Application Essay for Programming Studies

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing”.

This quote by Albert Einstein best describes my life. The inquisitive nature that I posses has helped me to improve my knowledge. A person, who is curious enough to dig deep, is always the one who achieves success. I would describe myself as a person who asks these intelligible questions in order to surpass an older me.

During my teenage in high school, I was praised as a person who is highly skilled in writing programs in computer languages. I feel proud of my ability to break the barriers that differentiated the languages that are being employed in the world today like C, C++ and Java. Since when I was introduced to the world of computer programming, I could see the minute similarities between the languages and could translate almost any program from one to another. My extraordinary skill in writing algorithms helped me in working for a project titled ‘Hotel Management using C++’ during the event ‘Insight 2009’ which was conducted by Tata Consultancy Services.

After the project, I wanted to extend my field of expertise beyond the world of programming. I could sense that my proficiency in programming was not enough to satisfy my hunger to know more and that my passion was always in electronics. I learnt the ways in which programming could be used in electronics related concepts, such as microprocessors and embedded systems. So, I decided to pursue a career that would make good use of my programming skills and at the same time improve my knowledge in the electronics field. This decision drove me to choose ‘Electronics and Communication Engineering’ as my major field of study for my undergraduate program. I got into Panimalar Engineerin...

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...ices, I wish to play a part in the project. I believe that the facilities and opportunities offered at your institution will be a stepping stone for a successful career to a research aspirant such as me. These factors convinced me that University of Texas at Dallas will provide me a bright and fruitful professional career.

With great hard work comes a promising success. Keeping in mind this statement, I have planned my future systematically and am working towards a successful professional career after my graduate study. In the long run, I aspire to not only contribute but also play a key role in the design of automation in robotics. I believe that the graduate program at your esteemed institution will help me to step-up to the next level of thinking, taking me closer to my dreams. Lastly, I would like to humbly thank you for taking time to review my application.