Letter of Motivation (study abroad)

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I need help with my letter of motivationfor a study abroad semester.
I apply for a place at a University in New Zealand and I have a lot of problems with it.
Please help me and correct it or give me other recommendations.
Bye hoschi.24

Here is my letter:
To whom it may concern:

I apply for a place at your University to spend the spring semester in 200X at the University of ***, New Zealand.

I am a twenty-five year old student at the University of Applied Sciences International *** in ***, Germany. I am studying International Business Administration in my sixth semester. My seventh semester will be the study abroad semester. The focus of my studies is on Auditing, Accounting and Controlling. I have finished different internships in these topics to extend my knowledge and get professional experiences.
The studies at the *** are held in three languages: in German, English and Spanish. Of course, German is my native language and I finished my first study abroad semester in Santiago de Compostella, Spain. There I improved my Spanish skills and get in contact with a different culture, mentality and way of life. So my Spanish and German have an exceptional level. My English language skills are already exceptional too, but I would work extremely hard to improve my language proficiency and take advantage of the academic challenges presented to me. Because of this I apply for a place at the University of ***, New Zealand.

New Zealand is a great challenge for me. Because it is the country which has the longest distance from Germany it gets quite clear that New Zealand has its own culture, identity, way of life and origin which are totally different from the European culture. To get in contact with a lot of different people and their culture and get to know and experience them personally are very important stages to develop your personality and broaden your horizons. This I have learned during my first semester abroad in Spain. New Zealand is famous for its unspoilt nature and its great variety of different landscapes although its surface is not larger than Germany’s. All in all New Zealand will be a great opportunity to develop my personality, get in contact with many interesting people and experience the life down under.

The city of *** is with its over one millions inhabitants the one of the greatest metropolis of New Zealand. On the one hand it offers all the opportunities and advantages of a big city but on the other hand it has a wonderful landscape with its volcanic origin. This city has a great offer of water sport possibilities with its shore to the *** and the nautical highlight is the *** Anniversary Day Regatta. So it is quite obvious why *** is called “***“. *** is a melting pot of European, Maori and South Pacific’s culture. It is a mixture of the South Sea and Europe with its own style, way of life and character.

But deciding the issue for applying in ***, New Zealand is the University of ***. It has a great advantage in comparison to other partner Universities of the ***. Because the University of *** is a public University I hope to meet a lot of students from New Zealand during my semester. So in *** I will have the opportunity to get in contact with home students and learn their way of life and get to know their culture. And this is of course the deciding advantage to improve specifically my English language skills. English is and will be the most important language of international business. And it gets more and more important all over the world because of globalisation. All in all good English skills become a absolute requirement for all graduates.

With my firm academic background as well as a solid track record of work experience I am sure your University will benefit from my knowledge, experiences and abilities.

Nona the brit · Accepted Answer

Hi,

I've only had a quick scan but I can give you a bit of help.

Start 'I would like to apply....'

'Because it is the country which has the longest distance from Germany it gets quite clear that' this sounds a bit silly (no offense) as I don't think that distance really relates to degree of difference in culture. There are other countries far closer to Germany that will have a far more different culture!

I doubt they are interested in a tourist sales pitch for their city.

Organise your thoughts a bit, you are jumping around from language skills, to your studies, to your travel history, to why New Zealand and back again all over the place.

Try one paragraph for each of the topics they are asking for.

Other than that your actual English is pretty good!

Anonymous · Answer

Of course I wouldn't put the "x's" in the final copy.

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Anonymous · Answer

During the past four years, I studied industrial engineering (with specialization in?) electronics at Ostend. The emphasis of my studies was understanding the fundamental electronic principles that govern modern day electronics. But I also learned about other diverse topics such as safety, economics, and industrial management. I found the last topic, industrial management, to be very interesting and exciting, because one of my career aspirations is to participate in the senior management of an industrial company.

