Nyamuk
Nov 11, 2010
Undergraduate / Electrical Engineering - "How you come up with you major ?" UC app transfer [3]
What is your intended major? Discuss how your interest in the subject developed and describe any experience you have had in the field - such as volunteer work, internships and employment, participation in student organizations and activities - and what you have gained from your involvement.
My intended major is Electrical Engineering. Choosing a major is far more complicated than just deciding what I want to be. There are many factors to take into account of before I decided to chose one particular major. I believe that choosing major should be based on what we are interested in learning, and also the best way to learn is from our experience. Based on those belief, I believe that my experiences in the past are the best reflection of my interest. Most important of all, I am looking forward to develop my interest into something more valid to dedicate to the society.
I realized my interest in electric circuits started when I was in sixth grade. My science teacher gave a final assignment to design a small simulation of light bulb as lighting. I designed a small bakery and few small houses made from paper with light bulb inside each building. It took me around twenty light bulbs to finish my simulation. Every time my light bulb broken, I had to analyze the problem and fixed it. as if it was not enough, I added a switch to my simulation in order to make it more real. In junior high school, I learned more about it in physics class and developed my interest in physics. I never knew that I enjoyed physics a lot until my high school physics teacher offered me a voluntary work as a physics tutor for my juniors who were preparing their selves for a competition. As a physics tutor, I learned more complicated problems.
Being curious to learn about electric circuits' application in industry, I talked about it a lot with my father. Knowing that, my father decided to bring me to his colleague's factory, so I could learn directly from the expert in it. The technician was very kind to me that he took me for a walk and explained a little bit about those machineries. My curiosity grew even more since my trip to the factory. I started to experiment my computer. I had one broken computer in my room, so I started to open up the CPU and tried to fixed it. My friend, who was an expert in computer, guided me to figure out the source of the problem and how to fix it.
Taking from all my small experiences, I realized that I have been interested in Electrical Engineering far before I chose to major in it. based on that reason, I want to fulfill my dream to contribute my knowledge to Indonesia's industrial technology. I hope that with the things I learned here, I can clear the way to a more advanced yet beneficial technology that has not been developed in Indonesia yet.
What is your intended major? Discuss how your interest in the subject developed and describe any experience you have had in the field - such as volunteer work, internships and employment, participation in student organizations and activities - and what you have gained from your involvement.
My intended major is Electrical Engineering. Choosing a major is far more complicated than just deciding what I want to be. There are many factors to take into account of before I decided to chose one particular major. I believe that choosing major should be based on what we are interested in learning, and also the best way to learn is from our experience. Based on those belief, I believe that my experiences in the past are the best reflection of my interest. Most important of all, I am looking forward to develop my interest into something more valid to dedicate to the society.
I realized my interest in electric circuits started when I was in sixth grade. My science teacher gave a final assignment to design a small simulation of light bulb as lighting. I designed a small bakery and few small houses made from paper with light bulb inside each building. It took me around twenty light bulbs to finish my simulation. Every time my light bulb broken, I had to analyze the problem and fixed it. as if it was not enough, I added a switch to my simulation in order to make it more real. In junior high school, I learned more about it in physics class and developed my interest in physics. I never knew that I enjoyed physics a lot until my high school physics teacher offered me a voluntary work as a physics tutor for my juniors who were preparing their selves for a competition. As a physics tutor, I learned more complicated problems.
Being curious to learn about electric circuits' application in industry, I talked about it a lot with my father. Knowing that, my father decided to bring me to his colleague's factory, so I could learn directly from the expert in it. The technician was very kind to me that he took me for a walk and explained a little bit about those machineries. My curiosity grew even more since my trip to the factory. I started to experiment my computer. I had one broken computer in my room, so I started to open up the CPU and tried to fixed it. My friend, who was an expert in computer, guided me to figure out the source of the problem and how to fix it.
Taking from all my small experiences, I realized that I have been interested in Electrical Engineering far before I chose to major in it. based on that reason, I want to fulfill my dream to contribute my knowledge to Indonesia's industrial technology. I hope that with the things I learned here, I can clear the way to a more advanced yet beneficial technology that has not been developed in Indonesia yet.