Admissions Essay: Ban Ki-Moon

I traveled New York City alone during this fall break. A lot of things in NYC fascinated me such as fabulous shopping Centers, busy New Yokers on Wall Street, delicious food, meaningful historical places, and a spectacular view from the Empire State Building. However, there was one place that I had to go. It was United Nations. There was a person that I desperately wanted to see, Ban Ki-Moon, the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. Ban is a very strong and ethical leader and helped me to set my dream to help others.

Ban Ki-Moon is the second Asian, also the first Korean who became the Secretary-General of the United Nations. My father sent me the book that Ban wrote when I was having the hardest time in America. Last year was my hardest year In the States. My grades didn’t reach my expectation, I felt like no one cared about me, and was sick often. All I
From his years as a diplomat in Korea, he was well-known to be modesty and humble. I believe that he became the Secretary-General of the United Nations to gain power and fame. It is a job to solve tensions between nations, environmental issues, orphan issues and so on, but get blamed easily. A person can not easily give up their power and have a heart to work to help others. My dream is to make a cure for eczema. In many countries, eczema, an extreme skin disease, is spread due to the environmental issues and it is found on a youth often times. I was one of the unfortunate ones. It is a horrible and deadly disease coming from my experience and doesn’t have a cure of a definite cause. Even though I’m almost cured, my heart breaks for the little children who have to go through it. A lab worker for a disease that is very obscure and newly known could be a very challenging job and it is possible to be poorly paid. However, it would be very rewarding to help the suffering children to be cured and become normal happy