Chicago Personal Statement

The University of Chicago satisfies my desire for a particular type of learning environment, community and future in many ways. As Chicago native a biracial woman, I see the strides and succeess happening every day and can’t wait to take my part in that progress for equality, empathy and empowerment in my beloved city. It’s no secret Chicago has a history of struggle in the areas of female empowerment in the workplace, cultural acceptance and socio-economic segration. But it’s also true that Chicago also can stand proud on its reputation of effort and achievement. Chicago is a city that that dreams big and tries. The Univesity of Chicago embodies that willingness to take a shot at being the best I can be and I believe that’s what it means to be a true Chicago institution. In that way, the University of Chicago hasn’t stays true to founding form as a highly-respected, competively challenging, local alternative to private Ivy league schools for Chicago’s best and brightest minds. The University of Chicago was founded with ambition as its cornerstone and conviction …show more content…
As a CPS prep school graduate, I already have four years of solid riigorous language skills and training under my belt. But rather than create a sense of supreme confidence in my ability, its helped me to understand there’s so much more for me to know. Your school offers the most robust and respectable program that goes beyond mere linquistics and language and seeks to teach more about real life. I’m particularly fascinated by the way that technological advances are changing modern Japanese studies, so I’m excited to work with professors like Hoyt Long, who studied how new technology changes communication patterns, writing and social association. Classes on subjects such as Kindai-bungo are almost nonexistent at other universities. All these reasons and more truly makes University of Chicago stand out in my