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Essay / Statement of Intent for Automotive Engineering
Since I was a child, I have had a great interest in the automotive industry. From automotive trivia to groundbreaking innovations, my innate passion for the automotive industry has always driven me to research the smallest details of every vehicle that interested me. Since primary school, I have been drawing sketches of cars incorporating technology unknown at the time; new devices such as electrochromic windshields, HUD displays, and wind turbines that would constantly regenerate electricity for the car. Growing up, my hobbies largely consisted of building countless Lego and Meccano sets and fixing my 19-year-old mother's car. In middle school, math and science were my favorite subjects: applying science and math to solve real-world problems fascinated me and I also took new steps to achieve my goals. At the age of thirteen, I designed a scale model of a heliostat power plant, which successfully powered a light bulb. The math beyond the focal points of parabolic dishes and thermodynamics was very advanced for my age, but I rose to the challenge....