Postgraduate cover letter for scolarship

Hi! i am a spanish student and just got into a postgraduate programm so i am applying for a scolarship. I have to write a cover letter, and i dont have experience on it (i dont know how this is done in england, i have only written letters for spanish universities) so if you could take a look and tell me how it is it would be really helpfull
there may be some spelling mistakes as well...i tried my best. and it might be too long... well, you tell me

well, thanks in advance!

lucía

"I took a deep breath. Trying not to cry, I said goodbye, and drove away from my childhood home in Navia, Galicia. I was 12 and my mother had decided that I should get into a good Highschool, even if that implied leaving home and starting a life on my own, hundreds of kilometers away. I was scared to death.

-“So, what do you want to do when you finish Highschool?”

I heard that question a thousand times. Eventually I had an answer.

-“Geology”

-“Geo… what? Why do you want to study geology? Why not Medicine, or Law??…”

-“Because I know nothing about geology. Because if you pick a rock from the ground and ask me about it, the only thing I can tell you is it’s colour. I’d like to know more”

For the second time in my life, I found myself packing my life and moving to a different county, a different city, further away from home, from my friends and my family. Although this time fear was not all that I felt. There was something more, there was excitement.



After Highschool I applied for the best Geology Faculty in Spain, and I got in. At the moment I am finishing my 5-year degree, (which embraces a broad range of disciplines: palaeontology, petrology, stratigraphy, tectonics…) being one of the best from my class.



I am happy of having acquired a sound and extensive knowledge in structural geology and tectonics. From the very first year of my degree, when I started to be in contact with general aspects of structural geology, until now, I have learnt techniques on geological mapping, structural analysis of deformed areas, reconstruction and restoration of geological models, the importance of tectonostratigraphic relationships, etc.



After these 5 years, I think I have succeeded in developing an ”eye” to see further from the present status and configuration of materials, focusing more on the evolution that got them to where they are now. No matter how much I work on it, questions keep coming to my head, like a puzzle waiting to be solved. Besides, I finished my degree as one of the best from my class.

Just like after Highschool, eventually I started thinking about what should I do when I completed my degree. Getting a job here in Spain is not easy this days, and I thought that the best option I had was to chose a great postgraduate program to specialize. After long considerations, I decided that Aberdeen’s MSc on Petroleum Geoscience was really interesting to expand my knowledge for my future professional career, because it combines two disciplines: one that I already know and love (structural geology) and one that I look forward to know (petroleum geosciences)

Recommendation letters, application forms and English tests later, I received a letter from the University of Aberdeen offering me a place on the course I had chosen. And here I am, taking my life once again and moving, not just to a different city, but a different country. And for the third time, fear faces excitement, only just now excitement is clearly superior to fear.



With a solid foundation gained through my Geology degree, I am confident that I will have the skills, knowledge and contacts that will enable me to deal with the complex issues of the petroleum geoscience. Also, moving to England will be an amazing opportunity to get to know a different culture and way of life, and enriching me as a person and opening doors for future professional opportunities.

Thank you very much for considering my request. I look forward to your positive response.



Sincerely yours, "