My Statement Of Purpose: Information Systems Management

One of my greatest skills and talents is working with technology and coding websites, I started coding a website on my own around the age of 12 and 13. I got into computers because of gaming. Once I started finding out how to code I wanted to build my own computer, I started gathering parts to build my own computer every since I was 13. I coded my own website on my own with no help at all fluently, It took me a month to make a simple website which made me realize that one of my talents is working with computers from the inside out. I never really shared this talent with anybody before besides my family members and a few friends, I am the first person they come to when it comes to technology like phones, computers, game systems, anything dealing

Career Tech will provide me with an environment of friends that are dedicated to the same level of education I am. Career tech meets my family’s standards. It provides a way for me to get a great academic foundation and continue playing for Wasilla Warriors basketball team. I believe Career Tech will boost me into my future and my road to college.

I am Andrew Soebagio, from Indonesia. I’ve been a student at North for about a year and a half now. I’m planning to graduate from North this upcoming fall, with an AS degree. A major that I have in mind is Petroleum Engineering; hopefully this plan will stick with me till I graduate.

Those classes made me eligible to attend a conference called The National Academy of Future Scientist and Technologist. At that conference, I had the opportunity to meet a multitude of students my age that had the same goals I did. The speakers that talked to us were not experienced, 60-year-old engineers that work for NASA; they were kids my age! Several speakers had inspiring stories like a high school senior that discovered a way to gather the algae in ponds and a college graduate discovering a faster, more effective way to detect cancer. All of the speakers talked about how failure will always be a part of growth, and that people will constantly try to knock you down. When I tell people that I want to be an engineer, some people laugh at me, but that cannot stop me. I have the drive to accomplish my goals no matter how hard it may seem. Along with preparing for my career, I still want to enjoy life outside of school. One friend of mine helped me discover all the adventure that life can hold.

My father was a mechanical engineer who loved what he did. He would come home with hard drives in his hand and tinker with them as he tried to find ways to make them more efficient. He would show me the miniscule parts that he designed and how they worked. These experiences were not lost on me, as they led me to grow an interest in the sciences and in engineering. Although the interest was there, the motivation was usually absent. His passing lit a fire in me. Rather than giving up, I used his love, and my interest, to pursue my own career in engineering. My renewed love for the sciences and math gave me a new purpose. I focused more on school, especially in Chemistry, Physics, and Math, and worked harder to improve my grades. My goal of acquiring a chemical engineering degree allowed me to shift my focus from my father to my future. Looking back, I realize now that had it not been for my love of engineering, I never would have been able to overcome the obstacle of my father’s death, and I never would have found my true

I’ve always wanted to mess with computers and learn how they work. Group A helped me immensely by suggesting I take my interests to school. I decided to take AP Computer Science and while I struggled a bit, I didn’t let it bring me down. I also joined Business Professionals of America where I competed in Website Design Team and Computer Security for which I qualified to move on to state level. This was when I realized that I no longer cared about being popular. I was having a good time without being popular. I distinctly remember one of my fondest memory was building a computer. Not only was I excited but all my group A friends encouraged me to do it because this was ultimately what I liked and what I wanted to do.

In high school, I chose computer science as my major. I hoped I can design a website that everyone would love it when they first looked at it. However, there were many things behind that. It took many lines of codes to output a few lines of texts, not with a graphical interface. Bugs always appeared. I needed to go online to search these errors and how to fix them. Oftentimes, during the research, I found out other amazing ways of writing codes, which distracted me from my original intent of fixing bugs. Besides I enjoyed exploring computer, I was also attracted to how science turned the world around. Due to curiosity in science, I joined the Science Bowl. While I prepared for this competition, I learned a variety of knowledge in different science fields. Additionally, I made many new friends. I learned that collaborating with others can make things much

Throughout high school, I made sure to challenge myself. I played all types of sport, joined various international school trips, became a member of Student Council and the National Honor Society, and ended my high school career with seven AP classes. Consequently I met the triumph of my dreams, with the influence of two magnificent people. My dad is the hardest working man I know, who has taught me determination and grit. My mom, a woman with her own personal learning struggles, taught me to never give up, to stand back up no matter how hard I fall, as failure is the ultimate way to gain experience and knowledge. I would not have succeeded the workload without

