[Applause]
yes polar alert okay let’s go back then
so studying abroad is very popular today
and the idea is very popular yeah there
are not so many people who are brave and
daring enough to try it one thinks that
he is not good enough and not bright
enough and sells himself short and
another one thinks that he knows
everything about the world that he has
to know and there is no need to get
uncomfortable to learn that home is
still better but I can give you two
points for and against this experience
and the reason that might stop and scare
you is that this is a terrifying change
and for some of you this statement is
defining and final however they at least
one reason why you should do this this
is a terrifying change and indeed this
is very challenging this might be a
game-changer for your future and I’m not
just talking about getting out of your
comfort zone and who knows this may even
lead you to your comfort zone I’m
talking about seeing this world from a
different perspective learning who you
are what you want in your life and what
you don’t want in your life becoming
determines about all these choices and
succeeding in it and it also doesn’t
matter if this experience shows you more
good or bad in you and in the world
around you because your picture will get
bigger anyways and your awareness will
rise so studying today is as easy as it
may be these days because this path is
taking daily might by many people and
you don’t have to shoot yourself into
the space of unknown so they’re willing
to share their experience with you even
if they didn’t like something and the
reasons might be actually very numerous
too big a cultural difference different
language different different mentality
difficult and different educational
system and why exactly you should go
then so I have a short story to tell you
about the presentation I made for a
student for a group of students and
there was one student who actually
couldn’t keep it anymore and she said
that she was bound to become an
economist and all these stories about
grants and scholarships are brought was
not about her she was just an ordinary
girl so I took this turn and I told her
story about my colleague who was
originally just an accountant
she studied abroad she learnt languages
she’d do different financial
accounting courses on an international
level and eventually she became a very
highly qualified specialist in this area
and she works as a financial director in
a very big company right now so the girl
then told me that my colleague was one
in a million but who told this girl and
who told you that you are not one in a
million so I’m here today to tell you
that you are one in a million and you
are capable of achieving great things
and it’s okay to choose a usual life but
it’s not okay if you choose it because
somebody told you that you’re not good
enough and you’re not worthy enough and
you’re just afraid to raise your bar a
little bit there was also another girl
who is very hesitant and shaky about her
future because of her health issues but
we all realize that this life comes as a
package deal with all the problems
diseases you need and there is no time
for rehearsal
your life is right now so the more you
things you know about this life the more
Arsenal you’d have to do with it so I
have a question to you who months you
think they have similar or maybe your
own excuses like this can you please
raise your hands thank you so who told
you and who made you believe guys that
you are not capable of becoming great at
whatever you do I can tell you that you
are capable of being successful in
exchange programs for sure if you are
hard-working brave persistent and stoic
so hard-working means that you take
responsibility for new challenging
things and they’re rewarding not only in
terms of knowledge but also skills and
see new horizons you need to be brave
and maybe some of you share similar
memories with me from school when I was
just shy and timid and you know I always
knew the right answer but I was so
scared to raise my hand and answer you
need to overcome yourself you need to
try different cells and maybe you need
to try different places you can go to
scorching deserts with the snakes and
scorpions in it or you can go to icy
cold ones and explore the hidden frozen
secrets of our planet so it’s out for
you it’s up to you
persistent you need to be very
persistent because applying to different
programs probably you will fail and not
only once you will fail your tests or
fill in papers in the wrong way so you
need to try again you
to try more options you need to try
harder and this will actually improve
your knowledge and skills probably it
will also raise your resistance to
bureaucracy and fill in zillion forms so
you need to be stoic it means that when
life is hard on you you need to stay
cool accept what’s coming and act very
rationally and I assure you that these
qualities can give you a lot of keys to
this life in general not only studying
abroad so I applied for an exchange
program after four years of working in
business and three years of working in
an academic sphere I was 29 at that
point and this information is for those
who think their education stops when
they graduate and they won’t have
another chance because life begins well
this is not like that I’ve also read
some reflections of people who study
abroad at the moment and almost every
second person said that it was a good
solution to take an inspirational break
after their bachelor’s degree so they
worked they had some experience and when
it came to deciding about their master’s
degree they had more input on their
hands we also sometimes consider that
master’s degree is like an immediate
sequel to bachelor’s degree well this is
not like that bachelor’s degree can be
sufficient for your future career and
masters can be something completely
different in a couple of years it’s also
a very usual situation one in a group of
master students there are people of 25
and 40 some of them came with their
families from abroad so it’s a usual
situation and it means it’s never too
late to learn I can also reassure you
that you don’t have to be reached to
trial of that because there’s a whole
selection of scholarships at the moment
and you can actually start looking well
still at the University start looking
for different different double degree
