SOP I have been performing surgery on electronics since I was five years old, and I figured out how to unscrew the back of my old stereo. Harvesting tubes from discarded stereos became my number one hobby, before I learned how to drive. The nice old man at my local electronics store used to save up boxes of freebies for me, because he knew I could not afford to buy my own parts. Using discarded materials, I would create what I now call "franken-machines," using my self-taught, rudimentary knowledge of electronics and electronics design. The architecture of electronics continues to fascinate me, and I have even made some pocket money helping my friends, or their friends, fix broken devices. For me, these things came easy. I have had to challenge myself to learn beyond the old technologies and now, I have a working command of circuit boards and even larger-scale electronics that power machinery and commercial jets. There isn't an electrical engineering project, no matter how large or how small, that intimidates me. I recently...

It is on the cutting edge of electrical engineering that I hope to dwell.
My core skills were developed through my teen years, as I amassed a personal library related to electrical engineering and design. As an undergraduate, my focus in studies was clear. I learned about electrical engineering as it applies to music, aviation, and computing. The cultivation of knowledge included a broader understanding of physics and chemistry, while retaining energy for my core courses. I learned about everything from solar batteries to information systems, and this knowledge whirls around in my head waiting to be discharged into a suitable graduate program.

Beyond the core curriculum in formal classrooms, I continued my hobby of taking everything around me apart for dissection and diagnosis. Taking my friends' old computers allowed me tremendous…