I always wanted to be a good athlete, but as a young teen, I did not have the body or the skills to call myself anything other than overweight and out-of-shape. When the wrestling coach encouraged me to join the team, I saw an opportunity to transform into the athlete I had always wanted to be. The combined junior varsity and varsity team consisted almost entirely of freshmen like me who had never wrestled before. We needed a varsity competitor...

My interest in engineering comes from a deep seeded love of math and science. Since third grade, I have been placed in the highest level math class offered, and have also excelled in science. Engineering combines math and science, making it the most interesting field for me. My love for math and science comes from a love of logic. I prefer quantitative problems with logical solutions. They are more personally satisfying than opinion based questions which can have any number...