I always think about the future. I often ask myself “what I am going to do or where am I going to be?” Since I was young, I have always seen myself becoming an engineer. I would often see myself filling up a white board with long complicated equations in order to figure out a small little part of a machine. My inclinations always changed between jets, spaceships, robots, ships, and cars. I could never decide what I liked most: however, during high school; I realized what I liked the most. Cars. Something about cars just excites me. I don't know why but it does. When I fix them and make them better it puts a smile on my face. No matter how hard and difficult fixing cars are, I don't mind since I do it because I like to. This is how I decided that I wanted to become a mechanical engineer. This way I can become a head engineer for Ferrari. Although this won’t be simple, I know I will reach it because of my perseverance and I can’t see myself doing anything else. I have always strived to be an engineer and I feel like I am ready for it. Some of the extra-curricular activities have helped me prepare for engineering like swimming, automotive technology, and National Honor Society/Spanish National Honor Society. I start my week days waking up at four thirty in the morning for swim practice. Swimming has helped me to learn discipline and dedication for my goals. Swimming is all about beating my times and becoming faster. I am always striving to beat my best time by training hard and pushing my body to the limit. After a three hour practice I shower and go straight to school. Ready to take on whatever I have that day in all my AP classes. As a result of all my AP classes and swimming I have had sleepless nights. I would stay up all night doing homework or studying. Then at four thirty I leave again to start my day tired but prepared. Although this doesn't happen often because I stay on top of all my work; there have been days that I h