... Ok so im new at this, I dont know anyone that is applying to these schools so its hard for me to ask around for the best ways to reply... Am going the right way with this essay or am i completely off ?
College of Arts and Sciences:
Describe your intellectual interests, their evolution, and what makes them exciting to you. Tell us how you will utilize the academic programs in the College of Arts and Sciences to further explore your interests, intended major, or field of study.
I grew up in a small rural community, my mother and I against the world, literally sleeping under a kitchen table with another family of seven, working the endless rows of pistachio trees. My mother has always been my biggest hero, a young single mother in a foreign country. From kindergarten, I would often go home sick simply in order to be with her. I was the quiet child in the back of the classroom knowing nothing of rules, and was a hopeless cause for the teachers whom I could not understand. It took me three years to be able to read a book in English. Yet it is she that revolutionized my passion for foreign relations.
Coming from a strong and traditional Mexican background, where school was not considered important, it was natural for me to find no use for education. Yet it took until the November of 2001 for me to realize the impact that I could have in my mother's life through education. That day my brother became very ill and we could not take him to the doctor because we did not have a car. I remember my mom desperately trying to get a hold of someone who could help her in Spanish. I took the phone from her hands and found myself translating step by step the procedures for my mother. I was only seven years old.
Ten years later. I still find myself helping my family and others integrate into this country I have grown to love. Whether it is translating or simply explaining the American ways of life. It is crucial for me not only to maintain and embrace my own culture and heritage, but also appreciate what the United States has provided for my family and me.
It is through these experiences that my desire and passion to learn about diverse cultures has derived. Seeing a need in the community for people that are open to help and understand others such as my mother is what has influenced me to pursue a career in foreign relations. I am certain that through the programs offered in the College of Arts and Sciences I will be enabled me to fulfill my dream to continue to help those who are integrating into different countries and of expanding my knowledge of the people and their cultures in the world around us.
College of Arts and Sciences:
Describe your intellectual interests, their evolution, and what makes them exciting to you. Tell us how you will utilize the academic programs in the College of Arts and Sciences to further explore your interests, intended major, or field of study.
I grew up in a small rural community, my mother and I against the world, literally sleeping under a kitchen table with another family of seven, working the endless rows of pistachio trees. My mother has always been my biggest hero, a young single mother in a foreign country. From kindergarten, I would often go home sick simply in order to be with her. I was the quiet child in the back of the classroom knowing nothing of rules, and was a hopeless cause for the teachers whom I could not understand. It took me three years to be able to read a book in English. Yet it is she that revolutionized my passion for foreign relations.
Coming from a strong and traditional Mexican background, where school was not considered important, it was natural for me to find no use for education. Yet it took until the November of 2001 for me to realize the impact that I could have in my mother's life through education. That day my brother became very ill and we could not take him to the doctor because we did not have a car. I remember my mom desperately trying to get a hold of someone who could help her in Spanish. I took the phone from her hands and found myself translating step by step the procedures for my mother. I was only seven years old.
Ten years later. I still find myself helping my family and others integrate into this country I have grown to love. Whether it is translating or simply explaining the American ways of life. It is crucial for me not only to maintain and embrace my own culture and heritage, but also appreciate what the United States has provided for my family and me.
It is through these experiences that my desire and passion to learn about diverse cultures has derived. Seeing a need in the community for people that are open to help and understand others such as my mother is what has influenced me to pursue a career in foreign relations. I am certain that through the programs offered in the College of Arts and Sciences I will be enabled me to fulfill my dream to continue to help those who are integrating into different countries and of expanding my knowledge of the people and their cultures in the world around us.