opportunities exchange programs and
similar things but even if you graduated
like I did you can still find it it’s
also worth mentioning that if you’re
doing a sports career or a legal career
and you think I’m a lawyer in Russia who
cares like I don’t need languages and
stuff I assure you that at some point in
your career you want to become a real
expert in all these fields and you will
need international education most likely
so I won when I applied and now while
and I expected less I want my master’s
degree broad and it was quite a turn for
me because I had to take different tests
after the first stage of the competition
and they were not only English
proficiency tests but there will also
tests including math so I never had any
difficulties with the subjects at school
you know math or geometry or whatsoever
but this had to be done by a person of
humanities 10 years after my drew after
I drew my last symmetric parabola at
school actually so it was quite a turn
for me it was very challenging and the
whole process took me a year I had to
provide a lot of papers I have to fill
in many forms my translations of
academic writings medical descriptions
of all my defects so it was worth it in
the end and in a nutshell I can tell you
that every application would normally
include CV or resume motivation letter
copies of your diploma reference letters
and test scores and seeing this
information on the board you can
understand right now that it’s very
important to be to build good
relationship with your faculty
professors who your teachers and
colleagues who can give you reference
letters so it will increase your chances
of getting a good letter
which is good not for only studying
abroad but also for finding a future job
so I went to study in Arizona and
believe me beside that being a complete
opposite to Siberia I had many other
hills and valleys on my way it was a
different language different mentality
different morality with its norms and
behavior and I miss my friends terribly
I miss my family I miss my favorite
cuisine not everything turn out to be
really good but sorry sorry so studying
abroad will most likely introduce you to
new formats of education as well so
probably your lectures will turn into
dialogues with professors you will not
just read on your own but you will
discuss it in groups and you will work
on group projects in versatile groups
with multicultural environment and they
will provide like a meaningful
experience exchange for you you will
also be able to choose different
subjects and tailor your path so anyways
you can build
be lucky enough and some of your
teachers will be noble professors like
Nobel laureates I mean or top managers
from the field or some outstanding
people and I have an example like that
from my experience in Arizona I took at
an urban dance class and every two weeks
a professor would come from a different
state and they would teach us different
styles of dancing contemporary house
krump and whatsoever it was very amazing
and inspirational because there were two
aces in what they did so I embraced this
experience and this is what you have to
do and I embraced this journey of
self-discovery and self-improvement I
felt like I was reborn in a different
reality with a different set of options
and one important thing about studying
abroad is that you really should try to
live a life do something except the
books except the writings except the
readings there are usually a lot of
extracurricular activities offered on
campus so you can choose from them and
it’s okay
it was a big spiritual journey I met a
lot of people on my way some of them
became my dearest friends so I started
wakeboarding when I was there who knew
there was enough water in the desert
anyways I took a senior class I took an
urban dance class I was a part-time
media journalist in the University
newspaper my friend from Cambodia also
an exchange student he learned how to
swim how to play guitar my friend from
camera
she took a journalistic path and she was
a real journalist for the University
newspaper as well so all these people
you meet along the way are your sources
for growth and inspiration this
communication is the great greatest
treasure you can find in this adventure
so it was a big spiritual journey for me
as well and I hope it was not the last
one there were downfalls of course and
not everything went so smooth so there
were mind-blowing sand storms and flash
floods right after that in the desert
and I met dozens of big cockroaches
ownable
on boulevards everywhere and I once saw
a send Fox on my way from college which
was kind of scary it was very hard to
find everything for my favorite cuisine
so no Grishka guys so
and it was very hard to shop and travel
without a car
we once were stuck on a bus stop near
IKEA with a ginormous mattress we had to
take home while a dust storm was about
to burst on us with numerous lightnings
across the whole sky and believe me it
was truly terrifying so in and it was
worth it all the bad things too because
it showed me who I am who I was what I
wanted to be it also showed me different
ways of doing many things so it changes
you completely and if you still think if
you have some doubts and you think what
is this what is that
so I dare you to ask a couple of
questions what is the worst thing that
might happen to you actually if you
think all these things can happen to you
right now anywhere at any point of time
but if you ask yourself what is the
benefit of trying many good things comes
here is an answer because there are new
connections new people new opportunities
both abroad and when you return in your
home country the number of your survival
skills will definitely increase no doubt
so if you want to shape your personality
if you want to fix some
misunderstandings in this world if you
want to really test yourself please take
a chance and if you think that you don’t
have the guts I assure you you’re good
enough and you’re bright enough and you
deserve your goals and everybody here
deserves their dreams so in conclusion I
would say I would like to say that I
truly admire the bravery of those people
who chose to come to Siberia this
distant region this distant city which
really deserves it I hope your journey
is full of knowledge and joy so
challenge yourself because this might be
a terrifying change thank you [Applause]
yes polar alert okay let’s go back then
