Delete your first two sentences and launch into Mechanical Engineering.

When I was eight, my uncle George bought me a Meccano set for my birthday. At first all the parts, instructions, motors and gizmos made no sense. What was I supposed to do with this? Well, at least it wasn’t socks.

But I persevered. I unfurled the instructions (some were in Japanese), layed out the parts and started with the sub-assemblies, which grew into working models of draw bridges, cranes and a motor-driven truck. By the end of the month I’d built every combination of toy listed in the plans–and a few of my own design, including a [insert here]. Each one sparked my imagination to build the next.

And that’s how I got here. That innocent-looking toy propelled me to fix bikes, tinker with the lawn mower with my dad in the garage and rebuild the engine in shop class.

In ten years, I see my self as a college graduate on my way to design aerospace components or inventing more energy-efficient and greener motors. And I’m sure my uncle will be there cheering me on.

[Obviously, you want to insert your own experience. Your essay flies at 100,000 feet; fly lower. Get to the specifics of what happen to YOU]

Edit:

Anyone who’s smart enough to become an ME will be able to figure this out. Best of luck!