美国留学申请人条件合集20篇

Dear Professor Zhiyong Lan:

My name is Lan Xi, a Ph.D. candidate studying Land Resource Management in College of Public Management, China University of Geosciences. I intend to spend one year of my doctor years in ASU School of Public Affairs by the end of September 20__ for a Ph.D. Mobility Program which I can acquire more knowledge about international policy of land management.

The land resource management is really an important major in Chinese University. It’s a subject of applied science which is combined both land policy and planning of land, and it helps the government to optimize the distribution of land resources. I’ve been studying the land resource management at least 7 years since 20__ when I was a college student, and I also love this major for 7 years.

I’ve read about your papers about land policy published on some magazines, and I can feel your abundant knowledge and lofty personality in words. Moreover, your altitude about sustainable development affects me a lot. As myself, it’s so thankful for my 7 years studying of land resource management and 5 more projects. It makes me become an accomplished and experienced person. And I’m sure I can help you and your team with some land projects.

I really want to join your team to learn more about the land resource management and exchange the experience. And I would greatly appreciate it if you could send me more information about the application at your earliest convenient.

此致

敬礼!

申请人：

__年__月__日

尊敬的_大学老师：

您好!首先感谢您在百忙之中耐心阅读我的留学申请书。我是一名来自江滨小城安庆的学生，就读于安庆市第一中学。我的名字叫___。不知是否是名字的缘故，我从小就与水结下了不解之缘。从扬子江畔到大海之滨，我带着梦想一步步奔流前进。

一、一位女生

我是一个善于思考、爱好广泛、积极进取的女孩，不论是长长的成绩单的前列，还是各类社会活动中，总能发现我的身影。我学习成绩优异，语文、历史等学科尤为突出，在各种联考、学期测试中多次获得分。同时，从小担任学习委员、语文课代表的经历帮我练就了良好的口才，扎实的语言功底和自信大方的风度。

升入高中以后，我的综合素质尤其是文学才能得到了更好的体现。我担任着安庆一中向未来文学社社长，在这片热土上播洒着青春的梦想。这期间，我组织并参与多期校刊的编辑和创作，举办文学讲座，组织采风活动，《中国校园文学》、《辽宁青年》、《中学生优秀作文》……各种报刊上都留下了我年轻而有朝气的文字。在校园广播站中，我依靠较强的编采读写能力和亲切的嗓音成为人气颇高的主播，带大家欣赏窗外的风景。

此外，我还通过选拔，成为学校合唱队的一员，加入了GLOBE气象观测小组。更为光荣的是，我被选为第一批入党积极分子，在业余党校努力学习……在这一系列的学习和工作中，我提升了自身的素养，也收获了不少荣誉。20_、20_年连续两届获得“中国少年作家杯”全国征文大赛一等奖;20__年获第七届“新作文杯”全国中小学生放胆作文大赛高中组一等奖;20_年校“新新文学”征文比赛一等奖，并被评为校优秀团员、三好学生。

二、一次经历

20_年9月16日是_纪念日。作为文学社社长，我以此为主题带头撰写了一批稿件。9月15日，我突然接到了校领导的电话，表示欣赏我的文章，并邀请我作为一名学生代表在纪念大会上发言，但必须新拟讲稿。进入高三以后学业繁重，当时我也身患感冒，噪音大打折扣，是不是婉拒这次邀请呢?经过了片刻的犹豫之后，我决定给自己一个挑战的机会。凭着担任校史讲解员所积累的知识，通过查阅相关史料，我很快写出了讲稿《永为国之栋》。

16日早晨，在全校师生、各届校友和众多市民的注视下，我从容地走上主席台，深吸一口气，朗声说道：“亲爱的老师、同学们，今天，当我们翻开安庆一中厚重的史稿，我们不会忘记这样一个日子……”当我结束发言、鞠躬致谢时，台下爆发出的热烈掌声告诉我;我做到了!校长赞许地拍了拍我的头，同学们纷纷向我表示祝贺——大家都没有发现我的噪音的小秘密。当日，我的讲稿被选登在《安庆日报》专版上，很多素不相识的师生见到我都说：“你是在大会上发言的※※吧!讲得真好!”

虽然这次经历只是我多彩的高中生活中的一个小小的片段，虽然这不是我最光鲜耀眼的荣誉，但它却最让我引以为傲;因为我明白了：相信自己，我可以做得更好!

三、一个梦想

想成为一名优秀新闻工作者的我，如今站在高三这个人生的十字路口，但步伐却一如从前，自信坚定。_大学就是我始终坚持的方向。她以她“自强不息、止于至善”的精神，深厚的文化底蕴及一流的教学水平深深地吸引着年轻的我。

20_年夏天，我同父母特地来到祖国的东南明珠_，提前感受了_那温暖亲切的怀抱。漫步于优雅大方的校园，看着来来往往的哥哥姐姐阳光的脸庞，品尝着_食堂可口的沙茶面，我真切地感受到：就是_!这就是我追逐梦想的舞台!

尊敬的老师，您能给我一个再次在这个美丽校园听涛声、品美食的机会吗?

Having a flair for Economics and accounting I have decided that I want adegree in Accounting and Finance or Management. The many brilliantrepresentatives of the management community around the world have strengthenedthat resolve.

When I worked in my school as a tutor of English as a Second Language forstudents from a community school in Muscat, I realized the importance of astrong leader who could organize, command respect, and be able to work well withothers. These ideas were further enforced by my month long internship atNovartis Pharmaceutical (Accounts and Finance Department and Human ResourcesDepartment).

I attended the Harvard Model Congress in Paris and won the Award ofDistinction. One skill in particular that contributed to this award was myconfident public speaking.

The last 4 months have been crucial in my learning of real world businessand economics. For my IB Extended Essay, titled “To What Extent Does Subway inOman Operate as an Oligopoly”, I set out to prove the oligpolistic structure ofthe fast food market in Oman. In this effort, I have come across many real lifecomplexities in pricing behaviour, profit making and other aspects of the Theoryof the Firm. While attempting to explain these alternate theories of firms Ihave developed a keen interest in analyzing and understanding how the world ofbusiness works.

After an undergraduate degree in accounting and finance or management Iplan to go onto post graduate studies and work on an MBA. A strong performancein a BA will allow me to move onto an MBA and only then shall I besatisfied.

For the last four years I have been part of our schools volleyball teamICE. We have retained our ISAC (Inter Schools Activities Conference, MiddleEast) title for four years. Playing in the power hitters (spiker) positionrequires immense physical fitness and to accomplish that I regularly go to thegym for fitness training. I am also part of my school track and field team.Being the fastest sprinter in the school since 11th grade the 100m, 200m and400m races are my specialty even though I still pursue long distance running. Inmy spare time I explore and master the computer as I am conversant with a VisualBasic Programming course. It is imperative for me to have the latest hardwareand software and I make it a point to install everything myself. I also learnUrdu as it is my native tongue and a link to my culture, to maintain that iscrucial.

