{"id":119828,"date":"2022-07-19T15:47:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=119828"},"modified":"2023-12-19T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T20:18:14","slug":"why-i-chose-leap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/beever_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120927 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/zachary-beever-music-composition-to-electrical-computer-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zachary Beever<\/a>, <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering,<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> ugrad major: <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Music composition<br \/>\n<\/span>Zachary\u2019s undergraduate degree is from Boston Conservatory in music composition. This major explored classical music in the modern era including writing music for orchestras, chamber ensembles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/zachary-beever-music-composition-to-electrical-computer-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8230;more.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/leah-gaeta-biology-to-mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/LEAP-L.-Gaeta-web_sm-1.jpg\" alt=\"Leah Gaeta\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120931 alignleft\" \/>Leah Gaeta<\/strong><\/a>, Mechanical Engineering, <strong>ugrad major:<\/strong> Biology<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leah Gaeta loves baseball. As a student-athlete during her undergraduate education at the University of Southern California, Leah enjoyed being active and prioritizing her physical health. She graduated from the university with a degree in biology on the premedical track. After taking a biomechanics course, however, she realized her true calling was elsewhere: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/leah-gaeta-biology-to-mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/santiago-gomez-sociology-to-electrical-computer-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/SGomez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120934 alignleft\" \/>Santiago Gomez<\/a>,<\/strong> Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering, <strong>ugrad major:<\/strong> Sociology<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santiago Gomez has always been fascinated by the patterns created by our social relationships, social interactions, and culture. As an undergraduate at Boston University in 2009, Santiago settled on sociology as his undergraduate major&#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/santiago-gomez-sociology-to-electrical-computer-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/eric-haas-biology-to-biomedical-engineering-to-business-entrepreneurship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/sm1_Eric-Hass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"90\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120935 alignleft\" \/>Eric Haas, <\/strong><\/a>Biomedical Engineering,<strong> ugrad major: <\/strong>Biology<br \/>\nEric Hass has always been drawn to the field of biology. Throughout high school Eric was interested and looking at different college\u2019s undergraduate engineering programs. Eric has loved to build and tinker, his passion is to understand how to create and build&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/eric-haas-biology-to-biomedical-engineering-to-business-entrepreneurship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">.more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/kali-hamilton-political-science-to-mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/Hamilton-Crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120936 alignleft\" \/>Kali Hamilton<\/strong><\/a>, Mechanical Engineering, <strong>ugrad major: <\/strong>Political science<br \/>\nTo peers in her engineering courses, Kali Hamilton appears to be just another undergrad. The difference? Kali already holds a B.A. in political science from University of Pennsylvania.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/kali-hamilton-political-science-to-mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/kara-krone-medieval-literature-to-mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/K.Krone-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120939 alignleft\" \/>Kara Krone, <\/a><\/strong>Mechanical Engineering, <strong>ugrad major:<\/strong>\u00a0Medieval literature<br \/>\nKara Krone didn\u2019t start out knowing herself as an engineer. As a child, she was drawn to artistic pursuits such writing, painting, and dance<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/kara-krone-medieval-literature-to-mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/Liu19-059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120940\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/evelyn-liu-biology-to-biomedical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evelyn Liu<\/a>,<\/strong> Biomedical Engineering, <strong>ugrad major<\/strong>: Biology<br \/>\nEvelyn Liu grew up in sunny California and majored in biology as an undergrad. She discovered BU&#8217;s LEAP through a social media ad<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/evelyn-liu-biology-to-biomedical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8230;.more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/Loy19-171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120941 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/carly-loy-psychology-to-mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Carly Loy<\/strong><\/a>, Mechanical Engineering, <strong>ugrad major:<\/strong> Psychology<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carly Loy found her passion for engineering by accident. She sat in on an engineering class to prove to a friend that it wasn\u2019t worth complaining about. At the time, Carly was studying psychology, and .