In search of a major she loves
Amna Magzoub is not one to settle for the easy choice, and she certainly didn’t take the most traditional or direct path to mechanical engineering at MIT — she switched majors twice, determined to find something that truly inspired and excited her. However, over the past four years, as she has been exploring the many academic opportunities MIT offers, Magzoub has kept her sights set on developing practical skills she can use to help people back home in Sudan. Magzoub lived in two different states in the United States while her father was finishing his graduate studies, before returning to Sudan with her family at age eight. Her early moves taught her how to adapt to new situations. “My life has always been new adventure, new place, new system,” she says. And the adventure didn’t stop after her arrival in Sudan. Magzoub, and her family, assumed she would attend a local university for...