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"international affairs and gender studies" - Common App - Reasons for transferring


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Jan 7, 2011   #1
Please provide a statement (250 words minimum) that addresses your reasons for transferring and the objectives you hope to achieve.

One of my long-term goals is to pursue my passion for international affairs and gender studies throughout my career. Participating in many extracurricular activities provided me with understanding of and some first-hand experience in these two areas. However, I'm determined to bring my interests to a new, academic level by transferring and then pursuing a master's and doctor's degree. Therefore, transferring and changing my major from international marketing to international affairs and gender studies is a crucial step in this process.

I would like to transfer to a college with rigorous and competitive liberal arts programs, which would allow both breadth and depth in my course of studies and help me prepare for serious academic work lying ahead of me. I have chosen specific colleges in the United States because I think they will provide me with sufficient individual liberty and a lot of opportunities to engage with other cultures. For me, individual liberty is an essential aspect of education, since it contributes to students' maturity by allowing them to make their own choices and insures individual approach to everyone, so that each student is given a chance to develop his or her unique talents and abilities. I believe the experience of cross-cultural communication is another important aspect of my education because it is indispensable for an expert in international affairs.

After graduation, I would like to utilize my knowledge and skills in my work for non-profit think tanks and intergovernmental organizations, such as United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and other entities. I see these and similar organizations as a place where I can realize my full potential and make a real impact while researching and actually doing something about the issues I deeply care about.
EF_Kevin 8 / 13,321 129  
Jan 11, 2011   #2
One of my long-term goals is to pursue my passion for international affairs and gender studies throughout my career.---I don't think this is a goal. It is an interest. A goal is something you hope to change in the world. You would have a stronger intro if you really expressed a goal you want to achieve. The sentence can still tell the reader you want to get into into IR and gender studies, but it could express an interest in using these fields to achieve a pragmatic goal.

...and ensures individual approach to everyone, so that each student is...

...work for non-profit think tanks and intergovernmental organizations, such as ----I think this is the most important part of the essay. Read some articles about work being done in one of these organizations, and cite the article. The more recent the article, the better. That is a good way to impress the reader.

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