In elementary school, I always wanted to do something STEM related. Science, especially space, and big machines fascinated me. Thus, I spent a lot of my free time reading about space and trains. Huge engineering projects fascinated me, and in my neighborhood, where the MTA was building a brand-new subway, they could be seen just down the block.
My middle school, however, was rather weak in the STEM field. I learned to love history and the humanities in that school, and STEM-fields, for a moment, seemed to be an afterthought.
My current high school, Stuyvesant High School, is known to be a pressure cooker, and yet over 3000 students are willing to sacrifice their sleep and sanity to subject themselves to stress. Yes, my school offers the most AP classes out of any school in our city, and possibly the best environment for learning with similarly-minded high-achieving students. I’ve had so many opportunities to learn about science, and improve my math skills for college.
Perhaps the most challenging thing in a world of overachieving math scholars and 4.0 GPAs is learning how to discover.
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While I am pretty good at intuitively finding solutions to problems, in a 30-question test, or during normal class time, I often find that true understanding can be put on the backburner. I really love truly understanding a concept, as it gives me great satisfaction when I can finally intuitively visualize a situation in math and science. I love math and science at my high school, and I appreciate the immense breadth of opportunities offered (I’m currently taking pre-calc and honors physics, and aim to take AP Physics and AP Calculus next year). I really hope that in the future, my science and math classes will encourage