'Growing up in Venezuela' - Boston university United Nations

B. BU attracts students from more countries than are represented in the United Nations. Our global presence and reputation are important and are reflected in the perspectives, opinions, and experiences of our students. Why is this type of environment important to you?

Growing up in Venezuela, I learned about all the cultural riches that my country provided; but as my horizons expanded, I started realizing that there were many other countries and cultures out there that I had not yet learned about. My curiosity for these cultures started growing with time, and now that I am about to start this new stage of my life, I am more than ready to embrace the large amount of diverse cultures present in Boston University.

As I wanted to learn more about the world's diversity, I had the opportunity to participate in summer camps in Switzerland and New York that gave me the chance to coexist with people from all around the world. As I started discovering that all these people had different qualities from which I could learn from and that at the same time they wanted to learn about me and my background, I realized that if I wanted to be successful and have an impact in the world I needed to know as many cultures as possible.

Summer camps were a great way to meet people from different areas of the world, but once again I found myself with the need to learn more. At this point I was able to participate in the National High School Model United Nations (NHSMUN) for two consecutive years. This experience took my understanding of the world to a whole new level as I had to study people living in countries such as Mauritania or Mali and analyze their ways of life in order to find solutions to the problems they faced.

All of these encounters with the foreign world made me realize that cultural diversity will be an important factor of my college life. As I learn and acquire all the tools I will need to become a successful professional, I will also need to deepen my knowledge of the world and its diversity. I am sure that Boston University will provide this opportunity better than any other school because of its enormous diversity and inclusion of cultures.

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