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sadness
05-08-2005, 02:45 PM
Hi all,

I am looking for a sample of personal letter in which the applicant write to the school they're applying for the advance degree. The letter discuss the following:
1. Academic/career/personal goal
2. Work experience, major strenghth and weaknesses, motivation
3. Capability to successfully pursue advance degree studies.
4. Professional affiliation/activities
5. Relevant awards/honors/etc.

If anyone have it, could you please PM me or send it to duongjm@yahoo.com. I really appreciate it very much. Thanks.

To mod: I'm not sure where to post this so if it's in the wrong place, please move it to the appropriate forum. Thank you.

sadness
05-10-2005, 07:21 AM
No one in here have it :(

saurieng
05-10-2005, 10:53 AM
may I please have it too. Thanks!

thvln@yahoo.com

sadness
05-11-2005, 08:16 AM
I have 2 personal essays for MBA degree:

Personal Background

Everyone was Korean in Seoul. No one was Korean in Prichard. Motorcycles and mopeds crammed Seoul's roads. Trees and flowers lined Prichard's streets. In cosmopolitan Seoul, I was a favorite son showered with attention from a large circle of extended family. In suburban Prichard, knowing no one but my parents, I was the only Asian child in the neighborhood. Indeed immigrating to the U.S. from Korea and settling down in a suburb of Mobile as a twelve-year old child dramatically changed my life. Uprooted from the people I knew and the things I was used to, I felt lonely, helpless, and uncomfortable in my new surroundings. However, I redirected the negative feelings into a force of strength that propelled me to excel in academics. Furthermore, the immigrant experience gave me adaptation skills that helped me as a foreign exchange student in Japan and as a businessman working with people of different cultures and backgrounds.

Pampered materially and nurtured emotionally in Seoul, I lived with relatives close by and a helping hand available whenever I needed it. My school, while stiflingly competitive and committed to regular doses of corporal punishment, presented a system which I understood and was familiar with. Although the neighborhood lacked open areas, it was a close-knit community where children addressed the lady next door as "aunt" and housewives frequently shared recipes. I was completely at home, ethnically, linguistically, and in every other respect.

My new life in Prichard contrasted sharply with my old one in Seoul. The neighborhood, while serene, lacked the extended support network of friends and family I had back home. School frustrated and demoralized me because I had learned only the first fourteen letters of the English alphabet and a few basic words before our arrival. After a fourteen-hour workday in the family restaurant, my exhausted parents were unable to help me. Further compounding my difficulties, I experienced racial bigotry for the first time in my life. Ethnic slurs and insults, which I managed to understand with rapidity, made me painfully aware I was different from others.

In the face of these obstacles, I started to question the purpose behind immigrating to the U.S. Seeing my parents' exhausted silhouettes seven times a week, I began to understand the motivation behind the move that forever altered my life: a chance at a brighter future in the U.S. Because no one could help us, we had to help ourselves. Armed with this reinvigorating realization, I began to hoist myself out of loneliness, helplessness, and discomfort.

Since my school did not offer remedial English classes for immigrant students, I began studying with only the help of an English-Korean dictionary. Although I was focused and determined, streams of below average grades accompanied my first year in school. Nonetheless, by expending two to three times the effort of others, I started to notice signs of improvement. A well-timed vote of confidence came from my seventh-grade reading instructor, Mr. John Smith. In his class, the highest possible grade — a B — was given to only one student per school year. Aiming for that coveted prize, I managed to improve my grades from a D in the first semester to the B in the final semester. At the year-end award ceremony, Mr. Smith specifically commended my achievement in front of the student body. While I received many other academic accolades in later years, no one validated my efforts and boosted my self-confidence more than that short yet significant praise.

Although it has been fourteen years since I arrived in Prichard, the immigrant experience has strengthened my character in ways that will be professionally and socially beneficial for years to come. As an immigrant child, I learned how to transition from one culture to another. This skill helped me when I had to make that transition again as a foreign exchange student in Japan. Additionally, having experienced the degradation of ethnic bigotry, I have learned to be sensitive toward different people and cultures.




