Undergraduate / "why you are considering transferring and how MIT aligns with your goals" [3]

Albert Einstein once said, "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." To me, the essentials are the three C's of learning: curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking. These are skills that every student should hone in their journey through life, but here in my school, things are the other way around. I feel boxed in by the reality of just getting to pass exams and get good grades. All we do is read theories and concepts with minimal experiments to prove if these things are true. Problem solvers can't be made in this manner. I sincerely believe life doesn't necessarily start after school, so it's never too early to impact one's community.

MIT's core values resonate with my reality, and I believe in the vast opportunities that can be mutually unlocked if I get into this community of like-minded people. Courses like "2.008" (by Prof. John Hart) and "2.77" would lay a good foundation for my career path, as I intend to create a remarkable non-profit academy for engineers that would address the lapses in the industrial sector of my country. The limited resources, outdated curriculum, insufficient practical training opportunities, and many more have been hindrances to the advancement of my country.