University of Tel Aviv

The Admissions Committee is interested in learning about your reasons for study in Israel and specifically at Tel Aviv University. In the space below, please explain why you are applying for admission to the School for Overseas Students

I am applying for admission to the School for Overseas Students at the University of Tel Aviv because my heart is in Israel.

I spent this past summer living just outside of Tel Aviv. It was life changing and I did not realize how much I have changed and grown as a person until I came back to the US and started the fall semester of my senior year at the University of Florida.

Sitting at a restaurant near the Ben Hill Griffin football Stadium; bright orange, royal blue, and the occasional forest green rushed past me. Together it was a mismatched sea of people showing their support for meaninglessness teams and a meaningless event.

My schools colors are orange and blue, but those are not my true colors.

My passion is metallic gold and it bursts out of me like fireworks painting the night sky in a shimmery sparkle. Lying in the Negev this summer and looking up at the night sky, I saw my passion—It’s Israel. I saw my passion again while trying to watch a meteor shower while in Tel Aviv—It’s Israel.

Passion is a powerful and compelling emotion. My passion is strong and vibrant to succeed at living a life full of meaning by advocating for Israel.

My hopefulness is pastel.

It streams from me and surrounds me in lavender light. Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had and that events will turn out for the best. My hope allows me to experience, accept, and surpass obstacles and hard times. Because of hope I can accept things as they come to me and make the most out of every situation.

I hope that I will be starting classes at the University of Tel Aviv in January and I hope that Israel will become my home when the time is right.

Some of my colors are obvious. My pastel hopefulness and metallic passion are completely visible. My love is bright red like a heart and my strength is a subtle yet determined turquoise blue.

My heart is in Israel and only with a strong foundation can I begin to build my life of meaning. I believe that studying at the University of Tel Aviv will help me to set the foundation that I have been longing for.