Goals Essay

8:00 AM. July 1, 2010. The 23rd floor of the Bank of China building in Hong Kong. A woman sitting behind the mahogany desk calls a Shanghai trader to buy 200,000 shares of China Telecom's stock. Moments later, she dashes into a teleconference with Tokyo analysts. When the teleconference finally concludes two hours later, the woman rushes down the stairs, hails a taxi to the Chek Lap Kok Airport, catches a flight to Thailand, and ends her day with a meeting with the CFO of DynaTech Computers. I look forward to maintaining this busy schedule as a portfolio manager of an international equity mutual fund about ten years after obtaining my MBA. The Top School academic experience can build on my public accounting training and my multi-cultural and multi-lingual background to prepare me for work first as an equity analyst in the mutual fund industry and ultimately as a portfolio manager specializing in Asian Pacific equities.

As a CPA and staff accountant with Big 6 for the past two and a half years, I have developed a solid foundation in teamwork, analytical, and problem-solving skills. As a bilingual associate of the Asia-Pacific Business Group, I specialize in auditing the financial statements of in-bound Asian businesses. However, while Big 6 provides expansive career opportunities in public accounting, I have reached a plateau in developing the analytical and management skills necessary to achieve my ultimate career goal of money management. In public accounting, we measure and examine financial transactions of the past. In contrast, money managers examine the current attributes of securities and attempt to predict their future performance; unfortunately, this forward-looking focus is absent in public accounting. Unable to delve into financial areas beyond accounting and limited in obtaining more challenging analytical experiences, I am also constrained by the compliance nature of public accounting. I cannot acquire the advanced financial skills necessary to understand how financial assets are created and traded and how they are leveraged in national and international capital markets.

Furthermore, an effective manager in the 21st century must be well-versed in international business transactions. Unfortunately, my desire to gain this broader understanding of the increasingly interdependent global economy remains unsatisfied at Big 6. Although I have utilized my Chinese language skills in servicing our Asian clients and engaged in comparative technical analysis of U.S. GAAP and French, Taiwanese, and Japanese financial reporting requirements, my exposure to and knowledge of broader transactional issues such as international transfer pricing has been limited. Finally, as our audits focus mainly on the clients' compliance with U.S. GAAP and foreign accounting and reporting requirements, they provide few opportunities to appreciate the "big picture" of international business.

A background in financial reporting and servicing Asia-Pacific business clients. The ability to converse fluently in Chinese. An understanding of Chinese, Japanese, and American cultures. I will bring these qualities to the Top School program and ultimately to my career in international investment management. As a first step toward achieving my career goals, I have registered to take level one of the CFA examination in June 1993 and plan to complete the entire examination series upon graduation from Top Ten. Armed with the CFA certification and Top School's international bent, strength in finance and management training, I will be ready to place that call to the trader in China, conduct the teleconference with Tokyo, and visit the CFO in Thailand.

phucle
05-11-2005, 07:53 PM
hello beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee' muazzzzzzzzz

sadness
05-12-2005, 06:03 AM
gì mà phun nước miếng tùm lum dzị chú Phuc? :)

sadness
05-12-2005, 06:17 AM
More sample....

ESSAY 1 (Career Plans)


Let’s face it. The term “globalism” has become overused, and often misused. In fact, we might say that it has actually been devalued to the level of the everyday language of buzzword-brandishing marketing pundits. Such freewheeling usage has perhaps prompted many a CEO (or future CEO) to launch into a global plan or strategy without proper consideration of the demands and dynamics of the international marketplace. Many would-be globetrotters neglect the acquisition of language skills, knowledge of foreign trade and tax laws, accounting standards, etc., all of which are necessary to effectively “go global.” Superficial knowledge only leads to failure.

This has, indeed, happened, and while there is no doubt that neglecting to capture the gains achievable in overseas markets is equally suicidal, misguided attempts at competing globally (along with rapidly developing opportunities in the global marketplace) have placed a dramatic premium on individuals who take the time to properly train themselves in international business. For me, the Columbia MBA is a significant component of this training.

I foresee my own career moving in the direction of European/American business, initially from an advisory perspective (i.e. investment banking or consulting) and ultimately from a leadership role within a manufacturing entity, preferably a start-up venture. This prophecy, in part, has evolved from my past experiences in western and eastern Europe which, in turn, have formed my opinions about certain opportunities that should emerge in the future: there should be, with a good degree of certainty, immense windfall gains and comparative advantages for US-trained/thinking business leaders and managers in the European markets in the coming years. This foresight along with my personal entrepreneurial bent and an affinity for finance will play a large role in the evolution of my career.