To further my career aspiriations of becoming part of a senior management team, I want to obtain a Master's Degree in Industrial Management. Having this knowledge will allow me to better understand management principles. With all the uncertainty and changes in with world, political, economic, and technological, I believe that management must have a solid understanding, supported by a strong academic foundation, of how to guide companies through these challenging times.

No education is complete without experience. Armed with a solid understanding of academic principles, I can begin my career where I will add to my experience. Because I will be well versed in the theory, I will be able to adapt and modify the theoretical constructs as required in order to meet my company's needs. I fully recognize that our political, economic, and technological environments are constantly changing, and thus management needs to be able to adapt quickly and accurately to the new conditions if the company is to survive, let alone prosper. I believe obtaining a Master's Degree will provide the necessary background for me to be to anticipate and react to ever-changing environments.

I look forward to launching my new career. Should you have any questions, please contact me at....

Sincerely,

Anonymous · Answer

lots of grammatical mistakes and phrases a native speaker wouldn't use. Additionally, you overemphasize your English proficiency...

Trisna nagris · Answer

I need help with my letter of motivation for a study abroad in master degree.
I apply Rotterdam university and I have a lot of problems with it.
Please kindly help and correct my motivation letter or give me other recommendations.

Here is my letter:
To whom it may concern:

During the Past four years, I studied industrial engineering specialized in quality management. But I have no passion in there and I thought I got wrong decision. In my confusion, my supply chain lecturer asked me to join his research. The research is about value chain and it would be my thesis topic. The big differences between my specialization and my thesis put me in difficult conditions in that time. Before did a research about value chain, I should have adequate knowledge in supply chain. In supply chain, the product is just being transferred without add the value from one to another place. Otherwise, the new package is added in the product will increase the value from itself, is name value chain. Both of them was very difficult topic but successfully increased my adrenalin and built my interest to learn SCM and value chain further. I knew from the beginning that it would be a challenge to complete my research and I was in succeed to accomplish my thesis “Mapping and Analysis of Economic Value Chain in Silver Jewelry Industry Creative Kotagede, Yogyakarta” just in three months. After finished my final thesis, I found my passion in that knowledge so I would continue my supply chain study and also its application in the real world then.

My first step to made my dream comes true is worked in multinational company. My first job was become a supply chain engineer in Samsung Electronics Indonesia. As we all know, Samsung leads the global market in high-tech electronics manufacture digital media. For a leading company in electronics factory, they have highly sophisticated supply chain system which is updated annually. A lot of supply chain knowledge to be gained for working in Samsung and lot of worked have to do in daily. As a supply chain engineer, I handled 300 raw materials from overseas need to be ready in production line. Each material from each supplier has their own characteristic, we need to decide about buy or make decision, looking for the appropriate vendor, choose the right material which already approved by R n D development, check the prices, ensure the quality of the product, choose the right incoterms, check the incoming material should be in the right time with the right quantity not to fast but not to late because we should considered about warehouse space, especially for the material which need a lot of space and also heavy material that should be shipped by vessel. I got A in my final assessment, that’s a great achievement, really difficult to get an A score in the final assessment and I was proud of it. My second achievement was, I would be promoted for senior supply chain engineer in my third years. But unfortunately, I preferred to left Samsung caused I got bigger opportunity to join procurement and general affairs department in Manulife. Manulife is one of famous insurance service industries where has home base in Toronto. I left in Samsung and preferred to join Manulife caused they offered me a position as supervisor and also I have 18 people under me. It was such a challenge that not to be missed. Besides, I can add my knowledge about supply chain in service company, I also can learnt how to managed people and be a good leader for my subordinate. By Joining the service industry such as Manulife is bring my dreams closer. I could learnt the differences supply chain process between manufacturing and service industries, which totally different. The intangibility and heterogeneity in service industry makes this supply chain more complicated. Being a procurement in service industry is very challenging and they are improve my understanding of supply chain management. I clearly get enough point of view about service and manufacturing differences. Furthermore, to get a relationship with professional supply chain, I join Indonesian procurement society.