so studying abroad is very popular today
and the idea is very popular yeah there
are not so many people who are brave and
daring enough to try it one thinks that
he is not good enough and not bright
enough and sells himself short and
another one thinks that he knows
everything about the world that he has
to know and there is no need to get
uncomfortable to learn that home is
still better but I can give you two
points for and against this experience
and the reason that might stop and scare
you is that this is a terrifying change
and for some of you this statement is
defining and final however they at least
one reason why you should do this this
is a terrifying change and indeed this
is very challenging this might be a
game-changer for your future and I’m not
just talking about getting out of your
comfort zone and who knows this may even
lead you to your comfort zone I’m
talking about seeing this world from a
different perspective learning who you
are what you want in your life and what
you don’t want in your life becoming
determines about all these choices and
succeeding in it and it also doesn’t
matter if this experience shows you more
good or bad in you and in the world
around you because your picture will get
bigger anyways and your awareness will
rise so studying today is as easy as it
may be these days because this path is
taking daily might by many people and
you don’t have to shoot yourself into
the space of unknown so they’re willing
to share their experience with you even
if they didn’t like something and the
reasons might be actually very numerous
too big a cultural difference different
language different different mentality
difficult and different educational
system and why exactly you should go
then so I have a short story to tell you
about the presentation I made for a
student for a group of students and
there was one student who actually
couldn’t keep it anymore and she said
that she was bound to become an
economist and all these stories about
grants and scholarships are brought was
not about her she was just an ordinary
girl so I took this turn and I told her
story about my colleague who was
originally just an accountant
she studied abroad she learnt languages
she’d do different financial
accounting courses on an international
level and eventually she became a very
highly qualified specialist in this area
and she works as a financial director in
a very big company right now so the girl
then told me that my colleague was one
in a million but who told this girl and
who told you that you are not one in a
million so I’m here today to tell you
that you are one in a million and you
are capable of achieving great things
and it’s okay to choose a usual life but
it’s not okay if you choose it because
somebody told you that you’re not good
enough and you’re not worthy enough and
you’re just afraid to raise your bar a
little bit there was also another girl
who is very hesitant and shaky about her
future because of her health issues but
we all realize that this life comes as a
package deal with all the problems
diseases you need and there is no time
for rehearsal
your life is right now so the more you
things you know about this life the more
Arsenal you’d have to do with it so I
have a question to you who months you
think they have similar or maybe your
own excuses like this can you please
raise your hands thank you so who told
you and who made you believe guys that
you are not capable of becoming great at
whatever you do I can tell you that you
are capable of being successful in
exchange programs for sure if you are
hard-working brave persistent and stoic
so hard-working means that you take
responsibility for new challenging
things and they’re rewarding not only in
terms of knowledge but also skills and
see new horizons you need to be brave
and maybe some of you share similar
memories with me from school when I was
just shy and timid and you know I always
knew the right answer but I was so
scared to raise my hand and answer you
need to overcome yourself you need to
try different cells and maybe you need
to try different places you can go to
scorching deserts with the snakes and
scorpions in it or you can go to icy
cold ones and explore the hidden frozen
secrets of our planet so it’s out for
you it’s up to you
persistent you need to be very
persistent because applying to different
programs probably you will fail and not
only once you will fail your tests or
fill in papers in the wrong way so you
need to try again you
to try more options you need to try
harder and this will actually improve
your knowledge and skills probably it
will also raise your resistance to
bureaucracy and fill in zillion forms so
you need to be stoic it means that when
life is hard on you you need to stay
cool accept what’s coming and act very
rationally and I assure you that these
qualities can give you a lot of keys to
this life in general not only studying
abroad so I applied for an exchange
program after four years of working in
business and three years of working in
an academic sphere I was 29 at that
point and this information is for those
who think their education stops when
they graduate and they won’t have
another chance because life begins well
this is not like that I’ve also read
some reflections of people who study
abroad at the moment and almost every
second person said that it was a good
solution to take an inspirational break
after their bachelor’s degree so they
worked they had some experience and when
it came to deciding about their master’s
degree they had more input on their
hands we also sometimes consider that
master’s degree is like an immediate
sequel to bachelor’s degree well this is
not like that bachelor’s degree can be
sufficient for your future career and
masters can be something completely
different in a couple of years it’s also
a very usual situation one in a group of
master students there are people of 25
and 40 some of them came with their
families from abroad so it’s a usual
situation and it means it’s never too
late to learn I can also reassure you
that you don’t have to be reached to
trial of that because there’s a whole
selection of scholarships at the moment
and you can actually start looking well
still at the University start looking
for different different double degree
opportunities exchange programs and
