I would like to take this chance to convey that my undergraduate academic record does not reflect my commitment to academic excellence. Growing up with a civil engineer father has always made me interested in pursuing civil engineering. I always knew that a degree in Civil Engineering would help re-build my community. However, my parents had different plans for me. I come from a society where most people believe that a woman cannot be Civil Engineers and, most importantly, could take up an on-road job. For this reason, my parents opted that I go for Electronics and Communications degree as a fear of criticism from society.
Considering that this was not a course of my choice, I thought that rebelliousness and stubbornness were the appropriate ways to deal with the situation. It took me time to get absorbed into my coursework as I was engaged with other endeavors. These included representing my college in many NGOs across the state, creating new programs to uplift society, supporting adult care, and volunteering at an all girls-blind school. This led to poor performance and a drop in my GPA while in undergraduate school.
Reality is what brought me back to my senses. My family’s economic situation was not stable at that time. I had to take charge and make sure that I take care of the future generation. At the end of my second year, I realized that I was behind all my peers. I needed a lot of effort and improvements to get into the college placements, which would enable me to support my family. Richard Branson’s quote made me believe that everything was achievable, “My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable changes and trying to rise above them.” I did not shy away from taking support of my friends, and by requesting the help of faculty members, I attended special classes, which significantly helped in improving my grades from the sixth semester till the end of my course.
Later, in my final year, I was successfully able to bag a job through the campus placements. Ever since, I have always stood in the top 1 percentile in every company I have worked with. From being able to re-bounce with my perseverance and hard work, always having the best reviews in every team and every company I worked with, I strongly believe that my Undergraduate GPA is not a true representation of me. I, therefore, urge the admission committee to look at my professional journey as a more accurate reflection of my merit.
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