Living in a diverse international community of over 52 nationalities hasallowed to me recognize and appreciate different cultures. With the experience Ihave and the strong motivation to craft a bright future I feel I can justify mydecision to pursue a career in Accounting and Finance or Management.

尊敬的_大学老师：

您好!

"韶华不为少年留，勤为天道酬。"正如高三的教室后墙上我所想出的励志名言一般，它时刻激励着班上的同学与我。我，封恬恬，湖南省衡阳市八中高三的一名学生，就读文科，是平凡的，因为是一个同所有人一样的矛盾融合体;但又坚信自己是不同的，是因为我将成为发光体。金子，到哪里都会发光，而我选择的是贵校这样一座炼金炉。

河，孕育文明;海，凝聚智慧。我愿像河般，为梦想奔腾向前永不止息;像海般容纳百川，有容乃大。"上善若水。水善利万物而不争，处众人之所恶，故几于道。居善地，心善渊，与善仁，言善信，正善治，事善能，动善时。夫唯不争，故无尤。"善的最高境界，大致在于此乎。像水般，往低处流，却能容纳百川;而在人生的攀登中，往高处走时，当不胜寒时，不忘想想水的谦虚，以一种包容一切的姿态，以柔化刚，接受万物的俯视与臣服，这种"柔德"，使我自己的心境变得平和，要像水那样，无形胜有形，不断地改变，塑造自己，臻于完美。

宠辱不惊，闲看庭前花开花落;去留无意，漫随天外云卷云舒的同时，我本着湖湘学派"经世致用"的原则，志当存高远。如果说周总理是"为中华之崛起而读书"，那我便愿为"中国之强盛而读书"。学无止境，人生本是一个不断学习的过程。在六年的学习委员一职的任职过程中，除了学习课本知识，我的右手可以写出一手漂亮的毛笔。因为正，一笔一划地写，心才会正。我的左手，能弹出美妙的小提琴乐章，这不仅开发了我的右脑，音乐更使我思维敏捷。那些曼妙的音符，不仅是人类对上帝的提问，更是与大自然的交流。让狂躁的心，不知不觉间安静下来。

人生的旅途中，读书万卷：安徒生童话到世界名着。我醉心于宝黛间的痴缠;徜徉于《傲慢与偏见》里伊丽莎白奇妙的心海中;感叹于李白"我辈岂是蓬蒿人"的豪迈;与杜甫"安得广厦千万间，大庇天下寒士俱欢颜"一起忧国忧民;与易安居士一起看"雨疏风骤，绿肥红瘦"。在文的海洋中，我愿成那一滴水，一尾鱼，在海洋心中，见证着它的悲喜。于是在历史的不平中，我亦诗叹曰：陈王梦还金镂枕，凤皇遗恨正阿房，才佳长恨无归处，冷露成泪暗遗香。

我同样愿行万里路，沿途的风景，丰盈着自己的人生，懂得取与舍，让人生的阅历更加丰富。曾到过南京，河畔桨声灯影，媛娮笑晏晏，六朝旧事已随流水，而这座古都却有太多历史无法忘记的东西：革命先行者孙文先生之陵……流连于河海大学门前，不由驻足，希望自己能成为"归人"，而不是"过客"。我这样的游子，在阅过17年风景后，选择了河海大学作为圆梦的地方。

我喜欢奔跑的感觉，起跑线比重点更加美好，体味那为理想拼搏的过程。十年磨一剑，剑出鞘，一鸣惊人，直指河海。

我，静如处子，或动如脱兔，愿意跟书本这样高尚的朋友对话。书山有路勤为径，运用正确的学习方法，在无涯的学海中"直挂云帆济沧海"，正确地驾驶着学习之舟，虽然途中有风浪，但坚持驶向目的地--河海之湾。我，崇尚独立，常独立思考探寻人生真谛，遇事冷静自若，却又让理性成为我织梦的梭，让勤奋成为我筑梦的桥。理智与热情，诚信与好学，成为划向河海的桨，只为到那里，为自己编织另一个梦，解决南方家乡旱涝灾害频繁的问题，造福家乡、祖国人民。在见证河湾辉煌的同时，与河海一起创造下一个辉煌。

我愿逆风行舟，驶向河海，利用水，造福人民。

我愿逆风，只为寻河海一梦。

此致

敬礼!

申请人：

20__年__月__日

尊敬的x大学领导：

白雪皑皑的季节，莘莘学子又迎来了一年一度的留学热潮，这也将是我人生旅程的第一个重大转折。我来自x高级中学，我的名字叫x，男，x岁。今日我郑重向贵校推荐自我，因为考入x是我梦想，我渴望成为x的一名学子，成为一名真正的x人。

对x的向往由来已久，从上高中那天起，就开始对x有了逐步的认识，x大学以往不止一次被同学和教师提起，同学们也一向视考入x为一种荣耀和自豪，我开始关注x，了解x的一点一滴。

x大学是x第一所大学，其前身为x大学，始建于x年x月x日，至今已走过了x年的光辉历程，x始终依循“实事求是”的校训，构成了“严谨治学，严格教学要求”的优良校风，正是百年积淀的深厚底蕴，给x带来了生生不息的原动力，激励每一位x学子励精图治、创业为国。

随着对x了解的加深，自我对x的感情也在与日俱增，每每提起x，都感觉那样的亲切，对x，我似乎有一份难解的情缘，我默默地将考上x定为自我的奋斗目标。虽然x是那么遥远，是那么高不可攀，可是我要拼搏，我要追梦，我必须要去实现我美丽的梦想。随着自身的不断提高，学习成绩的稳步提升，我开始一步步向x靠近，我明白，正是我的梦想，支撑着我更加努力学习，支撑着我去争取走入x。

我出生在一个普通的工人家庭，父母都是从农村考上中专后进入城市，他们也一向对我有一个完美的期待，那就是上一所名校，完成他们没有完成的愿望。从小学到高中，父母从来没有对我的学习有太严厉的要求，他们更加注重我个性的培养，更加注重我健康欢乐地学习生活，他们不期望我成为一个读死书和死读书的书呆子，他们要我成长为一个阳光欢乐的人，成为一个善良正直懂得感恩的人。正是这样的家庭环境，让我有了充分的空间张扬个性，我欢乐，我阳光，我强健，虽然才十七岁，我已经长到了1.82米，我成了父母眼中的骄傲。

