My sophomore year in the university.

During my sophomore year in university, I decided to apply for the internal selection of studying abroad program. I managed to get the TOEFL score required for the selection.

Several months later, my name and my student number were listed on the board. I was very surprised by the result. I managed to pass 1st selection because my academic results were nice at that time and I never skipped the classes.

Some weeks later, I needed to take an interview test as 2nd selection and I made a serious mistake during the interview.

I didn't check the dress code for the interview and I went to the interview plaae with casual clothes. I just noticed this after I got to the place.

"No choice. I'll do my best and if the interviewer pointed me out, I will sincerely apologize for it."

The interview was a group interview and all of the other candidates were majoring in English. (For me, I majored in international language communication studies.)

I was really fired up about this situation.

I explained to the interviewers about my English learning and my attitude toward the course at the university. (since I took course for English teacher's license at that time.)

One of the interviewer ask a question.

"Tell us about English word you memorized."

I answered an English sentence including the word I memorized, which made them surprised.

Several weeks later, I found my name in the list and my efforts finally paid off.

There was one more thing that I needed to do to study abroad.

As one of the candidates, I needed to take the "SPECIAL LECTURE conducted in English and I had to pass it...