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&lt;P&gt;Dear Sir or Madam, ( Is -&amp;nbsp; most distinguished Ladys and Gentlemen or To Whom it May Concern... - better? &lt;FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;No!&amp;nbsp; But if you have a name, use the personâs name&lt;/FONT&gt;)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;I am writing to apply as an exchange student for the Sculpture Program at the National Academy of Arts for the winter semester 2007/08. I am an Austrian student attending my fourth semester of fine Arts, majoring in&amp;nbsp;âSculpture â Transmedial Spaceâ studies at the University of Arts and &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;I&lt;/FONT&gt;ndustrial Design in Linz, Austria. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;know&lt;/FONT&gt; that the experience of studying abroad &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;will help me to&lt;/FONT&gt; develop myself and &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;to&lt;/FONT&gt; improve my knowledge. It has been&amp;nbsp;my ambition to study at the National Academy for &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;the [or of ]&lt;/FONT&gt; Arts in Sophia since I first saw your website four months ago. The &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;university&lt;/FONT&gt; program in Sofia &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;is&lt;/FONT&gt; structured differently from my university's&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;,&lt;/FONT&gt; and&amp;nbsp;that is one reason for my decision and my interest in&amp;nbsp;applying&amp;nbsp;to your academy. For example, we do not have the opportunity&amp;nbsp;to work with materials like stone or bronze, and &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;we do not have such a clear focus on the natural world as the starting point for studies&lt;/FONT&gt;. &amp;nbsp;nor are our studies are based on the study of nature &lt;EM&gt;[this clause reads a little strangely - what do you mean here? Life drawing?](I do not know how do describe it in English â I do not mean Life drawing- I mean we do not have nature as example,&amp;nbsp; ideal or model for our works- we are not working in the tradition of naturalism â I do not find the word I am searching for and it is not in my dictionary âis it imaginable to explain what I mean?&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt; Is that something like it?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;.&lt;/FONT&gt; The stone sculptures from my portfolio are up to five years old. They are results of a six day workshop which is run once a year in a Roman sandstone pit in St. Margarethen im Burgenland, Austria. From the very first time I worked with stone I have been fascinated by this material. The possibility of learning&amp;nbsp;more in this area is another important reason&amp;nbsp;for my application. Our &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;courses in&lt;/FONT&gt; Sculpture - Transmedial Space programme &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;focus&lt;/FONT&gt; on experimental work in relation to space and situation-specific work. Through this education I want to develop&amp;nbsp;my &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;awareness and appreciation of the subtle details&lt;/FONT&gt; eye for fine variances &lt;EM&gt;[wrong word?&amp;nbsp;Not sure what you mean here]&lt;/EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;( another word for minor differences) in my surroundings&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;; to see how tiny variations affect their environment; and from there develop my own projects.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;STRIKE&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRIKE&gt;which &amp;nbsp;[consider the social life to find a differential few and to learn to develop own projects]&lt;STRIKE&gt; &lt;/STRIKE&gt;&lt;EM&gt;- Sorry, I can't work out what you mean here.&amp;nbsp; Is there another way to say it?(minor differences pertaining the social life by means to find a differential view onto situations- to learn to develop own projects of(from) this situation. Is it possible to say it in this way: Through this education I&amp;nbsp; want to develop my eye for fine variances in my surroundings to find a differential view onto situations of the social life, to seek after new ideas to realize own projects.?&lt;/EM&gt; &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;Is that something more like you mean?)&lt;/FONT&gt; &amp;nbsp;This is also a reason for me to search for an opportunity to study sculpture in a traditional form. I want to experience &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;an alternative approach to&lt;/FONT&gt; sculpture studies to broaden my outlook and explore how traditional and modern forms of sculpture can complement one another.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I was struck (fascinating -I always thought struck has got a negative association &lt;I&gt;â &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;no, can be positive too&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/I&gt;) by the description of the sculpture program at your university:&amp;nbsp; based on traditional foundations, but open to new ideas.&amp;nbsp;I think this also reflects Bulgaria as a country, in the political decision to become a member of the European Union. I am fascinated by the changes&amp;nbsp;the country has made and I think it is open to&amp;nbsp;new ideas. To me, it &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;feels like&lt;/FONT&gt; there is&amp;nbsp;a great forward movement to &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;develop in new directions,&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;EM&gt;[wrong word?]&lt;/EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;(should I write objectives?) &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;and it is an exciting prospect to be in Bulgaria at this time of change.