Undergraduate / Video Editing, My Extracurricular Activity [3]

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences: Video Editing

Imagination and creation: These are the two principles I follow when it comes to Video Editing. This hobby of mine is something I have enjoyed and learned more of for years. I take an idea, create many different scenarios in my mind, and plug them into a program which allows me to manipulate time and space. Where I can add audio, effects, and graphics to create the unthinkable. It's an activity that relieves my mind of stress yet allowing my imagination to grow. These video projects last many days, with many, many hours of work put in. There have been videos that I have created where a single minute of the clip took 4 hours to develop. However I never complain, because in the end the time and effort put in a video is recognized by every viewer, and when my viewers are satisfied, I feel accomplished and can upload that video to the internet for the whole world to see. I can smile and know that I left my ideas to the thousands of people who have and will see the video I have left behind.

**Let me know what you guys think, thanks!

Undergraduate / 'Savoir-Faire' - Political Science Field - Common APP Transfer [NEW]

Well, today is the last day I have to apply to a few schools with strong political science and international relations programs, so I will GREATLY appreciate any help I can with this essay!

The Question: Please provide a statement (250 words minimum) that addresses your reasons for transferring and the objectives you hope to achieve.

Title: Savoir-Faire

The career path I have chosen for my life will challenge the limits of my intelligence and responsibility. Such challenges will test my knowledge and experience for which I will need to be prepared through extensive education. With the degree I will earn through transferring I will be able to become more efficient in my ability to surpass these challenges. By continuing my education, I hope to make myself a more effective agent of peace and diplomacy in the United States' dealings with foreign powers.

As I was leaving George Washington Academy, an American school located in Casablanca, Morocco, a friend of mine rushed up to me and invited me over to his house. I agreed and, with my mother's permission, went to his house, a small villa just outside of Casablanca. I met his family, who had only been living in Morocco for a few months. They were from Wisconsin. I learned that my friend's father worked as an American representative for the United Nations. They told me they had travelled to many countries in the world, experiencing many cultures. I was fascinated by the stories they had to tell and I decided I would dedicate my life to understanding the many other cultures and the roles those cultures play in the modern world.

Upon my enrollment to St. John's University, I thought I would be able to gain knowledge and experience for the job I seek to fulfill. It is a campus in New York City, where internships are not hard to grasp, and is one of the most diverse schools in the country. Being a New Yorker, I believed it was a perfect fit. However, many professors were uptight and unapproachable. The workload was unbelievably lax, and the majority of students had no desire to inform themselves of foreign affairs. I feel as if the atmosphere is immature, and uninformed in a sense. Being a commuter is also a bit troublesome. I believe to have the best education you will need to journey away from home and learn in a new and different environment. If I am to work abroad, I will need this experience.

By transferring I hope to open to increase my capacity to understand the cultures of many countries, and to further my develop my knowledge and experiences of the political world around me.