Geology Personal Statement

My interest in geology started when I was a young girl and would follow my mom around while she ran errands. Along the way, I would constantly be stopping to look at the rocks outside of stores and businesses, picking up the ones I thought were the prettiest. At the time, I did not know that my quickly growing rock collection was the start of my love for geology, but as I got older, we began to learn about the Earth in our science classes, causing me to realize how much I loved our planet and all of its intricacies. In 8th grade, we began studying our rocks and minerals unit when my teacher took out his own moderate-sized collection. We each were able to take our turns examining the differences between each sample and recording it in

I had numerous units all across the spectra of meteorology from clouds to natural disasters and each unit had a lab, an essay, and several homework assignments. For my labs, I would often have to go outside, observe the clouds or current conditions a few times each day, and record those so I could make a table of what trends or patterns I noticed. Even though this course was meteorology, not geology, there were several overlaps in material that made me once again realize how much I truly love the Earth. A part of my meteorology unit was studying severe weather and natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and volcanoes. Since volcanoes were not technically a natural disaster, I studied earthquakes triggering volcanic eruptions and the effects that the ash cloud and lava flow left on the planet. I found that the ash can turn the sky black even in the middle of the day and the gasses could even reach the stratosphere. Also depending on the size of the eruption, then the ash can have a global effect if it ends up being caught in the trade winds, causing problems for people all across the world. Since my school does not have a specific earth science program and focuses more on the life sciences, meteorology was the closest I could get to continue studying