<p>joy - i really like your essay!</p>
<p>also, a question - are these supposed to be one page in length?</p>
<p>u can extend the margins a bit or make it 11 pt font (but thats pushing it)...i extended the margins =]</p>
<p>well i think everyone stresses out about the essays. people dont have fun with it anymore..and everyones are so lame sometimes.</p>
<p>lol wait aren't u recruited?</p>
<p>yes, but thats beside the point. see your essay was fun to read...different and a good thing. when i looked over some peoples essays...they were so boring as in...all the same as the other. im not dissing anyone...its just if i were an adcom...id get kinda tired reading all the same thing. its fun to take a risk...risks are good. writing in a conservative manner and traditionally gets old. i read this one essay...it was online..i think someone posted a link to it...and i think the person applied to one of the hypsm schools and it was about somebody taking a sh**..and that person got in.</p>
<p>yea i def agree with you. its good to be different.</p>
<p>I'm on the creative side of the fence. very creative</p>
<p>hey, can i get some feedback plz? thanks alot guys.</p>
<p>The last year of high school is filled with anxiety, hope, and dreams. Things to do, decisions to make, but most important of all, to find a home for the next four years. Late November, I walked into the guidance office timidly, wanting to find out which universities offered my dream combination of courses. I sat down with my consoler, I thought it was going to be a long shot but I asked her if she knew of any schools offering dual degree programs in the life sciences and economics. She gave me information on many universities that offered single degrees in each of these subjects but told me she has not heard of such a dual degree program being offered anywhere. Then she told me that perhaps I should look around internationally since her experiences are limited for the most part in Canada. As I sat in front of a stack of university brochures and profiles, it was difficult to make the right choice for myself. Each one is unique in itself and have great characteristics, but I needed to find one that is a good match for me in all aspects. So I closed my eyes and imagined myself standing on the campus of my dream school.
Having lived in large metropolitan areas such as Sydney, Vancouver, and Toronto for most of my life, my dream school would be located in a city of similar size and style. A city full of energy and excitement, a city where I would enjoy living. Would the campus be scattered around the city? Interwoven into the streets? No. The campus will be unified, getting to different lectures would take a matter of minutes. As I stand in the middle of the beautiful campus in the middle of a busy city, I see historical buildings surrounding the field on all four sides. To the south I see a few large buildings with contemporary designs. I smiled to myself to see such a perfect amalgam of the classical and contemporary. Around me, students just as motivated and determined as myself walk by, talking enthusiastically about courses they are taking which truly interest them, others are reading quietly by themselves on benches, but all of them blend perfectly into the campus atmosphere. An atmosphere filled with endless possibilities, excitement, and eagerness to learn. As I walk into my first lecture, the classes are surprisingly small and very interactive. Attending the gifted program in middle school and then the I.B. program in high school allowed me to grow accustomed to a certain learning environment in which I felt the most comfortable. In my dream school, lectures would not consist of hundreds or even thousands of students. No. It would be thirty or forty students, or even less. I would be able to interact with the professor during class and even after class. I would be able to freely discuss issues and questions with my fellow classmates. Yes. That would be my dream lecture. The classrooms, dorms, and even hallways will be filled with cutting edge technology. Wireless internet around the campus make getting notes for classes easy as a breeze. The huge library makes research quick and effective. The milieu of the library, the sofas, chairs, and brightly lit tables make a comfortable studying environment.
Now I turn my thoughts toward the student life on this dream campus. I imagine the number of after-class seminars, club meetings, sports practices, shows, exhibitions, music concerts, parties, social gatherings, and festive events are just plentiful as the number of brochures and profiles I had looked through. I know that I cant possibly attend them all, but knowing there are so many incredible choices available to me kept my spirits high.<br>
As I opened my eyes and flipped through the last few remaining brochures, I could hardly contain my surprise and joy as I read through the course offering and campus description of the second last brochure. My dream school does exist, and I slowly picked out the navy blue brochure with a red sticker in the middle. In big black letters it said Penn.</p>
<p>Pretty good. Noticed a spelling error (unless it's Canadian version): "Counselor".</p>
<p>hey, does the essay have to fit on one page if we are applying online?</p>
<p>lol, sorry for the additional post, but did anyone do this essay?</p>
<p>Recall an occasion when you took a risk that you now know was the right thing to do.</p>
<p>if so, is anyone willing to share or PM me theirs? thanks!</p>
<p>my second essay is too long right now. ive read through the posts here and no one's talked about whether they used blank lines or just indents for paragraphs. did anyone use indents instead of lines to save a lot of space?</p>
<p>mikescool, that essay was really generic... you can replace the word penn (which only appears once in the whole essay!) with almost any top tier university... Some of the characteristics you listed do not apply to penn at all: very few of the intro classes at penn are under 50 students... </p>
<p>also, you mentioned that you were looking for a dual degree in life sciences and ECONOMICS? Give me a break :rolleyes:</p>
<p>what's wrong with a dual degree in life sciences and economics?
That's exactly what the new Vagelos LSM program is. (Well..it's not a dual degree, it's a special major-minor program, but yeah)</p>
<p>ya I know, but my point is what other colleges offers that? mikescool says he went into his guidance counselour's office looking for a program like this and penn is the only university that has a program in life sciences and management. The least he could do is say he has "passion" in these subjects and learned about the vagelos program through the brochure or something like that.</p>
<p>dooit, i was referring to the Roy Vagelos program, since the question did ask you to describe the course of study. and i have a friend who is attending the huntsman program at Penn and she told me most of her classes are small, around 50 ppl or so, just wut i heard tho so i put it in. i know not all classes are like that.</p>
<p>o and btw you have to write another essay for the Roy vagelos program so i kind of elaborated further my "passion" in that essay. </p>
<p>lol, we have tow rite 1 more essay if ur applyinog to one of those special ones.</p>
<p>oh...well..penn is the only university I know that offers a specialized program as such. There are many colleges that will allow you to double major or get a dual degree though.</p>
<p>My Why Penn was 1200 words, 11 pt and .6 margins. It was all worth it!</p>
<p>I love your essay, Joy. Is there any chance you'd be willing to post your M & T essay here? I'm also applying to M&T (RD).</p>
<p>joy did u get in with that essay?</p>