Student who got accepted into: University of Edinburgh and University of Manchester
The irrational temperament of Pi intrigues me. An endless sequence of numbers lured me to
initiate a remarkable journey, where my reverence for Mathematics and Computer Science
grew exponentially. My curiosity propelled me to memorise more of its digits, and reciting ten
escalated to 570. During this escalation, a melody was ingrained in my mind that kept
repeating itself every bar, corresponding to my iterative approach by recalling a group of four
digits and progressing to the next one once I mastered the first quadruple. As a result, I
could comfortably memorise the digits and broke the Pi school record.
But how did a simple harmony that I composed support my increment? That is when I
discovered documentaries by Robert Edward Grant, the most fascinating and multi-faceted
human, who delves into the hidden language of mathematics, sparking my realisation of how
mathematical constants connect. He explained that all seven musical notes in a scale could
be represented on a circle with a regular heptagon inscribed inside it; each vertex of the
heptagon with a musical note can identify a unique constant, hence establishing a coherent
relationship between mathematics and music.
What gave birth to my penchant for Computer Science then? - The homogenous nature it
shares with Mathematics, accompanied by its predominant characteristic: problem solving.
Understanding the different routes I could take to solve a problem is a permanent setting
activated in my brain, which quickly reeled me into programming. I appreciated how
mathematics monopolised the formation of our entire world and turned my attention to the
digital realm currently revamping our planet. I was determined to explore this further by
representing the school in various hackathons and, consequently, being awarded the Digital
Innovation Award. Being elected the President of the Mathematics Society allowed me to
transform from a learner to a mentor. I conveyed the robust correlation that Mathematics
shares with Computer Science by presenting topics such as discrete mathematics and
imaginary numbers. Tasking my 20 members with engaging problem-solving questions
enabled me to identify their strengths and weaknesses and redesign questions, helping
maintain the focus on challenging concepts for them.
This summer, I was fortunate to have completed a two-week AI course under the mentorship
of MIT and Stanford graduates called Inspirit AI. It was truly exhilarating to learn about this
mystical simulation revolutionising our planet. Exploring topics such as Machine Learning
and NLP made me conscious of the internal workings of AI, an area I am deeply interested
in. I significantly enhanced my programming skills during this course by completing ten
notebooks consisting of several coding exercises, like training a CNN and building a KNN
model, while explaining my project on Object Detection to a panel of 14 judges and 70+
students. I also had the opportunity to intern in the IT department at Schneider Electric, a
company that solves electricity distribution problems through developing technologies. This
enriching experience allowed me to attain a strong foundation in how this department
functions by understanding how to deal with customer requests through their IT2929 portal,
create company-specific tasks using Power Automate, and disk-wipe many different
company laptops.
As a person who has always been captivated by the accelerated pace and vastness of
digital innovations, from automated chatbots to Blockchain, I am eager to craft a promising
future by leveraging my impeccable photographic memory to amplify the efficiency of AI
through Quantum Computing. I hold that studying Computer Science will help me
accomplish this goal.
