Hi everyone!
Mi name is Carlos, i'm from Chile and i need to write a motivational letter for an exchange program at the University of Lund in Sweden. This is the first time i have to write something like it, and i really need some help. I will apreciate a lot any help you guys can give me.
Thanks a lot everyone.
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Dear
Sir or Madam,
I would
like to apply for one semester as an exchange student at Lund University. I
found information about this exchange agreement at the exchange student
department at the Universidad de Chile.
I was born
in Santigo in 1984, and I’ve live there ever since. In 2002 I applied for a six
years program at the Engineering Faculty at the Universidad de Chile, and in
2004 I took the mechanical engineering choice.
During
elementary and high school, I learned basic english. In the University I took
all the english courses offered, but I realized that the level you get in a
classroom wasn’t enought. So I joined a group of volunteers, to recieve and
help people from other countries who comes to Chile for studing and turism and since
then my english skills has become very high and i have had the chance to met
people from many different cultures.
I have been
interested in spending a semester as an exchange student since I began
University. At the begining of this year I took the TOEFL test getting very
good marks (257 CBT), and i got accepted at the exchange student department of my
University. I decided to Lund University for several reasons. On one hand, your
institution has great quality stardarts and it’s recognized for producing
outstanding graduates on aplied sciences. On the other, i found that the
courses offered were not just a lot, but they were also really interesting. I
realized that a lot of these courses didn’t even exists in my country and that
some of them could be really positive for my formation as an engineer.
Finally, as
a person who loves to get to know different cultures I consider this exchange
oportunity as the most beautiful experience I can have, not only for the
beautiful cities and places, but because Sweden is an example to follow for
those who lives in developing countries like me.
There is no
education without experience they say, for me, this is the best learning
experience I could have.
Thank
you for taking your time in considering my application. I look forward
to your positive response.
Yours sincerely
Carlos Flores