<p>What is your intended major? Discuss how your interest in the subject developed and describe any experience you have had in the field — such as volunteer work, internships and employment, participation in student organizations and activities — and what you have gained from your involvement. </p>
<p>I have always been fascinated with the way things work, so I've been very fond of computers since I was a teenager. I started my first job when I was sixteen years old in my uncle's construction office. My job was not difficult at all; I answered the phones, printed the map plans for the engineers, and kept the printers running. The only problem was that I shortly grew tired of the job. I began to notice that the engineers run out of materials rather quickly and wasting time and money waiting for new materials to arrive. It amazed me to see how these men were surrounded by so much technology and how they could have used it to solve their problem. I saw them making no effort to find a solution, so I took matters into my own hands. I made a chart on Microsoft Excel, and on it, I listed the supplies they needed, the amount, and the schedule they should be on. This one little chart kept the construction going and introduced me to something I have become passionate about. I helped them to be efficient, and productive using their resources the best way they could. Everything was working perfectly. My uncle told my parents about what I did and everyone looked at me in a different way from that day on. Later I realized this was related to a major called industrial engineering. So I majored in industrial engineering after high school and started to work in a Control Project Company for two years. As I worked I grow funder of this whole idea to think of the ways to make everything gets done faster, cheaper, with less energy and resources. As an immigrant who is learning a new culture, experiencing new situations and concepts every day, it has become a part of my life to be productive and use my time and energy to improve, which are crucial abilities for engineers. I am very good at leading people and organizing their efforts to get a better result in a more efficient way. Since I was sixteen years old I knew I was born to be an engineer or manager.</p>
<p>Prompt2
Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are?</p>
<p>I came from Iran to United States three years ago in order to pursue my goal, which is becoming a successful engineer. After high school I got accepted to Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, which is the second best university in my country. After studying there for a year and half, one day my uncle from the United States called us and told my family we had the chance to come to United States and we were to decide in three months. That was the biggest moment of my life. I could not even get out of country right away. Military service is mandatory in my country. Male individuals cannot go out of the country before they serve their time .I had two choices: Finish my education in one of the most prestigious universities in my country and get a good job close to my family and friends in my country where I knew how everything works, or Leave the University that I had been working for ten years to get in to, join the army to be able to go out of country, and leave my home and my friends and what I had done for a country where I did not know language, or have a house or job. I chose the latter one because I am an ambitious person. I believe that being an immigrant made my decision of attending college more challenging because English is not my first language; it is much harder for me than rest of the students to keep up. I have to spend more time just to understand what other students can by one time reading or listening. In fall 2012 I started with Intermediate-Low Grammar at Sierra College. I worked hard day and night, and finished my English in one year instead of three years, and started to take difficult classes like chemistry. I also have other challenges like being a low-income student. I had to take two jobs to overcome that challenge .I work as a math tutor in tutoring center so I can improve my English while earning some money, and after school I work in a pizza place. Above all I have to take care of my family too. Since my mother and father do not speak English, I am the one in charge of everything like paying bills, taking my parents to doctors or filling out forms. Being an ambitious person, I believe academic performance is not the only indicator of potential success in my life. Therefore, for more than three semesters I have been the treasurer of a club called International Life with more than 450 members. We hold weekly sessions and help international students. I can help them because I was in their situation just a year ago. It makes me proud when I look at myself and see beside my jobs and my duties for my family, I managed to keep a high GPA and help other international students to improve while I have been in this country for less than three years. These are steps that keep me on track to be the person I wanted to be. I did not abandon my life to graduate from a normal college and live a normal life. I do not like dreaming, and I would rather work hard to get where I want. There are still a lot of obstacles and hardships that I need to overcome but that is what makes living interesting for me. The consequences of my decision to come here have been hard because of my lack of English ability, but I am sure of one thing; I am only getting better in every aspect of my life as time goes by and I made the right decision to come to United States.</p>