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Name: Brian Li Age: 21 College / University: Vanderbilt University Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology & Medicine, Health, and Society Country origin: Canada What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I have aspired to become a doctor since a relatively young age, around elementary school, and never really took my mind off it. For this reason,

One of the oldest, most diverse, and most adaptable engineering specialties is mechanical engineering. Rooted in fundamental principles of mechanics, thermodynamics, materials science, and fluid dynamics, the discipline offers a rigorous academic foundation and diverse career opportunities. Mechanical engineering is a very relevant and intellectually stimulating field of study for students who have a strong interest in learning about how machines operate and how systems are d

Name: Cameron Age: 19 College / University: The University of Texas at Austin Major: Computer Science Country origin: United States What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I was the founder of the only computer science club at my high school. I was the team captain for the school's UIL computer science team. I took AP Computer Science and AP C

Name: Daniel Lam Age: 19 College / University: The University of Texas at Austin Major: Computer Science Country origin: United States What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I didn't spend much time on extracurriculars during high school, as I had family troubles from grades 9 to 10. What made me stand out was the fact that I tried as hard as

Name: Stephen Smith Age: 22 College / University: The University of Texas at Austin Major: Architectural Engineering Country origin: United States What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. High school for me was spent focusing on two things—math classes and marching band. I was fortunate enough to be placed in an accelerated math program, which

Name: Megan Robinson Age: 22 College / University: Monash University Major: Aerospace Engineering Country origin: Australia What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. In high school, I really focused on building a solid foundation for engineering because I was always drawn to problem-solving and understanding how things work. In my first year of

Name: Orion Vasquez Age: 18 College / University: The University of Texas at Austin Major: Astronomy / Astrophysics Country origin: Mexico What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I didn't realize I wanted to study astronomy until application deadlines were due. Originally, I was going to apply to become a business student and study supervisory

Name: April Age: 20 College / University: The University of Texas at Austin Major: Astronomy Country origin: Argentina UT Austin. UT Austin Facebook Cover Photo. 18 August 2014, Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/utaustin/14767404468/. What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I went to a private high school in Dubai, UAE-did not have many ex

Name: Chandler Stevenson Age: 21 College / University: Brown University Major: Electrical Engineering / Philosophy Country origin: United States What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I really only knew that I wanted to pursue electrical engineering after my junior year AP Physics class. From a young age, I've always had an interest in figuri

Name: Yesha Tesoro Age: 20 College / University: Monash University Major: Biomedical Engineering Country origin: Australia What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I undertook maths and all the sciences in my high school, conducted my own experiments, and wrote up papers to help me prepare for this major! Some of the extracurricular activities

Name: Reem El Machtoub Age: 20 College / University: Monash University Major: Software Engineering Country origin: Australia What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. Attending career sessions and talking with teachers was a big help when preparing for engineering. Their advice helped guide and prepare me for starting this degree. Moreover, focu

Name: Hamish Cranston Age: 20 College / University: Monash University Major: Electrical / Computer Systems Engineering / Physics Country origin: Australia What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I focused mainly on STEM-based subjects in high school, such as physics and mathematics, but I also balanced this by studying French and English. I wo

Name: Tash Age: 20 College / University: Monash University Major: Mechatronics / Maths Country origin: Australia What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I locked in for specialist maths, methods, chemistry, and physics. I also had a small part in the school musical to force my brain to take breaks and to get some fun exercise. Please tell us y

Name: Yiyou Zhang Age: 21 College / University: Monash University Major: Electrical / Computer Systems Engineering Country origin: China What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. Although I was able to graduate high school with very satisfactory scores, I wish I had focused more on engineering-related extracurricular activities instead of solely

Name: Mietta Levingston Age: 21 College / University: Monash University Major: Mechanical Engineering / Economics Country origin: Australia What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. During high school, I studied English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, French, and English Literature, as these subjects closely aligned with my goal of pursuing an

Name: Pari Raghunarayan Age: 20 College / University: University of Texas at Austin Major: Physics Country origin: United States What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I worked with a dark matter research group at Columbia University to learn computational skills and create simulations for proving theoretical models. I interned with a defense

Name: Emma Age: 19 College / University: The University of New South Wales Major: Computer Science Country origin: Australia "Evening Glow" by Linh Rom is licensed under CC BY 2.0. What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I didn't really do anything in high school as there weren't many opportunities. USYD and UNSW often had programs for high sc

Name: Lisa Lin Age: 19 College / University: The University of New South Wales Major: Computer Science / Economics Country origin: Australia What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. During my final two years of high school, preparing for the HSC, I chose to study economics. Honestly, at the time, I disliked it as it was content-heavy and very n

Name: Aaron Tian Age: 20 College / University: The University of New South Wales Major: Computer Science Country origin: Australia "UNSW Quadrangle" by Sidneiensis is licensed under CC BY 2.0. What did you do in high school to prepare you for this major? Tell us about your extracurricular activities and any honors/awards you received while preparing for university. I did some Python coding and participated in robotics competitions. Please tell us your daily life schedule as a