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
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