Personal statement - Admission/Application Essay Example

Personal ment My is Huda, currently a residence in US but a nationality of Saudi Arabia. I am a young an ambitious woman with a vision of pursuing education to greater heights as opportunity would allow. I have had a good foundation in education having successfully completed lower levels of education and secured learning opportunities in prestigious universities in different countries for my undergraduate studies. I am interested in pursuing a master’s degree in information management within Syracuse University in the commencing academic year.

I feel as an eligible student for this program because of the following reasons. First, I am interested in information management course as informed by my research experience in my undergraduate studies in business administration where I learnt to appreciate the essence of information for the success of any business venture or organization. I also happen to love information technology so much hence my desire. I am a holder of an undergraduate degree in Business administration from the University of King Saud in Saudi Arabia where I successfully completed my studies in 2012.

Besides my qualification in the field of Business administration, I have also commendable mastery in English language; both written as well as spoken, as studied in the United States in the Syracuse University. Although am a foreigner, my stay in the US as well as the academic qualification in studying English within the US has equipped me thoroughly in the discipline and this improves my capacity to study in foreign countries where English is the language of communication. I have compared different universities, which offer the program within the country, and I settled for Syracuse University.

This was informed by my previous experience with the university as I pursued my course in English language for one year. Besides, Syracuse University has a good reputation among other universities in that it is a private university and it majors in research. Besides, academic qualifications from Syracuse University are globally accepted because the university offers high quality standards of education. This would be therefore an advantage while pursuing my future career where many employers are always concerned about the institution from which a candidate graduated from.

Syracuse University has been in operation since the late years of 19th century and this improves on its capacity to have developed better in academics when compared with other universities of research. Studying at SU will therefore not only give me the education and exposure in the field of information management but will also increase my competitiveness in the job market as it is an institution that have a good global reputation in the field of specialization. I therefore feel as a right candidate to study in SU because of my previous experience with the university as I studied English, my competence in English as a language of study and communication in the university as well as my undergraduate qualifications in business administration and English as a language.

Moreover, the university has a good reputation among employers globally and this will therefore increase my opportunities for employment.