Pratt School of Engineering Essay

renaissancedad
Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:07:34 +0000

As already noted, you should never post an essay online. But, to be honest but harsh, no one in their right mind would use this as it currently stands. It has 3 major flaws:

1. It has nothing specific about Duke.

2. It has poor sentence structure.

3. It is way too vague and cliche, with the "next frontier" stuff but no specific details of any kind.

I actually think that you could easily turn this into a terrific “why Pratt?” essay, if you took the idea of exploration and made it more specific to Duke, and more detailed. Engineering is not usually thought of as particularly adventurous or creative. But there are some potential opportunities and resources at Pratt which might be appealing to someone who wanting to take this in a more interdisciplinary and/or creative direction. I suggest you look at some some of the following:

The Duke Immersive Virtual Environment (DIVE). Since you talk about computation and the internet as the "next frontier", the idea of creating unlimited virtual realities as a form of exploration is a natural extension of your theme.

http://virtualreality.duke.edu

Some of the innovative and interdisciplinary opportunities through Bass Connections, which has a theme on "information, society and culture". There are projects in areas such as Modeling and Simulation and in Machine Society Interfaces.

https://bassconnections.duke.edu/project-teams/information-society-and-culture

The opportunity to study abroad, or to combine engineering with another major, minor or certificate. More than 27% of Pratt students study abroad.

Pratt Interdisciplinary Programs (IDEAS).

http://pratt.duke.edu/undergrad/policies/3512

The NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program.

http://pratt.duke.edu/undergrad/students/grand-challenge-scholars-program

There are lots of other exciting and creative opportunities. Consider a few of the following as well:

http://pratt.duke.edu/undergrad/students/entrepreneurship
https://nicholas.duke.edu/programs/geospatial-analysis-certificate-program

Take a look at some of these and see if they might potentially interest you, and/or relate to your theme of engineering as exploration.