Undergraduate / 'we can grow and learn' - Babson Supplement - Letter to Roomate [3]

Dear Roommate,

I cannot even begin to explain how excited I am to be here and I hope you are as well. After all our hard work during high school we finally made it into a school that is highly recognized for its academics and leadership preparation, that is why I am sure that we will receive all the tools that we need to build a successful future. Babson was one of my top choices manly because of its focus on leadership. Throughout my high school years, I worked closely with clubs such as debate and community service, these helped me become a leader not only in my school but in my community as well. In addition, I was very happy to see that Babson provided the opportunity to participate in various activities to help others and use the skills acquired in classrooms to provide a greater good to those in need. I would like to participate in some of the many cultural activities offered by the school, such as traveling to Africa and teaching what we learn to the people there. Another thing that motivates me about Babson is that we can interact with a city rich in culture and with the wide variety of people that reside in this campus. I like to take advantages of situations like these to share my Latin culture with others and learn from them as well, and that is what I wish to share with you as we enter this new stage of our lives together. I moved to the United States on my last year of high school and had to adapt to a completely new environment, for this reason I am good at acclimating to a new place and I am always enthusiastic about meeting new people. As you can see, I am very curious and willing to learn new things, that is why most of the time I might be either out exploring the city or reading a book, because one of the most important things to me, is being aware of what is going on in the world that surrounds us. Now that you now a little bit about me, I hope I will get to know a lot of things about you too and that we can grow and learn as much as possible during our time together at Babson.

Sincerely, your roommate

Undergraduate / 'Growing up in Venezuela' - Boston university United Nations [2]

B. BU attracts students from more countries than are represented in the United Nations. Our global presence and reputation are important and are reflected in the perspectives, opinions, and experiences of our students. Why is this type of environment important to you?

Growing up in Venezuela, I learned about all the cultural riches that my country provided; but as my horizons expanded, I started realizing that there were many other countries and cultures out there that I had not yet learned about. My curiosity for these cultures started growing with time, and now that I am about to start this new stage of my life, I am more than ready to embrace the large amount of diverse cultures present in Boston University.

As I wanted to learn more about the world's diversity, I had the opportunity to participate in summer camps in Switzerland and New York that gave me the chance to coexist with people from all around the world. As I started discovering that all these people had different qualities from which I could learn from and that at the same time they wanted to learn about me and my background, I realized that if I wanted to be successful and have an impact in the world I needed to know as many cultures as possible.

Summer camps were a great way to meet people from different areas of the world, but once again I found myself with the need to learn more. At this point I was able to participate in the National High School Model United Nations (NHSMUN) for two consecutive years. This experience took my understanding of the world to a whole new level as I had to study people living in countries such as Mauritania or Mali and analyze their ways of life in order to find solutions to the problems they faced.

All of these encounters with the foreign world made me realize that cultural diversity will be an important factor of my college life. As I learn and acquire all the tools I will need to become a successful professional, I will also need to deepen my knowledge of the world and its diversity. I am sure that Boston University will provide this opportunity better than any other school because of its enormous diversity and inclusion of cultures.