Please tell us more about your interest in Brown: Why does Brown appeal to you as a college option? Who or what has influenced your decision to apply?[/i]
In my freshman year, I made a mistake in registering for psychology class only to find this subject is truly contrary to my academic interest. But this mistake made me to get some kind of sense where my academic interest lies. The fact that I have a freedom to make mistake is what attracts me to Brown the most. Brown is known for its liberal education and in this academic environment, through holistically exploring my academic interests and facing some consequences for that, I will be able to grow into a person who genuinely knows how to actively lead not only my academic path but also career path after graduation. Furthermore, Brown provides me the environment that suits my current academic interest in Asian studies. I want to understand the unique characteristic of the region and people of Asia in an environment where I'll be able to zoom out from my Korean background and objectively examine the complex relationships among countries in Asia.
Why are you drawn to the academic fields you indicated in the Anticipated Degree and Academic Interest questions above?[i]
At first, I aspired to study in Korea Development Institute because I wanted to deepen my understanding in economics. But as I spent times there and studied Korea's economic development methods, my interest widened to another field of academics: Asian studies. Economic policies certainly played their part, but I learned to find out that the factors that contributed more than pure economics to Korea's development was the ethnic characteristic like inherited spirit of cooperation and selflessness that all Koreans share. What was even more surprising was that Asian countries like Japan and Taiwan that had gone through similar development shared the similar characteristics such as the Confucian's philosophy in work ethics and even the anthropological nature of Mongoloid. From this experience, I found out that my academic interest lies in analyzing this intricate web of relationships among ethnic groups in Asia from social, cultural, religious, and anthropological aspects.
In my freshman year, I made a mistake in registering for psychology class only to find this subject is truly contrary to my academic interest. But this mistake made me to get some kind of sense where my academic interest lies. The fact that I have a freedom to make mistake is what attracts me to Brown the most. Brown is known for its liberal education and in this academic environment, through holistically exploring my academic interests and facing some consequences for that, I will be able to grow into a person who genuinely knows how to actively lead not only my academic path but also career path after graduation. Furthermore, Brown provides me the environment that suits my current academic interest in Asian studies. I want to understand the unique characteristic of the region and people of Asia in an environment where I'll be able to zoom out from my Korean background and objectively examine the complex relationships among countries in Asia.
Why are you drawn to the academic fields you indicated in the Anticipated Degree and Academic Interest questions above?[i]
At first, I aspired to study in Korea Development Institute because I wanted to deepen my understanding in economics. But as I spent times there and studied Korea's economic development methods, my interest widened to another field of academics: Asian studies. Economic policies certainly played their part, but I learned to find out that the factors that contributed more than pure economics to Korea's development was the ethnic characteristic like inherited spirit of cooperation and selflessness that all Koreans share. What was even more surprising was that Asian countries like Japan and Taiwan that had gone through similar development shared the similar characteristics such as the Confucian's philosophy in work ethics and even the anthropological nature of Mongoloid. From this experience, I found out that my academic interest lies in analyzing this intricate web of relationships among ethnic groups in Asia from social, cultural, religious, and anthropological aspects.
