I chose to study Mechanical Engineering as when applying for courses in secondary school, I knew that I would go into engineering, particularly with my choice of A-Levels in maths and physics. However, I hadn’t decided on a specific route with so many options from automotive to aeronautical and electrical etc.
My goal was always to end up working in Formula One, so with this, I decided to select the course with the most variety in the early year to allow me to refine at a later stage. I found with the course structure at Loughborough that this was ideal and started with the fundamentals from electronics to thermodynamics and materials.
When looking at universities, I knew I wanted to join the Formula Student team as it showed an opportunity to have direct practical experience. When touring universities, we had the chance to speak to the members at the time and hear how it had helped them in applying the lecture content. This appealed to me particularly as I had chosen a less automotive/motorsport applied degree.