Penn State University, Application Essay Example

During my high school years, I enjoyed learning new terminologies and English become the second me. I had many experiences in the beginning that made me take a point to specialize in languages. Being a person with many characters, I am an outgoing student and the experience I got when I visited North Korea was new to me.

The chance to visit North Korea for two weeks, and being from South Korea, was a bit difficult to mingle with the people there. An incident that occurred in 2008, where a South Korean was killed made the two countries grow apart. The chance to climb Mount Kumgangsan commonly called Diamond Mountain was one in a million. I took the opportunity positively and learnt much about North Korea. To my surprise, I could not touch an item on display, I tried touching a ring and the sales person snatched it very fast from my finger and said “Don’t touch it”, they are very cautious people and suspect everyone who is around.  I was given clear instruction by my instructor not to look at people, to avoid getting into trouble, this made the visit unique because we intended on making new friends on our trip. We could not even have memories of the beautiful scenery of mount Kumgangsan because we were not allowed to take pictures.

This unique experience has made me appreciate the diverse cultures worldwide and having moved to America, I am glad to share this with other students. It made me learn how to communicate well, live well with others, adapt to a new lifestyle and appreciate diversity in all situations.

The move to America was even more challenging to me; this is because it is much better and developed, with facilities that I dreamt to using in my life. I hope Penn state University would grant me a chance to explore my academic interests, and use it as the building blocks of my career to enable me meet my targets.