University of Pennsylvania — The Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology (M&T), Mechanical Engineering

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University of Pennsylvania · Class of 2025 · Engineering (Mechanical/Aerospace) with Business/Entrepreneurship focus

University of Pennsylvania — The Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology (M&T), Mechanical Engineering

6 essays11 minAdmit-verified

aerospace engineering · space exploration · entrepreneurship · problem solving · curiosity to action · Mars colonization

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From a 5th-grade sci-fi novel about Mars colonization to rigorous engineering research: applicant traces how childhood imagination sparked a systematic journey to solve real technical challenges (oxygen production, low-gravity toilets, gravity simulation) needed for human Mars habitation.

01Personal statement · 649 words

Personal Statement

Refurbished Deuterium-powered meteors to transport families to Mars. Martian towns enclosed in giant domes to maintain an Earth-like atmosphere. Magnetic shoes attracted to iron in Mars’ crust to combat reduced gravity.

This is what I was working on at age 10.

Well, almost.

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