Supporting statement to study Law at Boston University.
A great man, the father of the American Civil Rights Movement, an alumnus of Boston University and my personal hero once said “A civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own death on the installment plan.” I believe that the Boston University’s High-School Honors program would do unto me the opposite of what Dr. King stated.
First off, I would like to attend BU’s program because I believe it would give me a “head-start” in making my decision for college. After placing first on the island for the last 3 years and top ten in the National Mock-Trial Competition in my freshmen year, I decided that someday I would pursue a career in field of Law, something that BU is reputed for. I believe that this program would help me distinguish myself academically amongst my peers. In addition to that, here on the island of Guam, I am a member of the Public Policy Institute. At the institute, students serve as interns under the auspice of Speaker Judith Won-Pat, Ed.D of the 31st Guam Legislature. As a requirement to graduate the internship program, we are required to do case-studies with the University of Guam and policy briefings to the leaders of the island on whatever topic that we feel is of significant importance to our island. As I complete my second year in the program, I proud to say that I did the policy briefing on the Guam-CNMI visa waiver for Russian and Chinese citizens, a few months after our briefing, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano signed off a special waiver exclusive to Guam and CNMI only. In addition to that, another project that I took upon myself was The Effect of Colonization on Guam, where I compared Guam’s three colonizers and how they affected the local culture; currently I am also working on a joint white paper with Dr. Hughes of the Harvard Kennedy School on the Jones Act.