In addition to curriculum, grades and activities, Dickinson’s Admissions Committee looks for purpose,

potential and self-reflection. Explain why you have chosen to apply to Dickinson and how your interests,
talents and goals fit with Dickinson’s distinctive character.

"Life is to be lived, friends are to be made and University is to be chosen". My university choice fell on
Dickinson. A reason why I want to attend Swarthmore is its superb academic opportunities. Being at
heart a liberal arts college, the college will grant me a chance to not only major in Computer Science or
Engineering, but in same time I will have the possibility to receive a minor in Political Science or Business
Studies or maybe both. The computer science at Swarthmore will not only give me the opportunity to
study network programming and Java, it will help me to advance deeper in the C++ programming and
graphical design. Dickinson, being a community supportive college, will grant me the opportunity to help
and improve the town of Carlisle through different projects which will be related to my field of studies.
As an example the Service Learning/Community-Based Research Program which will help me to
contribute my research skills to issues facing community organizations. In plus I would to continue at
Dickinson my favorite high school activity and debate in Dickinson’s Debate Club, a place where I believe
I will make a lot of friends with diverse social and political views. I see Dickinson as a multicultural
community, where I will have the possibility to meet people from all over the world, who share my
appetite for knowledge, intellectual discussion and intercultural exchange. Becoming a Dickinsonian for
me means becoming a member of a new family, a family of individuals that seek to test their knowledge
in different fields and are passionate about the pursuit of knowledge itself.