Menulis Letter of Motivation Terbaik untuk Beasiswa DAAD (Official Guide)

Berikut ini merupakan guidelines untuk menulis motivation letter yang disarankan langsung oleh DAAD melalui laman websitenya pada tahun 2015 akhir, pada saat saya apply beasiswa DAAD. Dari saran DAAD untuk konten/isi motivation letter di setiap paragraph, saya mencoba untuk breakdown maksud dan tujuannya.

Mungkin sudah banyak sekali di luar sana yang menjelasan bagaimana menulis motivation letter yang proper. Tapi saya disini coba menghubungan saran penulisan dan pengalaman spesifik dalam apply beasiswa DAAD.

Contents:

Para1. What is your professional goal? In which sector would you like to work after obtaining your Master’s degree?

(Sebaiknya goals dan sektornya linear dengan program studi yang direncanakan untuk kuliah di Jerman nantinya. Juga sedikit dilatarbelakangi background pengalaman untuk support goals tersebut. Ini 95% bakal ditanya di interview DAAD)

Para2. In which way do you intend to contribute to your home country once you are in a respective position.

(Refer to ilmu, wawasan, dan pengalaman kamu. Diutamakan untuk memperlihatkan data berisi fakta dan figur yang konkrit dan berhubungan dengan kontribusi tersebut. Penting, jangan membuat kontribusi yang sangat umum dan terlalu berangan-angan, usahakan kontribusi yang konkrit. Contoh yang umum: I want to be part of government bureau in Economic sector which then could directly contribute to accelerate the national economy.  Contoh yang konkritnya: I want to assist the bottom-40 population to be more productive and earn more by easing the small enterprise implementation, help them to get a fund and to develop their own business, because small dan medium enterprises are effective sectors for enhancing national economic growth)

Para3. Why do you apply for the chosen Master’s programme? Which of the courses offered in this programme are particularly beneficial in pursuing your professional goals.

(lagi-lagi penting untuk mempertimbangkan linearitas program studi S1-S2-dan-karir nantinya dan juga sedikit dari pentingnya program studi tersebut untuk Indonesia/daerah kamu. It matters most in Germany. Professional goals tidak selalu harus berkontribusi dari sector pemerintahan, teman-teman juga bisa menjelaskan pentingnya suatu karir sector swasta untuk pembangunan daerah/Indonesia, contohnya seperti ingin mengembangan bisnis bidang biotechnology (i.e. jualan bakteri yang sangat bermanfaat di banyak sector pembangunan) yang Germany sedang gencar dalam research ini. Mereka sangat appreciate international student yang ingin membangun daerah/negaranya. Contoh ilmu social, dari aku: Studying in Economics program in Germany is a great way for me to deepen my understanding theoretically, to get practical experience, and to widen my knowledge in Economic sector since Germany is one of 5 World’s top country according to GDP per capita. So I could bring these benefits of studying in Germany to develop my country. The courses that would help a lot are Econometrics as statistical knowledge, Microeconomics as I want to contribute in micro sector, and Industrial Organization as this is the part where Germany is the World’s best.)

Advanced Microeconomics Problem Set 1: Preference & Choice (Master Level)

Solution:

1.      (a). Rationality in preference and choice means that people would prefer to the thing which makes them satisfied instead of other things. It also can be said that these people are likely choosing goods and services in a rational way. When people make a decision, they will consider many factors which can maximize their satisfaction, compare them with the other and also use several information that they have and believe it would make the best decision and choice. There are two properties to describe it further:

1)  Completeness, assumes that there is one thing which would be chosen instead of other things. If there are two goods, let say xand y, people are going to choose x instead of y or vice versa.

2)  Transitivity is a consistent comparison and behaviour by people toward the goods or choices. For example, a student prefers to study instead of work and he is more likely to work than going long vacation, so therefore this student definitely likes to study instead of going long vacation.

(b). Example from everyday life that violates the property:

       - Completeness: If someone has to choose between the two very similar things, then each thing cannot be better off the other, because these are almost indifferent things for him. For example, croissant from bakery A and bakery B are at price, taste, quality, size and other indicators which could be regarded as indifferent, or are just slightly different. When someone is facing either choosing croissant from bakery A or bakery B, he is unable to make a decision quickly because he does not know what his real preference is, due to the “extremely slightly difference” of the choices.

       - Transitivity: It will be happened if the people are being to be inconsistent. For instance, someone like to eat bread with cheese instead of milk and he will use milk instead of chocolate, but he will choose chocolate instead of cheese, because he prefer to eat bread with a chocolate more than cheese.

So that, violation defines the inconsistent and irrational behaviour of the people (or in this case, the consumer).