I Want To Attend A Scholarship Essay

I want to attend The Oxbridge Tradition program for various reasons. I love to learn and have a passion for knowledge. I have like-minded siblings who have both attended the program and have told me it had a profound effect on each of them. Ideally, I would study Speech and Debate as my major and British History as my minor. These two are appealing to me because I want to go into politics, and those courses would help me develop useful skills for that field. I want to take British History over International Relations because I believe that through history I can learn more about international politics and diplomacy. Speech and Debate would yield immediate benefits for me in the Alabama Youth Legislature, where I go every year to debate my own
I love movies and try to watch one a night after I have gone to tennis and done my homework. My favorite movie is "Oldboy", and my favorite tv show is "Narcos". My brother is a Junior at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and my sister plans on attending the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia next fall. In my free time I also collect baseball cards, watch pro and collegiate sports, hike, and play recreational golf and football. Last summer I had the opportunity to backpack through the Alaskan tundra and sea-kayak the Prince William Sound, and since I have fallen absolutely in love with the outdoors. My favorite subject in school is History. My dad went to Dartmouth University and is a bankruptcy lawyer, and my mom attended the University of Virginia and is now a retired criminal lawyer. They met at Washington & Lee University for graduate school in Law. Those three schools, as well as Georgetown and Columbia, are at the top of my list and I eagerly await the application process next fall. I play the acoustic guitar as well as the piano, and I am trying to learn to play the drums