I Am A Very Lucky Person

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I believe I’m a very lucky person. As soon as I finished my 11th grade in my home country, Vietnam, my parent have given me an opportunity to study abroad in America and that was probably one of the best thing happened in my life. I was started as an exchange student and chosen to study in Florida, the state of sunshine, due to a generous American host family adopted me as their host-son. The moment I started my study journey in America, I immediately fascinated by how the education system works in US. Everything is very informative and based on practical things instead of just by words written on books. I got to do tons of fun experiments in chemistry lab and several engaging debates in history. All the teachers from my high school were super friendly and they were really excited when I asked them a question and always tried their best to make me understand despite the language barrier. Thanks to them, I started to really enjoy studying in the U.S and made some good friends during my time in high school at Florida. I received 4.0 GPA during my junior year in Imagine High School at North Port and managed to get A(s) on all of my AP classes. I was student of the month twice in high school and honored to receive volunteer of the month in Shelter for Homeless People in North Port, Florida. I also managed to keep in touch with many teachers in my high school when I left and they still send me notes on how others international student remind them of me. However, since my high school only provided K to 11 system when I was there, I have to transfer into another school in order to continue my study and that is when I moved to Washington State. Moving was scary at first because it was the first time I lived without any nurture from famil... ... middle of paper ... ...aught me so many important things that I need in order to live and study in America. At the moment, I’m taking a break from school and doing OPT (Optional Practical Training) to have more experience with the real world. I got to meet so many people from the jobs that I’m doing and I’m glad that I made this decision. Nonetheless, university is still a really important matter that I need to focus on and University of Washington (U.W) has been one of my favorite school since I moved to the US. At first, it was just because how beauty the campus is, then I met a lot of terrific people from U.W and they told me so many good things about school such as how good the professor are, how well-equipped the library is etc.. That is why I immediately apply to the university because I really want to become a part of the university that shaped all these wonderful people I’ve met.

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