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Letter Writing

Motivaton letter URGENT

Dear everyone. I am applying to erasmus mundus and I need some help with my motivation letter. Could you, please, help me? Please ignore the other post of mine, coz it is full of technical and grammar mistakes Emotion: smile. Actually this motivation letter is long, it should contain max 1000 words, but I don't know which part can be edited. Thanks a lot beforehand.

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am applying for XX and XX.
My career ambition is to become a highly profiled specialist in the fields of international relations, economics, accounting, strategy and marketing.
I have graduated from school with good grades in all subjects, as I was interested in all of them and I was trying to see what I want to specialize in later.
I entered XX because I wanted to study foreign languages and especially English. English is an international language and knowing it is a must for me. I choose Persian as my second language since it is totally different. Apart from these two languages that were on my course list I was studying Flemmish independetly. Following my lecturer's advice I applied for an internship in Belgium and got it. That was a very good and interesting experience. I could not only study Flemmish language and culture but also see the country, meet interesting students from other countires. That was a cultural exchange, a good experience which taught me to get adapted to new things easily.
Having studied English language and its linguistics for three years at university I have decided to dedicate my graduation research project to American or Black English, particularly focusing on the novel "Manchild in the Promised land" by Claude Brown. It is an extraordinary book documenting the impact of generations of cultural disruption, violence, and cruelty. This is the memoir of a member of the first generation after the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural south to the northern cities, in this case Harlem, but you can feel how directly the roots of this experience reach back through slavery and its aftermath. I felt very strongly the disjuncture between the rhetorical power of the text and the extreme cultural privation that the author describes in his childhood, and the story of the book is how he became the man who wrote the book. His personality comes through very strongly. He seems to have cultivated detachment from childhood, and his ability to report without judging.

After receiving my Bachlor's degree I have decided to do Master's in International Journalism. It may seem a little strange since I have Bachelor's degree in other specialisation, but not for me. Journalism and generally news media has its own place in public life. With the help of news media we know what is happening in our country, around the world. People sell and buy information, so being informed is really important nowdays.
During my studies I visited many TV channel studios and radio stations, saw how everything works. I made my own projects. One of them was a short TV program which was written, shot, edited all by myself. The programme was about perfume, its history, about its advantages and disadvantages. I have been to several perfume producing companies, done research on what materials are used to make it, I have also talked with dermatologists to know what side effects perfume can have on people's skin. It was not easy, especially when I was doing it all by myself, but since I like challenges, I did my best and I learned to depend on myself when needed.
My Master's graduation research project was dedicated to investigative journalism and especially to Gunter Wallraff's work. He is a German investigative journalist who is well known for his striking journalistic research methods and several major books on lower class working conditions and tabloid journalism. I really admire him as a journalist, as he has done things which others didn't do before him. He changed his identity, even his appearance so that he was not recognizable as a journalist. In this way he investigated everything closely without being identified and could provide readers with new insights. He was heavily criticized, even arrested, but that never stopped him. I have read several books in German written by Wallraff, done research on the methods he used while investigating and compared them with those used in XX investigative journalism. Wallraf inspired me to study German.

Except studying I devote much of my time to volunteerism. I think that it is everybody's duty to take care of the environment and those people who need our help. I have organized and took part in several projects across XX. Some of the projects were connected to children living in orphant houses. We collected money and bought some treats for them. I usually participate in environmental projects as well. With the help of the other volunteers we clean places which are polluted. I have also been in Poland as a volunteer, teaching in schools in different regions of the country. It was really important for me as I have learned to be responsible not only for me but also for the students I was working with. I have enjoyed my time there since I learned new culture, met many people.

I would really like to study international relations, economics, accounting and marketing since these are the fields that are not developed in XX like in Europe. It may seem a bit strange from the first sight that a person with a background like mine wants to specialize in these fields. But I am sure that my previous experiences and education will be a great help in this field. Business is not only about accounting and numbers. One must know the strategies, have idea of how other countries run economics to be able to contribute the same to his/her own country. I’m well aware that the key to a successful economy is one open to the influences of globalization. My aim is to work in an international field related to economical and business affairs, somehow contributing to stabilize and boost some economical aspects of XX such as tourism and banking. I am convinced that this programme would provide me with the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills I need for a successful business management in the future. I can see from inside how economically successful mechanism works in EU and I will do my best to try to do the same in my country. The highly qualified lectures, the modern teaching methods and the academic environment at Erasmus University will motivate and enable me to achieve my goals.

I realize the highly competitive demands of the programme, but I am sure that I have enough ability, ambition and motivation to cope with the requirements for a successful study at the University. Furthermore, my international background and interdisciplinary education will add more diversity to your programme. I am confident that I will bring a high level of energy and enthusiasm to your programme once being chosen.

I will be looking forward to your positive response.

Regards,
Anna
  

Top answer

Hi Anna, Whoever processes your application is likely to find the online review by "Hilda" of the book you mentioned, and see immediately that you have re-used a huge portion of Hilda's text. Google makes such things easy to find. You probably won't be accepted to the program once you have demonstrated your penchant for plagiarism.

  • Hi Anna, Whoever processes your application is likely to find the online review by "Hilda" of the book you mentioned, and see immediately that you have re-used a huge portion of Hilda's text.
  • Google makes such things easy to find.
  • You probably won't be accepted to the program once you have demonstrated your penchant for plagiarism.
  • I strongly recommend that you use only your own words in your motivation letter.
  • Kind regards, David.
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Hi Anna,
Whoever processes your application is likely to find the online review by "Hilda" of the book you mentioned, and see immediately that you have re-used a huge portion of Hilda's text. Google makes such things easy to find. You probably won't be accepted to the program once you have demonstrated your penchant for plagiarism.

I strongly recommend that you use only your own wor
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thx for answering, yes I did use her words, I am not denying, the thing is that my work is now in my university and I can't get access to it, that's why I found something to write instead. Thx for ur advice I will change it, besides it is too long, so I need t change it
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I am applying for XX and XX.
My career ambition is to become a highly profiled specialist in the fields of international relations, economics, accounting,
strategy and marketing.
I have graduated from school with good grades in all subjects, as I was interested in all of them and I was trying to see
what I want to specialize in later.
I entered XX because I wanted to study fo
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Anna, it's really hard to read this the way you've laid it out. If you want people on this site to help you, then there are two things you could do at the very least, to help us to help you.

(1) Lay it out nicely, so that it shows up in paragraphs, the way it will be in your final letter. Otherwise, it takes too long to read it and make sense of it.
(2) Use a spell checker. The nor
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Thank you David a lot and sorry, as it was a total mess. Now I have a normal variant.

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am applying for Erasmus Mundus Action 2 project as a Target group 2 representative for Master program.

My career ambition is to become a highly profiled specialist in the fields of international relations, economics, accounting, strategy and marketing.

Aft
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... not only study Flemish language and culture, but also see Belgium and meet students ...

... taught me to adapt to new things easily.

... English language and linguistics ...

... a little strange since my Bachelor's degree is in another area ...

Journalism and the news media generally have their own place ...

... really important nowadays.

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Thank you very very very much. Emotion: smile

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