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
entirely different view of the subject. I look forward to continuing to expand my chemistry knowledge through the advanced courses on Georgetown's pre-medical track and the high-level research opportunities Georgetown offers.

As much as I am interested in science, I am also interested in economics and the questions it poses in our everyday lives.
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
Georgetown.

As a whole, my high school experience has been better than I could have imagined, and while I enjoy economics and chemistry, my high-honors English curriculum has taught me more about myself, and how my brain operates, than either of these subjects. AP English has taught me how to connect themes, ask why conflicts develop, and become a better critical thinker and a more creative problem solver. Taking a mix of high-level humanities courses has been a strong contributor to my continued progress as both a qualitative and quantitative thinker, and at Georgetown I hope to continue exploring classes in this area.

These subjects are all fascinating paths to explore, and I appreciate the ability to combine pre-medical courses with a social science or humanities major at Georgetown. I see this course breadth as an invaluable opportunity to grow intellectually, and that is why I am so enthusiastic about attending Georgetown. I have found my learning to be most productive when I am able to ask questions about the world and how it works on both an individual and a societal basis. I look forward to the opportunity to learn from Georgetown's world-class professors, interact with my fellow classmates, and continue to explore my interest and passion for all of these subjects.