245-word version: International & Legal Studies – All Schools I have always looked up to my grandpa, a lawyer, as my role model, and my admiration for him led me to decide to practice law. As I was growing up (until his death when I was 12), we often discussed substantive issues; while h..

...The initial reason I wanted to study and practice law was that it serves justice. I am attracted to its secret language and the tension that only those involved in the field can revel in—for one, the tension of knowing all the precedents but also not knowing the ruling until the end...

356-word version: Stony Brook (SUNY) – Business Administration My mother’s friend had a greenhouse and my family would visit her from time to time to gaze at the blossoms. One day, my mother’s friend invited us again as the flowers were about to bloom and as she wanted us to take..

...My grandfather used all his wealth to run for the mayoralty of a small rustic community in Korea but lost every time, and by a landslide at that, too. So the joke goes that if he had invested even a fraction of his wealth in real estate, his progeny—us, of course—would be more than..

Effective communication with my family is not the only reason I want to major in foreign languages. Being able to converse in several different languages is an indispensable ability in this global community, whether I pursue international business, marketing or any other career, for interrelations..

302-word version: Business Administration & Fine Arts – All Schools I hope to pursue my interests in both Business Administration and Fine Arts so that I may possibly establish my own multimedia production company. Still, I believe college is a time for students to explore their true in..