February 15, 2019

Tasmia Sultana   

12-21 30th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11102

Ms. Davidow

160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031

 

Dear Ms. Davidow,

Hello, my name is Tasmia Sultana. I live with my parents, older sister, and cat in East Elmhurst, Queens. We moved into our new home there almost 6 years ago. I am of Bengali descent but I was born in New York City, so I am Bengali-American. I would like you to see me as someone who works hard when given the challenge. Someone who listens well and understands the task at hand. In Writing for Engineers class, since it is a new format I am becoming accustomed to it. But, overall it has been a smooth transition with your help.

I am currently a freshman at CCNY, majoring in Electrical Engineering. I graduated from Aviation High School, which is a school that focuses on Aviation Maintenance Technicians. During my time in Aviation High School, athletically; I was part of the track and volleyball team. In my senior year, my volleyball team was 4th in the city, which is the farthest my school has even gone. Academically; I joined the Muslim Student Association and National Honor Society. My major is connected to my professional goal of becoming an electrical engineer and working under a company like ConEdison or any data-analytics company.

Throughout my life, there has been many challenges and successes. One of the first challenges I ran into was in my senior year of high school when I was required to create an airfoil from scratch in my shop class. This sounds easier than done, every week we had deadlines and tests to complete so completing the project was a strenuous one. The project required a lot of physical labor and cognitive skills to see the shape of the airfoil through blueprints. It was an individual project so I had to make my own mistakes and learn from myself. This challenge taught that it is okay to make mistakes because enough mistakes made by oneself leads to perfection.

Through all my challenges came with successes like becoming 4th in the city with my volleyball team. Every year, we would make it to the first round of playoffs and end the season there. Although, during senior year every game after our regular season ended we kept winning each playoff game. We dealt with many great players and teams that played off-season volleyball. Our team was not a team full of club volleyball players, we were just girls who practiced in our local park. The summer before the season started we practiced every day in the burning sun for 4 hours straight. In our last game, we set up to play against the number 1 team in the city. Each girl on the court was from the best club in the city; Garden Empire. That game day, their team truly showed why they were number 1, with their best hitter hit the ball at 30-40 mph. A ball that flustered the best middle blocker on our team my friend, Sheena. From an outside point of view, this could be seen as a loss or challenge in my life. But, it was one of the biggest successes in my life as my whole school traveled to come to watch and support us all the way at York College.

How I imagine my future, placed in the world of engineering is a future where I can make someone’s life easier. I want to create things where I make things work more efficiently and become accessible to consumers. I hope my future is working with a reputable company where they allow me to have a say in a project and don’t just assign me something and tell me to do it against my will. I do not have a specific answer but this is generally where I hope to be in the next 10-15 years. An engineering challenge I want to achieve is to make solar panels more economical. With the use of fossil fuels every day we are losing our natural resources faster and faster every day also, creating large amounts of pollution into our society. Another challenge would be providing access to clean water to everyone around the world. This can be achieved with not just engineers but with the financial support of different countries around the world. These are the few challenges I hope I can achieve in the future.