Hello!
I am applying for a Master program and this is my Motivation Letter. I have to send it already and is
it OK to send it like that?
Please!! I need your help!! I would be very thankful if you read it! I would like to hear your opinions and
comments.
Thank you in advance! 
Dear Madam or Sir,
I am hereby applying for the Master of Science in Y program at the X University for the 2008 fall term.
Being a daughter of an entrepreneur who is running an export company
for the past 15 years, my inclination towards business began from an
early age. As a child I often went with my father to his office and
spent hours watching how he was working, talking with colleagues and
negotiating. At the age of sixteen, I began to assist him to deal with
family business and accompanied him in business meetings. These
experiences instilled in me the desire to own and manage my own
business someday and from then on I was determined to place the
education and my future career in the center of my life.
Taking my interest further in my secondary education, I obtained a
qualification in the profession of Organizer of Small and Medium
Business. There have been a number of Management and Economic Exercises
where I have been able to share knowledge, experience, responsibilities
and to gain entrepreneurial and practical business skills. One example
would be my participation in the National Online Competition Virtual
Enterprise of the economic education organization Junior Achievement.
It was a computer-simulated program in which I was a part of a team and
we had to make production and marketing decisions for an imaginary
product, considering a simulated economic situation. During the
simulation, we decided on pricing, the amount to produce, the marketing
budget, capital investment, and research and development spending.
Although we did not win the competition, this program helped me to
understand business, value free enterprise and be workforce ready for
the challenges of the market in Bulgaria as a member of the European
Union. I was also fascinated of how business and commerce work and I
developed a sound interest in economics.
Hence, the prospect of intensifying my knowledge of these fields let me
to the second step – enrollment in a Bachelor’s degree program in
Economics with specialization in Trade in the Z University. Throughout
my bachelor years I had plenty of opportunities and experiences that
helped me hone my qualities and open my mind to new horizons. Having
participated in many assignments, both independently and as a part of a
team, I feel confident about tackling unfamiliar problems. The project
I worked on, about the bankruptcy of the *** company is one of the
assignments I have applied my quantitative and conceptual skills to
analyze business problems and gave innovative solution ideas. I had to
make an independent research about the cause of the failure, to analyze
the information and to give assumptions about the possible outcomes of
the situation. This project helped me understand the necessity of good
organisation structures, and appreciate the significance of systems
that work well. Due to the project I developed, also the presentation I
made, I was awarded with an excellent mark an exemption from the final
exam. Essentially or Generally, my education thus far has given me
valuable insights into the environment in which companies operate - how
they affect this environment and are affected by it. It also has given
me a certain set of skills, confidence and desire to succeed in my
further education.
I have a work experience, that further enhance my qualifications for
this program. In my work as an administrative assistant in the
Association of Advertising Agencies (AAA) , I participated in the
organisation of six in total National Advertising Forums and Festivals
as a project manager. My work entailed allocating the duties in the
team, coordinating the tasks and controlling the whole event, with
guest, reaching total number from 500 people at the Forums, to 1200 at
the Festival. The running of these events, (handling with a wide range
of problems), has strengthened my organisation and problem-solving
skills. The work at AAA has taught me to communicate effectively, to be
a good team-player and to work accurately under pressure.
My travelings throughout Europe and my participation in the Work and
Travel Program in USA, have enhanced my self-confidence and
independence. My ability to integrate easily in foreign communities has
provided me with the confidence to anticipate and even enjoy challenges
abroad – a capability that could only benefit my future endeavors.
Pursuing a Master’s degree in YY I will be able to fulfill my career
ambitions. My immediate goal after completing my Master program is to
work in the company, established by my father, and help him developing
it further by reaching much greater heights in scope, expanse and
technology. This will allow me to gain enough exposure to the business
and to apply my skills and knowledge in a real working environment. It
will be also a valuable experience, needed to achieve my long-term
career goal - building my own market-leading export company. To
accomplish this goals, however, I must further enhance my learning of
the necessary strategic management issues, which will provide me with a
global perspective, that every manager and entrepreneur mush have. My
education will be a valuable necessity in my plans of moving the
company to the next level.
Moreover, Bulgaria became a member of the European Union and as an EU
country, there is a need of knowledgeable professionals who will assist
the country in handling the requirements of the Union. I would like to
be a part of that process as future entrepreneur and manager of own
company. (Therefore, as a future entrepreneur and manager of my own
export-oriented company, a priority for me is to support to the
national efforts of my country to integrate our economy into the
European and global one. – shall I remove this sentence)
With the graduate degree and the knowledge from your institution I will be able to fully realize my professional goals.
I am confident that I have the necessary combination of
self-motivation, background, personality and academic knowledge to
succeed in the Master’s degree program.