College Admissions Essay: How Math Has Changed My Life

Growing up math was and I never had a great relationship. Although I graduated high school with a ‘B’ it was a real struggle for me. I was always a visual learner and appreciated aids that perfectly illustrated the point. On the contrary, my math classes where full of lectures and a dry erase board full of numbers and terms I couldn’t really understand. I’ve matured tremendously since high school and am adjusting quickly to the idea of having to take math in order to reach my goals. Life has taught me that math is in everything from cooking, to changing the light bulb some type of math or reasoning is involved. Also, life is full of favorable and unfavorable circumstances, for me that would be math. However, I am excited for this opportunity …show more content…
According to dictionary.com, liberal arts is, ”The areas of learning that cultivate general intellectual ability rather than technical or professional skills. Liberal arts is often used as a synonym for humanities, because literature, languages, history, and philosophy are often considered the primary subjects of the liberal arts.” After reading this, I understand that liber arts includes courses in specific subjects that must be taken in order to make me diverse in different topics which helps broaden my world view and increases my ability to be successful in my profession. When it comes to the word “STEM” I am more familiar with this because even elementary schools have incorporated this approach into their curriculum. STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math. In today’s day and age professionals need to be skilful in each of these areas regardless for field of study or expertise. I believe this is the point of higher education. It is the vehicle that we can take to better prepare us and equip us with the tools we need to be successful not only in our life but in accomplishing our