A Motivation Letter for a European University
Hi everyone,
I'm supposed to write a motivation letter for a European university. I was born in the US but live in France and haven't had to write in English for a while. I've never written a motivation letter and can't really understand the difference between a motivation letter and a statement of purpose.
Please look it over and let me know what really needs to be changed, and if you can help with my whole motivation letter/statement of purpose confusion I'd would be ever so grateful.
I sat by myself in the Xxxx course with my head in my notebook, doodling idly before class began. I was only one year away from graduating from university and there I was: unchallenged, without direction, and quite frankly, utterly bored. Education had never been difficult for me, but finding what I wanted out of life was proving to be the opposite. The professor walked in and began to hand back the last graded assignment, but attached to my assignment was something else. It was information for a study abroad program in xxxxx dealing with sustainable development and a note that read “I think that you should take a look at this”. What I was about to discover was a connection between culture and environmental development that has fascinated me ever since.
In December 2007, one semester early, I graduated from the xxxxxx with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology. Not only was I admitted to the Honors College, but I also graduated Summa Cum Laude. In addition, I participated in a study abroad program in Senegal that was focused on sustainable development, and later used this experience as a basis for my undergraduate thesis. The semester I graduated I was able to present my thesis “xxxxx” publicly, and submit a copy to the xxxxxxx library for use by future students or faculty.
When I graduated, however, I still had doubts about the next step. Not having a certain idea of what I wanted to do in the future, I had not even applied to graduate school. Writing a statement of
I'm supposed to write a motivation letter for a European university. I was born in the US but live in France and haven't had to write in English for a while. I've never written a motivation letter and can't really understand the difference between a motivation letter and a statement of purpose.
Please look it over and let me know what really needs to be changed, and if you can help with my whole motivation letter/statement of purpose confusion I'd would be ever so grateful.
I sat by myself in the Xxxx course with my head in my notebook, doodling idly before class began. I was only one year away from graduating from university and there I was: unchallenged, without direction, and quite frankly, utterly bored. Education had never been difficult for me, but finding what I wanted out of life was proving to be the opposite. The professor walked in and began to hand back the last graded assignment, but attached to my assignment was something else. It was information for a study abroad program in xxxxx dealing with sustainable development and a note that read “I think that you should take a look at this”. What I was about to discover was a connection between culture and environmental development that has fascinated me ever since.
In December 2007, one semester early, I graduated from the xxxxxx with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology. Not only was I admitted to the Honors College, but I also graduated Summa Cum Laude. In addition, I participated in a study abroad program in Senegal that was focused on sustainable development, and later used this experience as a basis for my undergraduate thesis. The semester I graduated I was able to present my thesis “xxxxx” publicly, and submit a copy to the xxxxxxx library for use by future students or faculty.
When I graduated, however, I still had doubts about the next step. Not having a certain idea of what I wanted to do in the future, I had not even applied to graduate school. Writing a statement of