By ADOLFO FLORES

One in a thousand is how William Andrews describes his undergraduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was the only writing major among hundreds of engineers and science majors in his graduating class.

The Puerto Rican native originally planned to major in math. After a late night of measuring traffic flow using equations, however, he says he realized he didn’t want to do math for the rest of his life.

“I read a story about the shape of the universe that was really well done,” said Andrews, 25. “I told my girlfriend, ‘This guy’s lucky. He gets to write about all of this stuff and not have to do any of the work.’”

His girlfriend and now wife, Elizabeth, recommended he become a science journalist.

“It’s nice just being able to explain things to people that I think is cool and important,” Andrews said. “Especially something that people don’t think is cool and important at first.”

He is now the science editor for The Daily Cardinal, the campus paper at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Andrews also expressed his love of science by starring in “Star Wars: Musical Edition” at MIT, where he danced and sang pieces such as “Don’t Cry for Me Princess Leia.”

“I wasn’t so good at the dancing part, though,” he said.

His long-term goal is to become a science columnist, ideally at The New York Times. While he might have made more money as an engineer, Andrews says he isn’t too worried.

“My wife’s going to be a doctor,” he said.