Jihong Kim

I attached an unofficial transcript that is not including the gpa for the Fall 2015 semester, and attached the screenshot of my grade report for the Fall 2015 semester, since the offices are closed because it is winter break. As an international student, I was not doing well in the beginning, because I was not fully able to understand lectures in English. However, I was able to realize my linguistic ability was improving as time was going by. With passion both on academic studies and language, I have been receiving higher gpa since 2012 semester as seen on my transcript. By the way I had to go back to South Korea to serve military for three years. Even though I was a little afraid that I might have hard times to get used to using English, I overcame the difficulties with endless efforts, (for example my maximum sleeping hours per day was four hours a day), and I was eventually able to receive 4.0 gpa for Fall 2015 semester. And I will do my best again to receive 4.0 gpa for the Spring 2016 semester again, so I would have cumulative gpa that is higher than 3.0.