十余年的学习生涯，我一点点长大，一步步成熟，我不会错过任何一次表现自我的机会，学校组织的各种活动，我都进取参加，演讲比赛、体育比赛等，我都会冲在前面。我关心班级，爱护团体，从小学到初中一向担任班干部，上高中之后，我们开始竞选学生会，我又第一个报名，参加体育部长的竞选，经过努力，我最终如愿当上了学生会的体育部长，每周我还会参加学校的值周，帮忙教师管理学生，三年来的学生会和值周体验，锻炼了我的组织本事和语言表达本事，也磨练了我的意志。

都说当学生会干部会影响学习，我并没有这种感觉，倒是学生会的工作，促进了我的学习，学生会干部，学习更不能落后于别人。从进入高中的全校五十名，我逐年提高名次，最让我引以为傲的，是刷新自我最高名次和分数的证书最多，此刻我已经迈进了第一梯队，各学科也没有偏科落后现象，各科成绩均衡发展，但我最喜欢的还是物理和化学，多次取得近满分的成绩，这更增加了我学习的信心和动力。

我明白，我此刻离x还有必须的距离，可是我会利用这余下的将近180天时间，努力去完成学业，努力去提升自我，为自我走入x积蓄力量。我喜欢工科，喜欢动手，也有很强的动手本事，我觉得x的专业也异常适合我，如果我能走入x，我必须努力学习专业技能，不断增长才干，我也要象x的那些前辈们一样，设计更多的“鸟巢”及“水立方”，研究出继第一台飞机发动机之后众多的第一，为x人增光。

此致

敬礼!

申请人：

__年__月__日

Dear Sir：

The reason why I want to go Singapore is I like to learn some differentculture and I can meet a lot people from all around the world, that way I canmake more friends. I like the weather in Singapore also. I will go back tochina, the reason is very simple, because I am a Chinese I will never forgot mycountry. Be honestly, I will pick Tsinghua University, because to go to TsinghuaUniversity is one of the biggest dreams in my life and Tsinghua University isthe best University in my country.

If I like literature, I probably will like comedies more, beacuse I am anoptimism and I want to make reader happy when they ready my essay. I want to besuccess in every single class in the university, when I graduate me want to be abusiness administration.

I like to read the novel in my spare time.

My goal is to graduate as soon as possible, and find a good job, a husbandand make allot money. I do have idol in my mind, she is my mother, she is verygreat woman and she will do every thing for me.

I think high school entrance examination is very easy, but I know I stillhave allot think should learn.

wang is an impressive student because he has been forced to overcome thesignificant challenge of a serious illness during his freshman year. when ifirst met wang in my discrete math class, he did not appear to be anythingspecial to me. while his exam scores were good, they were not as high as i wouldnow expect of him. what i didnt know then was that due to his illness. wang wasattempting to take all of the difficult early mathematics courses at one time,including discrete mathematics, advanced mathematics, linear algebra, andpossibilities. while most

students found preparing for just one set of these exams difficult, wangwas overwhelmed by four of them. but in the end, he achieved an impressive scoreon the final exam, which made me conscious of his unusual determination hedemonstrates when confronting difficult challenges.

mr. wangi have often talked about a variety of mathematicscomputer scienceconceptsproblems. during these discussions, i always found him to bedelightfully intelligent. not only does he quickly understand the

conceptsproblems presented to him, he is able to analyze theseproblemspresent solutions. but perhaps most important is that wangs thinking isintensely rigorous. when looking at any question, he carefully scrutinizes itifhe finds any uncertain issues, he clears them up immediately. i believe thiskind of thought is essential to become an excellent computer programmer.

"All I know about leadership I learned from..." What items could a personuse to describe leadership qualities?

Inspired by the student council advisors at my high school.

Student council was a big part of my life in high school. I haveparticipated in it since my frst year of high school. When I frst joined, I wasquiet, na?ve, and unwilling to participate in many activities. I was scared tomeet new people and afraid to apply myself. This all began to change. Half waythrough my frst year in student council, one of the advisors can up to me andasked why I did not participate that much. I did not have an answer for her anddid not know how to respond. After this, I began to think of an answer. I becamefrustrated and decided to change. I started to show up at events and had a greattime. I realized I loved this and wanted to start leading these activities. Inmy sophomore, junior, and now my senior year of high school, I asserted myselfand took on a strong leadership role in student council. I did not fgure out theanswer to why I was so reserved until this year with the help of thisquestion.

A wise man once said “how dreadful knowledge of the truth can be, when there’s no help in truth.” I think, out of all thoughtful things one can think about, this quotes is unique description of what the depth of Drama and the Performing Arts can do for people. By studying Drama, we can become a variety of people, trapped within one single mind, all trying to be freed and each with their own personality and poison. Humanity has helped Drama so much to produce narrative of such calibre, and characters of such depth and poise – characters, which can be as sweet and innocent, or can take the more disgusting side of what being a human is, being as evil as what thought possible

Performance Art explores the whole range of human emotion and can produce tremendous performances and visual experiences and with Drama, in particular, we can go further than flesh and blood and express ourselves as somebody else and take on this ‘mask’. The most profound thing I have found when studying Drama is that we can become any person in the entire world, and still be us

I have always had a love for the performing arts since I can remember; for there has never really been anything else I have ever wanted to do apart from act. But acting is not just a subject to study people, narratives or social issues – we can discover so many things about ourselves, why we perform a character this way: is it because this person is so much like us? There have been numerous qualities I have discovered about myself while participating in drama. In teaching, I have learn how to really connect with people and help them to explorer what their feelings produce and more notably, how we learn about others, about a single person just by the way they say a monologue

Teaching has been a great experience for me because it has given me the time to evaluate my own performance and teaching skill, learning to become that character just a little but more. This has also been enhanced by the performances I have taken part in, learning to work together in teams to realise the dream of the narration and the vision of the director (for nothing really exists without the vision or image)

While experiencing other aspects of the Performing Arts, I have found that is has increased my performance skill on whole and expended my knowledge on the performance world greatly, Dance, Art and English all focusing on similar issues such as the Commedia dell’arte, Henrik Ibsen, Physical Theatre and Movements and philosophies. These subjects have greatly complemented my time in Drama, and increased my confidence and ability in being a performer. Being involved in 5 consecutive school productions, 2 amateur productions, teaching experience and a student has really influence me concerning the determination I will put into a career in Drama and Acting, and just working with these people and directors have really bettered me in the way I act, see myself and carry on with my life. The Performing Arts is such a brilliant profession to work in, because there is so much opportunity to explore the world