similar things but even if you graduated
like I did you can still find it it’s
also worth mentioning that if you’re
doing a sports career or a legal career
and you think I’m a lawyer in Russia who
cares like I don’t need languages and
stuff I assure you that at some point in
your career you want to become a real
expert in all these fields and you will
need international education most likely
so I won when I applied and now while
and I expected less I want my master’s
degree broad and it was quite a turn for
me because I had to take different tests
after the first stage of the competition
and they were not only English
proficiency tests but there will also
tests including math so I never had any
difficulties with the subjects at school
you know math or geometry or whatsoever
but this had to be done by a person of
humanities 10 years after my drew after
I drew my last symmetric parabola at
school actually so it was quite a turn
for me it was very challenging and the
whole process took me a year I had to
provide a lot of papers I have to fill
in many forms my translations of
academic writings medical descriptions
of all my defects so it was worth it in
the end and in a nutshell I can tell you
that every application would normally
include CV or resume motivation letter
copies of your diploma reference letters
and test scores and seeing this
information on the board you can
understand right now that it’s very
important to be to build good
relationship with your faculty
professors who your teachers and
colleagues who can give you reference
letters so it will increase your chances
of getting a good letter
which is good not for only studying
abroad but also for finding a future job
so I went to study in Arizona and
believe me beside that being a complete
opposite to Siberia I had many other
hills and valleys on my way it was a
different language different mentality
different morality with its norms and
behavior and I miss my friends terribly
I miss my family I miss my favorite
cuisine not everything turn out to be
really good but sorry sorry so studying
abroad will most likely introduce you to
new formats of education as well so
probably your lectures will turn into
dialogues with professors you will not
just read on your own but you will
discuss it in groups and you will work
on group projects in versatile groups
with multicultural environment and they
will provide like a meaningful
experience exchange for you you will
also be able to choose different
subjects and tailor your path so anyways
you can build
be lucky enough and some of your
teachers will be noble professors like
Nobel laureates I mean or top managers
from the field or some outstanding
people and I have an example like that
from my experience in Arizona I took at
an urban dance class and every two weeks
a professor would come from a different
state and they would teach us different
styles of dancing contemporary house
krump and whatsoever it was very amazing
and inspirational because there were two
aces in what they did so I embraced this
experience and this is what you have to
do and I embraced this journey of
self-discovery and self-improvement I
felt like I was reborn in a different
reality with a different set of options
and one important thing about studying
abroad is that you really should try to
live a life do something except the
books except the writings except the
readings there are usually a lot of
extracurricular activities offered on
campus so you can choose from them and
it’s okay
it was a big spiritual journey I met a
lot of people on my way some of them
became my dearest friends so I started
wakeboarding when I was there who knew
there was enough water in the desert
anyways I took a senior class I took an
urban dance class I was a part-time
media journalist in the University
newspaper my friend from Cambodia also
an exchange student he learned how to
swim how to play guitar my friend from
camera
she took a journalistic path and she was
a real journalist for the University
newspaper as well so all these people
you meet along the way are your sources
for growth and inspiration this
communication is the great greatest
treasure you can find in this adventure
so it was a big spiritual journey for me
as well and I hope it was not the last
one there were downfalls of course and
not everything went so smooth so there
were mind-blowing sand storms and flash
floods right after that in the desert
and I met dozens of big cockroaches
ownable
on boulevards everywhere and I once saw
a send Fox on my way from college which
was kind of scary it was very hard to
find everything for my favorite cuisine
so no Grishka guys so
and it was very hard to shop and travel
without a car
we once were stuck on a bus stop near
IKEA with a ginormous mattress we had to
take home while a dust storm was about
to burst on us with numerous lightnings
across the whole sky and believe me it
was truly terrifying so in and it was
worth it all the bad things too because
it showed me who I am who I was what I
wanted to be it also showed me different
ways of doing many things so it changes
you completely and if you still think if
you have some doubts and you think what
is this what is that
so I dare you to ask a couple of
questions what is the worst thing that
might happen to you actually if you
think all these things can happen to you
right now anywhere at any point of time
but if you ask yourself what is the
benefit of trying many good things comes
here is an answer because there are new
connections new people new opportunities
both abroad and when you return in your
home country the number of your survival
skills will definitely increase no doubt
so if you want to shape your personality
if you want to fix some
misunderstandings in this world if you
want to really test yourself please take
a chance and if you think that you don’t
have the guts I assure you you’re good
enough and you’re bright enough and you
deserve your goals and everybody here
deserves their dreams so in conclusion I
would say I would like to say that I
truly admire the bravery of those people
who chose to come to Siberia this
distant region this distant city which
really deserves it I hope your journey
is full of knowledge and joy so
challenge yourself because this might be
a terrifying change thank you [Applause]
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