Oklahoma State University Entry Essay

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After six months of work experience as a Sales Trainee with Toyota, one of the leading automobile manufacturing companies in the world, I want to return to academic studies and undertake graduate studies in Industrial engineering at Oklahoma State University.
After I started working with Toyota, many people were curious to know why I am working in the Sales department in the automotive industry when in fact I have a professional degree in a technical field of Electronics engineering ? I told them that I did not want to restrict myself purely to Electronics. I wanted to gain a larger perspective on the workings of an industry and being in the sales department would definitely help me achieve that as sales is directly responsible for the company's …show more content…

I underwent a surgery after being kept on traction for a month in the hospital post which I was advised bed rest and physiotherapy exercises. This left me with excessive workload in terms of assignments and practical coursework due to which I had limited time to prepare for my university examinations. As a result I have a year gap in my undergraduate studies. But I believe I embraced the situation and took it upon myself to resurrect the situation. My perseverance paid off as I cleared my backlog examinations and secured a First class with distinction in the final semester and First class overall in the final year of the undergraduate …show more content…

Having always had a mathematical aptitude, most recently reflected in my GRE quantitative score of 163, I am particularly excited to be working on various techniques of mathematical sciences like mathematical modelling and statistical analysis to arrive at optimal solutions to complex problems.
Upon completion of my Masters degree I plan to kick start my career as an Operations research (OR) analyst which would enable me to be part of a project team and gain valuable experience. It is then that I can elevate myself to become a project leader within two years and handle multiple projects which would allow me to gain additional experience in the field. In the long term I intend to start a successful consulting firm in India which would provide me the flexibility to choose the type of projects I am involved in and help me realize my lifelong goal of running my own business and being