&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp; that makes [it] &lt;EM&gt;[what do you mean -&amp;nbsp;Bulgaria, or being in Bulgaria at this time of change?] (both but for me it is more important to be there at the time of change)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;attractive. My ideas are very different, as are my projects. I often change my materials to find the right one for each idea. This&amp;nbsp;multi-dimensional approach is&amp;nbsp;also shown by my portfolio which I have put together&amp;nbsp;to provide an insight into my creative process. I would be&amp;nbsp;thrilled&amp;nbsp;if you gave me&amp;nbsp;the opportunity to learn from the skills of your Professors&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;,&lt;/FONT&gt; as well as the &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;chance to get to know and understand a little about the Bulgarian people and culture.&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp; for an [interchange]&amp;nbsp;[wrong word] (exchange of ideas?)&amp;nbsp;with Bulgarian people.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;(I am impressed by the descriptions of your program, and as I am particularly interested in&amp;nbsp;fine arts, I found the following highly interesting: &lt;EM&gt;[it doesn't seem&amp;nbsp;quite right to be quoting their own&amp;nbsp;prospectus back at them -&amp;nbsp;is this sentence necessary?]&lt;/EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt; I am particularly intersted in fine arts, and&amp;nbsp;w&lt;/FONT&gt;ould like to take &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;the &lt;/FONT&gt;courses &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;in&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;sculpture, composition, drawing, history of art, working in material, aspects of modern sculpture, photography, aesthetics and foreign languages,&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt; tp develop my understanding of the theory and history of art, and to enable me to apply it more effectively to my own work.&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp; because they will enrich my knowledge and help me apply it&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;a higher standard. It would be a great pleasure for me to study in Bulgaria, not least&amp;nbsp;because of the course variety. I am eager to learn about such a distant culture &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;different from my own&lt;/FONT&gt; and &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;I will&lt;/FONT&gt; make the most&amp;nbsp;of the time I spend there.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I hope you will&amp;nbsp;consider my application and can regard me as a well motivated candidate to this program.&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Could someone also review my motivation letter, please? (its urgent...)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldSomeoneAlsoReviewMotivation-LetterUrgent/vbqxk/post.htm#343869</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:44:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343869</guid><dc:creator>Rova</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;dear lilÂ´ruby rose,&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
thank you for your reply and the correction of my letter of motivation!
I have tried to write clear but I am not certain if it works. I have
got my doubts about it... So I may ask you for another review to make
sure whats behind all this. (or forgotten)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It would be very nice if you can overview it oncemore! thanks a lot! I am so glad you have written me!&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dear Sir or
Madam, ( Is -&amp;nbsp;
most distinguished Ladys and Gentlemen or To Whom it May Concern...
- better?)&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I am writing to apply
as an exchange student for the Sculpture Program at the National Academy of
Arts for the winter semester 2007/08. I am an Austrian student attending my
fourth semester of fine Arts majoring in&amp;nbsp;âSculpture â Transmedial Spaceâ studies
at the University of Arts and industrial Design in Linz, Austria. &lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;I am
convinced that the experience of studying abroad will be very helpful for me to
further develop myself and to improve my knowledge. It has been&amp;nbsp;my
ambition to study at the National Academy
for Arts in Sophia since I first saw your website four months ago. The
university program in Sofia seems to be structured
differently from my university's, and&amp;nbsp;that
is one reason for my decision and my interest in&amp;nbsp;applying&amp;nbsp;to your
academy. For example, we do not have the opportunity&amp;nbsp;to work with
materials like stone or bronze, nor are our studies are based on the study of
nature &lt;em&gt;[this clause reads a little strangely -
what do you mean here? Life drawing?](I do not
know how do describe it in English â I do not mean Life drawing- I mean we do
not have nature as example,&amp;nbsp; ideal or
model for our works- we are not working in the tradition of naturalism â I do
not find the word I am searching for and it is not in my dictionary âis it
imaginable to explain what I mean?)&lt;/em&gt;. The
stone sculptures from my portfolio are up to five years old. They are results
of a six day workshop which is run once a
year in a Roman sandstone pit in St. Margarethen im Burgenland, Austria. From
the very first time I worked with stone I have been fascinated by this
material. The possibility of learning&amp;nbsp;more in this
area is another important reason&amp;nbsp;for
my application. Our education in Sculpture - Transmedial Space programme
focuses on experimental work in relation to space and situation-specific work.
