Psychology Personal Statement

From a very young age I have always been interested in people, I’m an observer. I like to watch people and learn about people before I approach situations. I’ve always questioned everything, and constantly find myself researching to find the answers of why things are. In high school I took one of my hardest classes but also one of the most eye opening classes, anatomy and physiology. The class taught me so much about the inner workings of the body and the brain. The brain opened a new world to me because any little change in the brain can change a person completely which then sparked my interest in psychology. I love listening to people and trying to figure out things that they may not even know about theirself. I want to one day be a psychologist

At the UW campus it was extremely large, in the city of Seattle which is new to me, being from Texas. The next day I went to Western and automatically felt this sense of safeness that I didn’t feel at UW, I was welcomed in by everyone, the school seemed more open and comfortable, I had already felt home. Every building I looked at, every sky bridge I walked under, the thousands of trees all around, everything was perfect, I knew that this was my school. Moving from my hometown of almost eighteen years to a completely new place 2,000 miles away was not as hard as I thought it would be. Living in Bellingham is a freeing feeling, I felt that I could do what I wanted and be who ever I wanted without being judged like I always felt back at home. I’ve already met some of the best people that have ever come into my life, genuine caring, people that won’t judge you for anything. Bellingham has given me this newfound confidence in myself which I never had before, suffering from low self esteem issues it showed me that if I want to be a vegetarian I can, if I want to wear tie dye shirt one day and a dress the next no one will put a label on me, I can just be me. I want to make the city of Bellingham and the school of Western Washington my home for a long time and hope to open my mind here even more from the people, atmosphere and culture all