In this blog post, we will introduce sample sentences that can be used in self-introduction letters based on group activities and club experiences during school days.

 

Various travel experiences and efforts to become an international talent

At school, I gathered friends who had similar hobbies and interests, and we would let our imaginations run wild. Although it was supposed to be a travel club, most of the members were children who could not even dream of traveling abroad. I still smile when I think back on those days when we would listen intently to stories about rare vacation trips with our parents or stories about relatives living abroad, and watch foreign documentaries and read travel books together, sharing our dreams of visiting faraway countries we could not yet visit. It was also a fun experience to travel around Korea with the support of my parents and under the guidance of my club teacher, using the money I had saved little by little from my allowance.
On the other hand, I was determined to improve myself in order to become an international talent who could travel freely around the world. I believed that in order to extend my influence to the countries I admired so much and to be active in various fields beyond Korea, it was most important to hone my skills. In addition, my family could not afford to pay for my study abroad expenses, so I knew that I had to stand out from the crowd in order to receive support from the government or other organizations. This became a catalyst for me to devote myself to my studies in order to enrich my life from a macro perspective that encompassed my entire life. I didn’t want to just improve my grades or get into a good university, I needed to prove my abilities and achieve results that would allow me to be recognized as a talented individual who could fully demonstrate my abilities on the international stage.

 

 

Realizing the value of hard work through a robot contest

I majored in electrical engineering at a specialized high school. I have a lively personality and enjoyed spending time with my friends, so during my second year of high school winter break, we decided to put our skills to the test. At the recommendation of our teacher, we decided to enter a contest. It was a robot contest, so my friends from the mechanical engineering department and I formed a team. Although we had different majors, we shared the same interests. Our goal was to create a humanoid robot that could help people, so we put our heads together and worked on it. It was very meticulous work to make the movements detailed. I was in charge of this task. It required precision because even the slightest imbalance would ruin the whole thing, but I was able to do it without much difficulty because I had naturally acquired the thoroughness that my father had emphasized since I was a child. Unfortunately, we did not win any awards, but it was a valuable experience for me. Not only did I enjoy working together with others, but I also found it rewarding to work toward a goal and achieve it. I think this was a result of my improved relationship with my father.

 

 

Learning harmony through volunteer club, student council, and orchestra activities

There are several activities I experienced in college that changed me. One was a volunteer club, the second was the student council, and the last was the orchestra.
I participated in a volunteer club every week, teaching after-school classes to children from disadvantaged families. At first, I joined because my seniors persuaded me, but it turned out to be a meaningful activity where I learned a lot from the children rather than teaching them. Rather than imparting knowledge, I felt a sense of responsibility in becoming a counselor for those children, as a senior, a teacher, and a friend, who they could consult with and discuss their concerns. It was a time that motivated me to improve my own attitude and way of thinking. I joined the student council because I wanted to enrich my school life and get to know students from other classes, and it was a microcosm of social life that taught me how to coordinate opinions, create action plans, and achieve results. It required a different way of communicating to go from simply studying together to becoming collaborators who shared the roles of running the school and representing the rights of the students. Finally, I joined the school orchestra because I wanted to learn the violin again, which I had learned as a hobby until elementary school, and there I learned what true harmony is. The part I played in the orchestra was very small, but if I neglected my practice, missed a note, or played out of time, it would create “noise” that would disrupt the overall harmony and harmony. Through the orchestra, I broadened my understanding of beautiful music, but I also learned the true meaning of harmony and unity, as well as responsibility within an organization.

