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Faustas Udrenas: The Honors Program

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The reasons that I, Faustas Udrenas, would love to be a part of The Honors Program at Harper is because of my yearning to learn and research in the field of mathematics, to follow in my fathers footsteps of independence, my desire to accomplish my dreams in proving mathematical theorems, and to reach the highest of my abilities even with my setbacks and downfalls in high-school. My father traveled with his theater group to the united states back when he lived in Lithuania, and one day his dream of independence, living in the united states, was realized in an average hotel in New York. This was a difficult choice to make, to leave his friends and most of his family behind, but he knew it was for the better of his immediate family and persevered to make a living in America. I want to follow these same footsteps of independence, by traveling the world, living somewhere else other than where my parents do and strive for a life where my successes come from a plethora of responsibilities and decisions that were under my judgment. Ever since I was seven years old, I was dramatically fascinated by outer space and set out every day to learn more about it, whether it be through the Internet or …show more content…

Though this dream seems out of reach due to the complexity of the problems, I do very much believe that through persistence in my academics and climbing my intellectual ladder, that I can reach this dream. Like most high-school graduates, we know that persistence can not stop after graduating high-school or college, but persistence is sometimes abandoned during the summer months in order to relax. I have continued to follow my passion as I continue to read books about mathematics and re-studying integral and differential calculus. Joining the Honors Program would be the continuation of this persistence, as it will push me closer to my dreams and

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