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Global Ugrad exchange program application

Hello! Im currently writing the application essay for the Global Ugrad exchange program. English is not my birth language and I had never written an essay before.

Tips I've read in the ugrad resources say that I should describe myself and tell a bit about my story so I wrote my essay taking this and the prompt provided into consideration.

I would appreciate evaluation of the following draft to find errors, things that might be irrelevant or things that might need a better development or any advice to improve it. Grammar errors will of course be eliminated before submitting my essay.

Thanks for your time.

I strongly identify myself as an honest person and always accept my actions without trying to change how others perceive them. This way of living has helped me throughout the years to improve and pursue good actions to produce good effects, for me and those who surround me. Responsibility is another value that significantly shaped my life, being aware of what is most important at every moment and focusing on that, it's the reason why I've made a great academic profile.

As a child I was on the problematic side at school, although always good on grades my behavior got me in trouble many times. In some way now, I'm grateful for those times, each mistake came with a hard lesson that made me who I am today: An honest, responsible and respectful System Engineering student that really wants to make the difference in the education of this field of study.

I have taken part in nursing home visiting activities since high school, more recently I led and organized a visit and resource gathering for a nursing home with a university group and for three years I've been part of a group that organizes activities and prepares food for one of the most abandoned nursing homes in the region.

The global UGRAD program is a great opportunity to improve my education and experience the American culture in a unique way. As a member of the online gaming community I've been lucky to make a couple friends from the U.S. We've shared opinions, experiences and talked about how different our lives are. This has only increased my desire to experience the U.S culture and life.

Every semester at University I create study groups to help classmates prepare for exams and I like to spend most of the time before an exam in the classroom explaining and trying to clarify topics with those that are present. Sadly, in our education system interest for quality teaching is very low, and at the end of most courses we are left feeling like we didn't gain any significant knowledge at all. This accumulates into a sense of unpreparedness for a professional career in the future. But I've had a few great professors that really put effort into making sure students learn significantly and that the classes they teach prepare us for our future jobs. All these experiences made me realize I want to teach at university level, and this has become one of the biggest goals of my life. The Global UGRAD exchange program would allow me to experience a better education system and provide me with advanced knowledge in my field of study. And at the end of the program upon returning to my country I would be able to share everything I learned and experienced with my friends and classmates. The exchange program would also prepare me in a unique and very significant way to achieve my goal of becoming a professor for the future students of Computer Sciences in Guatemala. I would be incredibly happy to represent and share my culture and learn about the U.S culture to be an important link between them.