College Admissions Essay: A Career As A Chemical Engineer

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I grow up in a family that appreciate the educational life. As I grew up, I was always wondering what I am going to be in the future. I have three engineers brothers and I have been always interested in their lifestyle. However, as a female Saudi girl, it was difficult for me to choose to be an engineer. Women's society is a lot different in my region. In addition, people do not care about the woman's career as much as the men's.I wanted to change that idea and I did not want the lore of my culture to decide my major.I liked the industrial field and I think that chemical engineering is taking a huge roll in that field and it is going to open up for me a lot of chances in the future.

In high school, my favorite subjects were physics and mathematics. I have read about chemical engineering and I have found a lot of interesting topics that I …show more content…

In addition, I was the responsible presenter of the section of chemical elements. Moreover, after school I attended the College Preparatory Program in Saudi Aramco which has a lot of chemistry labs that I really enjoyed.

During my high school, I had a lot of stressful days. However, I was able to manage my time by studying, participating in extracurricular activities, and I left for myself time to either spend it with my family and friends or even to go to the gym.

My hard-working has resulted for me with a considerable effect in my grades. To illustrate, I was on the honor list in my school. Moreover, I always had my time to be involved in volunteering. Additionally, I also participated in the National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity in 2014. I was also chosen to be one of TEDx speakers at the same year. Furthermore, I was excepted in the College Preparatory Program which gives me the opportunity to study in any university I want and work in one of the biggest oil companies in the world "Saudi