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Lesson
One: Future Goals Essays
Please
select from the following sample application essays:
Note:
The below essays were not edited by EssayEdge Editors.
They appear as they were initially reviewed by admissions
officers.
SAMPLE
ESSAY 1: Georgetown, School Target
When I think of Georgetown
University, I think of Washington and world affairs.
I do not know yet exactly what type of professional
career I will pursue after schooling, but I do know
that I wish to be inter-nationally aware and involved,
and that Georgetown would provide me with a solid foundation
for that goal.
I am glad I do not know
specifically what I want to do later on, because it
should be an adventure choosing which course I will
take in life. Thus, I have time to experiment and learn
from a wide variety of topics. At Georgetown, I am present
with the opportunity to take any classes I want and
to be taught by some of the most learned and dynamic
professors in the world. I was once told that in college,
I "will take classes in subjects I had never thought
or heard of, " and I am very excited to do this.
If I were required to pick
a major at this instant, I would choose history. If
history were only studying, memorizing and regurgitating
events, facts, and dates, I would be just as uninterested
as most people. However, in studying history, I get
a chance to contemplate ideologies and the nature of
human beings. I believe that Georgetown University is
the best place in the world to study history. It is
a school located in Washington, D.C., the capital of
the country, of outstanding academic reputation and
recognition; my resources would be absolutely unlimited.
Living in Washington, I would feel the pulse of our
world today. The United States is the worldās dominant
power and every issue of great global importance is
brought to the countryās capital.
I have been told that although
Georgetown has approximately 6,000 undergraduates, the
students and faculty alike feel as if the school is
a small, interwoven community. I believe that this sense
of closeness is a vital aspect in an outstanding college
experience. We learn most from interactions among other
people, and the fact that this reputation of faculty
accessibility and student involvement-both in the immediate
Georgetown community and in Washington, D.C.-exists,
is very attractive to me.
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SAMPLE
ESSAY 2: Johns Hopkins, School Target
The college admissions
and selection process is a very important one, perhaps
one that will have the greatest impact on oneās future.
The college that a person will go to often influences
his personality, views, and career. Therefore, when
I hear people say that "it doesnāt matter that much
which college you go to. You can get a good education
anywhere, if you are self-motivated," I tend to be rather
skeptical. Perhaps, as far as actual knowledge is concerned,
that statement is somewhat valid. Physics and mathematics
are the same, regardless of where they are taught. Knowledge,
however, is only a small piece of the puzzle that is
college, and it is in the rest of that puzzle that colleges
differ.
At least as important,
or even more important, than knowledge, is the attitude
towards that knowledge. Last year, when my engineering
team was competing in the NEDC Design Challenge, held
at Hopkins, after the competition I and a few friends
talked to a professor of civil engineering. What struck
me is the passion with which he talked about his field
of study. At Hopkins, everyone-the students, the faculty,
the administration-displays a certain earnestness about
learning. This makes Hopkins a good match for me, as
I, too, am very enthusiastic about the subjects I study.
I love learning, and when those around me do too, it
creates a great atmosphere from which everyone benefits.
My enthusiasm and activeness
extend not just to academics, but to other aspects of
life as well. I am very involved in extracurricular
activities, participating in my schoolās engineering
club and math team, and I love sports, having played
on the varsity soccer and tennis teams for three years.
This makes Hopkins, with its great sport traditions
and a multitude of clubs and organizations, a great
choice. Further, while in college I intend to explore
new activities. Because of my schoolās small size and
dual curriculum, there is a relatively narrow spectrum
of activities available for me. Hopkins affords a great
opportunity for me to branch out and participate in
organizations to which I previously had no access.
Another aspect of Hopkins
that attracts me greatly is its student body, diverse
and multicultural, but at the same time uniformly strong
academically. Since I myself am a refugee from Russia,
where I experienced social and cultural anti-Semitism,
multiculturalism and acceptance of different groups
are very important to me, not to mention that it allows
me to meet people of different backgrounds and learn
of their varying perspectives. And this summer at the
U.S.A. Mathematical Talent Search Young Scholarsā Program,
I experienced the thrill of working in a group where
everyone is on the same, or higher, intellectual level
as I. I think that, given my academic and cultural background,
I would fit in well with the student life at Hopkins
and contribute to it.
Academically, too, I believe
I would fit Hopkins well. Though Hopkins is most known
for its medical program, its engineering school is also
one of the best, and that is the general area of study
I intend to pursue. In high school, Iāve most enjoyed
my mathematics and science courses, particularly physics,
and I have participated in the engineering school, so
attending Hopkinsā engineering program would be a natural
extension of my high school interests. However, my interests
are not confined solely to the sciences. I enjoy courses
from all areas of curriculum, particularly unorthodox
and thought-provoking ones. Therefore, Hopkins, which
according to the viewbook "is geared toward educating
students in the fundamentals of their field of interest
while illuminating wider possibilities through interdisciplinary
study" is perfect for me.
Of course, none of those
aspects of Hopkins, neither their great student body,
their world-renowned faculty, their research centers,
nor their clubs and extracurricular opportunities, are
worth anything unless one takes advantage of them. That,
however, is exactly what I intend to do. While many
people find the transition to college overwhelming,
therefore not participating in the student life fully
the first year, I hope to plunge immediately into the
full array of possibility and make as much use of them
as possible. Though my soccer and tennis skills might
prove insufficient to earn me a place on Hopkinsā varsity
teams (though I hope thatās not the case,) I nevertheless
want to play sports at least on the club level. Other
than that, however, nothing is set in stone except for
one thing-to take as full and broad advantage of what
Hopkins has to offer as possible.
COMMENTS:
Both of these essays do
a good job of showing that the writers know the schools
and have some specific reasons for wanting to attend
them. The first focuses more on the academic environment
and surrounding city. The second combines several aspects
such as academics, extracurriculars, and a diverse student
body. Both applicants also use the opportunity to show
that they would fit in by highlighting their own interests
and activities (an interest in history in the first
and math, tennis, and soccer in the second).
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