As a future electrical engineer with a focus in computers, I want to become advanced in circuit design and work on the limiting factors when it comes to the available space on a board versus the component size. Secondly I want to become very skilled at programming so that I can utilize a variety of different high level languages. Lastly, use both of these skills to work on major projects such as sending humans to mars, making the next eco-friendly electrical cars, and AI for consumers to usher in the era of smart homes and cities. I have prepared myself in many ways for a career in STEM. I took the highest levels of math and science I could in high school to prepare me for the rigorous coursework of college. This includes AP classes, and dual credit courses from UT. I also enrolled into the STEM PLTW program at my highschool. I took many engineering courses such as Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics, and Computer Science. These solidified my interest in becoming an engineer through the use of different skills. I also did STEM related clubs and other programs. I was in a robotics club,and Code2College. Code2College is a program in which students are selected from thousands of applicants to participate in a cohort to learn how to code a different language. I was in the very first program in which we learned to code in HTML, CSS, and Java to create different websites. This introduced me to a world I have always wondered about. Leading me to seek out a degree program in which I would use both programming and Computer Science with Circuit Design. I am currently interested in AI research for consumers in smart tech for homes. I believe the future of AI for consumers is mostly in the home. This could be detecting when you are running low of a certain item, or create auto mated systems like washing clothes kind of like a personal maid security to help detect when people come and go

As a future electrical engineer with a focus in computers, I want to become advanced in circuit design and work on the limiting factors when it comes to the available space on a board versus the component size. Secondly I want to become very skilled at programming so that I can utilize a variety of different high level languages. Lastly, use both of these skills to work on major projects such as sending humans to mars, making the next eco-friendly electrical cars, and AI for consumers to usher in the era of smart homes and cities. I have prepared myself in many ways for a career in STEM. I took the highest levels of math and science I could in high school to prepare me for the rigorous coursework of college. This includes AP classes, and dual credit courses from UT. I also enrolled into the STEM PLTW program at my highschool. I took many engineering courses such as Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics, and Computer Science. These solidified my interest in becoming an engineer through the use of different skills. I also did STEM related clubs and other programs. I was in a robotics club,and Code2College. Code2College is a program in which students are selected from thousands of applicants to participate in a cohort to learn how to code a different language. I was in the very first program in which we learned to code in HTML, CSS, and Java to create different websites. This introduced me to a world I have always wondered about. Leading me to seek out a degree program in which I would use both programming and Computer Science with Circuit Design.

Hi, I am Timothy Maraj. Nice to meet you.Now that we have introductions out of the way, let me tell you more about why I chose my major: Electrical Engineering with a focus in Computers. I chose to major in Electrical Engineering, because I want to solve the problems of the future in the present. I want to design and develop the circuits and computer hardware that take us to the next frontier; space. My passion for science and engineering started as early as I could talk. I would spend hours watching documentaries on Animal Planet and National Geographic. I was never interested in Disney or Cartoon Network. Instead, I loved to watch the documentaries that would show the previous success missions to the moon, and the ones specifically about computers. I even told my mother when I was three years old that I wanted to build a computer so that we would have one. But really I did not own a computer when I was younger, because my mom could not afford to keep one in the house. She was a single mother raising two kids on the EastSide of San Antonio all on her own, but she gave me the best she could. So I took what I had and ran with it! My mother took us to museums and libraries on the weekend to have access to the things we did not. So I spent my weekends reading about boolean logic and how binary worked. Fast forward to highschool, I was finally able to take coursework on what I wanted to do most: Electrical Engineering . My sophomore year, I took a class called Digital Electronics. This class allowed me to finally interact with circuits. I built a LED array that would light up numbers in order from zero to nine, a stop light, and used boolean logic to help build these. My interest skyrocketed further, but then I was part of a program called Code2College. In Code2College we learned to code in HTML, CSS, Java, and C++ to help us build websites and do calculations. I also found a fiery passion here in coding. However, when it came down to it, I chose to pursue a mixture of the two: Electrical Engineering with focus in Computers, because the coursework allows me to explore both of these areas. My goal right now is to do as well as possible and earn Bachelors In Electrical Engineering. Then I plan to go onto graduate school to focus on research and development of circuits in computers.I work towards my goal everyday to achieve the dream I have dreamt, so that one day I can open my eyes and wake to the reality of being an engineer. I feel I deserve the financial aid, because I have the passion and the drive to work towards my degree in Electrical Engineering. I feel that the hard classes I take only drive me more to focus and do my absolute best. I have also faced many obstacles in my journey to being enrolled in college. Being raised by a single mother did not allow me the opportunities and exposure other people had. While other people were able to attend after school clubs for building robots and coding, I had to ride the bus home to make sure my little sister had got home safe. While others were going off to a science summer camp using breadboards to build circuits, I was at home only reading about them. Why? I was at home reading library books, because my mom could not afford to send me off to camp. I was not able to have the same opportunities as others, but yet here I am pursuing my dream. I also believe I deserve scholarships, because my mom lost her job my sophomore year in highschool. She struggled for two years trying to find a job that would support all of us, but ended up using her savings instead. She exhausted all of what she saved up for my higher education, because when it came down to it, that is all she had left. To be honest I almost did not pursue a higher education, because of my inability to afford buying books and a computer. My mother pushed me to even though it would be expensive for us. However, I applied for an internship and took the bus everyday at 7am to go downtown. I worked overtime and made just enough to cover both my semesters. So in short, the reason I deserve scholar aid is due to my passion, will, resilience against obstacles, drive, and want to succeed and achieve my goal.As a future electrical engineer with a focus in computers, I want to become advanced in circuit design and work on the limiting factors when it comes to the available space on a board versus the component size. Secondly I want to become very skilled at programming so that I can utilize a variety of different high level languages. Lastly, use both of these skills to work on major projects such as sending humans to mars, making the next eco-friendly electrical cars, and AI for consumers to usher in the era of smart homes and cities. I have prepared myself in many ways for a career in STEM. I took the highest levels of math and science I could in high school to prepare me for the rigorous coursework of college. This includes AP classes, and dual credit courses from UT. I also enrolled into the STEM PLTW program at my highschool. I took many engineering courses such as Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics, and Computer Science. These solidified my interest in becoming an engineer through the use of different skills. I also did STEM related clubs and other programs. I was in a robotics club,and Code2College. Code2College is a program in which students are selected from thousands of applicants to participate in a cohort to learn how to code a different language.