I know that I can offer the performing arts the time, the expense and the spark that it deserves. There is nothing else in world that I would devote more time to than being on the stage or acting in the street, and with the passion and determination to succeed behind me, I will give that spark and flavour that acting and the performing arts is all about. I know I can offer so much, because it is the only profession where, maybe just for one night, I can become someone else and do a damn good job of being that person – and I can easily say that I can offer the world, because performance and acting is my whole world. As well as enjoying Drama, I have also taken a shine to Philosophy and finding the reason for irrationality, and I feel particularly moved in amazement by the work of Bob Fosse and George Orwell for their use of horror, sorrow and murder. And a great interest to the History of Art, because so much of the story of us is portrayed in Art and more so these days it is so unique how Art and Drama work together to produce movement, beauty and conception.##

Applied Program：Organizational Behavior

I am interested in the field of study of Organizational Behavior. In the past， I have had the experience of working in settings where the people and the corporate cultures of the companies were all different. I have found that there is a great difference in the both the behaviors of people and of their organizations， depending on whether they are state-owned enterprises (SOEs)， large multinational firms， or small to medium sized foreign enterprises. One simple example is that of the ability of an employee to act independently without direct instructions from his or her boss. In many Chinese organizations， acting without direct instructions is considered a form of disrespect towards the supervisor， who is generally offended by such behavior. In my experience and research， such organizations tend to have low operating efficiency with the employees losing their innate ability to take the initiative.

In contrast， foreign enterprises tend to welcome employees who have the ability to make decisions on their own， though the extent to which this is true depends on whether the supervisor is a local Chinese or an expatriate. These organizat Applied Program：Organizational Behavior

The purpose behind this personal statement is to not only gain admission to your well-established and highly respected Ph.D. program， but to impress upon you my passion for learning and my tremendous desire to succeed in both scholastic research and in teaching on the professional level. I have based my decision to pursue an academic career not on purely practical reasons， but rather on my own natural interests and aptitude. My personal philosophy is that money and social status should not be pursued as life-consuming objectives and that in actuality they are the by-products of goals originating from ones inner needs. I understand that my intellectual capacity is a gift， and I intend to use this gift to the very best of my substantial capabilities.

I am interested in the field of study of Organizational Behavior. In the past， I have had the experience of working in settings where the people and the corporate cultures of the companies were all different. I have found that there is a great difference in the both the behaviors of people and of their organizations， depending on whether they are state-owned enterprises (SOEs)， large multinational firms， or small to medium sized foreign enterprises. One simple example is that of the ability of an employee to act independently without direct instructions from his or her boss. In many Chinese organizations， acting without direct instructions is considered a form of disrespect towards the supervisor， who is generally offended by such behavior. In my experience and research， such organizations tend to have low operating efficiency with the employees losing their innate ability to take the initiative.

此致

敬礼!

申请人：

__年__月__日

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Due to the comprehensiveness of China’s “reform and open” policies,economics plays an increasingly important role in the development of its globalposition. Though more and more companies built, management of companies cannotcatch up with the development of the companies. Management is a burgeoning fieldin China, so I hope I can acquire more modern knowledge on management inEngland.

The roots of my strong interest in business can be traced back to mychildhood. My father was among the first of China’s new breed of modernentrepreneurs. As a young girl, it was inspirational hearing about his businessventures, and meeting the varied and interesting circle of entrepreneurs. Mymother was also involved in business as an accountant, helping him with simplecalculations. And so it was early in my life that I hoped I, also, would somedaybe able to enter the realm of business.

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As a high school student in China, I had to concentrate on the CollegeEntrance Examination (CEE), even so, books not related to the exams were neverexcluded from my life. Unfortunately when sitting in the exam in June, 20__, Iwas so nervous that I didn’t score well in the CEE exam. I enrolled in thedepartment of Computer Science in Zhejiang College of Traditional ChineseMedicine. Any attempt to persuade myself to focus on my major turned out to be afailure at the beginning of my college life. After several terms, I realizedthat I would never be interested in being a programmer or an engineer. At thatmoment, I lost my direction and objectives.

My persistence in reading saved me from the dark situation. As a matter offact, I enjoyed reading the books included Encyclopedia American, and some booksabout management by Peter F.Drucker. I began to notice something interesting:Why some companies can produce more than others? Why some company can sell morethan others? Why some companies can build up but others cannot when facing thesame difficulties?

With the questions in my mind, I started to read many relevant books. I waslucky to read the book “Jack: Straight from the Gut”by Jack Welch, in Which JohnA. Byrne makes a clear illustration that the management is important for acompany. When I was a junior, I ran a bookshop by myself near my school. Ishould manage not only the finance in the shop but also the employees in my shopeven made some strategies to enlarge the business in my shop to hold on the runthe shop. From this, my interpersonal skills and the capacity in business hasbeen greatly developed, definitely I was increasingly interested in what I wasdoing. By December, 20__, I had finally determined to take business managementas my career instead of IT. To accumulate more relevant knowledge, I strived togain more practical work experience in some big companies.

Fortunately, as a senior, I began by conducting an internship in theArchitecture Company in Zhejiang Province. Over six months, I worked as anassistant of the manager to harmonize the relationship between the differentdepartments in this company and to draft some management system, which broadenedmy perspective of management conditions and business performance in differentindustries. The experience showed me that management is much more important thanthat of I thought in big companies. After graduation, I continued my work inthis company. In May, 20__, the company offered me an opportunity to participatein an training program held by a famous management school. Through in-depthdiscussions with teachers and students in the classes, they all encouraged me topursue my future career in management field because of my intellectual abilityand the brand new ideas I mentioned.

During the short period of training, I realized that pursuing a higherdegree in management is a wise choice for me now. Lancaster, with its excellencein management, represents the perfect fit for my needs. In your challengingenvironment, I can build the required foundation of knowledge related tomanagement to achieve my goals. I am firmly convinced that your admission willbe my first step of success. With this in mind, I hereby submit my application,and await your favorable reply.

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dear sir/madam，

it is my pleasure to recommend mr  for his application to you

distinguished gcse programme.

as the teacher in charge of a class, i find him an enthusiastic andprogressive young man with extremely high potentiality. i came to know ____inseptember, 20__. since then, he has studied in my class conscientiously andoften talks with me about the questions that he met in study.

moreover, he is a very active student and he always keeps high spirit. ithink he would be qualified enough to take the gcse programme study at yourschool. i hope you will consider his application favorable .

if you need any further information, do not hesitate to contact me.

sincerely,

liu xia

teacher, english group,

Dear _,

It is my conviction that the meaning of life does not dwell in the lengthof time that one can live or the material abundance that one can acquire, but inthe richness and the wonderfulness of life itself. With the increase of my age,many things in my life have changed. But one thing remains constant, that is, Iwill consistently insist on doing what I like to do and hope that my endeavorscan be valuable to the life of others. I see this as the only way whereby I canrealize the value of my life.

