<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>
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<p>I was introduced to a computer system for the first time when I was at the age of seven. It happened when my father brought his coworker's personal computer home to fix it. Looking at his working on the system aroused my curiosity about how a computer worked. For a seven-year-old boy like me, it was really amazing that "little windows" kept "jumping" on and off the screen just by some clicking or typing. Since then, I have always been deeply interested in computing. However, in Vietnam at that time, English was not really as a popular language as it recently is. Thus, it was really hard for one person to learn about computing.</p>
<p>When I was in third grade, with the passion to learn more about computer, I decided to take some English courses after managing to read and write Vietnamese correctly. Meanwhile, I was also helped by my professor who let me attend most of his computer classes without any requirement or tuition. Eventually, I began to understand much more about a computer system and things that were related to it (such as the difference between a bit and a byte, between RAM and ROM, the different functions and uses of a floppy disk, etc.) after about six months of learning English and Computing. </p>
<p>I continued to study computing until I was accepted to a Linguistics-majored High school. Knowing about my knowledge as well as my passion about Computer Science, one of my professors asked me to be his computer lab assistant which made me so happy. Also, I was asked by my best friend's mother to watch over her internet cafe (which was really popular in Vietnam at that time) during my free time. I then decided to accept both offers. During my time at school, when I did not have class, I was usually found either in the Computer Lab or in the Library sitting in front of a computer. As a lab assistant, I had to learn a lot of skills in order to provide help to other students who were in need. I was introduced to many common problems that happened when dealing with a computer such as the computer did not start, the screen was blank or frozen, the system was slow, etc. Moreover, my professor also taught me how to realize when there was a hardware malfunction (BIOS beep codes, system error messages, etc.) and how to deal with such situation. He also spent most of his free time at school teaching me some basic knowledge about programming. When school was out, I then came to work at the internet cafe of my friend's mother. To work there I was required to take some courses about Network Administration. Fortunately, I was paid to attend those courses. After several months working there, I learned a lot about how to manage a network and to solve networking-related problems. Besides, working on the internet made me realize that all of my knowledge about computer was just a drop in the ocean. Hence, my abiding passion for computing got even greater; I then always had an overwhelming longing to know more about computer.</p>
<p>When my family moved to the US three years ago, I was so glad that I now had a chance to achieve my dream. I intended to major in Computer Science with great anticipation to the new challenges and discovers in the field of Computing.</p>