Global Awareness: My plan for cultivating and developing my appreciation for diversity and individuals unique differences is to work with a wide variety of people once graduated or even before. Since my plan is to pursue some sort of research position in physics, my collaborating with the best of the best will almost certainly entail working with those of very different backgrounds, and more importantly, differing perspectives on tough problems. If everyone comes from roughly the same “places”, then it will be more unlikely for new and unique ideas to flourish.
Original Inquiry: As someone who is invested in going into research professionally, my contributions of original inquiry will hopefully be quite high. Obviously as of right now, I have done nothing of real integrity in terms of original inquiry, I hope as I continue my undergrad degree, and into graduate school, I will be able to be of serious help in terms of what I am able to provide for the good of science. Using my ability to its fullest is my goal in this regard, and I am excited to be able to contribute research to the field.
Academic Enrichment: I have always challenged myself in terms course load, and I feel that I have continued this trend in college. I took a total of 8 AP classes in high school, with 5 of those coming from my very bloated senior year schedule, and the pleasure I derived from doing well in those courses strengthened my will to take harder and harder courses. I am currently showing this through my honors calculus based physics class, my calculus 2 class, and my honors philosophy class. While many freshman tend to retake calculus at college to ensure they have a tight grasp on the subject, I decided to simply move on to calculus 2 in order to challenge myself maximally. I chose my honors philosophy because it fulfilled a GE requirement, but also because this new way of thinking was interesting to me, so I took the honors version of the course to further augment this affect.
Leadership Development: Especially in a lab setting, I will always strive to lead my classmates in helpful direction. As I progress through my undergrad degree, I hope to continue this trend even through my tougher classes in order to not only benefit those working with me, but also to make me more comfortable with the material.
Service Engagement: In terms of real commitment, I don’t really have many outside of going to class, and completing assignments on time. I attend a couple clubs regularly, however, neither of them are terribly demanding of me, so I wouldn’t really count these. Over these next 4 years, I plan on getting more involved with programs that promote the teaching of the sciences in less privileged areas of the country and the world.