allow me to not only thrive as a student but grow given the collaboration of experiences and intelligence that would surround me.
Calvin Coolidge once said, "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence...persistence and determination alone are omnipotent..." and with him I agree completely. I may not have the highest GPA, or the highest SAT but I can and will work incredibly hard and believe that the Honors Program at your university would provide me with an optimum learning community in which I would undoubtedly perform at, and perhaps above expected standards.
I have about 386 words, any chopping/editing you want to help me do would be greatly appreciated. I'm kind of all on my own with this college app process. I'll definitely edit back for anyone.
In a graduating class of roughly 400, there are 14 IB Diploma Candidate seniors. There are 14 people who have the desire for an interdisciplinary approach to learning with the opportunity to work closely with each other, and their teachers. I am one of those 14, and the University Honors Program is the type of environment to which I am drawn.
I took IB for the challenge. As pedestrian as it may sound, I am on a perpetual quest for knowledge. Whether it was being enrolled in all of the "Gifted and Talented" classes in elementary school or taking a combined AP/IB schedule in high school, I have always wanted to learn more in a rigorous academic arena. It is this desire, and these special characteristics that have driven me to apply to the University Honors Program.
The University Honors Program offers a school within a school approach, something I am very much familiar with, given my IB education. This type of environment is the type in which I do my best work - where I have the ability to stand out, and collaborate but where I am forced to work hard and apply myself completely. I wish to be surrounded by others who feel the same way, individuals who are incredibly self-motivated, articulate, and disciplined; which I believe is found most exclusively in the Honors Program.
I am undeterred by the extensive work-load the Honors Program would bring. I have mastered the art of time management, completing my 4000 word Extended Essay well before the deadline, and will work to complete a task until it is completed superbly. The small class environment I would experience as part of the Honors Program would provide for me, the optimum educational collegiate experience and would allow me to not only thrive as a student but grow given the collaboration of experiences and intelligence that would surround me.
Calvin Coolidge once said, "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence...persistence and determination alone are omnipotent..." and with him I agree completely. I may not have the highest GPA, or the highest SAT but I can and will work incredibly hard and believe that the Honors Program at your university would provide me with an optimum learning community in which I would undoubtedly perform at, and perhaps above expected standards.