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Submission Number: 13
Submission ID: 249
Submission UUID: b5ba3401-0f77-47a9-a9f2-eb8c76df7328
Created: Sat, 03/13/2021 - 14:17
Completed: Sat, 03/13/2021 - 14:17
Changed: Wed, 05/07/2025 - 11:39
Remote IP address: 73.243.6.143
Submitted by:Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Locked: Yes
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Annalie
Haralson
she/her/hers
Superior
Colorado
USA
80027
Engineering+
English (5), Spanish (3), Norwegian (1)
I’m grateful to have extended family living around the world in Tenerife, Spain, and Monterrey, Mexico, as spending time with them in their home countries has allowed me the opportunity to immerse myself in locations culturally and linguistically distinct from Colorado. Furthermore, I’m glad that I have experienced these countries from a more local rather than tourist perspective. Sharing meals, spending time in local parks, attending religious ceremonies, and conversing with the friends of my extended family has pushed me out of my comfort zone, positively leading me to develop better social awareness and communication skills. Through traveling abroad, I have learned to adapt to a bilingual environment, where Spanish and English are used simultaneously. As I’ve spent time with people who have different life perspectives, I have learned to be courageous and sensitive. In every place I have traveled, the schedules, social etiquette, and food customs are unique and equally important to the people who live there. Although it is easy to be afraid of making a mistake, I never want to miss out on the opportunity to build relationships with others, so I have learned to put my best foot forward and treat others as respectfully as I can. These skills I have developed while traveling with my family will allow me to be a positive contributor to the student body of the Global Engineering RAP. I am confident I can work respectfully and productively with any team of students and contribute creative cultural insight in the process of determining solutions to global issues.
Throughout my schooling, I have enjoyed being a part of a community of academically driven peers who have encouraged me to strive for the highest level of success. However, I have been the most inspired by the people in my life who push me to broaden my horizons and seek out the more challenging course. They are designers, mountaineers, and other creative types who, in addition to being hard-working students, look at the world within reach of their fingertips and question it, study it and work to improve it for everyone to enjoy. I enjoy being around those who demonstrate commitment in all areas of their life, whether that means regularly meeting with others to study or challenging themselves to scale higher mountains. Even when faced with difficulties, they achieve their established academic and extracurricular goals while leaving time to broaden their understanding of the world through spontaneous activities. They would enjoy attending a musical performance celebrating the traditions of another country or trying food prepared authentically from a new region. This healthy balance of being dedicated to their work and seeking out hidden adventures in life is the attitude of a student that I would like to live near. They are a dedicated student, passionate about their education and broadening their engineering knowledge while also striving to be culturally educated and involved members of their communities. I will personally bring this mentality to the Global Engineering RAP as I am dedicated to supporting my peers in all their endeavors because at the end of the day a supportive community is what is most important to me. After all, this type of environment will allow everyone to thrive in whatever they do. At the Global Engineering RAP, I hope to be surrounded by students who are explorers, not only as they study to become engineers ready for the future of technology, but also as they engage in the wonders of their community and the natural world around them, working together to create equitable and empathetic solutions for global issues through engineering.
One of the most critical parts of transitioning from high school to college is finding new communities that will set me up to be successful academically as well as help me build new relationships, develop strong leadership skills, and take care of my wellbeing. In contrast to the harmfully competitive and unimaginative environments unfortunately present in many of the engineering activities I have been involved in previously, the Global Engineering RAP at CU promotes the collaborative and engaging engineering community I have dreamed of being part of.
Throughout high school, I have pursued multiple interests instead of sticking to one traditional course, growing more in character and determination because of it. While I have succeeded at challenging math and science courses, I have also enjoyed performing as a competitive percussionist and studying great English works and the rich Spanish culture in advanced language classes. The meaningful conversations and the beautiful musical moments I have experienced with others in these non-traditional engineering activities have taught me to be more empathetic and human-focused in my engineering projects. Therefore, I would love to be a part of the Global Engineering RAP because it trains engineering students to understand their place and impact in the world through exciting courses, not just to learn unfeeling formulas and technical processes. I consider this holistic approach to an engineering education essential in creating engineers who can connect meaningfully with the communities they affect, solving the problems they face more effectively and humanely.