Through this education I want to develop&amp;nbsp;my eye for fine variances &lt;em&gt;[wrong word?&amp;nbsp;Not sure what you mean here]&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;( another word for minor differences) in my
surroundings which [consider the social life to find a differential few and to
learn to develop own projects] &lt;em&gt;- Sorry, I
can't work out what you mean here.&amp;nbsp; Is there another way to say it?(minor differences pertaining the social life by means to
find a differential view onto situations- to learn to develop own projects
of(from) this situation. Is it possible to say it in this way: Through this
education I&amp;nbsp; want to develop my eye for
fine variances in my surroundings to find a differential view onto situations
of the social life, to seek after new ideas to realize own projects.? ) &lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;This is also a reason for me to search for an
opportunity to study sculpture in a traditional form. I want to experience
another kind of sculpture studies to broaden my outlook and explore how
traditional and modern forms of sculpture can complement one another.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;I was
struck (fascinating
-I always thought struck has got a negative association) by the
description of the sculpture program at your university:&amp;nbsp; based on
traditional foundations, but open to new ideas.&amp;nbsp;I think this also reflects
Bulgaria as a country, in the political decision to become a member of the
European Union. I am fascinated by the changes&amp;nbsp;the
country has made and I think it is open to&amp;nbsp;new ideas. To me, it seems
there is&amp;nbsp;a great forward movement to develop new aims &lt;em&gt;[wrong word?]&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(should
I write objectives?) and that makes [it] &lt;em&gt;[what do you
mean -&amp;nbsp;Bulgaria, or being in Bulgaria at this time of change?] (both but for me it is more important to be there at the
time of change)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;attractive.
My ideas are very different, as are my projects. I often change my materials to
find the right one for each idea. This&amp;nbsp;multi-dimensional approach
is&amp;nbsp;also shown by my portfolio which I have put
together&amp;nbsp;to provide an insight into my creative process. I would
be&amp;nbsp;thrilled&amp;nbsp;if you gave me&amp;nbsp;the opportunity to learn from the
skills of your Professors as well as the chance for an
[interchange]&amp;nbsp;[wrong word] (exchange of ideas?)&amp;nbsp;with Bulgarian people.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;(I am impressed by the descriptions
of your program, and as I am particularly interested in&amp;nbsp;fine arts,
I found the following highly interesting: &lt;em&gt;[it
doesn't seem&amp;nbsp;quite right to be quoting their own&amp;nbsp;prospectus back at
them -&amp;nbsp;is this sentence necessary?]&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp&lt;img src="/emoticons/emotion-5.gif" alt="Wink [;)]" /&gt;I would like to take these
courses&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;sculpture, composition,
drawing, history of art, working in material, aspects of modern sculpture,
photography, aesthetics and foreign languagesâ&lt;em&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;because they will enrich my knowledge and help me apply it&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;a higher standard. It would
be a great pleasure for me to study in Bulgaria, not
least&amp;nbsp;because of the course variety. I am eager to learn about such
a distant culture and make the most&amp;nbsp;of the time I will spend there.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;I hope you
will&amp;nbsp;consider my application and can regard me as a well motivated
candidate to this program.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Could someone also review my motivation letter, please? (its urgent...)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldSomeoneAlsoReviewMotivation-LetterUrgent/vbqzd/post.htm#343709</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:24:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343709</guid><dc:creator>Lil' Ruby Rose</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[&lt;/FONT&gt;Through the description of&amp;nbsp; the sculpture program of your university I found out that the program bases on the knowledge of traditional art and opens itself for new ideas&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;]&amp;nbsp; I was struck by the description of the sculpture program at your university:&amp;nbsp; based on traditional foundations, but open to new ideas.&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp; I think this &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[&lt;/FONT&gt;is also reflected by the country Bulgaria through the&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] also reflects Bulgaria as a country, in the &lt;/FONT&gt;political decision to become a member of the European Union. I am fascinated by the &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[&lt;/FONT&gt;alteration&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] changes&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;the country has made and I think it is open &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[&lt;/FONT&gt;for&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] to&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;new ideas. [For me it is in] &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;To me, it seems there is&amp;nbsp;a &lt;/FONT&gt;great &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;forward&lt;/FONT&gt; movement to develop new aims &lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[wrong word?]