Describe your intellectual interests, their evolution, and what makes them exciting to you. Tell us how you will utilize the academic programs in the College of Arts and Sciences to further explore your interests, intended major, or field of study.
"What's your favorite subject?" This was a popular question among us fifth graders at the time, and without a moment's hesitation, I would blurt out "Science!" Why? Because being a simple-minded fifth grader, it was the one subject where I didn't have to force my eyes open as my butt went numb sitting through another boring math lesson on fractions, or wonder how the knowledge of the French and Indian War would help me in the future. Science was real, tangible, and alive.
Not much has changed in the past seven years. My love for science has only grown. What started out as simple experiments to keep the students awake in fifth grade such as observing plants flowered into a deep understanding of science and the laboratory imitations such as calculating projectile motion of a hot wheels car and predicting chemical reactions. If someone were to ask me what my favorite subject was again, I would without a moment's hesitation blurt out "science!" This love has compelled me to take the most rigorous courses in science offered. Even though there are numerous sciences, such as biology, physics, and chemistry, each and every one of them has given me a thorough understanding of how this world works-how I am sitting in this chair writing this essay instead of floating in the air, how this table is held together through chemical and covalent bonds, and how I am breathing and typing this essay.
But this knowledge is only the genesis of greater understanding. I have yet to fully explore the crevices of each science and can not determine a major on solely my knowledge now. Some may view that being "undecided" would be a disadvantage. But for each subject that I delve into, it opens up a whole of world of possibilities and questions. Learning about biology opened the door of chemistry. Learning about chemistry, I then found a curiosity for physics and its functions. Learning about physics then gave me a deeper understanding of calculus and its complications. Choosing a major with only the knowledge from one or two classes during high school on each specific subject, it would close off countless possibilities that I have yet to discover. That is why even though I want to enter Cornell college of Arts and Sciences, I have yet to pick a specific major and want to enter as undecided. And only at Cornell college of Arts and Sciences can I truly develop a broader spectrum of knowledge on the sciences with renowned research institutes. One that interest me in particular is the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, where I will be able to experience what I am learning hands-on in hopes to find advancements in the medical and technological field. And with the wealth of programs and courses at Cornell, I will be one step closer to the path of discovering what I truly want to spend the rest of my life doing.
"What's your favorite subject?" This was a popular question among us fifth graders at the time, and without a moment's hesitation, I would blurt out "Science!" Why? Because being a simple-minded fifth grader, it was the one subject where I didn't have to force my eyes open as my butt went numb sitting through another boring math lesson on fractions, or wonder how the knowledge of the French and Indian War would help me in the future. Science was real, tangible, and alive.
Not much has changed in the past seven years. My love for science has only grown. What started out as simple experiments to keep the students awake in fifth grade such as observing plants flowered into a deep understanding of science and the laboratory imitations such as calculating projectile motion of a hot wheels car and predicting chemical reactions. If someone were to ask me what my favorite subject was again, I would without a moment's hesitation blurt out "science!" This love has compelled me to take the most rigorous courses in science offered. Even though there are numerous sciences, such as biology, physics, and chemistry, each and every one of them has given me a thorough understanding of how this world works-how I am sitting in this chair writing this essay instead of floating in the air, how this table is held together through chemical and covalent bonds, and how I am breathing and typing this essay.
But this knowledge is only the genesis of greater understanding. I have yet to fully explore the crevices of each science and can not determine a major on solely my knowledge now. Some may view that being "undecided" would be a disadvantage. But for each subject that I delve into, it opens up a whole of world of possibilities and questions. Learning about biology opened the door of chemistry. Learning about chemistry, I then found a curiosity for physics and its functions. Learning about physics then gave me a deeper understanding of calculus and its complications. Choosing a major with only the knowledge from one or two classes during high school on each specific subject, it would close off countless possibilities that I have yet to discover. That is why even though I want to enter Cornell college of Arts and Sciences, I have yet to pick a specific major and want to enter as undecided. And only at Cornell college of Arts and Sciences can I truly develop a broader spectrum of knowledge on the sciences with renowned research institutes. One that interest me in particular is the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, where I will be able to experience what I am learning hands-on in hopes to find advancements in the medical and technological field. And with the wealth of programs and courses at Cornell, I will be one step closer to the path of discovering what I truly want to spend the rest of my life doing.