Analytical essay of myself --- Factor of Choosing Bioengineering Major

Topic: Analytical essay of myself ---

Factor of Choosing Bioengineering Major

Name: MAK Ying Kit, Kelvin

Student ID: 53554852

Word Count: 610

It is always a frustrating issue for every freshman in university to select a suitable major. For me, my choice was bioengineering and I made this decision based on the following reasons.

        My experience in childhood absolutely had one of the greatest influence to my. I developed my interest of Biology when I was small. My family members used to take me to visit different Country Parks with them. During the visit, I could have a close contact and observation with the nature, such as learning how to identify different species of plants, animals, etc. This provided many opportunities for me to basically understand about different forms of life in the ecosystem of Hong Kong. Besides, my parents used to buy many biological book for me to read, it allows me .It really fascinated me in my childhood, and also leaded me to have further study in the aspect of biology.

        In my senior secondary school years, I chose to study the elective of Biology. This was because I wished to build up some fundamental knowledge before getting into related Major in University. In my senior academic years of secondary school, I got a lot of practical laboratory experience by performing different experiments and I kept getting a satisfactory result in Biology. In the DSE public examination, I got a level 5 in Biology; it motivated me to have further investigation in Biology and proved that I am capable of it.

In order to turn my interest into my future career, the Bioengineering Major was definitely my first consideration. Subjectively speaking, Biology explored a new world which was fascinating to me. For example, the mechanisms of cells, the classification system of organisms, the origin of life, etc. From the microscopic world to the whole ecosystem of the earth, this indeed raised my curiosity. Study of the Bioengineering Major will help me find the method of make use of the biological knowledge to contribute to the society.

On the other hand, I discovered that I have interest in using computer when I reached the stage of youngsters, as my parents bought me a desktop computer. In my senior secondary school years, I took the elective of Information and Technology, in order to examine my interest in computer science. However, I found myself addicted in using computer for entertainment and lacked of interaction with my families. The misusage of computer made me to know the fact that what truly attracted me were the computer games, but not the knowledge of computer science. Therefore, I chose to drop the elective of Information and Technology at the end of form 4 secondary school year because I wanted to be more concentrated in studying biology. Furthermore, my mathematics score in secondary school is only average, and I only get level 4 in mathematics of DSE examination. Additionally, I took no extended module of mathematics. It reflected that my mathematics and calculating ability is not my best aspect.

Among different options, most majors provided by the college of science and engineering for engineering students required students to have deep understanding of physics and mathematics. For instance, Civil Engineering or Electronic and Communication Engineering, needed to work on a lot of complicated calculation and programming, which was actually not what I like and my strength.

To conclude, my final selection will be the bioengineering major. The main factor was interest of Biology since childhood, which could be the biggest motivation of studying. Besides, I had no advantages in mathematics and little interest in computer science, bioengineering which required less calculation would be suitable for me. Therefore, I decided to go for bioengineering as my next year major.