<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/carly-loy-psychology-to-mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">..more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/rousseau-nutter-architecture-to-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/R.Nutter_LEAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120943 alignleft\" \/>Rousseau Nutter<\/a><\/strong>, Mechanical Engineering, <strong>ugrad major:<\/strong>\u00a0Architecture<br \/>\nRousseau Nutter has always loved outer space, but he appreciates practicality too. As space programs became less prominent in the U.S., his initial plan to become an engineer fell by the wayside, and he decided to pursue a BA in architecture<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/rousseau-nutter-architecture-to-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/maxime-sabet-dacre-economics-to-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/msabre-Leap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120944 alignleft\" \/>Maxime Sabet D&#8217;Acre<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 Mechanical Engineering, <strong>ugrad major:<\/strong> Economics<br \/>\n<span>Maxime Sabet D\u2019Acre earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in economics and music, but was always interested in physics and math<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/maxime-sabet-dacre-economics-to-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/kelsey-snapp-lawyer-to-phd-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/BusinessCasualPhoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120945 alignleft\" \/>Kelsey Snapp<\/span><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 Mechanical Engineering PhD\u00a0 <strong>master&#8217;s degree:<\/strong> Law<br \/>\n<span>Kelsey Snapp\u2019s road to a PhD program was unexpected and unusual. Kelsey was interested in math and science in school, but decided to go to law school. He earned a law degree and worked for a legal aid organization providing free legal services to low-income clients&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/kelsey-snapp-lawyer-to-phd-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/sm_Gabe-Stillman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"82\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120998 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/gabriel-stillman-music-to-materials-science-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gabriel Stillman<\/strong>,<\/a> Materials Science &amp; Engineering, <strong>ugrad major:<\/strong> Music<br \/>\n<span>Gabe Stillman started out as a musician. His love of music stemmed from high school when he decided to try playing the saxophone as an extracurricular activity. Gabe studied music education at\u00a0 <\/span><span>Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL<\/span><span>.<\/span><span>&#8230;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/gabriel-stillman-music-to-materials-science-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/sm_R.Tsang_LEAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120999 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/rebekah-tsang-home-economics-to-mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rebekah Tsang<\/a><\/strong>, Mechanical Engineering, <strong>ugrad major:<\/strong> Home Economics<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rebekah Tsang\u2019s journey to engineering has been a winding road. Fueled by her passion for cooking, Rebekah focused on home economics in her undergraduate education. She found herself drawn to the scientific principles of physical life. And so she began thinking about a career in which she could study the \u201cwhy\u201d behind the way things work<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/rebekah-tsang-home-economics-to-mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8230;more<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/web-Hallie-Wyles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121000 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/hallie-wyles-biology-to-biomedical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Halley Wyles<\/strong><\/a>, Biomedical Engineering, <strong>ugrad major:<\/strong> Biology<br \/>\n\u201cI have been above and beyond impressed with my student experience so far. Boston University&#8217;s engineering program has such a wide variety of resources,\u201d says BME MEng student Hallie Wyles (\u201922). \u201cBetween the faculty, facilities and program resources I have every tool I need to succeed while earning my master\u2019s of engineering degree in biomedical engineering!\u201d&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/hallie-wyles-biology-to-biomedical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/LEAP_M.Yao_-150x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"92\" class=\" wp-image-121001 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/LEAP_M.Yao_-150x150-1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/LEAP_M.Yao_-150x150-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/mandy-yao-health-sciences-to-electrical-computer-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mandy Yao<\/a><\/strong>, Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering, <strong>ugrad major<\/strong>: Health Sciences<\/p>\n<p>Mandy Yao earned an undergraduate degree from Boston University\u2019s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. During her senior year she applied to LEAP to pivot to a new technology career. Mandy has taken her skills to new heights with an internship with Amazon and a job upon graduation at Meta. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/leap\/why-i-chose-leap-video-stories\/mandy-yao-health-sciences-to-electrical-computer-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zachary Beever, Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering, ugrad major: Music composition Zachary\u2019s undergraduate degree is from Boston Conservatory in music composition. This major explored classical music in the modern era including writing music for orchestras, chamber ensembles and &#8230;more. Leah Gaeta, Mechanical Engineering, ugrad major: Biology Leah Gaeta loves baseball. 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