From innovation in bio-medical engineering to sorely needed advancements in sustainability efforts, Georgia Tech is clearly at the forefront of creating the solutions for society’s most pressing problems. As a prospective college freshman, it’s easy for me to be overwhelmed by all Georgia Tech has to offer, both to me and society at large; with so incredible work being done, I could question what I could add to the Georgia Tech community. But as I’ve explored the research being done at Georgia Tech, I’ve seen that the research relies upon the ideas of Undergraduates, and Graduate students who earned their undergraduate degrees at Georgia Tech. The students the school proudly displays in its research stories are just that, students. The school needs the innovation of its students as much as the students need its instructors.
If I become a student at Georgia Tech, I will add to its already impressive sustainability efforts, and hopefully help these efforts change its goal of sustainability to one of progress.  I hope to contribute to alternative energy research, working with some of the most intelligent and technologically-savvy student bodies and staffs in the country, as well as ways to conserve energy. Sustainability is not simply about improving the technology we use, but changing how we use this technology; as our lives become more and more entangled with our technology, sustainability will invariably change how we live. I hope to combine my interests in English with the deeper understanding of the problems we face today, and their solutions, that I will obtain at Georgia Tech, to help spread information about the changes we cannot afford to not make.
My interests, of course, reach far outside of the realms of sustainability. I plan on being a part of the roaring masses at each Georgia Tech basketball and football game, but I hope my interactions with the sports teams run deeper than that of just a spectator. I have always been interested in journalism, and I hope to have the opportunity to contribute to the sports section of The Technique, as well as the editorial section.