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The Admissions Committee would like to learn why you are a good fit for your undergraduate school choice (College of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing, The Wharton School, or Penn Engineering). Please tell us about specific academic, service, and/or research opportunities at the University of Pennsylvania that resonate with your background, interests, and goals. (400-650 words)
Just the other day, my mother recounted an instance of when she had bought an, at the time, new computer in 1999. Just as she had finished the setup of the hardware, she stepped out of the room for a few minutes. In the short period of her absence, I had managed to make my way to the computer and turn it on, making it as far as the welcome screen (then again, I was just a mere two years old at the time). I like to acknowledge that event as my first real encounter with a computer, the instance of which my fascination with technology was summoned. Since then, I had developed an infatuation with computers, especially in preschool with all of the alphabet software, the learning-to-type games, the phonics and the elementary math CD's; oh, the good ol' days.
I have held my strong interest in computers for as far back as I can remember, and from then, I have continued to pursue all things computer science. In middle school, I took computer software classes to become computer-savvy. Through my high school years, I was introduced to computer science via my computer programming classes. Encouraged by my hopeful teacher and the lack of females and colored people in the class, I advanced to the point where I had completed all of the programming classes my high school had to offer. I viewed the lack of diversity as a challenge, one that I gladly accepted.
In addition to my passion of computer science, I have also recently developed a passion for psychology. I had enrolled in an AP Psychology course in my junior year of high school and fell in love with the subject. Although it was an acquired taste, I found myself enjoying psychology so much, that I wanted to immediately complete my psychology homework, even before the homework of my other classes. I would analyze my little siblings: taking precise note of every slight reaction they instinctually acted upon. I was my own private investigator: every stutter, hesitation, critical glance and judgmental stare proved crucial to the verdict and continues to send adrenaline rushing through my veins! I needed to know more! This drove me to further my education in psychology by enrolling in an abnormal psychology course offered at the local community college: Montgomery College, Germantown Campus, after my junior year of high school.
An Ivy League education is something only an intellectual few earn the opportunity to experience, something a majority of students can only dream about. However, University of Pennsylvania stands alone from all the other Ivy institutions by priding itself on being a research university, meaning along with its world-class professors and encouraged research programs, the university is fully capable of providing me with an opportunity of which no other school would be able to offer. Attending UPenn would present its academic challenges, those of which I am eager to rise up to exceed, but most importantly, attending UPenn would grant me more insight into my academic passions than any other institution can offer
With my passions and intentions to fulfill them, being contained in an ordinary institution for four years describes a jail sentence. By attending an encouraging institution, as well as my self-motivation and passion in two very different subjects, my years at University of Pennsylvania would be anything but ordinary. Taking advantage of UPenn's research programs and its interdisciplinary education systems, the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Arts and Sciences would be a perfect place to pursue my passions, especially with the Computer and Cognitive Science Program, intertwining both of my academic passions.
The Admissions Committee would like to learn why you are a good fit for your undergraduate school choice (College of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing, The Wharton School, or Penn Engineering). Please tell us about specific academic, service, and/or research opportunities at the University of Pennsylvania that resonate with your background, interests, and goals. (400-650 words)
Just the other day, my mother recounted an instance of when she had bought an, at the time, new computer in 1999. Just as she had finished the setup of the hardware, she stepped out of the room for a few minutes. In the short period of her absence, I had managed to make my way to the computer and turn it on, making it as far as the welcome screen (then again, I was just a mere two years old at the time). I like to acknowledge that event as my first real encounter with a computer, the instance of which my fascination with technology was summoned. Since then, I had developed an infatuation with computers, especially in preschool with all of the alphabet software, the learning-to-type games, the phonics and the elementary math CD's; oh, the good ol' days.
I have held my strong interest in computers for as far back as I can remember, and from then, I have continued to pursue all things computer science. In middle school, I took computer software classes to become computer-savvy. Through my high school years, I was introduced to computer science via my computer programming classes. Encouraged by my hopeful teacher and the lack of females and colored people in the class, I advanced to the point where I had completed all of the programming classes my high school had to offer. I viewed the lack of diversity as a challenge, one that I gladly accepted.
In addition to my passion of computer science, I have also recently developed a passion for psychology. I had enrolled in an AP Psychology course in my junior year of high school and fell in love with the subject. Although it was an acquired taste, I found myself enjoying psychology so much, that I wanted to immediately complete my psychology homework, even before the homework of my other classes. I would analyze my little siblings: taking precise note of every slight reaction they instinctually acted upon. I was my own private investigator: every stutter, hesitation, critical glance and judgmental stare proved crucial to the verdict and continues to send adrenaline rushing through my veins! I needed to know more! This drove me to further my education in psychology by enrolling in an abnormal psychology course offered at the local community college: Montgomery College, Germantown Campus, after my junior year of high school.
An Ivy League education is something only an intellectual few earn the opportunity to experience, something a majority of students can only dream about. However, University of Pennsylvania stands alone from all the other Ivy institutions by priding itself on being a research university, meaning along with its world-class professors and encouraged research programs, the university is fully capable of providing me with an opportunity of which no other school would be able to offer. Attending UPenn would present its academic challenges, those of which I am eager to rise up to exceed, but most importantly, attending UPenn would grant me more insight into my academic passions than any other institution can offer
With my passions and intentions to fulfill them, being contained in an ordinary institution for four years describes a jail sentence. By attending an encouraging institution, as well as my self-motivation and passion in two very different subjects, my years at University of Pennsylvania would be anything but ordinary. Taking advantage of UPenn's research programs and its interdisciplinary education systems, the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Arts and Sciences would be a perfect place to pursue my passions, especially with the Computer and Cognitive Science Program, intertwining both of my academic passions.