Activities essay

Dustyfeathers
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:42:15 +0000

While it’s not terrible to mention that you gained influence from your parents, the essay really is about you. Like you could mention it in 1/2 of a sentence, and then focus on you.

On the internet, I took lots of courses and independently studied many topics (from Calculus AB up to Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Multivariable and vector Calculus in math, for instance. Similar for physics) Other than that, I enjoy solving challenging problems, deriving already existing equations from others, and similar things, but I think everyone who has a firm understanding of the topic could do the exact same thing, so it is nothing special.

So this looks interesting to me. You could tease this into several things. If you lump all of this into “internet research” then it’s one thing. If you look at each topic, then they are separate things. “One day I was messing around with my legos and dropping a brick made me wonder: how would I graph that?. This led me to study calculus on my own in the 6th grade.” That sort of thing. They want to see how your mind works, that you’re self-motivated to learn the stuff that they teach. Similarly: While walking in the forest near my home, I noticed ABC happening. This led me to research XYZ on my own and I found that I was actually pretty good at MNOP. I took three more courses online about that, which led me to [another activity outside of the home]"

I’d be careful to alternate activities in the community and your environment, social and quiet, so that you don’t look like an anti-social shut in (even if you are, but I don’t think uyou are.)

You do research on your own. You are independent learner making the most of the resources given to you. What things have you figured out on your own?

Do you draw and paint? Also?