My undergraduate study focused on economics and I achieved remarkablescholastic performance in this field. My GPA is 3.44 (my GRE score is 20__ andTOEFL---- ). For four consecutive years of my undergraduate study, I receivedscholarships for my distinguished academic performance. Due to my equallyprominent performance in extracurricular activities I was conferred on theOutstanding Student in Campus Activities. However, honestly speaking, my realinterest lies not in economics, but in education. Ever since I was a primaryschool student, I had cherished a strong desire for a teaching careerexemplified by my teachers. In the actual teaching career that I embarked onupon my graduating from university, I have become increasingly aware that theexisting educational conditions in China are far from satisfactory. The backwardteaching methodology and the prevailing pedagogical ideology have renderedChinese education out of place with the modern international development ineducation. On the macro level, the current education theory and practice inChina lag significantly behind advanced countries in the West. For instance,though education via the internet has achieved considerable development in pasttwo years, in practical operation such education has more often than notdeteriorated into an extended form of the conventional examination-orientededucation instead of a really interactive process. In my personal experience,despite the fact that some of the problems that I have encountered in myteaching career can be solved by consulting relevant technical literature, Ihave found that the more serious flaws inherent in Chinas current educationalsystem cannot be worked out easily. Under such circumstances, an advancedprogram in education becomes necessary.

In this age of information, traditional education, both in its ideology andmethodology, has met unprecedented challenge like many other aspects of humanexistence. Meanwhile, the pursuit for higher levels of educational developmentand of the quality of life has largely transformed the educational valueorientation of the general public. The educational model that is centered aroundthe cognitive and intellectual instruction has been seriously questioned.Greater attention has been devoted to the cultivation of well-developedpersonality and to the ontological status of the individual in education. Suchissues as the internal studies of education science, scientific decision-makingin education, and meta-education have also been increasingly emphasized upon.There have also been innovations in educational research methodology. Thetendency has been to combine modern technology with humanistic researchcategories and with naturalistic research categories, and to organicallyintegrate qualitative descriptions with quantitative descriptions. It is alsoimportant to carry out educational experimentations in which educationalpredictions are complemented by educational feedbacks. Both the complexity ofeducation and the complexity of human individuals have made the comprehensiveapplication of diverse educational approaches necessary. Those new horizons arewhat fascinate me.

In view of the following qualifications that I have acquired, I believethat I will acquit myself satisfactorily in the prospective Ph.D. program ineducation that I am currently endeavoring to apply for. First and foremost, asis often claimed, ones interest is ones best director. I believe that I willdo well what I am really interested in doing. Secondly, though I majored ineconomics as an undergraduate, my trainings during that stage helped developeffective modes of thinking and research approaches. In addition, Iconscientiously self-studied many works related to education, including ADevelopmental History of Educational Science in the West, which enabled me toconstruct a solid groundwork for more advanced studies in this field. Next, itcan be safely asserted that education and economics are not entirely separated.For example, it is necessary to apply many statistical methods in educationalpsychology and my academic record indicates that statistics is the subject thatI am most good at. Last but not the least, my current teaching career and myteaching experience will play a positive role in facilitating my target degreeprogram.

The reason why I apply for the University of -- is that it is the firststate university with a time-honored history. The School of Education in thisuniversity is quite prominent among its counterparts in the field. I amparticularly attracted by the Schools powerful pedagogical resource, vibrantintellectual atmosphere and a comprehensive curriculum. I plan to apply for adegree program in Instructional Technology or Educational Psychology, both ofwhich enjoy unparalleled academic reputation in the world. My application forInstructional Technology is motivated by my strong interest in the applicationof modern science and technology, especially the information technologyrepresented by the Internet, in the field of education and in the nature of aseries of revolutionary changes resulting thereof. Instructional Technology is anew discipline that has emerged as a result of the rapid development of moderncommunication technology since the late 20th century. It has tremendouspotential for development and commercial application. As for my motive inselecting Educational Psychology as another possible area of specialization inmy degree program, it is my long-cherished interest that primarily counts. Onthe other hand, all the accomplished educators since the 1960s have beenwell-versed in psychology. Almost every important new educational theory isderived psychological findings in one way or another so that educationalpsychology has subsequently developed into a fundamental subject for the scienceof education. The tendency in the 21st century is to emphasize on the microresearch of educational activities and against this backdrop educationalpsychology will be attached greater importance. In Instructional Technology, Iwould like to focus on the following studies: how to improve educationalefficiency by applying research results from natural sciences and engineeringtechnology; how to explore the combination and coordination of pedagogicalcontents and to improve teaching methodology by exploiting the theoreticalfindings from psychology and educational science concerning the process ofteaching and learning. In Educational Psychology, I will concentrate on appliedcognition and development, gifted and creative education, genetics and childrendevelopment, personality structure and individual differences and other relatedsubjects.

For me, to shift from economics to education and to pursue an advanceddegree in the United States is not so much a challenge as an opportunity. Atpresent, major reforms are being introduced into virtually every importantaspect of Chinese society. The field of education especially calls forcomprehensive reforms. The United States occupies an absolutely leading positionin the present-day world in education. It is my conviction that, in the UnitedStates, advanced educational theories, technologies and information willfacilitate me immensely in the achievement of remarkable academic progress,fulfilling my aspiration to become an accomplished professional in the field ofeducation. This will not only bring my patriotic fervor into reality but alsomake my life more meaningful and rewarding.

Yours sincerely,

尊敬的老师：

您好!

我叫__，今年__，是来自__省__高级中学的一名高三学生。感谢您能在百忙中抽出时间看完我的留学申请书。

贵校有着悠久的历史，深厚的文化底蕴，丰富的教学资源，良好的学术氛围，为社会培养出许多杰出人才，有许多专业是在国内名列前茅。我的许多师哥师姐都不约而同的选择贵校为第一志愿。我也渴望能在明年夏天拿到贵校的录取通知书，我期望成为贵校的一名学生，希望在贵校深造，渴望成为一名对社会、对祖国有用的人才，希望成为贵校光荣历史的见证人。我希望这次自主招生考试能够改变我的人生轨道，让我投入到贵校的怀抱，我希望被贵校录取。

我选择贵校，正是认为贵校既注重过程，又注重结果的人才培养方式。我认为我个人很适合在贵校接受教育。

我来自__高中理科实验班，在这个高手如林的班级中，我的学习成绩总能略占上风。这样的成绩，让我稳稳扎根于全校学习成绩前列中。事实上，我的潜力还很大，我的分数还有升值空间。我对问题的深入分析，对知识的熟练掌握并没有完全反映在我的卷面上。有很多时候，我的答案正确，但解题过程并没有被阅卷老师所理解。有时候，过程明晰，但结果却因一个微小的错误而与正确答案失之交臂。

