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1、Writeadetailedandcarefullyeditedstatementbelow,indicatingyourreasonsforwishingtoundertakegraduatestudy,yourreasonsforchoosingTheUniversityofABC,andyourplansforaprofessionalcareer.Describeyourbackgroundandstrengthsandweaknessesofyourpreparationforgraduatestudy."RecentlyMec
2、hanicEngineeringDepartmentgaveitsfirst'LifelongLearning'awardtoWilliamC.Stacy.AsabomberpilotinWorldWarII,Mr.Stacynevergaveuphisacademicdream.HeobtainedB.S.at26andMasterat43.Whileinhismid70's,hebeganPh.D.study.Afterhis81stbirthday,hecompletedallofhiscoursework.Thedepartmen
3、tisproudtorecognizeMr.Stacyforhisfineexampletostudentsandfacultyoflifelonglearning"-BringhamYoungUniversityNewsletterOctober2001.(Justamongthe10.EssayReviewrecipients,youarethesecondwhoquotedMr.Stacy'sstory,mentionedinLiWei'sstory.Thenimaginehowmany.readerswillquoteittoo?
4、Don'tcopy!)FromveryearlyageIadmiredsuchpeopleasMr.Stacydevotinglifetoacademiclearning.Myacademicdreamistobecomeascholarinfinance.Mymother,aseniormanagerinChinaPeopleBank(China'scentralbank),heavilyinfluencedme.Sheownedawholeroomofeconomicsandfinancialmanagementbooks.Fromh
5、er,Iknewfinanceisnotonlychallengingbutalsorewarding.Ibelievedlearningfinancecouldexpandmymindandcontributetosociety.(Because'challengingandrewarding?"HowaboutcomputerandEE?Yourreasonisgeneralsoitisnotconvincing.)WhenIwenttocollege,IchoseInternationalFinanceasmymajorwithou
6、thesitation.AtXXXUniversity,thetoponeinChina,Ilearnedalotabouteconomicstheoryandhowtostudyindependently.Thelatteroneisthemostvaluablethinginmylearningandwork.IneveryeconomicscourseItriedto'argue'withtheauthorandlectureraboutwhyandhowthetheoryworks.Ididnotliketocopyauthori
7、tiestodealwithexamsandprefertousemywaytoexplainquestions.DuringfouryearsinXXX,Igotverygoodbutnotexcellentscoresinmajorsubjectcourses.Iknewthatsometimesmyunderstandingtoexamquestionwaswrong.However,Iwasmorethanhappytoseesometimesmyteacheralsoagreedwithmythought.(Iamnotvery
8、clearaboutyourobjectiveforthisparagraphhere.AreyoutryingtoHINTthatyourscoresarenotgood,butyouare
