veggiebunny
May 11, 2014
Undergraduate / 'Dutch - my mother language' - Application Essay for University of Cincinnati [4]
Please provide a Personal Statement regarding how your academic achievements, personal interests, and life experiences have helped prepare you to succeed academically and to be an active member of the UC community. Be sure your response addresses each of the three components. (Please limit your response to approximately 250 words).
Ever since I had learned the basics of Dutch vocabulary, my mother language, at the age of two; my mother and grandmother taught me to speak and understand French. Both of them had been able to speak the language at a very young age as well. This privilege gave me a head start on the other pupils as I was able to concentrate on all the other classes instead of struggling to learn a new language.
combining my extra time with hard work, I have always been one of the best achieving pupils of my elementary and high school classes.
Listening to a wide variety of music, my biggest passion, has enabled me to discover the English language. This was again extremely helpful once I had my first English class; that instantly became my favorite class.
My interest in the language didn't only develop from listening to music, my first discovery was the beauty and purity of the United States and its culture during a trip to the West Coast. A later vacation trip to New York only made my love for the country stronger and my mind was made up, I was going to study in America.
My knowledge of French and maybe Dutch in addition to Belgian culture could be an enrichment to the University of Cincinnati as a place for intellectual and personal development, while this experience could be an enrichment to my own development.
Please provide a Personal Statement regarding how your academic achievements, personal interests, and life experiences have helped prepare you to succeed academically and to be an active member of the UC community. Be sure your response addresses each of the three components. (Please limit your response to approximately 250 words).
Ever since I had learned the basics of Dutch vocabulary, my mother language, at the age of two; my mother and grandmother taught me to speak and understand French. Both of them had been able to speak the language at a very young age as well. This privilege gave me a head start on the other pupils as I was able to concentrate on all the other classes instead of struggling to learn a new language.
combining my extra time with hard work, I have always been one of the best achieving pupils of my elementary and high school classes.
Listening to a wide variety of music, my biggest passion, has enabled me to discover the English language. This was again extremely helpful once I had my first English class; that instantly became my favorite class.
My interest in the language didn't only develop from listening to music, my first discovery was the beauty and purity of the United States and its culture during a trip to the West Coast. A later vacation trip to New York only made my love for the country stronger and my mind was made up, I was going to study in America.
My knowledge of French and maybe Dutch in addition to Belgian culture could be an enrichment to the University of Cincinnati as a place for intellectual and personal development, while this experience could be an enrichment to my own development.