There are two "essays". These are just one paragraph each, and I just wanna know if there are improvements I could make. Any helpful comments are appreciated. Thank you!
Here is the first one's prompt: Engineering leaders do more than just solve technical problems. What kinds of experiences, inside and outside of the classroom, would you want to explore to enhance your studies?
My response: Though I am undecided as to what kind of engineering I want to do, I know that I want designing to be a part of it. As a child I had this notion that engineering was only to do with math, computers, and guys. When I learned that there was much more to it than those three things, I was excited, mainly by the fact that there is room for artistic people. I also want to be able to have hands on experience, which would help me decide if what I chose is truly the best fit for me. To broaden my abilities and enhance my studying, I would like to take a drawing class, and find an internship opportunity. With these two experiences, I feel I would be much better prepared for the real world than without them.
The second prompt: Engineers have sometimes been stereotyped as "nerds" or "geeks." Do you embrace or reject that stereotype? Why?
My response: I was never a "geek", and only sort of a "nerd". I am not tech savvy, or math-crazy. However, a friend of mine who I can safely say is a nerd has welcomed me to "nerd-land" several times throughout the years in high school. A lot of my friends are hard workers, and they have inspired me to work hard as well. I consider myself a semi-nerd-someone who isn't widely known (among classmates) as a nerd, but who can and will work just as hard as someone who is widely known as a nerd. I visit "nerd-land" frequently, and am happy to be there.
Here is the first one's prompt: Engineering leaders do more than just solve technical problems. What kinds of experiences, inside and outside of the classroom, would you want to explore to enhance your studies?
My response: Though I am undecided as to what kind of engineering I want to do, I know that I want designing to be a part of it. As a child I had this notion that engineering was only to do with math, computers, and guys. When I learned that there was much more to it than those three things, I was excited, mainly by the fact that there is room for artistic people. I also want to be able to have hands on experience, which would help me decide if what I chose is truly the best fit for me. To broaden my abilities and enhance my studying, I would like to take a drawing class, and find an internship opportunity. With these two experiences, I feel I would be much better prepared for the real world than without them.
The second prompt: Engineers have sometimes been stereotyped as "nerds" or "geeks." Do you embrace or reject that stereotype? Why?
My response: I was never a "geek", and only sort of a "nerd". I am not tech savvy, or math-crazy. However, a friend of mine who I can safely say is a nerd has welcomed me to "nerd-land" several times throughout the years in high school. A lot of my friends are hard workers, and they have inspired me to work hard as well. I consider myself a semi-nerd-someone who isn't widely known (among classmates) as a nerd, but who can and will work just as hard as someone who is widely known as a nerd. I visit "nerd-land" frequently, and am happy to be there.
