Personal Statement Draft #1

Serena Koay graduated with a diploma in engineering with business from Nanyang Polytechnic.
She has a passion for environmental engineering. During her course of study,
she had an internship at Siemens where she did experiments related to recycled material.
From the experience, she realised that by reusing municipal waste can help to protect the
environment which can be applied to concrete.

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Formal Introduction

Dear Professor Blackstone I would like to take this opportunity to formally introduce myself. My name is Serena Koay. I am currently pursing a degree in civil engineering at Singapore Institute of Technology. I graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic last year, with a diploma in engineering with business. During my course of study, I realized that I am more inclined to systemic problem-solving methodologies taught in engineering as compared to the various finance and economics related theories taught in business. Thus, with this inclination as a form of motivation, I decided to pursue a degree in engineering. Upon graduation, I was uncertain as to which field of engineering should I go into since I studied general engineering in polytechnic. However, during my six months internship at Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, the use computer-aided design software was heavily utilized as I had to design commercial buildings using the software. Similarly, when a building ...

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