computersciencepersonalstatement
computinganditsalicatiohavealwaysfascinatedmeandforthisreasonihavefoundmya-levelcoursesextremelyinteresting.thisalsohasmaintainedmylong-terminterestincomputer-relatedcareers.ihavestudiedmathematics,physicsandcomputingtoa-levelandalsoduringthefirstyearathillsroadsixthformcollegeire-tookmygcseenglish.las
tyearandthisyearihavebeenimprovingmyself-learning,anddevelopingmanyskillswiththehelpofthekeyskillsqualificatioanda-levelgeneralstudies.mysincerestdesireistobecomeacomputerscientist.ecifically,iaminterestedinexploringhowproblemscanbemodeledandsolvedusingartificialintelligence.ialsowanttolearnabouthumancognitionandmachineintelligence.ihavebeenstudyingtheonlinedebateoverwhethermachineswilleverbecome\"intelligent\"giventhecurrentcourseofresearchandreadingaboutsuchiuesaswhetheramachinecanacquire\"commonsee\"(asdiscuedinhubertdreyfus\'sbook\"whatcomputertillcan\'tdo\").ihavebeenexploringmanydifferentareaswithinthedomainofartificialintelligence(suchasneuralnetworks,geneticalgorithms,andnaturallanguageproceing).thebottomlineisthatiwanttobeapartofthisexcitingfield.overthesummeritraveledtoruia,andthoroughlyenjoyedexploringaverydifferentpartoftheworld.myotherinterestsincludecurrentaffairsandorts,suchasfootball,teisandgeneralfitne.eversincethestartofsixthformihavebeenasuccefulmemberofthecollegefootballteam.ihaveplayedbasketballasanenrichmentactivitybecauseitwasaneworttomeatthebegiingofsixthform.ialsoparticipatedina5-a-sideindoorfootballtournamentatthecollege.inadditiontopursuingmyacademicstudiesiwouldliketocontinuesomeoftheseortsatuniversity.