Entering into Lehigh my freshmen year, I struggled to balance the responsibilities of being a student and an athlete. I was unprepared for the challenges it would take to pursue an engineering degree at a prestigious university while maintaining my commitments to being a great athlete on the football field. My first year at Lehigh, I was named freshmen player of the year but posted one of the worst GPAs of my entire academic career. I was not perfect and I had started on a path that would have proved to be unsuccessful if I did not make a change. Instead of quitting pursing an engineering degree or quitting my commitment to the university as an athlete, I made a decision that I would not be defeated and that I would rise to the challenge. I sought advice and tutoring from the head of our Civil Engineering Department, who later became my mentor. I made it a point to study with the smartest person in class, who later became my best friend. I decided that it was …show more content…
Therefore, I applied to several graduate schools and was admitted to my school of choice, Virginia Tech University. At Virginia Tech I was able to master my competency in structural engineering and finished with a GPA of 3.94. As I move along in my professional career today, I continue to aim to prove that how you start does not determine how you will end. A little after a year of graduating from Virginia Tech, I sat for and passed my Professional Engineer’s License Exam and became a registered professional civil engineer in the state of California, the hardest state for a civil engineer to get registered in. As I move along in my career, I continue to seek areas for continuous improvement and I know there is no better place to improve both my understanding of business and my capabilities as a leader than at