ArchStar

To be an architect means to be a designer. It is to have the ability to move your hand, and with that movement – that stroke of genius – one can move mountains, level forests, and build civilizations. This is the amazing power we have as designers of the built environment. My career goal is to find ways to mend both the artificially built and the natural environment into a place; that is, a space that has significance, meaning, but most of all, sets a path for future generations to live in harmony with the earth, producing a way of life that surpasses sustainability. If I cannot achieve this goal in my lifetime, at least I can help to start the process and be a catalyst for change. Personally, I’m a very simple person that takes a lot of thought into everything I do and in everything that interests me. These interests include a vast array of music (the structure of melodies and dissonance to create balance), foreign languages and cultures (the impetus of designs and the reason for actions), cooking food (the making of a whole greater than the sum of its parts), and the city itself. I feel that by receiving financial aid through the school, I would be without worry of wondering how I will have to afford materials and be able to focus solely on research and design. I feel when money is left out of the equation, the bounds of ability are nonexistent and the possibilities of great work are infinite. Focusing my goals on improving the city and addressing the need for great places, I hope to obtain assistance from the school to be able to solve great urban issues – the ones that first piqued my interest and started me down this path of improvement not only for myself but for the greater good.

I think I did pretty well for my response, so I'm hoping everything else pulls through. I know my GPA isn't the highest, but that's why I'm going to get all A's this semester and redeem it. Let's just hope for the best.