I was raised in my native Kenya where I finished my undergraduate studies with honors in Economics and Business. I have been living in Europe for the last ten years, doing volunteer work and advancing my skills as an international entrepreneur. Now, at 33, I feel very confident about my capacity t…

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My language skills—near native in French, advanced intermediate Spanish, and several years of German and Chinese—are only matched by my dedication to the studies of economic development, especially in Latin America and China. I look forward to dedicating my life to the study of sustainable economic …

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I am especially interested in doing research in the areas of international economics and competition in our modern era of global economic structures. I want to devote my professional life to research and this is why XXXX—America’s premier research institution—is my first choice for graduate study. I…

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From an early age, my mother was my role model, and mentor.  She managed a real estate company and introduced me to the rudiments of investment, finance, business, the very mechanisms that drive an economy.  She would share her business experiences with me and placed the seeds of ambition, and criti…

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Growing up behind the Iron Curtain - St. Petersburg - deep within the Soviet Union, my father and I would hold our regular clandestine meetings, hovering over an AM radio, listening to our only link with the outside world and Voice of America. I was a boy, then, and yet, as I look back now, reading …

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A young African-American man originally from Texas, now living in North Carolina, I am very mature at 28; dedicated and an enormously hard worker, I want to devote my life to the study of economics because of both my fascination with how the world works as well as my passion for economic research. T…

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I have always had a love for subjects that demand logical, critical thinking. At school, Mathematics was the main academic outlet for this passion; however studying Economics A-Level has enabled me to see the world in a different light and has inspired me to increase my awareness of the current worl…

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I am applying to study a degree in economics principally because of the diversity of both the subject and its applications, and because I find it fascinating and challenging at the same time. Having studied the subject at A-level, I believe that the possible depths to which it may be studied are alm…

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I am a young woman from Mumbai, India, and I am writing on behalf of my application to study at your M.Sc. Program at the XXXX School of Economics. I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Media Communication from the University of XXXX with a particular focus on Advertising. I want to study in your progr…

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