This blog post examines key writing strategies through successful examples to effectively demonstrate major suitability and goal-oriented mindset.

Describe your most influential high school activity, including your role and achievements

I volunteered every weekend at a nursing home for children with disabilities through the Gru-teogi volunteer club. At the time, there was a child named ○○ suffering from severe cerebral palsy. He was extremely aggressive and highly wary of strangers, often scratching and hitting volunteers. Consequently, most volunteers avoided caring for ○○. One day, I happened to be assigned to care for him. True to form, he was extremely aggressive, and I didn’t know how to handle him. While I knew I should try to understand, I couldn’t help feeling annoyed.
After returning home, I pondered why ○○ was so aggressive. Aggressive animals or children often have inner wounds, so I assumed ○○ must have some psychological issue too. Thinking it over, I wondered if he’d been hurt by the constantly changing volunteers. I decided to care for ○○ every weekend, thinking that if I gave him consistent affection over time, he might open up. At first, the struggle between me trying to feed him and ○○ refusing was intense. His scratches and pinches left my body covered in constant bruises and wounds. But after about a month, ○○ gradually began to follow me. Seeing this, I thought to myself, “The saying that sincerity prevails must be true.”
Seeing the changed ○○, the other volunteers around me also seemed to be reminded once again that what children need is consistent attention and affection. More people than before began to volunteer steadily at the welfare center. That small change felt rewarding to me, and I also came to think that love is truly the best medicine for people.
Upon entering my third year of high school, I temporarily stopped volunteering to prepare for college entrance exams. However, I promised ○○ that even if not every week, I would visit at least once a month. So, to this day, I visit the welfare center on the first Saturday of every month to see ○○. I plan to resume volunteering once my college entrance exams are over. Meeting ○○ gave me faith in sincerity and love, concepts I had previously only understood intellectually. That’s why I always strive to treat people genuinely, without pretense.

Explain your goals after admission and your specific plans to achieve them

Money is like water; if it stays stagnant in one place for too long, it becomes like stagnant water and rots. Money, like water, must flow without ceasing; it must flow from high places to low places. However, in today’s society, the flow of money does not seem to have a positive, circular structure. When the flow of money is disrupted, various problems arise. My dream is to become a financial manager who ensures money flows healthily without stagnation.
Upon admission, I plan to first dedicate myself to my academic studies. I will acquire specialized knowledge in business administration and finance, and spend 1-2 years abroad for language training while also experiencing the wider world. I will explore aspects from advanced nations that can be applied to Korea and analyze the problems these leading countries face, researching ways to prevent Korea from repeating the same path. Beyond my academic studies, I plan to consistently engage in club activities where we discuss and debate management topics. I understand there are clubs that collaborate with other schools to discuss management and economics. I plan to dedicate myself to club activities, as I believe they will greatly help me build connections while simultaneously developing business acumen early on.
I believe that to become an outstanding business leader, one must not be bound by wealth or fame. I will become a principled business leader with a philosophy, steadfast in my convictions. I will live with passion and hope in my heart to contribute to societal development, always striving with unwavering dedication.

Describe your most outstanding non-academic quality and the high school experience that developed it

A scholar must possess a noble critical spirit, acting without any self-interest to put into practice the principles of national benefit and public welfare gained through the pursuit of truth, and never wavering in that conviction. Learning about the scholar spirit at a young age, I adopted it as my life motto and lived by it. To my young self, the idea of using what one learns for the benefit of all seemed incredibly admirable. I believe this scholar spirit, which I began to follow one step at a time simply because it seemed vaguely admirable, shaped me into someone who is more respectful to the weak than to the strong, and who looks first to the lowly rather than the high. Thanks to practicing this from a young age, caring for others, sharing, and working together became second nature to me. I consider this my most outstanding quality, as it’s difficult to cultivate a heart that acts without effort.
During high school, I focused my attention on friends who struggled academically or had trouble fitting in. I encouraged them by teaching what I knew or offering advice on their worries. During school meetings, I actively contributed diverse opinions to improve our class atmosphere. Furthermore, driven by the belief that even small actions matter, I regularly visited welfare facilities for volunteer work. I felt that living solely for my own studies was akin to pursuing self-interest. Perhaps the things I did were very minor and insignificant. However, because they were efforts made with conviction to practice my beliefs one step at a time in daily life, I believe these experiences will all become a solid foundation when I become a business leader in the future.

Describe your greatest crisis or setback experience and the value you discovered about yourself during the process of overcoming it

In my sophomore year, I became the leader of a volunteer club. However, I felt the members weren’t following through as well as I had hoped. Feeling the weight of responsibility as a leader, I began to force their participation. This led to juniors missing meetings for various reasons, and eventually, some members even quit. As the club leader, I simply thought these members were being lazy. As juniors I was close with began to feel intimidated by me and the club atmosphere changed, I felt immense frustration. The shock and disappointment were even greater because the club was traditionally known for its strong bonds among members. It felt like everything happened because of me. I realized my big mistake was focusing only on the idea of caring for the weak and vulnerable, while failing to properly look after the members as a leader.
So, as the leader, I acknowledged my mistakes and began trying to change. Instead of forcing participation, I increased the time for communication. Through this, I came to understand that even the juniors I had perceived as lazy had various reasons for their behavior. We started holding regular online meetings at times convenient for everyone, and for offline meetings, I meticulously checked each member’s schedule to adjust the time so all could participate. After these efforts, participation rates rose again, and teamwork improved.
Through this experience, I realized that showing more care and consideration for team members is the right path, rather than simply pushing through my own ideas. Furthermore, overcoming difficulties and rebuilding unity with the team members allowed me to re-evaluate my value as a leader.