令我颇为自豪的还有奥赛上的成绩。怎么说呢，成绩不是最好，但足以令我引以为荣。高一的时候，我就参加了化学竞赛，获得了市三等奖。当时我只是初试牛刀，小试身手。高二，开了生物课，对生物的兴趣使我毫不迟疑的参加竞赛班的学习，全心全意投入到“生物”的广阔海洋中去，其实，那时离市赛只有十多天，距省赛仅有半个月可以准备。我如饥似渴的仅用不到十天时间就把一本六百页厚的〈生物奥赛教程〉啃完，同时又做了几十张的习题。工夫不负有心人，我以__市市赛第二的身份进入省赛。为迎接省赛，我自学了大学生物课程，做了近五年的奥赛试题，每天忙到深夜，一大早又急急赶到学校图书馆。那个时候学校正开夏季运动会，运动员在赛场挥汗如雨，我在闷热的房间汗流浃背。我准备的很充足，踌躇满志，势在必得，我甚至夸下海口：“争省一，保省二”，现在看来，那时的我就像一把弓，无论精神上还是体力上都张的过满，连日的疲惫像洪水一样漫过了警戒线。结果，我没有把梦想带入现实，我以二分的差距与省二等奖无缘。我只得了省三等奖。当时我非常难过，为自己的付出而伤心，妈妈解劝我说：“这个努力的过程是一笔不小的人生财富。”现在看来，即使是省三等奖，在自主招生中不是也有很大的作用么?不是也帮助我向心仪的大学更靠近一步么?我觉得奥赛是我很难忘的一次经历，它让我知道了过程与结果同样重要。

我是学理科的，做事讲究有理有据，我不只是重视智商，在开发大脑智力资源的同时，我也非常注重情商的发展。我在高一的时候就担任数学课代表，那个时候我每天收、发作业，帮助老师完成教学任务。高二文理分班，又被同学们推举为生物课代表，在学习之余，我也经常帮助那些生物较弱的同学，给他们解释疑难题目，我因此受到同学们的欢迎，被多次评选为三好学生。我积极参加班级活动，曾编排历史剧《虎符》、《雷雨》，受到同学们热烈好评。在学校组织的辩论大赛中，我帮助本班六战全胜的不俗成绩，挂起了“第一名”的锦旗。

我对文学的爱好，让我的眼界更宽广，让我的思维更加广阔。我在省、市报刊发表过十多篇作文，在_网站有我好多文章。我想一棵大树，不管有多么大，它的根总是深深扎在大地里的。文学的根就深植于我国悠久的传统文化中。我喜欢〈西游记〉，尤爱〈三国演义〉，酷爱〈红楼梦〉。我爱〈三国演义〉就爱它的简爽干练，我喜欢〈红楼梦〉就爱它的温柔可人。我读到诸葛亮陨落五仗原，总有无限哀叹。我每次读到林黛玉临终前的那一幕，那竭尽全力的一句“宝玉，你-------”都忍不住替她接一句“宝玉，你好狠心。”然后心痛不已。我想，〈三国演义〉教会我用怀疑的眼光看问题，而〈红楼梦〉教会我用理想的眼光去解决问题。我用传统名著，在理想与现实之间构建统一的桥梁。

在我看来，高中生应该德、智、体、美全面发展，高中培养出来的不仅仅是拥有大量知识储备的“材”，更应该培养出的是能充分灵活运用自己知识储备的“人才”。我高中的标不仅仅是考入像贵校这样的名牌大学，以后衣食无忧。我的高中目标是成为一名有思想，有道德，有知识，有技能的全方位高素质人才。我想让自己投入到火一样的祖国现代化建设中去。我不想变成一个空有满腹经纶，却没有什么作为、碌碌一生的人。对我而言，贵校就是我心中的长城，我想，只有进入贵校，才能“英雄有用武之地”吧。期待您的认可!

此致

敬礼!

Dear _,

As a 28-year-old female, there has been nothing sensational about my pasteducation and career experience. I do not feel any regret because I have alwaysbeen making worthy efforts to achieve personal development and to enrich my lifein my own way. Helen Keller serves as a paragon that I will emulate in my entirelifetime. The beautiful things that she brought to the world with her lovingheart and her strength convince me that the power of the spiritual motivation isinfinite. An individual lives a meaningful live only to the extent of benefitingthe welfare of others. Both my education and my five-year work experience haveunmistakably made me believe that economics is a science whose ultimate functionis the improvement of human welfare. The motivation behind my currentapplication for a Master’s program in economics is to pursue a more fruitfulcareer development in the future so that the process of my self-actualizationwill also be a process of making contributions to others.

My education background makes me an appropriate candidate for your program.My education consists of two stages. From 1993 to 1995 I received a juniorcollege education from the Business School of _ University, majoring inmarketing. Then I proceeded onto an undergraduate program in the Department ofBusiness Administration of _ University, waived of entrance examination becauseof my distinguished academic performance at the junior college (ranking topsecond among 31 students in the class). During my undergraduate program, Icontinue to maintain a satisfactory academic performance, ranking top ten amonga total of 51 students. Completing my undergraduate program in 1998, I obtaineda Bachelor’s degree in economics.

Through my undergraduate program, I gained an increasingly deepunderstanding of the importance of economics. As far as I am concerned,economics is by no means an abstract discipline. It is closely connected withreality and is designed to explore and explain diverse economic phenomena andeconomic laws. For the foreseeable future, the conflict between the scarcity ofnatural resources and the infinitude of human demand will continue to persist,posing a long-lasting threat to the social development of all nations. Thenecessity to seek a solution to this conflict gave birth to Economics, whichpromises to maximize material wealth through an optimum allocation of resources.Because of my diligent efforts at coursework and my strong interest ineconomics, I managed to achieve a top-10 ranking in my class，winning the honorof Outstanding Student and a second-class scholarship. I familiarized myselfwith most classic works on economics and management, including Principles ofManagement by Harold Koontz, Economics by Samuelson, Competition Strategy byPorter and Wealth of Nations by Adam Smiths, etc. From the very beginning of myeconomics study, I have tried to expose myself to western perspectives.

Starting from the premise that economics will be lifeless unless it isapplied to the problems in the real world, I paid special attention in myundergraduate program to the combination of theory and practice as a way oflearning and applying my knowledge of economics. I once spent a whole summervacation on conducting a survey of the fast food business in _ City. I sampled15 fast food restaurants, carried out interviews with restaurant owners and thecustomers. I applied quantitative analysis to my statistics and proposedconcrete measures for developing the city’s fast food industry through improvingmanagement, business environment, food variety and service quality.

My research ability was improved through writing my thesis –The Protectionand the Development of China’s National Industry in the Age of Reform andOpening Up. The thesis focuses on China’s joining of WTO and its possiblenegative impact on the growth of national industry. My conclusion is that acareful balance must be struck between the protection of national industry andthe introduction of foreign capital. The thesis was rated “Excellent” for itscomprehensive theoretical formulation, detailed statistics and creativeperspectives.

