As an individual living in the Far East without English as its primary language, nothing has affected my life’s direction more than my decision to pursue secondary education in the United States. Coming from a mid- working class family in a community that has common hopes and aspirations borne out of building lives and careers in the comfort of my native country, it was a big decision for me to leave all of these things behind to pursue a potentially difficult life without friends or family in a distant land that I have only previously seen in Western movies. As I’ve learned, real life is not exactly as it happens in American cinema, but I constantly wondered what it would be like to live in the Great West.
My drive for ambition, career success and thirst for competition, however, proved to be far greater than a desire for a life of safe comfort, and so I finally arrived at the difficult choice of leaving for America. For one thing, I’ll never really know just how hard it is or what life really is like in the States away from everything if I don’t try it out myself. This realization of a need for a first hand experience is what ultimately led me to decide my fate and leave the land of my heritage.
I enrolled in a college university where I had to balance learning in an all-English environment with adjusting to the realities of living in a foreign land. Although my grades weren’t as exemplary as those I had been used to, I realized later on that these marks are something to be even more proud of since they were the result of hard work, determination and a drive to prove myself and what I was capable of doing in this new place.
I have definitely come to love this new place that I now call home, complete with all its socio-cultural diversities and rich heritage. Thus, it is my greatest hope and dream to further pursue my studies here at ____ University under the business administration program. A degree in business administration serves to further increase my desire for future career success by instilling the qualities and skill sets that a future leader is required of. This desire continues to fuel my passion for the high caliber education that only a well-respected university can provide, and it is this passion that, up to this day, has been driving me to excel in all aspects of my continued education here in the United States.
I have always been grateful for the fate that has been given me, and would definitely take the great risk once again if I were given the chance.
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