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Subject: Numismatics and College Applications
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Hello everyone,
As some of you may already know, I am beginning the process of college
applications right now. Needless to say, numismatics is one of my great
passions and extracurriculars, in addition to being a piano performance major
at the Juilliard School of Music, varsity tennis, vice president of my
school's tennis club, and some other stuff. It has played a very large role
in my life, and having had the experience to exhibit at national conventions
and winning writing awards and scholarships for coin-based research has
affected my academic performance dramatically. My studies in numismatics,
primarily of die varieties within the realm of Confederation period issues
and early federal coinage, has helped me greatly in school subjects such as
history and mathematics, in addition to improving my writing and
communications skills.
Therefore, since numismatics is a very important part of my life, I plan
on writing some of my personal essays on the subject. As I have never been
through this process before, I thought this would be a good audience to ask.
The real question is, how do I write an essay based on my numismatic
experiences, and what would my approach be?
I worry that the topic of 'die varieties' may elude the adjudicators. It
is already esoteric enough within numismatists, thus it must be even more
incomprehensible among non-collectors. Although die varieties are my prime
area of research and the subject of most of my papers, maybe I should just
talk more about numismatics in general, and how having won writing and
exhibit awards and publishing a handful of articles has affected my life and
my approach to academics. Any thoughts?
Again, I am worried that taking too general an approach might not
distinguish me as a "special" or "unique" individual. I plan on applying to
the top first tier colleges, so I think I would need to show why numismatics
is so important to me, and what exactly I specialize in.
The second important question is, how do I explain die varieties and the
study thereof to non-collectors? I need to be able to show that it is an
intellectual and academic task, and why it is important to research them. I
always find it difficult to talk to my non-collector friends and explain to
them exactly what and why I collect them. In addition, I may need to show why
being knowledgeable in attribution is an important skill, since I have
considered majors such as business, American history, and archaeology.
Please e-mail me personally if you have any ideas. I would be very much
obliged if anyone could offer me some help on the subject. I apologize in
advance if this is deemed as an off-topic message, but I thought that this
forum, of which there are many sophisticated and knowledgeable persons, would
be the ideal place to ask. Once again, the main question are these: how do I
write an essay based on numismatics, how do I correlate it to academics, how
do I explain my specialization to non-collectors, and why what I do might be
important.
Thank you very much for your time.
Regards,
Eric Li Cheung
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