 

 

Four years of founding a club and growing it into the most talented club

During my college years, I was deeply impressed by my club activities in middle and high school, so I decided to start a club of my own. It was a fund club. I majored in business administration and wanted to learn about investing professionally, and there were many mock investment competitions, so I thought that planning a club while preparing for those competitions would be fun and meaningful. However, it was not as easy as I had expected. From the outset, there was conflict with the general student council over creating another club in an already saturated environment. Then there was the question of how to cover membership fees, recruiting members, and even conflicts among the friends who were organizing the club. It was one challenge after another. I put a tremendous amount of effort into resolving conflicts and compromising with people, and eventually we were able to establish the club. In my second semester of my first year, I was so focused on that that I got an F in all my classes. In the end, we succeeded, and naturally, the club grew into a great club, and when I graduated from college, I received a commendation from the president for being the club with the most achievements in competitions. Through that experience, I realized that I had a talent for sales. People are intimidated by the risks involved in sales, but I found it very appealing because I enjoyed compromising with people and preparing for presentations. Since then, I have dreamed of working in sales, and now I am taking on a new challenge.

 

 

I joined numerous clubs and participated in many activities

The first thing I did when I entered university was to join numerous clubs. When I was in high school, dreaming of going to university, what I envied most was being able to freely pursue various interests and hobbies through clubs. I made my own plan and joined academic societies, a basketball club, and a film club, and spent my first year as a freshman with great excitement. To be honest, rather than gaining anything from club activities, I think I just had a really fun time adjusting to college life through the many seniors and classmates I met through the clubs. Then, in my second year, I formed a small performance club with some like-minded friends from the film club. I was thirsty for cultural experiences such as movies and performances, so I went to see a few performances with my friends who also liked movies, and it was a completely new experience for me, who had lived in the countryside. I decided to start a small club so that I could plan performances with more people and see a variety of works. However, it was not easy to organize the club and come up with programs for people. We contacted various performance planning agencies, looked into discounts for group tickets, and held fundraising events within the group to cover the considerable costs. It started out as something we did because we wanted to see more performances, but there was more work than we expected. However, planning each performance gave us a sense of accomplishment, and because it was something we started on our own, we felt a sense of responsibility that motivated us to work even harder. After holding several events, the number of members increased, and it became a stable small group. At the end of the year, we officially registered as a club.

 

 

Learning the importance of individual roles and harmony through choir activities

I was a member of the municipal choir in middle and high school. I have loved singing since I was a child, and I enjoyed music so much that I won awards in singing competitions both inside and outside of school, even though it was not my major. To be honest, when I first stood on stage to sing, I wanted to be the star, so I tended to overdo it, and I worked hard to become a soloist, but as time went by, I began to appreciate the charm of harmony in a choir. Choir singing is not about one person singing well, but about each member producing their own voice accurately, listening to each other, and coming together to create a complete piece of music, a song. Of course, there is beauty and a sense of accomplishment in the greatness of music itself, but even if my team and I are not the best, the harmony created by the combination of voices gives me a sense of satisfaction that makes me feel like we are the best at that moment. In particular, the national choir competition I experienced while in the choir allowed me to recognize the practice and fun we had together as something like a big project, and I think that experiencing such a big stage helped me develop my ability to deal with situations and distribute my energy. And when the stage we had prepared for months ended in just a few minutes, I felt empty and frustrated, but I was able to encourage myself with a sense of accomplishment that I had achieved something. Through my experience in the choir, I learned about the rules of group life from my seniors and juniors, and I think I gained a vague understanding of the importance of each individual’s role and how they work together.

 

 

Valley dance club and jazz dance lead me to the United States

After entering university, I wanted to try many different experiences, so I joined a belly dance club. I was very interested in the colorful movements I saw on TV. As I learned belly dancing, my interest in dance grew, and I also tried jazz dance. There were times when I was so absorbed that I would practice alone in the practice room for six to seven hours with music playing. Moving my body a lot made me more flexible and relieved my stress, making my daily life much more enjoyable. I participated in a college jazz dance competition and won a prize, which led me to experience the United States. Experiencing the United States for the first time in my life gave me time to think about the lives of different people. While traveling around the United States for a week, I thought about light and shadow. There were glamorous places, but there was also a hidden side behind the glamour. Thinking about them, I began to think about how I could help people in the dark corners of our society. After returning to Korea, I joined a volunteer organization called . It was an organization that helped single mothers, and as a woman, I found it very heartbreaking.
I believe that my many activities during college helped me mature. What I learned during college has been very helpful in my career. I believe that it will also be an advantage in my work at your company.

