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Being born and brought up in Afghanistan doesn’t go particularly smoothly, especially when compared to the contemporary standards of the UK. Aside from on-going war, many outbreaks of diseases have occurred, which I have first-hand experience of. At the age of 10 I contracted the water borne disease of cholera, due to our village’s water supply being heavily contaminated. I fully recovered, however the experience left me with a spark of inquisitiveness into the importance of maintaining a clean water supply and not allowing it be polluted. Today, chemical engineers are at the vanguard of maintaining clean water supplies to where they are abundant and establishing clean water supplies to where they are scarce, alongside their many other contributions to modern day scientific breakthroughs. Having studied Physics, Maths and Chemistry, I understand the obligation chemical engineers feel to contribute to the ever expanding global society. I had already thoroughly enjoyed these subjects at GCSE level and it only seemed right to me to pursue them at a higher level; when deciding my A-Level...