Civil Engineering Application Essay

As a child, I always used to wonder where my father would disappear every morning. One morning, after a lot of hue and cry, I managed to go with him to his workplace. My father is a civil engineer by profession and it was a construction site. I was amazed to see how putting together of mere bricks transformed into a wall, how a “huge rolling bucket” transformed cement and stones into a paste like mixture and how this mixture eventually took shape into beams and columns. From that day onward, Civil engineering has never stopped fascinating me.
In School, where I was relentlessly challenged academically, I was besotted by the enigma of Mathematics and Physics, which sedimented and concretised my childhood dream of taking up Civil Engineering one day. Eventually when I managed to get into the

I feel confident that I possess the right aptitude, passion and inclination for research. I have made numerous presentations on my areas of interest and feel confident of my abilities to articulate ideas well. My School and College, Mayo College and NIT Durgapur respectively, have endowed me with both leadership and organizational skills. I actively took up Quizzing and Debating in school and won an All India Science Quiz Competition in 2006. I was also appointed the College Monitor at Mayo College for the year 2007-2008. In College, I was a member of the Official Science Club of NIT Durgapur, Centre for Cognitive Activities (CCA), where I conceptualised and organized “Blame the Builder”, a dedicated event for the civil engineering students. I was elected the Creative Head of CCA for the year 2011-2012. These varied experiences have made me confident of my ability to handle responsibility and deliver under pressure. I am sure these essential assets are indispensable while pursuing graduate