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and sharing what you think about education abroad.

and today I have a guest - Walker

who is from the United States

and today we're going to discuss motivation letters

this is one of the most important aspects when you apply to university

and I've gone through this process

I wrote 6 motivation letters

because I applied to 6 universities

and I know it plays an amazing role in the application process

We're going to discuss top 5 things you need to consider

when writing a motivation letter.

So Walker, could you please introduce yourself?

I'm American living in Russia

Phd in Asian Relation studies from the University of Pensilvania

We start in America learning about motivation letters

when we're getting ready to go in a camp

My friend in New York said that their daugher who is 11

has had to write her first motivation letter to go into a private school.

As much as we all hate doing it

it's an essential part of life and

it's selling yourself

and showing yourself as individual who's capable of doing something

basic part of American culture

and something that is spread in the application process

around the world and

something that any english-language University will require

and many others

The most important things

about a motivation letter

is that you look at it as being part of the entire package

of your documents which you submit

so when you gather these documets together

you've got your exam scores

for your field

or whatever discipline you're entering into

you've got your diploma

and your grades

and your marks

and then you have this other part

application

and sometimes this letter is attached to

And the most detailed thing about you as individual

is often going to be in this application

where they ask questions like "Why do you want to go here?"

"what experience do you have?""Do you have work experience?"

"what sorts of hobbies do you have?"

"What languages do you speak?"

All of these things are in the application.

Many students make a mistake when they're preparing these letters

as they use the application as the basis for the letter

They end repeting it

repeating half of what they wrote in the letter

what you need to look at is

look first at the whole documents

and imagine that this person in the admission commetee

is looking at you and only

knows you from these documents.

If you imagine yourself as a character

that's only knows from this - what's missing?

what is where about you that is not in this package?

Your voice is missing actually

because you have numbers and diplomas

but you don't have your voice.

Many universities have very detailed application

questions

that are part of the application

and in that case you need to talk about something else

in the letter

Make sure that the letter is something that supliments

the application and doesn't repeat it

so it has new information.

The second thing is really important

you get a picture and it's written precisely

to the audience

that is going to be reading.

a piace of writing

and that the people who are there

who are on this commetee

are going to be attracted by this document

to you

as a person

and this is distinguish to

a lot of where you're going

if you're going into BA program

or you're younger student

they're principally interested in you as a person

and in you as a potential

adult

and so it's very important to talk about your hobbies

show yourself as being a rounded person

that's a common adjective - a well rounded person

but if you're going into Master's or Doctor's program

they're interested to know exactly how you're prepared

and why you're interested in this particular program

in this particular field.