My final year at Cornell has been a great experience. As an early admit to Cornell’s Master of Engineering program, I was able to begin my Master’s in the spring while simultaneously finishing up my Bachelors. With a passion for entrepreneurship, I chose to get my Master’s in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in design and robotics. For my one year project, I worked on a robot that uses machine learning to identify and recover plastic waste. I wanted to use the engineering skills that I’ve developed towards a meaningful project that can promote sustainability, and this project was a perfect fit. By the end of the year, I built an initial proof of concept and ran preliminary tests. After graduating with my Bachelors in the spring, I decided to stay at Cornell and continue to work in a research lab. I took this time to get ahead in my classes and to apply to jobs. I’m happy to say that I was able to secure an associate position at The Boston Consulting Group. As I finished up my Master’s in the fall, I knew that I wanted to pursue an MBA in the future. I want to combine my engineering skills with business to create my own start-up. I know that working as a consultant will prepare me for that and I am currently working to apply to Stanford’s MBA program. In these next few months until I begin my career, I plan to take some time to relax and travel. I want to visit the Galapagos Islands and tour Europe. I am beyond thankful for all of the support that MVYouth has given me throughout these past four years. Their support has been monumental to my academic success at Cornell, and I’m excited for life after college.