Yours sincerely,

尊敬的_大学老师领导：

您好!我是___，是入党积极分子，__省三好学生，在日常的学习和生活中我处处以身作则，以榜样的力量感染和带动我的同学。我在学习上勤奋刻苦，始终成绩优异，我就读的学校是一所拥有近四千名学生的省级示范校，每学期我校都要进行一次10所省级示范性高中的联合考试，每个年级的考生约一万三千多人在这类地区联考中，我的成绩始终名列前茅。20__年上学期我考取了地区联考第一名，本校年级第一名，班级第一名。20__年下学期地区第一名，本校年级第一名，班级第一名，20__年上学期地区第9名，英语单科成绩第一;本校第2名，班级第一名。20__年下学期地区第一名，本校年级第一名，班级第一名。20__年高三的第一次考试我考取第一名。我从初中起就多次参加全国中学生奥林匹克各学科竞赛，并于20__年获全国中学生奥林匹竞赛一等奖，20__年获全国中学生奥林匹竞赛英语、数学、化学竞赛一等奖、物理竞赛二等奖。读高中后20__年我获取全国中学生英语能力竞赛一等奖，全国中学生数学竞赛希望杯三等奖。20__年获全国中学生生物、数学竞赛决赛资格。各学科竞赛拓宽了我的学习思路，检验了我的学习效果，也争强了我的自信心。

20__年8月我升入高中，12月份我校有一名不幸身患尿毒症的同学叫___，面对着一个年轻的生命在顽强的与死神抗争。我决定和我的同学一起发起一次奉献爱心的捐赠活动，以集体的力量挽救这个年轻的生命。我写了倡议书，在学校号召老师和同学们为___同学捐款，还到社会上进行宣传，得到老师、同学和社会各界人士的帮助，共捐款6万余元。为邱纯亮同学做换肾手术奉献了我们的一份爱心。我们的爱心捐赠活动在社会上引起了强烈的反响。我市电视台在晚间最近新闻栏目专门做了报道。挽救这个濒临枯萎的生命的过程，震撼了我的心灵。因为我有能力通过自己的努力，延续一个年轻的生命，同时，爱心捐赠活动也验证了我的组织能力，凝聚力和感召力，更是对我自身综合素质的一次检验。在后来的班级工作和组织其他活动的时候我的自信心更强了。

当迈入了_大学的校门，也就步入了我生命中的最重要、最精彩的阶段。我会珍惜在校园中渡过的分分秒秒，在这大师云集、神圣的学术殿堂、在这群贤毕至的高等学府，如饥似渴的吸纳最新的知识和信息，发扬林业学子的优良传统，刻苦学习、精益求精，通过脚踏实地的努力使自己成为本专业的优秀学生，同时努力探索和验证与本学科、本专业相关的科学知识，以唯物和科学的态度勤奋地学习、深刻地思索、不懈地寻求本学科领域的最新知识，使自己成为本学科领域的有发展潜力和有培养价值的学生，成为北京林大的骄傲。

尊敬的领导：

您好!

从高一到高三毕业学习成绩有了明显的提高，在这三年中多次获得学校颁发的三好生奖状，进步之星奖，优秀学员奖和多项运动会奖状等。

在高中毕业以后，我想去日本留学深造。

自小就在城市中生活的我十分向往去经济发达的大城市去学习。同时对于自己家乡落后有着深刻的责任感。日本是当今世界上世界上经济最发达的国家之一，电子产品在世界市场的占有率居于榜首。具有强大的海洋捕捞船队和水产品养殖业，渔业发达。留学条件良好，气候四季分明。环境优美，有美丽的樱花，北海道的樱花。

去这些美丽的地方是我小时侯梦想。有优秀的教师和先进的教学设备以及先进的教育理念。于是从上高中开始我就定下了将来去日本留学的想法。

20x年2月底我向家里说明了我想去日本留学的意愿。在当时就得到了家人的许可。于是从20x年的3月份开始我到x日语培训学校学习日语，平常的上课时间我正常到学校学习高中的课程到了，周末就上x日语培训班去学习日语，到现在为止我的日语水平已达到使用最基本的日常用语和进行简单的阅读的程度。日本以后，打算先到语言学校学习。为自己将来进一步的深造做好语言上的准备。

在此基础上，根据本人的个人喜好和特长，想在日本的大学学习物流管理。日本是个经济文化繁荣发达的国家，尤其改革开放以来，中日两国经济文化艺术的交流更加深入。当我学有所成回国后，将致力于家乡的经济发展，用在日本所学的先进的管理方去经营自己家乡的企业。也愿意在日友好中日文化经济交流方面贡献自己的聪明才智。

父母支持我的留学请求，能够支付我在日本的一切费用。我到日本以后，保证遵守日本的法律遵守学校的规章制度。好好学习，增长本领，成为一个有用的人才

真诚地希望我的留学申请会被批准。

此致

敬礼!

申请人：

__年__月__日

Personal Statement

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am with great pleasure to submit this personal statement in support of myapplication for continuing my university education in your esteemed universityand wish you could give my application a positive and favorable assessment.

Currently, I am a junior student in International College of Hubei NormalUniversity majoring in Accounting. Thus, I have obtained great knowledge aboutbusiness for the past three years. Depending on that, I have determined topursue a Bachelor degree at your distinguished university. There are therereasons leading to me choose business, the most important reason is that I amvery interested in business. In my opinion, handling good business is the sameas successful work of art. That’s an exciting thing. The second reason is that Ihave already learnt it for three years, so I want to broaden my knowledge aboutbusiness which will benefit my future life. The third reason is that I want tobecome a successful business lady which is my dream all the time.

To be honesty, I am an average student but I have diligent and strongconfident heart. I believe that a good attitude can change bad situation. So Iam always keeping a positive attitude on my life. I never ever give up anychance of promoting my study. During my three years in Hubei Normal University，Inever fail a class and always do my best for assignment. However，in my mind,social activity is as the same important as class study. In my spare time, Itook part in student union and took charge of minister in arts department. Ourwell-organized activities attracted many students to practice themselves. Lastsummer, I joined the Work and Travel Programme to be a staff in an Americancompany for three months. I made good use of that chance to improve my oralEnglish and tasted western culture. I think I can understand and adapt to aforeign culture in a short period.

I firmly believe that anyone could acquire success by their right way andfighting. This is one of the reasons why I want to go abroad. What’s more, Iwant to taste and accept some western education. I hope that I can learn moredifferences between Chinese and British university education and widen myhorizon. Furthermore，as we know, UK is a very modern country. It owns the mostadvanced education system and top universities in the world. And graceful schoolenvironments deeply attract me. By the way, if I can learn in your university Iwould cherish and appreciate this chance. In the future, I also mean to applyMaster’s Degree in UK. But after that, I will go back to my country and look fora job related to business.

