<p>thank u so much...</p>
<p>"If everyone is thinking alike, then nobody is thinking." This is my personal philosophy as I despise being common or ordinary. I even find myself choosing the unpopular choice or opinion of most just to be non-conformist even in trivial matters such as last Thanksgiving when my family literally fought each other for turkey only to see me eating Coca-Puffs across the table. However, I naturally tend to be quite unorthodox when it comes to how I think and approach situations. Yet, I've learned to embrace not what I see as being strange but my most valuable and distinguished quality - my uniqueness. Georgia Tech's culturally diverse community encompassing a wide range of backgrounds, interests, and life experiences will only further enrich my life and hopefully I can do the same by sharing unique aspects of myself.
College is so much more than just earning a degree as it offers a different kind of educational experience. This is why I believe the word "experience" is more appropriate than "learn" when describing special institutions like Georgia Tech because what is learned can be forgotten but what is experienced lasts forever. I don't want to be just a student in school to learn but a child in a theme park to experience. I've always been bizarrely excited and energized about going anywhere even normal, everyday places with hope of a new, unique experience every time. Even going to the DMV for the first time, I found exciting. It's easy to see why I am so excited as I consider Georgia Tech to be like a Willy Wonka's chocolate factory that offers academic and extracurricular experiences that just can't be found anywhere else. Once in a lifetime experiences like singing "I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" on Saturday at Bobby Dodd and getting goose bumps and chills when seeing the Ramblin' Wreck car drive onto the field that only come with being part of this community. To me, it is clear that Georgia Tech's most valuable and important resource is its people. I am excited to discover new ideas and ways of thinking and approaching situations not only in academics but in life from my interactions with a melting pot of great diverse minds of students and faculty which will make me a more complete, well-rounded individual. But what I hope to gain most in any life endeavor are those rare, special experiences that introduce life-changing lessons and morals that I can apply as guiding principles for how I live my life from my experiences working with others that will help me grow as a person.
One who believes he has done his part as a college student by just going to class and doing his work is not the role I want as a member of this community. Instead, I am eager to share my own unique experiences, ideas, and views on academics and extracurriculars at Tech as well as in life beyond the confines of a college campus to an already richly diverse population with their own unique backgrounds and perspectives. With everyone I meet, I've always strived make a lasting impression in their lives and getting them to see things the way I do whether it be through an argument against the legalization of marijuana in US History which garnered many angry responses by my peers or stopping to comfort and offer some messages of hope to a homeless man near the Marta station in downtown Atlanta. I truly believe one of the most powerful ways I can influence someone is by incorporating aspects of myself into his or her life. By bringing a different perspective in and outside the classroom, I hope to change how others think and approach life and enrich academic and extracurricular life at Tech. My goal is to have people think "Hey, maybe that is a better way of looking at things! Maybe I should use that approach!" To be able to say I changed the way a person viewed the world is the legacy I want when I leave Tech and eventually this world. The exchange and interaction of diverse ideas and opinions will only deepen the creativity and insight of everyone, allowing us all to think in new ways which I believe will lead to a great and promising era of innovation and discovery for Georgia Tech that I hope to help initiate.
As one of the most respected educational institutions in the world, Georgia Tech is world-renown for its first-class education and ground-breaking innovations in science and technology. However, it is the diverse community of students and faculty, whose creative minds shaped by each individual's unique backgrounds and experiences spur these accomplishments, who truly define and distinguish Georgia Tech. Knowing this, I am confident I will thrive academically and socially at an institution that values the uniqueness of each and every student. Yet, I feel as if I am constantly changing and being molded as I gain new, more valuable experiences in college and beyond, becoming a better person intellectually as well as in character and a more productive member of society starting as a member of the Georgia Tech family.</p>
) and there is nothing here that jumps out at me. Also, there is a lot of telling versus showing. You say a lot of things that you will do, but there are no examples. </p>