Caltech Personal Statement

I was raised by parents that placed an extremely high emphasis on learning, science and progress. I learnt to incorporate scientific thinking and the scientific method in my daily life and thought process, over time this became a natural reaction for me. This has fueled my progress and learning to significant degree along with hard work, however there has always been a component that my parents could not teach me. This component cannot be taught or instilled and one must learn to do it on his own, mainly through trail and error. Although I have been performing this task from early on, it was not until I moved to Singapore that I truly became aware of what I was doing, this was mainly due to the fact that I was finally with peers of better caliber than me. The component that I have found to be crucial towards learning is to be around people that are both better than you and that have a incredible drive to improve. Coming to terms with this once I arrived in Singapore along with the academically rigorous environment allowed me to progress far more efficiently than I had been up until that point which brought me great pride.
For this exact reason Caltech will fuel my intellectually curiosity and push my limits allowing me to improve every day. Caltech offers a diverse …show more content…
Any other goal is temporary but continual progress takes more than a lifetime and keeps one looking at the past, present and future. However many people do not think or feel this way, which is fine, but for me to most efficiently progress, being surrounded by people that have the same idea and goal in mind is crucial. Therefore Calteh best aid me in meeting my goals through is highly diverse, intellectually advanced and progressive student, faculty