Tommy Pizzini

Personal Statement

            I cannot help but wonder how many high school students send in fancy letters with perfect grammar and all the little tidbits that they are so certain the college Admissions Board will want to see. Whoever is reading this letter has probably seen the phrase “I would love to go to the Tulane University!” about 5 billion times today alone. It is not my intention to bore you yet again today[1]. I live to entertain.

            Earlier this year I discovered that I have a rare talent. Scientifically named Humorous Graphicus, it is the ability to write down thoughts and ideas into graphic symbols which other people interpret to be funny. Rather than waste this great power on mere mortals, I have decided to use it with no other intention than to make the reader feel that warm and toasty glow inside of him (and maybe I’ll get accepted to a college at the same time). All I ask in return is that whoever is currently reading this might loosen their grip on reality just a tad for the next ten minutes or however long it might take to read...

TOMMY PIZZINI’S PERSONAL STATEMENT

            I like computers. I like computers a LOT. I’m using one to type this essay right now. That’s right, I like them that much. All kidding aside, computers are my passion and my life. I like to think of myself as a tri-linguist since I can speak English good (ha ha that’s a joke, loosen up!), but I also am practically fluent in both the Java and Visual Basic programming languages. If learning one foreign language makes learning another easier, the same is twice as true (another joke) for programming languages. Of course that might just be my arrogant side talking. After all, I have always been great at math and science, and it is probably the same brain which makes me good at math that also allows me to remember like an elephant with a stick of RAM[2]. This is not why I am such a crackerjack at school though. I think that some other part of me is responsible for my scholarly success (perhaps the spleen (does the spleen have a purpose?)). Either way, I have been getting straight A’s since kindergarten, which I am certain members of the Admissions Board read all time, but I just had to throw a little bit of gloating in here. Enough about me, why not talk about Tulane?

            I have visited the Tulane University merely once during my short high school career. I am not too big-headed to admit that I only saw the campus a few days ago, but I will certainly maintain that I have been in love with Tulane for almost a year now. Ever since I saw the Green Wave baseball team bust Louisville down to size I had a little smoldering nugget of interest in the school. After visiting the campus, seeing the environment, and watching Tulane win their homecoming game, I have felt that smoldering nugget turn into a much larger, burning passion to do whatever it takes to get accepted and go to school there. At first I thought this burning may just be the spicy foods, but after a few days I decided it must be passion.

            I don’t want to go over two pages, and I think I’ve let you see a little more about me, so, at least for now, I will leave with this final statement: I would love to go to the Tulane University! Welcome back to reality.