My family and the man I interviewed during my middle school career fair project had an enormous impact on my choice to pursue computer science. My family of 6 including me lived in a nice neighborhood in a beautiful house. If there was a problem that was centered around technology I was the man they all came to. In addition to being surrounded by people who needed me when something was going wrong with their electronics, I grew up knowing that technology would play a major part in this worlds future which would require people to take those jobs that will be created by the advancement of computers. I first got interested in computer science when I learned about the pay. The pay wasn’t super high but during my research in middle school I learned a lot of them work at home most of the time and when they do show up they can wear anything they want as long as it’s appropriate. This peaked my interest as a middle schooler because as a kid I associated a job with school, and I hated

In 2009 a situation which threatened my vision arose where I transferred to a rural secondary school by the name Chekai which didn’t offer required science subjects. I was very courageous to pursue those subjects on my own and I passed well much to the surprise of everyone involved. During my time there, I managed to influence others to perform at their best across other subjects and this ultimately created a winning "team" which pushed the school to form an Advanced level class to accommodate us. My greatest influence was mainly through helping others in the subjects I was good at and I also had a privilege of owning study materials which I used to share among my classmates. The base I did set has helped others following to pursue careers in Science, Technology and Engineering (STEM) and I am very proud to have some of the students who were younger than me at that time looking up to me as their mentor and so far I have two students following my career path.

I didn’t always know that I wanted to be an aerospace engineer. But during my sophomore year at Castro Valley High School I took Honors Chemistry. It was the hardest class I’ve taken at throughout my high school career but it showed me how much I love to invent things and solve problems. Using these newly acquired discoveries combined with my lifelong love of flight I started looking into aerospace engineering. After more research, I decided to take a leap of faith and to put all of my efforts into propelling myself into success within these fields. I gathered my own “team” of supporters – my grandpa (a mechanical engineer), my uncle (a retired nuclear engineer from the Lawrence Livermore Lab), my calculus teacher (who has been my math teacher

Compared to the other students, I excelled in many fields such as typing, computer programming, and digital arts. From that accomplishing moment, I decided that my dream was to become a computer hardware engineer and construct or design computers for future generations.

Growing up as the son of an electrical engineer, I was exposed at an early age to learning opportunities that most of my peers lacked. One of my favorite weekend activities was exploring a literal junkpile of electronic goods, picking one, taking it apart, and learning how it worked. I found experimenting, examining, and discovering exhilarating and educational. I naturally flowed into programming and web development, both tools that allowed me to prototype ideas and solve problems. At age 18, I landed a job as a professional web developer. The position was for a recent college graduate. Even though I had never taken any type of programming class, my application was the most impressive. At that time I was going to school at Cal Poly Pomona, studying to be an aerospace engineer. I could not get a deferment of two years for a mission, so when I got back in 2011 I had to find a new place to study. Deciding to go to BYU-Idaho was a lot easier than deciding what to study. I had so many career ideas, that I had to chose the single major that would open up the most opportunities. Despite having never taken a physics class, I decided that it was the root science. I knew I would go to graduate school, and with physics I could go into engineering, programming, finances, or even medicine.

As a typical first born child, I have parents who expected me to be a doctor one day. When we talked about colleges, they were always medical schools. When I asked my father what jobs to look into, he suggested pharmacist or surgeon. I never expected to become an engineer until my first week of junior year when I took my first calculus and physics classes. My teachers heralded engineering as the top profession of the day, and all my friends were planning on making them proud with their future careers as civil or mechanical engineers. When I told them my plans of becoming a physical therapist, they scoffed at me. Both my physics and calculus teachers told me, “You are wasting your potential if that is your goal in life!” Although I knew they were exaggerating, their passion on the subject is what originally drove me to look into engineering. However, I was still passionate about helping people with health issues. I wanted to save lives in my career, and I was not sure if engineering would be a direct enough impact for me to find happiness in it. That was when I decided to search “medical engineering” on YouTube, and I was not disappointed. I found a video about Michelle Khine, who became my engineering hero.

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- life is stronger than death.” If you ask me to describe myself I would say that I am pleasant, diverse, and active man. I think one of my most distinguishing characteristics is the diversity of experiences I possess. I am an engineering graduate with a flair for management. I also have a passion for traveling and exploring different cultures of the world. All these elements have helped me develop a very broad outlook, with varying degrees of knowledge in a range of topics. As a freshman at the undergraduate