Kirklan's Achievements

Personal Summary and Objectives

My academic interests mainly surround cognitive science and mathematics. I find cognitive science interesting because it studies perhaps the most complicated organ of them all - the human brain, with the use of interdisciplinary knowledge. It allows me to learn and bring in knowledge from different subjects like linguistics and biology to understand the mind. This type of interdisciplinary skill is becoming increasingly important in today’s world, where solutions to pressing issues such as climate change require knowledge from multiple areas. I also find studying cognitive science a meaningful endeavor because it yields insight into treating mental diseases which affect countless people worldwide. I am particularly invested in studying Alzheimer’s Disease, as I’ve witnessed first-hand its detrimental impact on elderly when I was volunteering at elderly centers around Hong Kong. On the other hand, I am passionate about mathematics because of its logical nature. The prominence of proofs in mathematics creates a subject where each theorem is built up from a previous one, thus creating an irrefutable subject. Furthermore, I adore the breadth and depth of this subject, so I can always learn about new ideas and play with them.