My application

I applied test-optional with the GPA from my Polish high school from the last 3 years of studying. I maintained a perfect GPA (6.0/6.0) throughout my high school and after I got accepted they also asked me to send the results of the Polish baccalaureate examination, so that they have the proof of maintaining the high academic standard.

My extracurriculars

My activity in the aero club, where I first started as a glider pilot, and then I worked there and participated in the distribution of medication for wild animals in Poland. From the gliders, there was medication thrown for wild forest animals. I started as a person responsible for throwing them and then successively advanced. I also tried adding some innovations to the company - for example, if there was a person responsible for throwing the medication it was often imprecise and I wanted to make it as precise as possible, so I constructed a machine that was responsible for carrying the operation more precisely. Additionally to this part, I also did some office work. Thanks to all that, I did a course for the glider pilot that normally is very expensive, but I didn’t have to pay for it, since I did it all while working for the aero club. This is very close to my heart - gliders don’t have engines so flying them is like survival. With every move of the steer, you decide about your life. This is such a nice escape from everyday problems for me.

Another of my extracurricular activities was research in the Space Technology Center of the AGH University in Cracow. In the astrobiology department, I researched how body and mind work in the conditions of space isolation that exist in space stations. The most fascinating part for me was the perception of time in space - I was closed for two weeks in the simulation of the space station, where I lived like an astronaut, with the same conditions as real astronauts. The stratospheric part was about sending the stratospheric balloons to make maps of the health of crops in certain places (the concentration of chlorophyll in plants). Then this data was shared with farmers who could then take action and eg. fertilize some areas more. I also helped with constructing the satellites that are now in space during my internship at SatRevolution in Wroclaw.

The next extracurricular activity was social engagement in the Youth Council of my city. During the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we made a big charity organization. We started with humanitarian aid on a big scale. There were over 1000 volunteers that I coordinated and we sent a lot of trucks to Ukraine with the first-need products. A lot of necessities were also distributed among the refugees in my region. We were sewing masking equipment and we organized Polish language lessons for Ukrainian refugee kids. Additionally in the Youth City Council, we conducted a couple of projects focusing on promoting sustainability and city clean-ups, that all the high schools in the city participated in.