Scholarship Essay Growing up I was always fascinated by how things like the television, refrigerator, or even my remote control car worked. So I did what most parents would’ve killed their children for doing, and I tore apart the television. Being eight years old I didn’t think twice about unplugging the TV and disassembled it with the cord still plugged in. Though I saw lights blinking, fans spinning, and even had the fuse explode on me. That’s when the whole thing shut off. I remember the clock reading 3:44, next thing I knew it read 5:01. I had apparently blacked out from trying to pull the fuse out. I then unplugged the TV and found a new fuse. Eventually my mother caught me and told me to reassemble it. Luckily I still remembered how it went together. Though that day later sparked my interest in engineering. Thought out high school I took loads of hands on tech classes. These classes included: advanced metals, robotics, electronics, architectural drafting, engineering design, multiple woods courses and automotive maintenance. I took AP Calculus and AP Chemistry at the same time. Though I received a two on the calculus and a three on the Chemistry test. I was still proud of myself for attempting them. Between my junior and senior year …show more content…
I still managed to squeeze in time for homework, so I was passed all of my courses. Since I enjoyed science I typically spent my time in class, while the teacher got off topic, doing problems for fun. Though most students thought I was strange for doing so. I on the other hand was able to understand what to do when it came to my tests. Math was another one of my favorite subjects in high school. I ended up taking pre-calculus and AP statistics at the same time, and that’s when I realized math wasn’t so easy anymore. I struggled to keep my head above water and eventually dropped stats since I was using equations I hadn’t even learned