There is a theory that states that students who travel and study overseas return greatly transformed in outlook and perspective. I am no different, and it is easy to imagine how witnessing first-hand the revolutions in Eastern Europe (while studying in Budapest in the fall of 1989) would impact my future plans. The overall ramifications of the fall of the “Red Empire” were at that time to me quite apparent (i.e. the end of the bi-polar global political structure, etc.), and it was quite obvious that lacking any kind of international capabilities (languages, experience, etc.) would greatly hinder anyone’s career in the long run. Therefore, since graduating in 1991, I have tried to maintain a balance of technical knowledge accumulation and international work experience. Thus far, I think I have been quite successful.

My year at Kidder, Peabody had its compulsory eighty-hour weeks which, indeed, provided a solid technical foundation in corporate finance and capital markets. However, the scope of the company was somewhat limited internationally, hence my job change to Deutsche Girozentrale -Deutsche Kommunalbank- (street name, “DGZ”) in Frankfurt, Germany. This was a career shift that was a bit off the beaten path but was international and provided excellent exposure to the European capital markets and to the internal management/corporate culture of a staunch and traditional German institution. The job was also naturally conducive to achieving full-fluency in German. My current position has allowed for a continuum of international corporate finance exposure (about 90% of Vereinsbank’s clients are central or eastern European) as well as solid technical and quantitative training in corporate finance.

Over the course of my experiences both in the US and Europe I have made a discovery that, while nothing new, creates a macro rationale for my career plans. As most of us know, there exists today a seemingly unalterable persistence of bureaucracy, risk-aversion and time consuming decision making procedures amongst European enterprises, a fundamental difference to their aggressive American counterparts. For any American-trained business leader, this represents an opportunity. The now-ending world recession in tandem with rapidly increasing global competition (both of which, incidentally, have prompted a restructuring of US industry) has forced European governments to strongly consider more open markets. That’s also nothing new. However, it seems that the recession was not long enough to force a concurrent inward reflection amongst European business leaders. As a result, many European private sector entities have maintained their bureaucratic habits, but ultimately face increased competition in their own domestic markets. Unfortunately for them, they are losing and should continue to lose (the recent utter domination of US investment banks in Germany over the long-standing domestic “superbanks” as a result of the recent liberation of the financial markets is a case in point).

This is, obviously, an opportunity. As more and more Europeans continue their tradition of bureaucracy management, there will be an ever-increasing demand for US-trained business operators (who, by the way, traditionally perform well in laizes fairre market environments) as more and more international companies (US and non-US) move into Europe. My objective is to capitalize on this opportunity.

However, just from simple observation, I have discovered that an MBA provides a distinct advantage over those without. There is an analytical nature inherent to MBA’s which I believe is duplicable only by committing two years to the academic study of business. And, in light of my international bent, there is no doubting that Columbia is quite appropriate for my purposes.

My father once told me, “life, like baseball, is a game of inches. So practice, practice, practice before stepping onto the field, life included.” I guess he meant prepare before embarking upon the real thing. The MBA, for me, would be a source of “practice, practice, practice,” and based on my observations of Columbia MBAs in action and on the reputation of the school internationally, a Columbia MBA would be perfect “spring training,” so to speak...

sadness
05-12-2005, 06:19 AM
ESSAY: (Two Accomplishments)


1) OK, I’ll admit it -- my college experience was no piece of cake. In fact, I think I had it harder than most others I knew at UCLA. Most others came from wealth. So did I, sort of. My family was known for its wealth of knowledge. Unfortunately, the invisible hand of the free market does not handsomely reward intellect for intellectualism’s sake. More specifically, my father was a high school and college instructor, and although he was quite gifted intellectually, didn’t make enough to help me out through school. He did, unfortunately, earn enough for me not to qualify for many state grants. I was, as my contemporary peers put it, in the “gray area”.

Having been rudely awakened to the idea that I would be financing the vast majority of my education, I opted for the “first two years at cheap university, last two years at expensive university” plan, instead of entering UCLA as a freshmen as I had originally intended. In the long run, however, this did not hinder my chances of success at UCLA or otherwise. In fact, I think it enhanced it.

As anybody’s granddad tells him or her at a young age, there is nothing like spending a dollar that you’ve earned on your own. Likewise, graduating at the top of your class at a world class university and paying for it on your own, to boot, evokes a similar feeling. I also pegged a very lucrative job as a GIC broker my junior year and managed my own real estate business my last two years of college. Upon graduation, I was one of four graduates at UCLA that year to receive an offer from a “bulge bracket” investment banking firm. Having done all this and having maintained over a 3.9 grade point average while paying for nearly 90% of my academic costs does, indeed, make me proud. I think anyone in my shoes would feel the same.

