Georgetown University Personal Statement
At Georgetown University, I look forward to pursuing a broad liberal arts curriculum at a top research university and benefiting from the many opportunities it offers for intellectual growth. In college, I eagerly anticipate gaining exposure to a wide range of ideas that will allow me to continue to develop both sides of my brain. Georgetown College encourages its students to explore various course paths before deciding on a single major and that is one reason why it is so appealing to me.
Since primary school, I have considered myself a math and science guy. My sophomore year, I found that chemistry was one of the most intriguing classes I had ever taken. I enjoyed the subject so much that I decided to take biology in summer school so I could enroll in AP Chemistry my junior year. This year, I am working as a teaching assistant for my AP Chemistry teacher. Chemistry appeals to me because I am curious about the way our world works on a molecular level, and being able to help explain it to others as a teaching assistant has given me an …show more content…
Reading the book Naked Economics, by Charles Wheelan, as assigned summer reading for my senior class in AP Economics, sparked my interest in a subject that I previously knew very little about. I like the way economics requires using analytical and critical thinking skills to help clarify real world problems and their potential solutions. I now see how I am a part of our economy and how much of what I learn in school applies to the real world. As my class progresses, the more I want to know about our nation's finances, and their effect on the everyday person. Finance and economics affect us everyday, and having a basic understanding of these subjects has an impact on our jobs, retirement, and health care. Because of this, economics is a growing interest of mine that I wish to continue to study at
Since primary school, I have considered myself a math and science guy. My sophomore year, I found that chemistry was one of the most intriguing classes I had ever taken. I enjoyed the subject so much that I decided to take biology in summer school so I could enroll in AP Chemistry my junior year. This year, I am working as a teaching assistant for my AP Chemistry teacher. Chemistry appeals to me because I am curious about the way our world works on a molecular level, and being able to help explain it to others as a teaching assistant has given me an …show more content…
Reading the book Naked Economics, by Charles Wheelan, as assigned summer reading for my senior class in AP Economics, sparked my interest in a subject that I previously knew very little about. I like the way economics requires using analytical and critical thinking skills to help clarify real world problems and their potential solutions. I now see how I am a part of our economy and how much of what I learn in school applies to the real world. As my class progresses, the more I want to know about our nation's finances, and their effect on the everyday person. Finance and economics affect us everyday, and having a basic understanding of these subjects has an impact on our jobs, retirement, and health care. Because of this, economics is a growing interest of mine that I wish to continue to study at