당신은 왜 우리 과를 선택했습니까?

영국 옥스퍼드대 사회과학빌딩에서 학생들이 공부하고 있다.

[문제] Explain why you have chosen your major, and department program.

전공 과목과 전공 과를 선택한 이유를 설명하시오.

-카네기멜론대 지원서 주제

[학생 작문] When I was young, I enjoyed making [1] things that could give me comfort or enjoyment. [2] Every time I made something new, my mother and father [3] praised me. [4] The more they encouraged me, the more I tried to create new things. Strangely, I was somewhat different from my other family members who include my father, a lawyer, my brother, a photographer, and my mother, a counselor. To them, I had a marvelous talent. [5] At a very young age, I made simple things such as guns made from chopsticks or huge buildings with Lego. As I became older, I started to use more complex, technological objects such as computers, or other electronics. [6] During my teenage years, I preferred mathematics and science to history or English since liberal [7] art subjects [8] don’t provide exact answers like mathematics [9] which [10] consist of formulas [11] and referring answers. [12] By the time I decided on a career path, I [13] had been greatly influenced by my grandfather and uncle who were both doctors. Because of their influence, [14] he began to hold the profession in very high regard. I saw many [15] patients express their gratitude to [16] their doctors, and I thought that I would also love to help others. At the same time, I thought that doctors would also be faced by many challenges when dealing with patients who suffer from severe illnesses and have difficulty in [17] relieving the stress caused by dealing with the fragility of life. Considering these factors, I have decided to become an engineer [18] to make useful equipment for doctors to cure their patients. After majoring in engineering, I will study [19] medicals in depth in order to make the [20] equipment that doctors desperately need to save people’s lives. Nowadays, it is hard to graft the fields of engineering and medicine together. However, when I [21] went to Carnegie Mellon [22] for “Sleeping bag weekend”, I was surprised at [23] the theme of the ‘presentation of application’. The director told us that the most unique feature [24] Carnegie Mellon [25] has is the combinations of [26] the studies. I was fascinated [27] at the fact that there are projects [28] which art students can [29] work with engineering students [30] to make some work done.

[31] I not only apply to Carnegie Melon, but also U of Michigan, U of Illinois, Purdue U, Cornell University. [32] However, I especially liked Carnegie Mellon because of the fact that [33] Carnegie Melon has adequate size of students, great engineering programs, and [34] the location where I can [35] both experience city life and beautiful campus life.

첨삭

[1] → and putting things together.

[2] I made simple things such as guns made from chopsticks or huge buildings with Lego. 삽입(things에 관한 것을 밝히고 진행하면 좋습니다.)

[3] → encouraged

[4] 삭제 [5]삭제

[6] → In high school [7] → arts

[8] → did not [9] , 삽입

[10] → consists [11] → with

[12] 삭제 [13] → have

[14] → I [15] of their 삽입 [16] → them

[17] → struggling

[18] in order 삽입

[19] → medical equipment

[20] → instruments

[21] → participated in the

[22] → “Sleeping Bag Weekend” experience

[23] → the ‘presentation of application’ theme

[24] about 삽입 [25] 삭제 [26] 삭제

[27] 삭제 [28] in 삽입

[29] → collaborate [30] 삭제

[31] 삭제 [32] 삭제

[33] → it has an ideal student population [34] → a

[35] → experience both the dynamic city life and a beautiful campus life.

[Comment] Your write well and your ideas are clear. Try to make the introduction more interesting. You should have told the reader what objects you created in the very beginning. Expand a little more on what kind of things you like to assemble.

In addition, you should not mention other universities where you will be applying. You should make it sound as though CM is the ONLY place you really want to go. I also deleted some information not because it’s not important, but because I think you need a tighter, more cohesive structure. Your organization tends to jump around a bit.

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