Since I’m interested in supply chain which evolve as fast as business industry. It is good for me to improve my understanding about supply chain management especially in service area. Rotterdam university has a complete offering to support my goal. Supply chain management will give me a lot of knowledge and experiences. I realize that by joining this program means I will live in Rotterdam for a year, it would be great experiences, to learn new culture and making friends.
Currently, it is difficult to find local university that has good curriculum which focuses on supply chain service area. Therefore, I want to devote myself to my country by working in consultant of procurement, to share my experiences and knowledge to develop my country in many suspect in supply chain.

Anonymous · Answer

trisna nagrisI need help with my letter of motivation for a study abroad in master degree. I apply Rotterdam university and I have a lot of problems with it. Please kindly help and correct my motivation letter or give me other recommendations. Here is my letter: To whom it may concern:During the Past four years, I studied industrial engineering specialized in quality management. But I have no passion in there and I thought I got wrong decision. In my confusion, my supply chain lecturer asked me to join his research. The research is about value chain and it would be my thesis topic. The big differences between my specialization and my thesis put me in difficult conditions in that time. Before did a research about value chain, I should have adequate knowledge in supply chain. In supply chain, the product is just being transferred without add the value from one to another place. Otherwise, the new package is added in the product will increase the value from itself, is name value chain. Both of them was very difficult topic but successfully increased my adrenalin and built my interest to learn SCM and value chain further. I knew from the beginning that it would be a challenge to complete my research and I was in succeed to accomplish my thesis “Mapping and Analysis of Economic Value Chain in Silver Jewelry Industry Creative Kotagede, Yogyakarta” just in three months. After finished my final thesis, I found my passion in that knowledge so I would continue my supply chain study and also its application in the real world then.My first step to made my dream comes true is worked in multinational company. My first job was become a supply chain engineer in Samsung Electronics Indonesia. As we all know, Samsung leads the global market in high-tech electronics manufacture digital media. For a leading company in electronics factory, they have highly sophisticated supply chain system which is updated annually. A lot of supply chain knowledge to be gained for working in Samsung and lot of worked have to do in daily. As a supply chain engineer, I handled 300 raw materials from overseas need to be ready in production line. Each material from each supplier has their own characteristic, we need to decide about buy or make decision, looking for the appropriate vendor, choose the right material which already approved by R n D development, check the prices, ensure the quality of the product, choose the right incoterms, check the incoming material should be in the right time with the right quantity not to fast but not to late because we should considered about warehouse space, especially for the material which need a lot of space and also heavy material that should be shipped by vessel. I got A in my final assessment, that’s a great achievement, really difficult to get an A score in the final assessment and I was proud of it. My second achievement was, I would be promoted for senior supply chain engineer in my third years. But unfortunately, I preferred to left Samsung caused I got bigger opportunity to join procurement and general affairs department in Manulife. Manulife is one of famous insurance service industries where has home base in Toronto. I left in Samsung and preferred to join Manulife caused they offered me a position as supervisor and also I have 18 people under me. It was such a challenge that not to be missed. Besides, I can add my knowledge about supply chain in service company, I also can learnt how to managed people and be a good leader for my subordinate. By Joining the service industry such as Manulife is bring my dreams closer. I could learnt the differences supply chain process between manufacturing and service industries, which totally different. The intangibility and heterogeneity in service industry makes this supply chain more complicated. Being a procurement in service industry is very challenging and they are improve my understanding of supply chain management. I clearly get enough point of view about service and manufacturing differences. Furthermore, to get a relationship with professional supply chain, I join Indonesian procurement society.Since I’m interested in supply chain which evolve as fast as business industry. It is good for me to improve my understanding about supply chain management especially in service area. Rotterdam university has a complete offering to support my goal. Supply chain management will give me a lot of knowledge and experiences. I realize that by joining this program means I will live in Rotterdam for a year, it would be great experiences, to learn new culture and making friends.Currently, it is difficult to find local university that has good curriculum which focuses on supply chain service area. Therefore, I want to devote myself to my country by working in consultant of procurement, to share my experiences and knowledge to develop my country in many suspect in supply chain.

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