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Zoltan Kalmar, Personal Statement, UCL Department of Physics & Astronomy, September 2016 With the first hours of natural sciences, I got immediately amazed by how the world really looked like and how it worked. All those rules which exist in such cooperation with each other have always interested me

An upbringing in India and Malawi makes me wonder ‘where is home?’, yet this path has exposed me to the world’s immense socioeconomic diversity. It may be one thing to conceptualize theories such as Lorenz’s ‘Butterfly Effect’, but quite another to see the reality through Mozambican farmers’ earning

To some, engineering is simply building vast structures or creating new technology. However to me engineering is the answer to all of humanity's problems, from Edison lighting up the world to Bell connecting the masses. My interest in this field, mainly regarding the electrical aspects of constructi

Stuck. It was the first word to grace my mouth in all of its five letter, monosyllabic glory. Given that I am applying to study Philosophy and Theology, it is hardly surprising that of the various meanings assigned to the word “stuck”, the definition: “to find oneself baffled” resounds most deeply w

Personal statement My enthusiasm for looking at society in a critical way sparked my interest in Law. For me, Law is the significant battle between upholding the morality of humanity while maintaining the stability of society within a set of rules, all with the aspiration of preserving a system tha

Coming from Croatia, a country forged by war twenty-two years ago, I have always been aware of the importance of states and organisations in conflict resolutions. If it weren't for NATO, Croatia may not have gained its independence in 1995 and the balance of powers in Eastern and Central Europe woul

Predicted grades: Maths-A*, Economics-A*, Psychology-A*, Physics-A Target universities: LSE (Accounting and Finance), UCL (Economics), Warwick (Accounting and Finance), King’s (Economics and Management), Manchester (Accounting and Finance) In two words, what is the stock market? Changing prices. I g

With the news channel on constantly in my household, I knew early on that there was an economic crisis. However, it was during research for the 2012 World Scholar's Cup, an international academic competition, that I learnt in detail about the Global Financial Crisis and its social and political impl

Computer science (CS) is my favourite subject. I enjoy the logical thought and problem solving needed to create well structured, efficient programs. My course includes some theoretical CS which I find very interesting. I have supplemented the course both practically, through an Extended Project (EP

Economics is an ever present in the news headlines, especially when it comes to macroeconomic topics such as Brexit. Economics is involved in everyone’s lives on a micro and macro scale, and is constantly changing without most of us even realising, which makes it a fascinating subject to study. Sinc

Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs in Greece, a country that has made it to the headlines of many economics articles over the last years, I noticed the importance of economic problems and the impact – they and the way they are solved - can have. To tackle such problems, one must have keen knowl

I have always enjoyed linguistic work in classics, which has helped me appreciate the novelty of the ancient texts. I regard classics as an opportunity to read some of the greatest pieces of literature written, in their original languages, and in doing so to study the culture and societies of the Gr