My Motivation for applying to Lafayette College

Students identify Lafayette as an excellent fit for countless reasons. In your response, be deliberate and specific about your motivation for applying to Lafayette.

Why Lafayette? small-class size

(20-200 words)

I never knew about Lafayette College until Mr. Eugene Gabay visited my school last year. He talked about all the wonderful features of Lafayette and the experience of International students. I was left fascinated by all the amazing opportunities available at the school and was convinced that Lafayette is the right school for me. The amazing financial aid package awarded by the school to international students is one that certainly catches my attention. I love the fact that Lafayette is a liberal arts college because this will give me the opportunity to receive exposure from a wide range of academic subjects including the arts while I am majoring in my field of Computer Science.

I am particularly interested in Lafayette because of her small-class size. I am a very curious and interactive student and I would love to have the full attention of my lecturers who would inevitably help me in achieving my goals and dreams. I want to be able to ask questions, engage in intellectual discussions and collaborate with them on avant-garde research. I am also interested in Lafayette's study away opportunities. I want to meet new people, learn new languages and experience different cultures. I want to be the first graduate of Whitesands to attend Lafayette.

Mubarak, the first part of your essay has to be revised in totality. The first reason that it has to be revised is because you are admitting to not being familiar with the university at all. The second reason, is that you are saying you are only interested in attending the university because of the scholarship finance package. These are the worst reasons that you can give for opting to see admission to a university overseas. Never tell a university you want a free education because they have students from their own country also seeking scholarships to attend the university. Why should they opt to give you a scholarship when the grant for you could be given to a citizen student of their country? While it is an enticing idea, your reasons for attending should show more of a keen interest in either the academic program of the university or, the idea that you can develop a better sense of professionalism and an idea as to how you can better help your country once you complete your education there. Skip the keen interest in free education. Specially since you are claiming later on that you want to participate in the study away opportunities of the university. The whole essay just sounds like you want a free ride out of your country to another, without really wishing to accomplish a proper and acceptable goal.

@Holt
Thank you and God bless for your advice and review. I will work on it

Lafayette has always been on top of my list for university education. The visit of an admissions officer, Mr. Eugene Gabay, to my school last year only spurred my interest in the school. Lafayette's interdisciplinary curriculum is certainly one that fascinates me because I get the chance to explore every field of learning and gives me the freedom to take big risks. I would love to collaborate with students in the Biology field to find a cure to AIDS. I am very passionate about this because my grandfather died of AIDS.

I am particularly interested in Lafayette because of her small student-faculty ratio. I am a very curious and interactive student and I would love to have the full attention of my lecturers who would inevitably help me in achieving my goals and dreams. I want to be able to ask questions, engage in intellectual discussions and collaborate with them on avant-garde research. I am also interested in Lafayette's study away opportunities. I want to meet new people, learn new languages and experience different cultures. I love the Spanish culture and would especially love to study in Spain. I want to be the first graduate of Whitesands to attend Lafayette. So as Marquis de Lafayette would say "Cur non", why shouldn't I believe I can achieve great things at Lafayette?