To: Écoles Centrales of Paris,

I am Maria Julia Simionato Salvador, I am a Telecommunications Engineering

student at the State University of Campinas. Since I was a child I've always
had an interest and a certain ease with mathematics and it has always been
present in different aspects from games such as “O Coelho Sabido” (Reader
Rabbit- in English) to cello classes, where harmonic notes are part of a
geometric progression when we think about its location on the cello strings,
harmonic notes are always halfway between the last harmonic note and the end
of the string, for example. This view of mathematics in day-to-day and then
physics, led me to choose engineering.
The Écoles Centrales double degree program, by providing a generalist
engineering course that has a strong focus on a solid foundation in
mathematics and physics, would allow me, using this vision that I have
developed since I was a child about the world and mathematics, to understand
in a more comprehensively way the explanation behind engineering problems.
This, along with the methodology applied at the Écoles with the development of
group projects and the subjects focused on project management, would boost the
development of skills that I am developing during my journey at Enactus, such
as leadership and teamwork.
So, if I am accepted into your program, I would have my training complemented
not only in terms of intellectuality, but also as a human being , with more
diverse tools and with different experiences by contact with a new culture and
by the exchange of experiences with diverse people, when returning to my
country