Personal statement

I will be a physicsist. Physics is most
elementary among many fields of natural science. The law of physics affects
everywhere and everything from motion of the universe to culture of the human.
Even though many problems in physics has been solved, there are still many
physics problems to be solved as well. I want to be a physicist to study the
problems.

In my early childhood, I was interested in
stars and galaxies in the sky. As growing, I noticed that the physical law of
the universe dominates them, so I chose to study physics because I wanted to
know the law. In Chung-ang university, I found my mathematical talent and majored
in physics and mathematics. I like physics more than mathematics because
physics can be proven by experiments whereas mathematics can not. To study
deeper physics, I entered graduate school for master’s degree of physics. In
the graduate school, I studied both theoretical and experimental physics. This
experience lead me to experimental laboratory, Advanced Photonics Research
Institute. In the institute, I performed various tasks, for example,
installation and operation of particle spectrometer, alignment and diagnosis of
high power laser, and aquisition and analysis of signal data, the results from
which were published to papers and patents.

However, the job assigned to me was just to
assist experiments and I could not take a chance to organize experiments with
my proper idea. I suggested new optimization methods and processes and they
were accepted. Although the suggestion made indeed improvement, it was not evaluated
as my contribution because I was regarded as a technician, which supports senior
researchers. It is not bad to assist researches, but it is more interesting and
exciting for me to lead the researches. I want to propose and perform my proper
theory and experiment.

In order to be an independant scientist, I
need to be trained professionally and to get Ph. D.. I can not be more
passionable than now. My preparation is enough for advanced studying in
graduate school. I can propose my theory and suggest experiment to prove it for
a given physical problem.