The University of Chicago has stood out to me in two ways that no other school has: in it’s personality, and in it’s hands-on opportunities in my interests. The school’s commitment to making college affordable, especially in waiving the application fee for those applying for need-based aid, says a lot about the character of the school. If the character of the school reflects that of its students, then the student body of the University of Chicago is one that I want to be part of. Allowing for more students of middle to lower income families to apply to the school via the No Barriers program is an excellent step in reforming higher education. It show a genuine commitment to education, as this process inherently seeks out a better pool of applicants …show more content…
Sure, Washington D.C. has plenty of opportunities for students interested in politics, but Chicago may be even more applicable when it comes to studying policy and local politics in the neighborhood that you go to school in. The potential to make a tangible difference in the community does not only seem like a course of study at the University, but a reality as well. In addition to public policy, I’m interested in global studies. The ‘Cultures at Work’ track in that program is also unique to the University, and I am attracted to the emphasis it places on studying and bettering the lives of everyday people across the globe. I have not found a program at another college that would allow me to understand and immerse myself in foreign cultures at as high of a level as the Cultures at Work track. This is an opportunity to not only better understand the world that I’m living in, but would be useful when combined with my interest in public policy, in an effort to better govern and relate to the people who occupy the planet with