Personal Statement: A Career In Rocket Science

When I came to the museum, the first thing that impressed me was the astonishing building: it was a masterpiece itself. The exterior of the Tampa Museum of Art has a light installation, and all I wanted at that moment is night to come so I could see thousands of colored lights reflected in the surface of the river that flows near the museum. What’s more, I liked the design of the museum inside as well. There were white walls and perfect lighting, and nothing would bother contemplation. In many museums I have visited before there was a lot of distractions, but in this museum everything was done on the principle of simplicity, and that was very pleasing to me. Moreover, when we came inside of the museum, it was almost empty. There were just a few visitors, who were fascinated by various drawings and statues. Most of the visitors were teenagers, what slightly surprised me. I

In addition to these multiple self studied courses, I chose to take Honors Engineering Physics. However, the teacher understood that I had completed a higher level physics course and allowed me to use his class as time to research and experiment whatever I want. At the moment, I am currently applying what I have learned about electricity and circuits to a broken down golf cart and noticing how real life application of physics works. I am realizing how numbers and equations work out nicely on paper, but real life application hardly ever work

1. I have developed an interest in science during my high school career, and love watching new technology being created. I figure that I will most likely either continue on to medical school after I receive my undergraduate degree or try to work to design new technologies that will aid scientific research and study. Therefore, it was really a no-brainer for me to pursue various STEM related courses and subjects. In my opinion, the STEM field contributes to innovation and world progress more than any other fields. Without STEM fields, I most likely wouldn’t even be able to type this paper, or use the internet to submit my college application and scholarships. If the STEM field were to disappear, the world would stagnate. In order to prevent

On October 29th, I attended a speech in the planetarium. The speaker’s name was Crit Callebs, a Native American storyteller. Callebs grew up on the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation and still lives there today. He has been telling stories all his life due to growing up around the elders of his tribe, and listening to all of their stories. His speech was centered on traditional stories of the Eastern Band Cherokee’s. As I mentioned above, the speech was held in the planetarium, which features elevated seats, dark lighting, and a globe ceiling. All of these features contributed to the illusion of floating. However, Callebs took it to another level by projecting the night’s sky on the screen. He turned off the lights completely, so we could not see the people directly next to us, or even him. All we saw were the stars and all we heard was him talking to us. As much as this made the atmosphere more relaxing, it also made the speech have an enervated quality to it. In this paper, I will analyze and discuss the speech’s quality points, as well as the disappointing aspects.

As I was walking around the museum, I was shocked and in complete desire when me and my friends walked into a large circle roof type architecture. It was absolutely amazing to be inside and under it. Finally, we reached our destination which was the Mummy exhibit and were impressed with what they had on site.

After arriving and going through the security screenings, I proceeded to go down the stairs, entering the exhibit itself. Before even observing anything specific, it was immediately realized that this was no typical museum. Most people know that upon arrival, but only when you first enter the exhibit do you realize that this museum is not one that inspects the past, but one that reminds us of it.

I currently have several skills in many aspects in the field of engineering. Most of these skills are in the area of computer science with languages such as Java, C#, HTML, and JavaScript. Throughout my current exposure, I have learned engineering has several different possibilities in terms of choosing a major to focus in, and a career to pursue but have never completely experienced how each of these areas are learned or applied into real world applications. My goal is to discover what aspect of engineering would best be applicable for the strengths and abilities I have so that I am able to focus most of my ability into that specific area so that I can greatly excel by working on exactly what I need to in order to flourish in this career field.