2) Languages are curious creatures. Unlike any other knowledge or skill which improves with learning intensity, languages require time, lots of time. That means that while one may learn the nuances of Chinese history in one night of cramming, learning a foreign language requires a bit by bit learning and cognative assimilation process that, for those of us who are impatient, can be quite frustrating. One can’t “cram” a language.

Now, as many of us know, Germans are known for their long vacations. One late August while at DGZ, my immediate superior who, with me, covered Scandanavia (and Northern Germany, from time to time) was on a four-week vacation. During his absence one of our German clients needed to issue a Schuldscheindarlehen, a type of German fixed-income financing instrument. This was fine and dandy, but, unfortunately, our client spoke only German, and I was left to conduct the entire transaction (including documentation). The transaction lasted a couple of weeks, involved an interest rate swap, and was, without a doubt, one of my most challenging career experiences to date. The success, however, did not derive from closing the transaction as would seem on the surface. Indeed, of greater significance was the fact that I had actually mastered and conquered the German language.

Big deal, you say? Lots of folks learn foreign languages, right? But, impatient ones rarely do -- it’s against their nature, and I include myself amongst them. So although to the outside observer this may seem a bit hum drum (especially to consider as one of my two most admirable successes), the mastering of the German language is truly a triumph and one that only I and my easily-frustrated self will ever truly appreciate.

sadness
05-12-2005, 06:20 AM
ESSAY: (Personal Failure)


My parents divorced when I was two years old. After some judicial haggling (or so I’ve been told), I ended up with my father and consequently rarely knew my mother. Despite this rather unorthodox family setting, my dad and I had one of those father/son relationships that one might see idealized on television; he coached my little league teams, taught me to drive, the works. To me, my father was my family and, what I liked to coin many years later, my “backstop”.

A couple of months after I left for my first year of college, my father and I had a falling out. If I remember correctly, it involved a speeding ticket. In any case, my dad and I did not speak to one another at all after that lethal day in November, despite his repeated attempts to contact me.

You see, one thing that my father lacked was ambition; as a California hippie in the 1960’s, my dad maintained many of the 60’s ideologies of peace, love and understanding. In other words, the establishment, rules, and the conventional way of doing things he avoided adamantly. For some reason, growing up, I grew to resent this. In fact, it angered me so much that after an argument that hit the very nerve of this resentment, I swore to make it on my own.

After all, I was focused. I had my career to take care of. I had my studies, my athletic activities, my money making schemes, my clubs, my fraternities -- I had my future in front of me. I, indeed, intended to make up for years of ambition that my father squandered. But a couple of years later upon arriving back to my room after my last final exam before Christmas, I received a message that my father had died of a heart attack. My “backstop” was gone.

As mentioned elsewhere in this application, I am stubborn. I sometimes allow my belief in my own correctness to do more harm than good. Most times, I don’t realize it. In this case, the realization of my stubbornness was like a brick in the face. I had allowed my own goals, objectives and beliefs to come between myself and probably the most important and influential individual my life has seen, and, to this day, I only regret it.

Undoubtedly ambition is always commendable. Blind ambition with neglect of humanism, however, only leads to dismay. By looking to boldly forge my future, I forgot my father, my family. Sew the seeds of life and happiness, despite what society deems as the norm of such matters. This I forgot. This I learned

sadness
05-12-2005, 06:20 AM
ESSAY: (Extracurricular Activity)


Europe is a small place in terms of land area. It, however, has an immense history. At times, these two simple facts clash as the reality of progress and historical progression sets in within many European cities. The end result is that while Europe is littered with historical monuments, the private sector calls for additional space for growth. Europe, however, has only so much space to go around -- something has to give.

Now, I am a bit of a history buff, and I have always tended to side with the preservation of historical monuments in the face of progress. During my sixteen-month residence in Frankfurt I joined an organization called Verein zur Pflege der Frankfurter Tradition e.V which is devoted to preserving the handful of historical monuments in the Frankfurt area. I had originally joined it with an interest in discussions about German history with Germans directly (something, you might guess, Germans rarely do), but later discovered that the organization was a sort of militant group of Hessens storming around the region demonstrating against private acquisitions of historically significant properties. Considering my personal beliefs about the free market and where it should and should not be appropriately utilized, I became heavily involved in the group’s activities.

The Union was organized into sub-committees which were to oversee resistance against the demise of specific monuments. After assimilating myself in the organization for some few months, I was elected to oversee the committee which was to focus on preventing a private entrepreneur from buying and converting into a casino/restaurant the Sachsenhausner Warte, a building which was the southernmost outpost of the Franks who inhabited the area some 1000 years ago.

