Discuss your interest in both engineering and business. How might Penn's coordinated dual-degree M&T Program help you meet your goals? Please be sure to address in some depth the specific nature and extent of your interests in both engineering and business. (400-650 words)
This program is highly specific that only 50-55 students are accepted every year to it. Please help me refine my essay.
What do you choose to study when you have passion for computers and business? You choose them both. And in my opinion, the best way to achieve a sound combination of these two is through Penn's Management and technology program.
From a very early age, I had a dream of developing technologies for helping people and selling them to make lots of money. But it is in the last few years that I have made significant progress in realizing this dream. My first foray in business world came through software development when I was in eighth grade. I and my friends used to spend long hours on playing on our PCs and forget about doing our studies. Recognizing this as a problem, I began my entrepreneurial venture. First step - identify the consumer base, which in my case was over 500 students in my school and few neighboring ones. Second step - find a solution, which was to have some kind of distraction which pulls us out of the game. Third - develop a software application, which ran a disgusting sound track after every one hour providing the needed distraction. Fourth step - test on small group, which was made of a few of my friends. Fifth Step - Market, where I sold over 500 copies at 2 dollar each generating a net income of 1000 dollars. Over the next year, word of my venture spread across the district and I made enough money to buy myself a new car.
Gaining experience from my entrepreneurial success pushed me to expand my knowledge base for future ventures. In last two years, I worked with two software ventures in India which developed software applications for business applications. In both these companies, I was involved in all the four above steps of projects. I gained quite extensive understanding of the corporate structure involved in technological entrepreneurship and an equally great expertise in programming and software development. But the biggest benefit for me was seeing firsthand how these two very different fields intermingle to create a money making machine. Using this knowledge, I started my own software solutions venture to provide software support for medical fields. We developed successful patient profiling systems, data analysis tools and such by applying researching, building and marketing strategies. But both business and technology require continuous honing of skills and that is where M&T program will be my salvation.
According to Benjamin Franklin, "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." M&T according to me combines the best of what Penn has to offer - a world class Business expertise by Wharton School and extensive research capabilities by Penn Engineering. With specialized concentrations in both Finance and marketing, I can get immeasurable improvement in these two of my weak areas. I find a freedom of exploration through the personalized curriculum. Furthurmore, I value the "beyond the classroom" learning as I've found my greatest learning occurs when textbook concepts are applied to the real world. And with M&T's quite many internship opportunities, I can work with big businesses and small startups equally in any field pertaining to business or engineering. Also, the numerous entrepreneurial programs such as Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs and M&T Intern fellowship award can provide me with much needed support for further ventures. And with its extensive alumni network and world class faculty, I won't be ever in lack of support during difficult periods.
I understand the rigors of the Management & Technology Program. But these rigors are what challenge my entrepreneurial spirit and the strength of my aspirations. I see myself leading a successful enterprise in my future and for that I am ready to invest in the University of Pennsylvania's Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology.
This program is highly specific that only 50-55 students are accepted every year to it. Please help me refine my essay.
What do you choose to study when you have passion for computers and business? You choose them both. And in my opinion, the best way to achieve a sound combination of these two is through Penn's Management and technology program.
From a very early age, I had a dream of developing technologies for helping people and selling them to make lots of money. But it is in the last few years that I have made significant progress in realizing this dream. My first foray in business world came through software development when I was in eighth grade. I and my friends used to spend long hours on playing on our PCs and forget about doing our studies. Recognizing this as a problem, I began my entrepreneurial venture. First step - identify the consumer base, which in my case was over 500 students in my school and few neighboring ones. Second step - find a solution, which was to have some kind of distraction which pulls us out of the game. Third - develop a software application, which ran a disgusting sound track after every one hour providing the needed distraction. Fourth step - test on small group, which was made of a few of my friends. Fifth Step - Market, where I sold over 500 copies at 2 dollar each generating a net income of 1000 dollars. Over the next year, word of my venture spread across the district and I made enough money to buy myself a new car.
Gaining experience from my entrepreneurial success pushed me to expand my knowledge base for future ventures. In last two years, I worked with two software ventures in India which developed software applications for business applications. In both these companies, I was involved in all the four above steps of projects. I gained quite extensive understanding of the corporate structure involved in technological entrepreneurship and an equally great expertise in programming and software development. But the biggest benefit for me was seeing firsthand how these two very different fields intermingle to create a money making machine. Using this knowledge, I started my own software solutions venture to provide software support for medical fields. We developed successful patient profiling systems, data analysis tools and such by applying researching, building and marketing strategies. But both business and technology require continuous honing of skills and that is where M&T program will be my salvation.
According to Benjamin Franklin, "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." M&T according to me combines the best of what Penn has to offer - a world class Business expertise by Wharton School and extensive research capabilities by Penn Engineering. With specialized concentrations in both Finance and marketing, I can get immeasurable improvement in these two of my weak areas. I find a freedom of exploration through the personalized curriculum. Furthurmore, I value the "beyond the classroom" learning as I've found my greatest learning occurs when textbook concepts are applied to the real world. And with M&T's quite many internship opportunities, I can work with big businesses and small startups equally in any field pertaining to business or engineering. Also, the numerous entrepreneurial programs such as Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs and M&T Intern fellowship award can provide me with much needed support for further ventures. And with its extensive alumni network and world class faculty, I won't be ever in lack of support during difficult periods.
I understand the rigors of the Management & Technology Program. But these rigors are what challenge my entrepreneurial spirit and the strength of my aspirations. I see myself leading a successful enterprise in my future and for that I am ready to invest in the University of Pennsylvania's Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology.
