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Nov 29, 2009
Undergraduate / Lehigh Supplement Essay. Critique and give me a helping hand. [3]
Lehigh University became a household name since I was a kid. My father immigrated to America when he was seven years old and grew up in Fullerton, PA right outside of Bethlehem. My father never had the opportunity to attend college but he passed down to me a sense of Korean culture, which emphasized self-discipline and human dignity, of which I desire to contribute to this fine institution. Everyday for my teenage years, my dad would constantly parade me with the "Lehigh Talk", as my sisters and I called it. The "talk" consisted of praise of the university, telling me of how the campus was rustic yet welcoming and how it was small enough to be personal, yet large enough to provide a stimulating environment full of diversified characters. All of the admiration of the institution that my father spoke of usually went in through one ear and out the next. That is, until my senior year of high school. Stressed with all my college apps and burdened by my heavy course load, I turned to my father for guidance. Immediately after I asked him to talk with me, I should have known that the "Lehigh Talk" was coming. I was not planning on applying to Lehigh initially because all I knew was that it had a gorgeous campus. But then my dad spoke of its defining aspects. Lehigh provides a nationally acclaimed education that emphasizes the importance of my desires. Developing future leaders in every respected field and highlighting the importance of discovering new methods for the understanding of nature and human society are key elements that influenced my decision to apply. The culture that I grew up in will greatly influence my collegiate studies in that Lehigh provides a diverse community where I am able to develop not only my own learning environment, but contribute to the very ideal in which Lehigh represents: To pursue excellence.
Lehigh University became a household name since I was a kid. My father immigrated to America when he was seven years old and grew up in Fullerton, PA right outside of Bethlehem. My father never had the opportunity to attend college but he passed down to me a sense of Korean culture, which emphasized self-discipline and human dignity, of which I desire to contribute to this fine institution. Everyday for my teenage years, my dad would constantly parade me with the "Lehigh Talk", as my sisters and I called it. The "talk" consisted of praise of the university, telling me of how the campus was rustic yet welcoming and how it was small enough to be personal, yet large enough to provide a stimulating environment full of diversified characters. All of the admiration of the institution that my father spoke of usually went in through one ear and out the next. That is, until my senior year of high school. Stressed with all my college apps and burdened by my heavy course load, I turned to my father for guidance. Immediately after I asked him to talk with me, I should have known that the "Lehigh Talk" was coming. I was not planning on applying to Lehigh initially because all I knew was that it had a gorgeous campus. But then my dad spoke of its defining aspects. Lehigh provides a nationally acclaimed education that emphasizes the importance of my desires. Developing future leaders in every respected field and highlighting the importance of discovering new methods for the understanding of nature and human society are key elements that influenced my decision to apply. The culture that I grew up in will greatly influence my collegiate studies in that Lehigh provides a diverse community where I am able to develop not only my own learning environment, but contribute to the very ideal in which Lehigh represents: To pursue excellence.