University Of Delaware: Personal Narrative Analysis

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I anticipate at the University of Delaware I will be welcomed. It is a true community. I love diversity and meeting new people. Due to my multicultural background, I am very used to adjusting and adapting to new environments as it has become quite routine in my upbringing. I have moved schools, states and continents and I have grown quite fond of traveling and meeting new people. I love to communicate and I love the challenge of adapting to new environments. Most notably in Africa in which I encountered many challenges all whilst learning a lot. I am most importantly comfortable with change and embrace it with constant self motivation and positivity. Change is always initially difficult but I believe that when one can adapt to new surroundings

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