Over the course of eight months, I oversaw a group of seven to ten individuals. We demonstrated, gathered signatures, filed petitions, and ultimately presented the topic before the German version of the City Council. Although the matter is under further discussions by local officials, I was recently informed that the Warte still stands -- unconverted.

sadness
05-12-2005, 06:21 AM
ESSAY: (Optional)


I am a native Californian, yet have lived all over the world. I speak foreign tongues, yet am quite American in nature and thinking. I possess the ruthlessness of a free-marketeer, yet the humility of a good standing Irish-catholic. It may, therefore, come as no surprise that I view myself as unique -- who doesn’t. But, unlike many of my counterparts, my uniqueness derives not from a particular uniqueness, but indeed, from a lack of uniqueness, a balance.

As has become prevalent since the Cold War bound us against a common enemy, many of us have retreated to our own particular unique qualities. We are either “something - American”, from poverty, a foreigner, pro-life or representative of some other specific niche. Global leaders, global unifiers of the 21st century will not be from niche groups, but representative of the whole, able to relate to people from all walks of life. Leaders, today more than ever, must be able to satiate the needs of the extremes, the voices of the many few as well as identify with a more diverse populace.

I come from a background that has taken me from rather humble beginnings in a poor urban setting in Los Angeles to New York and Europe. I have lived, walked and shared life with wealthy as well as poor, black as well as white, foreign as well as American. I have risen from the poorer areas of California to the wealthy areas of Manhattan and have survived and adapted along the way. The end result has been a life experience that allows me to understand the rites and morays of all levels of society. I can wine and dine the captains of industry, drink beer and shoot pool with steel workers.

My achievements are obvious, as is indicated in other sections of this application. But if I could lay claim to my greatest achievement it would be the understanding of people. Put yourself in their shoes and act accordingly. This has been advantageous for me professionally as well as personally.

With the end of the Cold War and the ever-increasing emphasis on economic power over political power, now more than ever-private sector leaders will bear more and more burden for social responsibility. The era has come for a new business leader: aware of profit maximization yet equally aware of the community in which he operates. Increasing competition will prompt governments to free up markets to allow for increased competitiveness for their domestic enterprises. It will then be up to enterprises to assume the role of self-policing its activities, environmentally, ethically. As a result, business leaders must be objective yet political.

phucle
05-12-2005, 03:59 PM
troi too much be aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa` it hurts muh bo*` rain

sadness
05-13-2005, 09:34 AM
O hiểu chú Phuc nói gì nữa.

phucle
05-13-2005, 10:05 AM
O hiểu chú Phuc nói gì nữa.
Be gioi tieng anh wa di, post ra nhieu wa lam chu doc muon khung luon aaaaaaaaaaa

GioLanh
05-13-2005, 10:52 PM
To me, a personal letter describes specifically your personal reasons to be in grad school.
If U do not have some personal reasons to fill up the letter then do not write it.
If U finish undergrad, U have enough ability to write an essay. And don't worry, the reader is not an English prof.
I've read a lot of personal letters from interviewees and I can detect that someone just makes up something or it's his/her true personal reasons ...

sadness
05-14-2005, 06:30 AM
This is just samples for people who does not know where to start. I did not suggest them to just copy and paste.

sadness
05-14-2005, 06:31 AM
thì chú đọc từ từ đi, ai kêu đọc nhanh chi cho bị khùng :D
Be gioi tieng anh wa di, post ra nhieu wa lam chu doc muon khung luon aaaaaaaaaaa

phucle
05-14-2005, 09:29 AM
Be oi dich gium chu ra tieng viet di, chu hong ranh tieng anh muh be post dzi sao chu doc duoccccccccc

sadness
05-16-2005, 09:11 AM
kiếm lộn người rồi chú ơi...tiếng việt thì con không rành mà tiếng anh con củng bí nên không biết dịch đâu. Kiếm người khác đi :hair:

phucle
05-16-2005, 02:03 PM
kiếm lộn người rồi chú ơi...tiếng việt thì con không rành mà tiếng anh con củng bí nên không biết dịch đâu. Kiếm người khác đi :hair:
Be xao ke waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa di :D Ngoan chay lai day dich gium chu di ne, ngoan di chu thuong cho keo. an sung' rang cho*i :D

sadness
05-17-2005, 05:23 AM
xạo hồi nào, năm nào tháng nào?
Okay, muon dịch chữ gì, nói rồi đó, dịch sai ráng chịu :writing:

phucle
05-17-2005, 09:53 AM
xạo hồi nào, năm nào tháng nào?
Okay, muon dịch chữ gì, nói rồi đó, dịch sai ráng chịu :writing:
Be de thuong wa muazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :D
Okie be dich gium chu cai nay ne:

