Hello! I am Mahmoud from Egypt. I graduated from Red Sea STEM School in 2022. Now, I am a sophomore at Drexel University; this is the whole story!

My background

My high school was Red Sea STEM School. I had been targeting this school since grade 8 in middle school. Throughout the first year, I did not think about studying abroad. All my focus was on academics and improving my English skills because the transition from a public Arabic middle school to STEM Egypt schools was difficult. I began thinking about studying abroad in my second year at school, especially after I found that students in older classes were being admitted to universities abroad.

Why the U.S. as a destination

I was striving to work as a Mechanical Engineer. For this career, the U.S. is the best choice. Moreover, many of the highly-ranked universities are in the U.S., and the lifestyle in the U.S. is simply perfect. Although the U.S. was my top choice, I was considering other countries such as Hungary. I won the Hungarian Scholarship!

Why Drexel

I built my college list according to STEM Egypt Alumni admitted universities. My ED1 was the University of Rochester, but I got rejected. Drexel University was one of my Early Actions and my first acceptance.