 

 

Recording through photography club activities

I remember having a great time with my friends in the photography club. Many of the children wanted to record the passing scenes of the world and things that would eventually disappear, and express their own intentions through their photos. Many of them had clear goals, and it was a time when I was able to enjoy their diversity, be influenced by them, and enrich myself. I was determined to overcome my poor eyesight, so I focused on the clarity of the lens and the image, while my friends were influenced by their first experiences of photography, which they had gained by taking pictures of their families, and they tried to take portraits that captured the subject’s feelings rather than just their appearance. Others wanted to capture scenes that could not be seen with the naked eye or from a normal position. I went out with my camera with friends who had a wide variety of purposes.
The experience of seeing how the same landscape or place can be captured in so many different ways was something I always realized through my friends. Unlike paintings, where the skills and abilities of the creator play a major role, some people say that it is difficult to reflect the creator’s intentions in photography because it is simply a matter of using a camera. However, I strive to capture a tiny part of this vast and distant world, and I believe that the very act of choosing “what” to record and “how” to record it, and I have constantly strived to capture my intentions in my photographs.

 

 

English theater club activities that brought me closer to English

No matter what you do, the world is now within reach, so my father taught me that I must be proficient in English in order to have an international mindset for my career. He told me to never give up on Korean and English, even if I gave up on math. My father believed that communication skills are essential in social life, so he told me that speaking Korean correctly is just as important as speaking English.
In fact, I have a good sense of language, so I always got good grades in Korean and English. I have won several awards in essay contests and English speaking contests held at school.
When I entered university, I struggled a lot with what to major in. My father recommended economics or business administration, but I chose English literature because I loved it so much. While attending university, I realized that a degree in English literature alone would not give me much of an advantage in finding a job, so I took my parents’ advice and minored in business administration.
During my college years, I participated in an English theater club within my department. Since I was already studying English, I wanted to improve my speaking and listening skills and be able to communicate naturally in English. I always performed in plays during department festivals, and the response was very positive. As you might imagine, Shakespeare’s works were frequently performed in English theater. However, I also wanted to try musical theater. Then, when I became the president of the English theater club in my third year, I decided to take on the challenge of doing a musical. At first, some of my seniors opposed the idea, but the other members of the theater club agreed with me that it would be good to change the atmosphere and draw more empathy from the audience, so we decided to put on the first musical in the history of our department. Choosing a play was no easy task. In the end, we decided to take on the unconventional challenge of turning the movie into a musical. There were many twists and turns, from revising the script to preparing the stage on a shoestring budget, but in the end, the performance was a great success. The audience breathed with the stage as the songs and dances came together, and we were able to enjoy a festival that was more meaningful than ever before. This experience reaffirmed my leadership and passion.

 

 

Various activities inspired by an interest in cars

I had a lot of fun forming a club with friends who were also interested in cars. My friends had diverse interests. I was interested in the structure, body, and parts of cars, as well as tuning, but some of my friends were interested in driving, such as racing, and others were passionate about the designs of famous foreign car brands, collecting pictures of them. I remember how interesting and enjoyable it was that even though we were all interested in the same thing, our interests were so diverse. We were all interested in each other’s areas of interest, but as we talked about what we liked, we ended up focusing only on our own dreams and interests, which I still remember as funny and amusing memories.
The most enjoyable regular event for our club was visiting car shows. Even though we visited together under the guidance of our teacher, we were all enthusiastic about different things, asking questions to the guides and reading pamphlets, but we were all equally passionate about spending hours there. I used to draw blueprints of my ideal car, combining the characteristics of my favorite car models and brands at the time, saying that I wanted to have my own dream car someday. Looking back on them now, I feel quite embarrassed, but I also miss the passion of those days when I could spend all night talking excitedly about my favorite hobby. That was the period when the engine that brought me to where I am today was ignited, providing me with the driving force that has kept me going.