I was born and raised in South Korea and came to the US in 2010. I am in my senior year of a bachelor's degree program in English Language and Literature. My goal is to join a challenging but supportive program that will enable me to research the effects of culture on language, become an expert Kore…
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Ph.D. in Linguistics, Culture & Language, Korean
Masters PA, Spanish Translator, Sports Medicine
Hilda was an indigent patient who spoke only Spanish, so I was called in to translate. The news was terrible, and it was my duty to deliver her the test results and the prognosis. Hilda had an inoperative brain malignancy. If the diagnosis had been made earlier, Hilda would have survived. I felt hel…
Masters PA Studies, At-Risk Communities, German
My family has no medical connection I can trace, nor can I claim an early longing to become a PA, nurse, or doctor. I was, until relatively recently, happy to be a dedicated and reasonably well rewarded ‘back room girl’ working as a Research Analyst. However, over the years, I have met people who pr…
MA Education, Communication Disorders, Bilingual
When teaching preschool children, I became aware that communication problems in children are much more common than I had suspected, that there are insufficiently trained people to deal with the situation, especially in a bi-cultural setting, and that the failure to offer practical and early interven…
Master of Engineering, Aerospace, Canada, Iraq
My decision to apply to the postgraduate program at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Aerospace Studies is a culmination of my lifelong passion for aeronautics. I first fell in love with airplanes when I was five years old. Living in a house very close to an airport, I remember standing on t…
Ph.D. Engineering Education, Management, Vietnam
I was once asked, “Who is your engineering hero?” and answered perfectly honestly that it is my father. My father ran an auto repair shed in South Vietnam; he repaired and serviced three-wheel taxis and automobiles. People relied on my father to enable them to make a living and feed their children,…
Architecture Masters, Environmental Studies, Green
My parents are from the Middle East, and I grew up in California in a very strict household that emphasized the importance of education, especially math and science. Soon, however, I found that my passion lay in the arts and architecture. Art History was my favorite class in high school, and I also …
Masters Architecture, Iranian Artist
It was intended that I should be a physician, and, in my early teens, I was thrilled to go along with this parental ambition. However, my family members are mainly involved in engineering, design, and architecture, and, in my mid-teens, genetic influences suddenly seemed to supersede my original car…
Residency Ob/Gyn, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Chinese
It is now some years since I worked on a ward. I have worked for the most part in research and Pharmacy. I have enjoyed both roles and have excelled within them. However, I now want to treat patients directly and undertake research, and my particular interest is an Ob/GYN. I completed my residency …
PHD Degree in Economics, Latin America & China
My language skills—near-native in French, advanced intermediate Spanish, and several years of German and Chinese—are only matched by my dedication to the studies of economic development, especially in Latin America and China. I look forward to dedicating my life to the study of sustainable economic …
Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Mining, Saudi
From my earliest years, I loved puzzles and games involving the application of logic. It was a delight, at school, to discover that my skills had an application in computing. From my first lesson on the subject, I was ‘hooked,’ it was work, but it was also fun, an elusive combination to many in the …
M.Ed. Degree in Special Education, Disabilities, K-8
Two factors, in particular, account for my profound passion for professional growth in the area of special education and my decision to apply to your program. Foremost among these significant factors was the fact that I, too, was once in special education classes to overcome my disability to perform…
Master’s Degree Linguistics, Applicant from Ghana
In my home country, it is not at all unusual for a pupil, who is excelling in their work, to be asked to assist in the teaching their fellow pupils. As a pupil who did excel and who was, indeed, usually top of the class throughout my school career, I had considerable experience in teaching and also …
PA Master’s Degree Applicant, Chiropractor USA
I am very keen on outdoor pursuits especially hunting and fishing, and, consequently, spend much of my spare time in rural Nevada pursuing these interests. I have come to love the wilder parts of Nevada and the local people who have an exciting view of life and a heart-warming neighborliness to a to…
PA, Student Pilot, Iran, Dean’s List, Spanish
Since I became a student pilot, flying has helped to prepare me for medical emergencies better as well as refined my ability always to stay calm and achieve efficiency through optimal communication. My first solo flight required immense preparation, which my father, a pilot of twenty-two years, was …
PA Masters Polish Speaker, Healthy Living
“Does anyone speak Polish?” The director of rehabilitation was concerned about a recently admitted Parkinson’s disease patient who was failing to take her medication and who was anxious and confused following her recent diagnosis and admission to the acute rehabilitation facility where I was a volun…
Accountancy Masters, Chinese Applicant
My grandfather is a professor of accounting, and I lived in his home for ten years. He loved to talk about his subject, and, on this account, I already knew quite a lot about accountancy by the age of 16. I knew this was no ‘dry subject’ but a fascinating one that required great skill and applicatio…
International Affairs/Public Policy, Female Military
As a child, I loved maps. This interest developed into a curiosity about the differences and similarities in the way people in these different places on the map lived, ate, spoke, and earned their livelihoods. This awareness of the world and its variety has increased with time and with the substanti…
PHD Biostatistics, Immigrant from Philippines
I was raised in an impoverished home in the Philippines, where education is highly valued, but the funding for it is often lacking. I found a route out of my situation through a talent and passion for Mathematics that was recognized throughout my schooldays. My talent and passion were supplemented b…
PHD Economics, Financial, International, Labor
I was raised in Israel and moved to the states at the age of 21. I completed my undergraduate studies at XXXX in 2005 and then my MBA at XXXX. Now, I very much want to study for the Ph.D. in Economics at XXXX. I am especially interested in doing research in the areas of Financial Economics, Internat…
Most recently edited samples of my work
- Master Statistics, Deep Learning, Chinese Applicant
- LOR CAAPID, International Dentist, Indian
- LOR, Public Health, Chinese Applicant
- MS Real Estate Development Arab-American Applicant
- MSC OT, Canadian Applying to Scotland
- MRED, Indian Sikh Real Estate Development Professional
- Real Estate Southern California, Chinese American
- OT Masters, Piano, Kinesiology, French Canadian
- Personal Statement Real Estate Development
- PHD Nutrition and Food Science, Nigerian
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