Study Abroad Program

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After I got my diploma I tried to create a perfect plan for my future. In order to achieve my personal goals I concentrated on two main things: improving my education and getting a job. I decided to continue my education and obtain a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering which I registered in Technical College at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When I received the admission letter from that college I prepared my bags and left my parents' house to go to Riyadh to pursue my goal. This was the first time being away from them. I studied hard in order to earn that certificate I felt that the time was running too slow while I was there. While studying at that college, I found out about a program of scholarships. This program had many conditions and a long process for the application. I didn’t hesitate to enroll in that program. It was an excellent opportunity to get a better education and was offer in one of the most sophisticated countries around the world. Therefore, I made a decision to take advantage of this opportunity, because opportunities like this only come once in our lifetime. I didn’t know they will accept me in the program to study in the U.S. and after two weeks I got good news from them. I struggled between leaving my career unfinished at that college and completing this in the U.S.

A crucial moment in my life came when I saw my name among the participants for the admissions to the scholarships on the final stage. At that moment, I’ve made my mind about this opportunity. I asked my family and friends for some advice and they said go because you will learn several valuable things, including the development of language. You will get a certificate from a country where education is a very sophisticated and one of the best ...

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...t a call from the embassy of the United States tolling me to send my passport as soon as possible to issue the visa. I was really happy and I could not describe my feeling because it was the biggest thing that encouraged me to study abroad .When I received my passport, I started to arrange and organize myself to leave my country and achieve my personal goals for the future.

In conclusion, it was a really hard moment at that time of my life to make a decision but I thought about this good opportunity and missing it. Sometimes, it's really hard to translate and describe the feelings that human beings go through when things like this happen in life. Even though, there were hard circumstances and times such as leaving my family, losing this opportunity, achieving my goals, and waiting for my visa, I decided to leave home and study abroad to achieve my goals and dreams.

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