{"id":24928,"date":"2023-07-21T18:29:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/personal-statement-transfer-student-with-a-background-in-architecture-construction-management-major-transferring\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T18:29:12","slug":"personal-statement-transfer-student-with-a-background-in-architecture-construction-management-major-transferring","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/personal-statement-transfer-student-with-a-background-in-architecture-construction-management-major-transferring\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Statement: Transfer student with a background in Architecture\/ Construction Management Major (Transferring)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 33.4542px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Personal Statement<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">:<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 33.4542px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Transfer student <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">with <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a background<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> in Architecture \/ Construction Management<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Major&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Submit a personal statement, your submission should be approximately 500 words in length and address the<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> contributions you are prepared to make to our community, both academically and otherwise.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> specifically, your statement should:&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Identify<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> any cir<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">cumstances that affected your academic performance, if applicable <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(the<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> evaluation of my foreign courses)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2022 Make clear your commitment to academic success in college, acknowledging your strengths and weaknesses and your plans to <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">utilize<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">availab<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">le resources&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2022 Articulate your readiness to engage productively in our campus community outside the classroom<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Can you please mention <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the obstacles a young professional immigrant<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">s<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">could<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> face when moving to the US. <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Especially when trying to get back to school and going through the evaluation of <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">their<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">courses,<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">which<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> sometimes can be tough because of the difference between the education systems.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin-left: 24px; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"1\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Ready to be involved in community service projects, clubs, <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">athletics<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> and sports. I plan to continue my efforts to improve people<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2019s lives by involving myself in these activities while on campus.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Why construction <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">management<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">:&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I realized my interest in construction management as a student of architecture and as a junior designer in the construction industry. 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