My Uchicago Experience

I believe that learning from this trip will help me to better serve my chapter and my school. This experience will help me learn more about Phi Theta Kappa, and what I can do to improve my chapter. I have lived in my own little bubble for far to long, I need this chance to spread myself out, and really learn about other people and places. This experience would be very rewarding for me, and help me to expand my horizons.

This was a fantastic opportunity because it allowed me not only to learn new skills but also for me to grow as a person. Once someone decides to further their education, things are seeing so differently. It is learning skills, learn about culture, even learn how to speak differently.

People say college is the biggest change in their lives. I can only believe this to be true. I would love to find out by attending UW-Oshkosh. I know college will put me outside my comfort zone, but I look forward to the experience. I liked the layout of the campus in Oshkosh and the students I met.

It satisfies my desire for a broad education complete with an enthusiasm for learning, while providing me with an environment full of influential peers that will motivate me to be the best student I can be. It supports my love for unexpected debates, discussing a plethora of topics simply for the sake of expanding my horizons. Most importantly, UChicago embraces and implements their caliber of academia: an intimate educational experience that will allow me to explore a vast array of topics from nearly every angle imaginable. Knowledge is comforting to me, it is safe. It is the objective proof of what is wrong and what is right, the positive force that helps me overcome tests of adversity: and it permeates the campus of UChicago like no other school that I have

I spent my previous summer at UChicago attending a summer American Law and Litigation class. Throughout my three weeks in Chicago I faced the greatest amount of academic rigor in my life. Our demanding homework and invigorating class discussions expanded my mental capacity every single time I walked into the classroom. Our assessments did not test us on the arbitrary regurgitation of random factoids, but rather our ability to critically think and analyze. UChicago’s commitment to educating the person is evident by my summer program as we didn't just learn the content of the class, but focused on invaluable skills of analysis and synthesis. UChicago is notorious for its workload and rigor, and that is exactly what I want. I experienced

In participating from this wonderful opportunity, I hope to gain a lot of experience from this trip, learning about the history of the school, and having a lot of fun while learning about the school. I also wish to be able to gain more wisdom from this opportunity that I have been presented with. This is will be a great learning experience for me, especially to learn about the history of the school I am

In so doing, many universities have manufactured artificial utopias based on a philosophy of avoiding, not confronting, unpopular ideas, and of pacifying, not empowering, students in the pursuit of knowledge. In this way, some universities have become equivalent to the anxiety-riddled parent who shelters a child from the evils of the world, only to find out years later that the child is woefully unprepared for life’s challenges. The same result occurs when

However, this creative spirit is quickly lost as students progress through their years in education, where independent thought is second to memorization and repetition. While vocabulary quizzes are common, this expansive vocabulary is rarely utilized in creative writing but rather regurgitated on the SAT examination. Instead of exploring the ways math could be used in various careers that students might pursue, math classes require memorization of trigonometric angles. In ethics class, instead of presenting one’s own views and providing support for these views, a student is expected to simply repeat what was said in class, whether the student agrees with these opinions or not. However, anyone can simply repeat back previously provided information and duplicate past processes. Education should be about finding creative new solutions to problems in the world today and encouraging individual thought that will change the world in the future. In order to improve the world, it is necessary to think of new solutions to problems. Creativity is necessary to come up with these solutions, and by stifling creative thought in education, educators are also stifling progress in the world. The goal of education is to prepare students for the rest of life, and educators are obligated to encourage creativity in order to achieve this

As Edmudson stated that he does not teach to be interesting, amuse, or divert students, he teaches because he want students to find passion for learning become critical thinkers and forget the ideas that the purpose of education is to obtain money. He do not want students to think about education as a business, rather he wants students to feel that education is transforming their lives to be knowledgeable citizens. He wants students and parents to open their minds and stop looking for entertainment, which school has more pleasurable facilities than the other. Instead they should be looking what education or knowledge they will acquire after graduating from any of the colleges. Education should not be a competition of better facilities rather than a competition of higher education and the acquisition of valuable knowledge.

In my time at Eastern Connecticut State University, I learned a lot about myself and what I have been doing as a student. In that time, I learned not only about myself, my academic strength’s and even learned to think critically and ask questions. Eastern has taught me to be myself and this campus puts more emphasis on individuality over group thinking. I learned a lot in applying my critical thinking skills to my history classes and learned a lot in how to look at History in everyday context. What my experience at Eastern as taught me that, I never gave up and I always persevere in many difficult challenges this campus has tossed at me. I always came out on top and learned to deal with challenges that I will face later in Graduate school and in life.

UChicago is more than just a place for me to learn and develop my future plans; it's a place where I can experience life without the watchful eyes of my parents. My parents want to know where I am at all times, especially if I'm not with a sibling or other family member. I find it a holdback for me because I'm not experiencing what it's like to go through life with your parents holding your hand every step of the way. UChicago would offer me the opportunity to experience doing stuff on my own for the first time without my mom or dad coming to the rescue when I can't figure out how to iron my own clothes. I do know how to iron; I'm just pitifully bad at it. My parents are one of my biggest supporters in life and I will forever be grateful for

Two prominent qualities I have that would benefit the UGA community is my hard work, determination and creativity to follow my dreams, and the commitment to help others. I am a Georgia girl, born and raised, so it's not surprising that since I can remember, I've wanted to go to the University of Georgia to continue my education after high school. I've worked hard getting exceptional grades and maintaining a 3.9 GPA in order to accomplish this goal while taking a rigorous curriculum including 12 AP classes and dedicating time to write a novel. I have always loved reading, and I decided to write my own crime drama novel that I hope to have published when it is complete. I have also written many short stories on various writing prompts because

Initially, UNCW was not on my list for colleges that I wished to attend. I was much more focused on colleges that had more brand recognition and were more famous in the area. I was more worried about how other people would view my college choice rather than looking at colleges were best suited for me. This was my biggest mistake in my college-picking process.

From the numerous brochures, emails, and online reviews I have read of UChicago, the university prides itself for its intellectual environment, something that I lack in my community. Too often, I am pushed to learn for the test and recycle the information afterwards, thus I crave its opposite: learning for learning’s sake. Along a similar line of thought, the fourth-year student panel, as well as the model classes, can provide the dynamic personality and character to the student body emphasized for its intellectuality. After all, I am curious to know what a sip from UChicago’s “firehose” would be like.

Graff says that putting students in classes in the contemporary system is wasting and limiting students’ potential and creativity (198). Complaining that intellects do not meet the success standard set by schools, Graff proves that schools limit the intellect students can achieve in their academic career (198-199).