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The primary reason I chose Maynooth as my study-abroad destination is that its academic focus is highly compatible with my career path.My academic interests span acro multiple fields of study, as reflected by my two majors and three minors; this matches well with the curriculum offered at Maynooth.Maynooth\'s curriculum emphasizes on Sociology and Engineering as its strongest fields, while also offering a wide range of claes in Computer Science, Math, Music and Psychology; this range of subjects encompaes all of my majors and minors.My major in Computer Science requires me to take Operating Systems, and fortunately that is a cla offered at Maynooth.There also are a couple claes there I would find interesting for my Psychology major, such as: Conceptual, Philosophical & Profeional Iues in Psychology, and, Thought, Language & Social Cognition.In addition, I could take a music-instruction cla or music-history cla to finish off my music minor.To add breadth to my experience I will definitely take a cla in local history or art, maybe Ireland and Vikings? Claes of such topics will offer an interesting perspective on Sociology, including a lot of the Sociology claes built around important local iues like politics, race, sexuality and international relations.Maynooth also has a wider ranging of Sociology curriculum to choose from than does DU.Since I foresee myself studying Social Psychology, or perhaps getting a Master degree in Social Work in the long term, being immersed in Irish culture of Sociology will add to my understanding in humanity and society.This is what makes up my motivation career-wise to study abroad in Ireland.Even more, my appreciation of Social Psychology will be enhanced by becoming acquainted with and observing people from the Irish society. It has been three years that I have lived in Denver, including one year as a high school exchange student.I came to know this city so well - the streets, the bridges, the bushes and lakes and crowds on 16th Street, and now just thinking about leaving for one semester, I am reluctant to leave everyone I know behind.There is a voice in my head asking me, \"Do I really have to go?\" But I know the answer already, I always knew it.Yes I want to. I had a difficult time when I first came to DU as an international student, not knowing anyone, not knowing what to do.And yet I never learned so much as I did when trying to mix into the American culture.It took a lot of effort to obtain good grades and take on various job positions, to meet the people I enjoyed.I learned the cultural norms from my own experience, and the hardest experiences taught me the most.I came to see what I want for myself, who I am, and reached peace with myself while I spent the two years growing at DU.Despite all I have experienced, study abroad in Ireland will still be challenging.But besides advancing profeionally as I addreed in the first eay, I am also expecting to learn a lot from exploring a new culture and meeting new people. In addition to study abroad, whenever I got a chance it was fascinating to take a glimpse at a foreign country.Whether it is going to college in US, planning a trip to the Philippines or having an emergency layover in Japan, I would notice the subtle differences in the way people interact, their special tricks in accents, and how they handle controversial iues.More fundamentally, however, or surprisingly, people separated by vast distances share so much in common that the uniformity of humanity overcomes borderlines.Especially in this age of globalization, when a single meage can spread acro the earth in seconds, it is important to realize that communication and understanding can happen even between conflicting races whose past was lain with biases or hatred.In this sense, study abroad is global communication carried out at the very basic level, and I will be proud to be part of it. Part of the meaning of traveling is to overcome your own fear, and to know yourself as someone you did not know before.Even though Denver now feels like home to me, I want to get out of my comfort zone and head out again.It will be a place I have always looked forward to, and maybe can stay for more years to come later in life.Because I am already a study abroad student in US, the most prominent part of my identity is of course being an international student from China.Having experienced everything about leaving my home country, culture shock and establishing new relationships, I have experienced a fair amount on what study abroad is like.Yet my immersion and knowledge in America culture has not progreed far enough as someone growing up in US.My study abroad advisors have emphasized that, even among English-speaking countries, it might be surprising how much culture shock one can experience.As an outsider to Western cultures, by studying abroad in Ireland I will gain more insights on how another Western culture can be different from US culture.In the past, every country I have visited was like a new adventure.And to me, someone who has adapted to two very different cultures, I will bring a more flexible perspective when I inspect other societies.
Other than the simple fact that I am Chinese, I was raised in a rather conservative family in a big city.DU is the most suburban location I have lived in so far, and I would love to try out a more rural lifestyle, as I will experience at Maynooth.Also at DU, I started to see that life need not be scripted, but can take many forms.People here can follow their sexual orientation, establish a career of their dreams, and head to any place in the world where they truly fit.Back in China, even though the country has opened up in the past few years, some people still cannot acknowledge women as individual beings who can support themselves and lead their own lives.I was told, on various occasions, that I do not need to try so hard in school or should just marry off.The fact that I am a girl did not stop me from coming to college alone, taking Computer Science as one of my majors, or excelling in my claes.I plan to further prove myself in this study abroad opportunity, and much more to come.As mentioned above, I am a bit afraid heading to a new country alone, having to rebuild all the relationships on my own.I know already that I am not a natural outreacher, it takes a lot of effort and time for me to become comfortable with people.The one semester we have for study abroad is really short compared to local students, I do not know if that is enough time for me to mix in and make friends.Even more, because I chose to study abroad in the winter/spring quarter, I will not be able to see a lot of my friends from DU for a while, who are planning to study abroad in the fall.Thus, being away from home again scares me a bit. I have also read about the academic system in Europe, which asks for more integral and understanding of knowledge on the students\' part.The two years I have spent at DU has made me well adjusted to its academic system--I am used to rushing through the quarter and preparing myself for exams every several weeks.Compared to what the Irish academic system asks, my writing skills are not refined enough for formal papers, and I am not used to aigning research topics to myself outside the claroom. I have discued all these concerns mentioned above with my study abroad advisors, and they strongly suggested that I take advantage of school resources, clubs and volunteering opportunities while I am abroad.Since the one semester is short, I might need to try harder and step out, to get the most out of the little time I will have.I know that other international students are great resources too, and they often have more insights than just about Ireland.To get more prepared for paper writing in the British academic system, I will take more related claes when I am at DU, especially in Humanity and Social Sciences with intensive writing exercise.Despite these challenges, I cannot wait for study abroad in Ireland, and believe that I will gain a lot from it.
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