When I submitted a list of universities to apply to Mr. Bruce Brown, our academic coordinator, he said OMG, come on you can do better than this. I tell you what, I will apply some other schools for you. My selection was limited because my community college result was not that great. My dream to go to University of Washington at Seattle to study Aeronautical Engineering shattered by my poor result. Looking down the list I chose Tri State, Ole Miss, Miss State, Oklahoma and Oklahoma state.
By May 1990, some universities acceptance reached Mr. Brown's office. To my surprise I was accepted to the Iowa State University to study Aerospace Engineering. I push my panic button. I asked Mr. Brown. This cant be right. My major is Aeronautical and not Aerospace Engineering. The old man giggled. Son, some schools just call it differently but it is actually the same field. Don't worry about it and good luck. and next he already called another student.
By mid afternoon Mr. Brown had already put up a list on the notice board. There are more than 150 students graduated in May but none are going to ISU with me. Other Aeronautical students like Sarip goes to Oklahoma. Rafindee and Ambotang to Renslear, Engku to Missouri Rolla, Jasri to Syracuse, Chemical Engineering students mostly go to Kentucky. So here am I hoping for MUCIA program students to fly in the same flight to ISU. It was a worrying and a hearbeating experience for me who had never been out of my country before.
