This is the transfer prompt for UCs. I am not even close to finished, but I am worried that my writing is giving no direction to answering the prompt so far. Do you have any advice? I have no real experience for electrical engineering… just many of my relatives studied it and I always accompanied my dad to work as a child.
Thank you!
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.
A thousand Tiny Aliens
My father laid out a thousand tiny aliens on our kitchen table- or at least that’s what my 9 year old mind told me. He lifted them slowly, carefully inspecting each alien before moving on to the next specimen. It wasn’t until many years later that I realized these “tiny aliens” were actually power supplies. As an electrical engineer, my father was accustomed to dissecting the simple machines that broke in our household, but never without his “students”. He took every opportunity to teach my siblings and I how and why machines, objects, or forces work the way that they do. Whether he was opening a computer or connecting the basic telephone wires, my father taught me how to identify a problem and then go along the process of finding an effective and efficient solution.
Many of my relatives and family friends are electrical engineers, so I was always raised exposed to the field of study.