&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;and that makes&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt; [&lt;/FONT&gt;it&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;]&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[what do you mean -&amp;nbsp;Bulgaria, or being in Bulgaria at this time of change?]&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;attractive. My ideas are very different&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;,&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;&lt;STRIKE&gt;likewise&lt;/STRIKE&gt; as&lt;/FONT&gt; are my projects. &lt;STRIKE&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;Therefore&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRIKE&gt; I often change my material&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;s&lt;/FONT&gt; to find &lt;STRIKE&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;out&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRIKE&gt; the right one for each idea. [This multifarious aspects are]&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;This&amp;nbsp;multi-dimensional approach is&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;also shown by my portfolio which I have &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[&lt;/FONT&gt;composed&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;put together&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;to provide an insight into my&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt; [&lt;/FONT&gt;doing&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] [work? craft? working methods? creative process?]&lt;/FONT&gt;. I&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt; [&lt;/FONT&gt;should be glad&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] would be&amp;nbsp;thrilled&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;if you g&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;a&lt;/FONT&gt;ve me&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;the&lt;/FONT&gt; opportunity to learn from the skills of your Professors as well as the chance for an&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt; [&lt;/FONT&gt;interchange&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;]&amp;nbsp;[wrong word]&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Bulgarian people.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[&lt;/FONT&gt;I am enthused about&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;]&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;I am impressed by&lt;/FONT&gt; the description&lt;STRIKE&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;s&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRIKE&gt; of your program&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;,&lt;/FONT&gt; and [since I am attracted from the topic of] &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;as I am particularly interested in&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;fine art&lt;STRIKE&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;s&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRIKE&gt;, I &lt;STRIKE&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;have&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRIKE&gt; found the following highly interesting: âsculpture, composition, drawing, history of art, working in material, aspects of modern sculpture, photography, aesthetics and foreign languages.â &lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[it doesn't seem&amp;nbsp;quite right to be quoting their own&amp;nbsp;prospectus back at them -&amp;nbsp;is this sentence necessary?]&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;I would like to &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[&lt;/FONT&gt;visit&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] take / study&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;these courses&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt; [no comma]&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; because they will enrich my knowledge and help&lt;STRIKE&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;ing&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRIKE&gt; me&lt;FONT color=#800080&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[&lt;/FONT&gt;put it to&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] apply it&amp;nbsp;at&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;a higher standard. It would be a great pleasure for me to study in Bulgaria, not &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[&lt;/FONT&gt;only&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] least&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;because of the course variety. I am eager to &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;[&lt;/FONT&gt;meet&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] learn about&lt;/FONT&gt; such a distant culture and&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt; [&lt;/FONT&gt;take&amp;nbsp;the best&lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;] make the most&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;of the time I will spend there.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I hope you &lt;FONT color=#ff1493&gt;will&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;consider my application and can regard me as a well motivated candidate to this program.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;Yours faithfully, &lt;BR&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>