I remember stepping through the door into the robotics room, I didn't know what I was getting into and what impact it would have on my life. Robotics became my life for the next 4 years, constantly spending every moment of my free time investing it in robotics. I found my passion; to learn, with a desire to make the team better by passing my knowledge down to them. Robotics taught me countless valuable lessons and skills that shaped my life. Every day I acquired new skills and techniques to improve the robot, exponentially increasing my comprehension of engineering. Learning how to use tools, create mechanisms, and basic fundamentals of engineering; I began to work up the ranks of the team. Starting once as a clueless freshman I earned the

The founders of "FIRST" created a unique compound word "Coopertition" to describe the spirit of their organization and they expected "gracious professionalism" from all participants at their events. "Gracious professionalism" is an ethical principle that creates tremendous camaraderie among the "FIRST" robotics teams and "FIRST" events feel more like family reunions than true competitions. My participation with "FIRST" robotics has taught me how to build robots but more importantly, I have learned the value of teamwork. Each fall, during the hectic robot design and assembly period, everyone must play more than one role to ensure that construction and testing is completed before the competition period begins. Robot building has also taught me patience and perseverance; over a 6 month period, a robot is typically built, tested, disassembled, and re-built no less than 5 times. My robot building experiences have taught me how to handle frustration and accept repeated failures. Over the years, there have been many disappointments and set-backs for our team however last year, I was extremely fortunate to be a member a very talented squad that managed to surpassed our most optimistic dreams; we performed well in the Southern States "Super-Regional" competition and we were selected as one of 24 teams to represent our region in the 2014 multi-national "FIRST World Championship" in St.

I do science fair to kill three birds with a single stone. Science fair lets me explore my ideas and put them to the test. While also being beneficial to college, the science fair also rewards me with cash and medals.

If it weren’t for going to school, I would have never found out what I enjoyed. For example, taking Biology two (Anatomy) in eleventh grade helped me figure out that I enjoyed learning about the human body. Which narrowed my search down a little bit.

Returning to our nation’s capital bring about feelings of nostalgia. People were everywhere moving to and fro. Cars were zipping throughout the city’s streets while I sit back observing D. C.’s daily activity. The charter bus continued driving forward making left and right turns when necessary until we reached our destination, 1000 Jefferson Dr., better known as the Smithsonian Institution Building (the Castel). The intimating building stood tall. It looked out of place. As if it belonged in the medieval era and not our own. Nevertheless, I exited the bus, stretched my limbs, and proceeded into the Castel awaiting to see what was inside.

We watched the sun rise on the east, and followed its path across the sky while painting hash marks on a sundial in the backyard at the top of every hour, and discussing why day and night, and seasons happen. Viewing the recent partial solar eclipse was a most opportune highlight on this topic. Nathan created a Styrofoam model of the solar system using balls mounted with wooden skewers on a base, and the sunrays were represented by toothpicks. Each celestial body was painted characteristically with poster paint.

As president of Henderson County 4-H, part of my office was to collaborate with my officers and the officers of the clubs in my county. This collaboration offered me counsel for wise decisions, and gave me insights into the desires and needs of the members of Henderson County 4-H. Knowing the needs and desires for the future of 4-H in Henderson County, allowed me to effectively and accurately represent the members of my county. Another big teamwork activity I participated in was being an assistant leader at District 5 Yes Camp. I was the only assistant leader from my county, so I had only met the five other assistant leaders that night. We were required to collaborate together and come up with fun games for the 4-Her’s to compete in for time they were at camp. At the end of the camp, not only did the 4-Her’s have fun, but we as the assistant leaders had fun as well. The final teamwork activity I would like to talk about is when I was placed in charge of two teams of junior 4-Her’s and charged with the responsibility of educating them in the robotics project. I had always wanted to learn more about the Robotics project, but this was the first time it would be available in my

Many students while they are in high school will participate in clubs and sports of all likes. I did something a little different than track or chess club. I helped design, build, and showcase robots. We aren't talking about a some desktop toy or tiny remote control car, what I helped create was an over one hundred pounds of beastly machinery. There is one very important fact that makes this a lot more difficult than it already sounds, we only had 6 weeks to build it. All of this during after school hours and on weekends. Now balancing all of stress of robotics, school, and life is not the easiest task. The events of my senior year robotics season may have been the most stressful few months of my life, but the day that set off the season would become the day I will remember most of all.