Aeronautics Personal Statement

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

- Benjamin Franklin

Anything that defied gravity attracted my interest, especially because I couldn’t defy gravity. Airplanes were my favorites – they were defying the gravity despite their sheer size and mass. And the science that helped them do, captivated me so much that I joined PB College of Engineering, Chennai, for a Bachelors’ degree in Aeronautical Engineering without any hesitation.

An admission into this highly ranked college under Anna University that offered subjects like Fluid mechanics and machinery, Aero engineering thermodynamics, Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Aircraft systems and instrumentation, Aircraft Structures, Flight Dynamics, Wind tunnel techniques, Avionics, vibrations and aero elasticity and computational fluid dynamics, etc., was the best thing that has happened to me. I want to continue acquiring this knowledge and experience in this highly specialized field, by enrolling for the Masters program in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Toronto.

Aeronautics excites me like nothing else, and I did not want to confine my education to classroom learning alone. I love challenges in life. Competitions in Aeronautics conducted by various colleges gave me the impetus, so I participated in various competitions at every opportunity that came my way. I have also participated in various workshops and this introduced me to the world of Aero modelling. This gave me an opportunity to learn the making of a basic balsa wood glider and later the basic remote controlled aircraft. With this knowledge as also the knowledge acquired from the concepts learnt in the classroom, our group participated in the Rubber Band Powered Glider competiti...

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... under the Indian Ministry of Defense for over two years. With a desire to contribute my might for the downtrodden, I became a member of a charitable trust ‘Friends’ involved in helping the poor and the orphans through education.

With the knowledge and experience that I have and will acquire, it is my desire to contribute my mite to create, innovate and improvise the aerospace technology, which will help serve mankind and also to achieve my long term goal of being a research professional, I have decided to pursue my education and do my Masters degree from your university. I believe and am confident that with my thirst for knowledge coupled with the right kind of infrastructure, I will be a fit candidate for doing my Masters program in your esteemed university and I am confident that I will do my university proud if admitted and bring accolades for the institution.