An Honors Program Essay

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An honors program is an opportunity giver. She is picky. She does not want her gifts to go to waste, so she saves them for only those who deserve them, for those who show promise. I hope that I have the promise that she wants to see in me. I do not say this with a shake in my voice for I am proud of my accomplishments, I am sure of my abilities, yet I know not what she wants to see.
Some may think it is innate talent, but I don’t know if that is truly what she wants to see. In fact, I believe the promise of a student is identified, instead, by two traits: one’s motivation and one’s ability to accept and learn from failures. She looks for those students who have identified their innate abilities and maximized them through hard work. Hard work …show more content…

Through the research opportunities available only via the honors program and CURO, I hope to begin undergraduate research during my freshman year at UGA. This experience will give me a chance to explore the field of machine learning in depth and become a more effective researcher. Through research opportunities, I hope to publish research that will bring recognition to the honors program. Moreover, I would like to, through the interdisciplinary studies degree program, study biological applications in machine learning. I am especially excited about this degree program because otherwise I would not be allowed to study computer science, neuroscience, genetics, and statistics in depth. Instead, I would take course in these fields and receive a degree in only one of these fields, whereas a study of all fields is necessary for my career goals. Also, I am excited to experience the honors community. In a prestigious honors program like the one at UGA, there exist unique people with various interests, but with a common attribute: a desire for intellectual conversation. I, too, share this desire for intellectual conversation, and hope that I have the opportunity to join and add to the conversation. These experiences that the honors program provide give me reassurance in my future. The opportunities provided by the honors program will enhance not only my education in machine learning but also my perspective through intellectual

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