While the applicant was meticulously groomed to be an astronaut, a health development puts an end to her career ambition. The second half of the essay is about the alternative career and a problem that she solved that could only have happened because of her scientific thinking, developed through her numerous hours with the non-profit.
Sample Essay 3: Extra-Curricular and How enriched you are (292 Words) (NASA and Scientific Thinking)
I wanted to be an Astronaut. My mother encouraged me and pasted photos of Kalpana Chowla on my bedroom wall with a marker highlighting each of her milestones by Age. Knowing that she had humble beginnings from Punjab Engineering College, my mother’s alma mater, I began working diligently on my physical endurance, math, and science acumen. Joining my mother as a Teaching assistant for her non-profit, I began teaching students from Grade 5th to 8th in the Slums of Mumbai. Through explaining concepts in Algebra, Numerical System, Geometry, and Probability, I could revisit the concepts. While mentoring them, I learned that acquiring water was the biggest distraction from their study time. By developing a
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