Study Plan

Describing extracurricular activities relevant

to academic or professional training
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Introducing an extracurricular activity that
one has participated

Highlighting the acquired knowledge,
skills or leadership qualities that are
relevant to academic study or
professional training

2. Highlighting the acquired
knowledge, skills or leadership
qualities that are
relevant to academic study or
professional training

While leading the campus orchestral group, I learned
how to motivate group members to hone their individual
talents for a common goal. By dealing with the
occasional frustrations of fiercely individualistic
orchestral members when trying to reach a consensus
has made me a strong leader, I was able to listen
patiently to individual concerns and trying to incorporate
them in a group consensus. I believe that that role was
good training for what I will encounter in the workplace.

Participating in the university Heart club, a social service
organization, helped me to nurture leadership and collaborative
skills as an organizer and coordinator of many activities. ALE, an
acronym for Actual Living English, not only strengthened my
listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, but also allowed me to
make new friends from different cultures and express my feelings in
another language, which is challenging for me. Experiences learned
through my participation in extracurricular activities have greatly
enriched my life by enabling me to achieve the necessary balance of
academic and social skills.

ALE

The numerous extracurricular activities in which I
participated in at university, taught me how to organize
activities competently, express my opinions clearly,
communicate with others effectively, transform conflicts
into constructive situations that promote collaboration,
and cope with failure by analyzing the underlying
problems that prevent success.

Extensive global travel for business and recreation has
made me more receptive to occasionally opposing
values of different countries. Closely observing and
comparing different societies, rather than making
sweeping generalizations about a particular country or
group of people, has allowed me to observe various
management practices in different cultures.

As a strong academic performer, I acquired solid
communication and coordination skills while leading our
departments student association for two years. The
collaborative skills demanded by the position speak to
another trait of my personality and, in doing so, won me
the respect of my peers, faculty members and staff.
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