Business Administration Major: Personal Statement

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Personal Statement
I plan to pursue a career in human resource management which UCSD does not offer a major or program that is specific to such a career path. Yonsei University’s business administration major, will help me greatly in pursuing my goals. Under their program, I will be able to expand my knowledge on organizational behavior. Additionally, being a psychology major, I am interested in how people from other cultures think, and studying abroad will allow me to catch a glimpse of a perspective I’m not exposed to in the U.S.
Aside from the courses specific to my career, I am more eager to hunt for real-life internships in real-life company settings that are available at Yonsei. Landing such an internship in the U.S. will look good to …show more content…

Many of these experiences impacted my decision to study abroad. For one, because I lived in a Hispanic populated neighborhood, I decided to take Spanish in high school. After my first year, I had attended a service at an elementary school and was able to converse shortly with one of the student’s parent in Spanish. The feeling of accomplishment from using the language and being able to interact with someone from a different culture encouraged me to take Spanish for two more years. Another time, during one of my last services in a nursing home, a Korean lady had said something. I felt helpless that I couldn’t understand her, because what if she had needed something, so her words were engrained in my mind until this day. That helplessness led me to take on Korean in college, where I learned that the lady had complimented my scarf, and further my studies of the culture in Korea. Although I haven’t partaken in a lot of community service this past year, I will be volunteering at a high school throughout the week this …show more content…

Coming from a family with only one parent having a stable paying job means that either my mom had to overwork herself or I had to step up and take responsibility for my own bills. I chose the latter because I didn’t want to burden and exhaust my mom for the price of my education. That is why, from my first quarter in college, I have worked to help pay off loans, rent, books, and other expenses. However, the minimum wage pay barely sufficed for my first year; I had still found myself asking my mom for money for food or materials. Thus, I applied to be a student lead within my job, but that came with extra hours. With the extra hours, there was less time to study, I was crammed for time, and I got sick almost every week which eventually led me to drop a class and resulted in a poor performance in my last quarter. Even then, I can’t quit because I need this job so that I would be able to attend school without any financial burden. I do have some money saved, but it wouldn’t be enough to fund my study abroad. With any amount of assistance, I would be able to worry less about money, focus on my studies, and enjoy the cultural experience while I’m

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