UBC Engineering Scholarship Essay

Hey you made it! UBC Engineering! First off, great job getting into this competitive program! You should be proud of yourself and I hope you are excited to step into this amazing journey. I am writing to you to let you know about my transition to engineering so far and hopefully I can help you feel more welcome to this program. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am currently in first year engineering like you and I started this term quite worried and doubtful as to whether or not I belonged in engineering. I had no friends in the program, the environment was very different from where I was raised and the workload was absurd! I felt stressed because I had never experienced anything like this in high school. I was a straight A student in high school and played on three different sports teams at …show more content…
Unfortunately, it is something that a lot of first year engineering students that I have talked to can relate to. I know it might seem scary reading this letter but trust me; it gets better. After a couple of weeks into the first term, I started making some friends and let me tell you that the people you will meet in engineering are awesome! Not everyone is a nerd! Making new friends really helped in my transition in engineering because now I have a group of friends who I get together with daily to study and do homework with. If I were to give you one piece of advice, it would be to go meet new people and make some friends in engineering. You will notice how much work you get done and how fun engineering can really be! I also recommend that you start using a planner in case you already have not. I never used one before university and after I started using one, I was way more organized and able to get more work done. There will be the initial stress and doubt whether or not you belong in engineering but take my advice and hang in there and you will soon be on your way to success! Welcome to UBC