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Oct 6, 2025
Scholarship / GKS-U 2026 Personal Statement - Food Science and Food Engineering [2]
During the 2010s, TV programs about biology and cooking broadcast on VTV2 always caught my eye. I could watch them for hours with sparkling eyes. Every time I learned something new, I had a habit of experimenting with it myself to see the results firsthand. One day, after watching a mung bean germination experiment, I secretly took some mung beans from my mother's cupboard and planted them. I tried growing them in various environments and felt great excitement as I watched them sprout day by day. However, the beans planted in cotton soaked in water withered after a few days. Looking back, I realized that just as mung beans need not only water but also nutrients and sunlight to grow, humans, too, need a good environment to shine in life and share happiness with those around them.
Like those mung beans, I stepped into the world of biology with burning passion. No matter how unfavorable the environment was, I strove to keep growing and learning. Beyond school lessons, I explored topics such as the human body, nutrition, and the impact of food on our health. During that time, TED-Ed became my go-to learning channel. Its diverse and vivid videos not only fueled my curiosity but also inspired me to run my own YouTube channel. As someone who loves sharing knowledge, I created animated videos to make complex or intimidating concepts more accessible to others. This project also helped my five-member team review key biology concepts while preparing for a provincial biology contest in high school. Eventually, my channel grew into a community of 24,000 biology enthusiasts who freely discuss and share knowledge. Through these activities, I developed research, information synthesis, project management, and communication skills. Above all, I felt deep joy in contributing to my friends' success and building a community dedicated to spreading knowledge.
At one point, I put biology aside to study Korean, but that experience opened a new perspective for me. After entering university, I joined a reading club, where I was exposed to entirely new ways of thinking and living. It was then that I realized: "Knowledge gained through hardship and pressure can be used to help those in even more difficult situations, and ultimately, it can serve society as a whole. Therefore, even if it's tough, I should keep striving toward greater goals." In that club, my friends and I produced audiobooks for the visually impaired, offering the light of knowledge and reflection to those deprived of the means to read. Through this, I learned that knowledge finds its true meaning when it serves the community and helps protect life.
While researching Korean government scholarships, I was deeply impressed by Inje University's educational philosophy of "Respect for Nature, Love for Life, and Service to Humanity." I find this philosophy profoundly important. In Vietnam today, many food companies still fail to consider environmental protection adequately-for instance, they neglect energy conservation in food processing or overuse additives harmful to long-term health. My first goal at Inje University is to research food processing methods that consume less energy and minimize emissions. Through that, I hope to help improve the state of Vietnam's food industry. Additionally, I plan to use my YouTube channel to share the valuable knowledge I gain in Korea about food preservation and processing, while also promoting Korean culture to a broader audience.
I firmly believe that Inje University and Korea will help me realize my dream. Korea, once an agricultural country that suffered from food shortages, has now become a global leader in advanced food-processing technologies such as precision fermentation and 1-MCP preservation. Studying at Inje University will not only help me become a knowledgeable expert but also a responsible citizen and a fulfilled individual. This aligns perfectly with the university's educational goals. I sincerely hope to embody its values through real action and contribute to Vietnam, Korea, and the wider world.
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the scholarship committee for reading my essay to the end.
During the 2010s, TV programs about biology and cooking broadcast on VTV2 always caught my eye. I could watch them for hours with sparkling eyes. Every time I learned something new, I had a habit of experimenting with it myself to see the results firsthand. One day, after watching a mung bean germination experiment, I secretly took some mung beans from my mother's cupboard and planted them. I tried growing them in various environments and felt great excitement as I watched them sprout day by day. However, the beans planted in cotton soaked in water withered after a few days. Looking back, I realized that just as mung beans need not only water but also nutrients and sunlight to grow, humans, too, need a good environment to shine in life and share happiness with those around them.
Like those mung beans, I stepped into the world of biology with burning passion. No matter how unfavorable the environment was, I strove to keep growing and learning. Beyond school lessons, I explored topics such as the human body, nutrition, and the impact of food on our health. During that time, TED-Ed became my go-to learning channel. Its diverse and vivid videos not only fueled my curiosity but also inspired me to run my own YouTube channel. As someone who loves sharing knowledge, I created animated videos to make complex or intimidating concepts more accessible to others. This project also helped my five-member team review key biology concepts while preparing for a provincial biology contest in high school. Eventually, my channel grew into a community of 24,000 biology enthusiasts who freely discuss and share knowledge. Through these activities, I developed research, information synthesis, project management, and communication skills. Above all, I felt deep joy in contributing to my friends' success and building a community dedicated to spreading knowledge.
At one point, I put biology aside to study Korean, but that experience opened a new perspective for me. After entering university, I joined a reading club, where I was exposed to entirely new ways of thinking and living. It was then that I realized: "Knowledge gained through hardship and pressure can be used to help those in even more difficult situations, and ultimately, it can serve society as a whole. Therefore, even if it's tough, I should keep striving toward greater goals." In that club, my friends and I produced audiobooks for the visually impaired, offering the light of knowledge and reflection to those deprived of the means to read. Through this, I learned that knowledge finds its true meaning when it serves the community and helps protect life.
While researching Korean government scholarships, I was deeply impressed by Inje University's educational philosophy of "Respect for Nature, Love for Life, and Service to Humanity." I find this philosophy profoundly important. In Vietnam today, many food companies still fail to consider environmental protection adequately-for instance, they neglect energy conservation in food processing or overuse additives harmful to long-term health. My first goal at Inje University is to research food processing methods that consume less energy and minimize emissions. Through that, I hope to help improve the state of Vietnam's food industry. Additionally, I plan to use my YouTube channel to share the valuable knowledge I gain in Korea about food preservation and processing, while also promoting Korean culture to a broader audience.
I firmly believe that Inje University and Korea will help me realize my dream. Korea, once an agricultural country that suffered from food shortages, has now become a global leader in advanced food-processing technologies such as precision fermentation and 1-MCP preservation. Studying at Inje University will not only help me become a knowledgeable expert but also a responsible citizen and a fulfilled individual. This aligns perfectly with the university's educational goals. I sincerely hope to embody its values through real action and contribute to Vietnam, Korea, and the wider world.
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the scholarship committee for reading my essay to the end.