What has kept me engaged in engineering for many years already is the encouragement from my teachers to research and design solutions through STEM for the problems I have a personal connection to and the guidance from older peers who have overcome similar challenges in their work. For example, many simple parts on percussion instruments break or frequently become lost but are too expensive to replace repeatedly. Using my CAD skills I had developed in class and the knowledge I had received from older peers while working on rocket payloads, I was able to design and manufacture the percussion parts for a fraction of the cost and set up a system to ensure they can be easily made by others in the future. I am glad that Global Engineering also encourages their students to be curious together to solve problems in their communities and has an established peer network including undergraduates and graduates so that all students can learn from the journeys of older members. I will certainly take advantage of these incredible resources, both to succeed in my academic journey at CU and to broaden my experience through curious endeavors.
Although the classes and enrichment opportunities on their own draw me to the Global Engineering RAP, the community fostered between all college levels is unlike any other I have seen. I'm excited to build friendships and work alongside engineers who are creative thinkers and can overcome challenges more successfully due to their diverse backgrounds and experiences. After this past year, when my ability to connect and collaborate with other humans was at its lowest, I am looking forward to wholeheartedly contributing to this team of like-minded engineering peers, working together in school, and spending time together in team activities. The Global Engineering RAP will be the perfect fit for me as I am passionate about building a strong community and creatively expanding the reach of engineering to create a future of more empathetic engineers whose creations positively affect society.
Throughout high school, I have pursued multiple interests instead of sticking to one traditional course, growing more in character and determination because of it. While I have succeeded at challenging math and science courses, I have also enjoyed performing as a competitive percussionist and studying great English works and the rich Spanish culture in advanced language classes. The meaningful conversations and the beautiful musical moments I have experienced with others in these non-traditional engineering activities have taught me to be more empathetic and human-focused in my engineering projects. Therefore, I would love to be a part of the Global Engineering RAP because it trains engineering students to understand their place and impact in the world through exciting courses, not just to learn unfeeling formulas and technical processes. I consider this holistic approach to an engineering education essential in creating engineers who can connect meaningfully with the communities they affect, solving the problems they face more effectively and humanely.
What has kept me engaged in engineering for many years already is the encouragement from my teachers to research and design solutions through STEM for the problems I have a personal connection to and the guidance from older peers who have overcome similar challenges in their work. For example, many simple parts on percussion instruments break or frequently become lost but are too expensive to replace repeatedly. Using my CAD skills I had developed in class and the knowledge I had received from older peers while working on rocket payloads, I was able to design and manufacture the percussion parts for a fraction of the cost and set up a system to ensure they can be easily made by others in the future. I am glad that Global Engineering also encourages their students to be curious together to solve problems in their communities and has an established peer network including undergraduates and graduates so that all students can learn from the journeys of older members. I will certainly take advantage of these incredible resources, both to succeed in my academic journey at CU and to broaden my experience through curious endeavors.
Although the classes and enrichment opportunities on their own draw me to the Global Engineering RAP, the community fostered between all college levels is unlike any other I have seen. I'm excited to build friendships and work alongside engineers who are creative thinkers and can overcome challenges more successfully due to their diverse backgrounds and experiences. After this past year, when my ability to connect and collaborate with other humans was at its lowest, I am looking forward to wholeheartedly contributing to this team of like-minded engineering peers, working together in school, and spending time together in team activities. The Global Engineering RAP will be the perfect fit for me as I am passionate about building a strong community and creatively expanding the reach of engineering to create a future of more empathetic engineers whose creations positively affect society.
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