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I became interested in science and engineering through elimination. When I sat down and tried to decide what I wanted to do, I didn’t automatically think of being an engineer. At first, I thought of being a business major, but then I realized that there are too many business majors and not enough jobs, so finding a job would be extremely competitive. Then, I thought that I wanted to be a lawyer. I enjoy arguing with people, so I figured that being a lawyer was a good decision, until I found out that I would have to be in school for eight years. The same reason deterred me from being a doctor. I always wanted to be a surgeon, and I was willing to do the eight years in school. That is, until I got to the University of Miami, realized how hard it was and decided I did not want to go through eight years of schooling.

All that was left was the sciences. There is no particular science that I like. I would never want to be a chemist or physicist. Biology was better, but I still didn’t want to do it. Engineering looked interesting but I was not convinced that I wanted to be an engineer. I still wanted to do business even though I knew I wouldn’t be able to. Everything changed when I found industrial engineering. It allows me to be very knowledgeable in the sciences, while providing me opportunities in the business world beyond what a business degree would. With industrial engineering, I am able to study the business world with a scientific perspective.

Why Engineering