{"id":34402,"date":"2016-04-22T16:47:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=34402"},"modified":"2016-04-22T16:47:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:47:38","slug":"motivation-letters-for-future-summer-universities-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2016\/04\/22\/motivation-letters-for-future-summer-universities-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"Motivation Letters for future Summer Universities participants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summer is appoaching and in only few days applications for Summer Universities will close. Writing a motivation letter is always very tiring and sometimes you don&#8217;t know what to write, maybe that&#8217;s why we keep on putting it off? Therefore here is a guide to help you write\u00a0a winning motivation letter. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have already chosen your dream destination for the Summer University of your life. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2016\/03\/19\/how-to-have-the-summer-of-your-life-a-comprehensive-guide\/\">You have successfully logged in<\/a> (extremely important step) with working username and password from the Intranet. So what to do next?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2016\/04\/22\/motivation-letters-for-future-summer-universities-participants\/aegeean-1804_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-34405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/aegeean-1804_1-300x184.png\" alt=\"aegeean 1804_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/aegeean-1804_1-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/aegeean-1804_1-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/aegeean-1804_1.png 1006w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Create an IDEA for your motivation letter, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which should reflect\u00a0how passionate your are to\u00a0participate in this particular SU and not any other. It can be some imaginary story, some\u00a0personal facts which lead you to this SU, your real experience, a fairytale or an interview. We don\u2019t put limits to your creativity. Be sincere and work on it.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Why exactly do you want to participate in this Summer University? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it because you adore W.I.N.E. or just because Dublin has always been on the top of your travel list as you want to find Leprechauns? Maybe you have always been dreaming to be a part of cycling lifestyle, therefore you just NEED to participate in Burgundian Bicycles Vol. III SU? Your Grandma comes from Transnistria and your goal is to go back to your roots? Or you just simply don\u2019t think that a trip to Lake Baikal will be complete without crazy AEGEEans? The key to a successful motivation letter is to explain your real motivation, connected to the topic of the SU (not just &#8220;I want to lie on Sicilian beaches&#8221;). It may sound too obvious, but that&#8217;s the way it is. Decide on the concept of your motivation letter and the best way to express it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Be sure your motivation follows a structure. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good news &#8211; it is up to you to decide what\u00a0this structure should look like. However, it is always nice to greet the one who reads your text, to introduce yourself in terms of the topic of the SU, to divide your text into separate paragraphs, connect them with the linking words, to tell some nice stories from your life etc, and to say goodbye in the end. You can establish quite formal structure or to speak to your organisers like to your friends or relatives, if your writing style allows it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2016\/04\/22\/motivation-letters-for-future-summer-universities-participants\/cforcreativity\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34406\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34406 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/cforcreativity-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"cforcreativity\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/cforcreativity-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/cforcreativity.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>C for creativity. What about some additions? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that every person in the world is really talented. This is a platform to express your talents! You may sing a song, especially if you wrote it for the SU, draw a nice picture connected to the topic, make a photo collage, write a poem, make a video, do infographics, a PowerPoint presentation, a website with funny facts, whatever. <\/span><b>Note:<\/b>\u00a0<strong>adding<\/strong><b>\u00a0these things does not guarantee that you will be automatically accepted. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore you really should watch the quality of what you send, filter your ideas and follow one concept. For instance, don\u2019t send just an introductory selfie-video: most probably, it won\u2019t be that original for you to be accepted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Be concise and try to keep your letter short! <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not everyone enjoys reading\u00a0novels or long films as motivation letters. Time may be the most valuable resource in the world, so be respectful about it &#8211; don\u2019t put the same ideas twice and use\u00a0only those that are\u00a0worth it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>If you think your English is not that good\u2026 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t think so. Most of the participants are not native speakers, therefore, nobody will blame you if you wrote something wrong. However, for better impression you should proofread your text and correct some typos or mistakes. And practice English before the SU!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Fun is always a good idea. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all are young generation of amazing Europeans who really value good sense of humour, which is suitable for this informal style of writing.If you include some jokes or funny facts, it will be easier for you to attract people. Take it in consideration especially when you answer the\u00a0three\u00a0questions from\u00a0organisers in the end. But\u00a0please remember that you shouldn\u2019t include jokes that are too radical or too personal.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/LxLl7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"197\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read your motivation letter once again when you are finished. Not just to check the mistakes, but to answer the question: <\/span><b>if you were an organiser, would you accept yourself as participant? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your objective answer is \u201cyes\u201d, then your chances are very high.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good luck with your applications and enjoy the #summerofyourlife! We hope everyone manages to get a place in the Summer University of their\u00a0dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by\u00a0Yevgeniya Gagarkina, Summer University Coordination Team<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Summer is appoaching and in only few days applications for Summer Universities will close. Writing a motivation letter is always very tiring and sometimes you don&#8217;t know what to write, maybe that&#8217;s why we keep on putting it off? Therefore here is a guide to help you write\u00a0a winning motivation letter. \u00a0You have already chosen your dream destination for the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2016\/04\/22\/motivation-letters-for-future-summer-universities-participants\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1823,45],"tags":[1969,1186,38,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34402"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34459,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34402\/revisions\/34459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}