c'est la fin j'espere

The Olympics was merely the culminating=event, this came , after my winning many competitions in various =3B World Championships. Along my journey to the Olymp=cs , I had to pay , by earning, my own way, somet=mes only a couple of rubles at time. I set aside my aches and pains but co=tinued to visualize the spectators upside down , as I performed the =3B first, of many body flips, and drove on...

I am now si=ting here at the Clifford Chance Law Office in Paris, where I am =working as an intern. In the evening, I now visualize myself be=ng in an amphitheater surrounded by a bouillabaisse of talented students f=om arund the world. As we listen to lectures by some of Harva=d's greatest legal minds I can hear the clicks of the laptop keyboards as =y fellow Harvard students refuse to look up at the professor as they belie=e it may cause them to mistakenly hit the wrong key .=/P>

While trave=ing to foreign countries for training and competitions, I tried to visua=ize what it would be like to actually live in one. To my delight, at the=age of 16, I won a scholarship and was awarded a participation in a one-=ear exchange program in France. This experience was the first time=l had not only to compete, but had to do so in a language that w=s orthogonal to my native Russian. Luckily, now, in addition to French=and Russian I am also fluent in English and Norwegian.

Motivated by my inte=est in international and legal affairs and in public speaking, I was acc=pted by the University of Paris to study law. The visualizations&n=sp; can sometimes be frightening. I remember with trepidation, on the =ery first day of class being sternly told that though we were now 2000 inc=ming students, we should be well aware that only 30= of us were expected to graduate. So I closed my eyes and began to=visualized myself as one of those lucky 300.

=FONT size=3> As I push hard on t=e envelope of my future images I can see myself being an attorney=2C defending my clients, attempting to improve the =ives of those I represent. I believe that debating in a court is a=so a form of competition. It is even more rewarding than cheers from the c=owd. The competition of ideas and the search of compelling arguments require both skill and practice not unlike sports trai=ing. At trial ,small changes make large differences, just as in sports=tiny errors, might lead to a tragic injury. The legal system and the spo=t world look backward to precedent, though in sports we talk about break=ng one's own records as well as the world's best. I visualize doing both. =eing prepared for the unknown as I face new challenges. Following the rule= of the game I will push to the extremes - this time in the legal world. l=believe that law will enable me to do intellectually,=/SPAN> what snowboarding, has enabled me to do physically.=/P>

=FONT size=3>While working 12 hou=s a day, I know that it is just another step in my training befo=e studying at HIS. This experience gives me an insight into the life of a =awyer, the opportunity to conduct due diligences and attend hearings. I =m particularly drawn to the challenges I find at the intersection of Inter=ational business law and arbitration..

Now I am practicing another visualiza=ion. This time I am standing on the stage, being handed my Law diploma b= the Dean. I can see and hear the Dean congratulating me. I look over , =nd again see my mother and father amongst other spectators, reac=ing their hands towards the sky. However this time they are all right side=up.

if someone did look at it, they did so without caring„ th=re were many many errors.

maybe, because an australian person reviewed it.

By now 2 English translators checked it and an American lawyer, an= I was sitting next to each of them to make sure they pay attention on wha= they do..ahah So this is the final essay, orthogonal to the first versi=n..

Would you, the brightest personal statement mind, approuve it fo= submission ?

Nastya says that since about a month she noticed that my speech is m=re argumentative, I give reasons for my conclusions...and before I would=state smth without any logical chain she thinks it is becau=e of me preparing LSAT 24 hours a day..

Hope you are doing fine and having some great time. say Hi to Sveta=2C Sue, Jennifer !