What has inspired you to pursue an engineering degree and why would you like to study at the University of Toronto?
What skills have you developed through your extra-curricular experiences that will support your future success as both a student and an engineer?
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Before I was three, my father gave me my own little screwdriver and hammer because I would constantly be interfering while he tinkered around the house or repaired his car. He always called me his 'chhota mistry' (little mechanic), and soon I was living up to the name.
I would break my toys just so that I could build new ones from the little motors and tyres they would yield. Among my first creations were a torch and a cardboard car with shock absorbers that actually worked. The praise I got from everyone in my large family of uncles, aunts, cousins, parents and grandparents kept me going. We had an outdoor badminton court and because of the poor lighting we could not play after it got dark. At ten years of age, I wasn't qualified to make a touch sensitive light of my own so I opened up a toy that had a touch sensitive light in it, and I cut the back of the shuttle cock, stuck the light and covered it with a half cut, transparent, plastic ball. Every time it fell, it cracked a little, so we had to play on the lawn instead, and smashing was out of the question, but it worked!
Creative engineering was right up my alley. From the beginning I have had an urge to do and create something physical. There were so many things I wanted to do, but because I had to choose only one, I chose mechanical engineering- the engineering that involves any system that has a moving part! And doing it from the University of Toronto, which is among the world's best; in Toronto, one of the world's most diverse cities; in Canada, one of the world's most peaceful countries would be more than a dream come true. I would also feel comfortable in Toronto because I have a few relatives living in the city.
I have studied for the last ten years in a fully residential boarding school near a small hill town in Northern India. Sherwood College, a 144 year old school run on the old English public school pattern, afforded me the opportunity for pursuing a wide spectrum of extra curricular activities. Each of these probably left its own mark on my individual nature. Extensive and prize winning participation in speeches and debates will stand me in good stead where logical thinking and analyses are required. Winning the high jump almost every year took a lot of determination and practice.
One of my favourite experiences has been becoming quite adept at art, especially pen & ink. A pen & ink sketch can take up to thirty hours to complete. Once the pen touches the ivory sheet, the mark it makes is permanent. One wrong line, and one might have to restart. And yet, anyone can do it; all that is required is patience. The more I sketch, the more patient I get, and the more I enjoy my work. Patience, I believe, is what influences decisions the most. The reason for this is that by being patient one has a clear mind to think through the possible results of one's actions. Along with decision making, patience also prevents one from giving up. This is as a result of keeping your goals consistent regardless of how difficult they may seem or the time it takes to reach them.
In all humility, I believe that I would follow mechanical engineering as a passion, and Toronto would be the university of my dreams!
your essay is very good . this sentences is meaning full for me(Along with decision making, patience also prevents one from giving up)(This is as a result of keeping your goals consistent regardless of how difficult they may seem or the time it takes to reach them).
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