Personal Background

Everyone was Korean in Seoul. No one was Korean in Prichard. Motorcycles and mopeds crammed Seoul's roads. Trees and flowers lined Prichard's streets. In cosmopolitan Seoul, I was a favorite son showered with attention from a large circle of extended family. In suburban Prichard, knowing no one but my parents, I was the only Asian child in the neighborhood. Indeed immigrating to the U.S. from Korea and settling down in a suburb of Mobile as a twelve-year old child dramatically changed my life. Uprooted from the people I knew and the things I was used to, I felt lonely, helpless, and uncomfortable in my new surroundings. However, I redirected the negative feelings into a force of strength that propelled me to excel in academics. Furthermore, the immigrant experience gave me adaptation skills that helped me as a foreign exchange student in Japan and as a businessman working with people of different cultures and backgrounds.

Pampered materially and nurtured emotionally in Seoul, I lived with relatives close by and a helping hand available whenever I needed it. My school, while stiflingly competitive and committed to regular doses of corporal punishment, presented a system which I understood and was familiar with. Although the neighborhood lacked open areas, it was a close-knit community where children addressed the lady next door as "aunt" and housewives frequently shared recipes. I was completely at home, ethnically, linguistically, and in every other respect.

My new life in Prichard contrasted sharply with my old one in Seoul. The neighborhood, while serene, lacked the extended support network of friends and family I had back home. School frustrated and demoralized me because I had learned only the first fourteen letters of the English alphabet and a few basic words before our arrival. After a fourteen-hour workday in the family restaurant, my exhausted parents were unable to help me. Further compounding my difficulties, I experienced racial bigotry for the first time in my life. Ethnic slurs and insults, which I managed to understand with rapidity, made me painfully aware I was different from others.

In the face of these obstacles, I started to question the purpose behind immigrating to the U.S. Seeing my parents' exhausted silhouettes seven times a week, I began to understand the motivation behind the move that forever altered my life: a chance at a brighter future in the U.S. Because no one could help us, we had to help ourselves. Armed with this reinvigorating realization, I began to hoist myself out of loneliness, helplessness, and discomfort.

Since my school did not offer remedial English classes for immigrant students, I began studying with only the help of an English-Korean dictionary. Although I was focused and determined, streams of below average grades accompanied my first year in school. Nonetheless, by expending two to three times the effort of others, I started to notice signs of improvement. A well-timed vote of confidence came from my seventh-grade reading instructor, Mr. John Smith. In his class, the highest possible grade — a B — was given to only one student per school year. Aiming for that coveted prize, I managed to improve my grades from a D in the first semester to the B in the final semester. At the year-end award ceremony, Mr. Smith specifically commended my achievement in front of the student body. While I received many other academic accolades in later years, no one validated my efforts and boosted my self-confidence more than that short yet significant praise.

Although it has been fourteen years since I arrived in Prichard, the immigrant experience has strengthened my character in ways that will be professionally and socially beneficial for years to come. As an immigrant child, I learned how to transition from one culture to another. This skill helped me when I had to make that transition again as a foreign exchange student in Japan. Additionally, having experienced the degradation of ethnic bigotry, I have learned to be sensitive toward different people and cultures.

sadness
05-17-2005, 10:57 AM
oh chỉ vậy thôi sao...cái đó simply mean là "mày làm ơn nhận tao vô học trường của mày đi, nếu không sẻ bị đục phù mỏ". DONE :encore:

phucle
05-17-2005, 04:02 PM
oh chỉ vậy thôi sao...cái đó simply mean là "mày làm ơn nhận tao vô học trường của mày đi, nếu không sẻ bị đục phù mỏ". DONE :encore:
wowwwwwwww be gioi wa di, whole bunch vay muh be dich ra co may chu~ a wowwwwwwww muazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :D

sadness
05-20-2005, 08:49 AM
hihhiih, nói rồi không nghe thì show cho biết đó :D

phucle
05-20-2005, 02:53 PM
be gioi wa di, chay lai day chu cho cuc keo an sung rang ne :D

Don
05-21-2005, 09:06 PM
Be' Sadness hun du~ wua' ta oi.....:).