I really want to own a colorful campus life in your school, further developmy overall capabilities including organizational ability, teamwork spirit etc. Ibelieve I can adapt to a foreign life and acquire best degree. With all theabove mentioned, in terms of my understanding of business and my enthusiasm forit, I hope that I can be up to the standard of the admission requirements inyour university. I believe that my strong interest in this subject. last, mypositive attitude and comprehensive ability will facilitate my successfulcompletion of the proposed program. Thank you for your time!

Sincerely yours, Wanbin Xu

Yours sincerely,

As a child I often accompanied my father to his small coin shop and spenthours watching him work. When I was older, I sometimes set up displays, waitedon customers, and even balanced the books. This experience instilled in me thedesire to own and manage my own business someday, yet I understand that thebusiness world today is more complex. This complexity requires more education,and with that in mind, I am applying to the Master’s of Business Administrationprogram at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB).

In addition to my helping out in my father’s business, I have had numerousother work experiences that further enhance my qualifications for this program.My resume enumerates the various positions I have held at Kerasotes Theaters,Chili’s restaurants, and Indiana University’s new Student Recreational SportsCenter (SRSC), and what all of these positions have in common is an emphasis onserving the public effectively. Further, as an assistant manager at theShowplace 11 and a staff coordinator at the SRSC, I have gained valuableexpertise in managing employees and creating work schedules. Both of thesepositions have allowed me to develop my sales and people skills, which areextremely important in an increasingly service-driven marketplace.

Not all of my work experience has been as a paid employee. Part of myvolunteering experience at Middleway House, the local battered women’s shelter,involved extensive work on computers, including word processing, organizingdatabases and creating spreadsheets. Also, I recently participated in aninternship program for academic credit with the Eli Lilly corporation in thepersonnel division. As a management intern, I was able to watch the workings ofa major corporation up close and would like the opportunity to combine myexperiences with the theoretical background available in the MBA program at IUB,with its emphasis on computers, marketing and human resources.

My successful internship is one element of my overall academic success asan undergraduate here at IUB, yet I have also made time for a variety ofextracurricular activities, including working for my sorority and competing inintramural basketball. My positive experiences here have resulted in my desireto stay in Bloomington to continue my academic endeavors; furthermore,continuing my education here would allow me to make important business contacts,with the career goal of opening my own computer consulting firm in theMidwest.

尊敬的考官：

您好!

很荣幸有机会向您呈上我的留学申请书。

我出生于一个教师之家，母亲是一位优秀的小学教师;父亲是也曾经是教师，后来经历了人生的第二次选择，考入法院，成了一名法官。父母对生活的热情和对人生挫折的态度，潜移默化地影响着我，形成了我自强不息、不轻言败的性格。

中考的教训，让我懂得了什么叫脚踏实地，什么叫不图虚荣，什么叫谦虚谨慎，什么叫取长补短……高中三年，我努力夯实学科基础知识、掌握学习方法、提高操作实践能力、同时，利用课余时间广泛地涉猎大量书籍，不但充实了自己，而且培养了自己多方面的技能。夷陵中学严谨的学风塑造了我朴实、稳重的学习态度，更重要的是在这样一个精英云集的地方，我学会了在竞争中挑战自我，在合作中欣赏他人。这样一步一个脚印走来，我尝到了成功的喜悦：成绩逐年上升，我看到了自己身上蕴藏着的无限潜能，它让我相信——如果给我一个支点，我也能撬起整个地球!

选择_大学我有以下几个理由：

一是_大学是一所国家教育部直属的，拥有研究生院，本科专业涵盖了理、工、文、经、管、法、教育等学科门类的综合性重点大学，是一所有着坚实的学术基础和严谨的治学传统，校园环境优美的大学。在这样的学习环境里，无论是在知识能力，还是在个人素质修养方面，我会受益匪浅。

二是_大学是一所以工为主的大学，这符合了我的学科兴趣，我是一个理科生，尤其以数学、物理学科见长，这次推荐我参加自主招生的就是我的数学老师和物理老师。我喜欢在这样自主开放的环境里学习，希望可以有更为广阔的发展前景。

三是_大学坚持以“厚基础，宽口径，强能力，高素质”的人才培养计划，在教学中注重创新能力培养，注重提高学生的综合素质，学校实施了一系列教学改革新措施包括：名师上讲台工程、中英文双语教学工程、“创新人才培养”工程、本硕连读制度等，还有一系列的完善学分制管理的制度，包括主辅修制、弹性学制、第二学位制、优异生培养制度等。

现在有很多的大学生毕业后面临就业难的问题，这也将是我今后不能回避的，但我想，这是一个适应社会的问题。大学是一个可以接触并尝试众多领域的独一无二的场所，是一个沟通社会的平台。我希望这里掌握生活技能，培养自己的社会角色，使自己能承担社会责任，权利和义务，成为一个真正的社会人。

现在的科技发展可谓日新月异，我的学习是要掌握最基本的学习工具和方法，将来利用这些工具和方法，再去学习新的东西。我们不可能靠在大学里学到的知识来维护一生的，以后如果不再学了，照样会落后，所以，本科读什么专业不能完全决定毕业后的工作方向。我希望根据我的学科特长，选择适合我的专业，但是我不会太在意专业的趋向，绝对服从学校根据我的情况进行专业调剂。

此致

敬礼!

申请人：

__年__月__日

"All I know about leadership I learned from . . ." What items could a person use to describe leadership qualities?

Inspired by the student council advisors at my high school.

Student council was a big part of my life in high school. I have participated in it since my frst year of high school. When I frst joined， I was quiet， na?ve， and unwilling to participate in many activities. I was scared to meet new people and afraid to apply myself. This all began to change. Half way through my frst year in student council， one of the advisors can up to me and asked why I did not participate that much. I did not have an answer for her and did not know how to respond. After this， I began to think of an answer. I became frustrated and decided to change. I started to show up at events and had a great time. I realized I loved this and wanted to start leading these activities. In my sophomore， junior， and now my senior year of high school， I asserted myself and took on a strong leadership role in student council. I did not fgure out the answer to why I was so reserved until this year with the help of this question.

When I looked up leadership in the dictionary， it said that it was the capacity to lead and the act or instance of leading. These are two very broad defnitions of leadership. Many people have different notions of what this word actually means. When I was challenged to use different items to describe what leadership actually is， I thought this was going to be a hard and obnoxious task. What could I learn from comparing leadership to a stuffed animal or a rubber chicken? But when I sat down to come up with a couple of answers， I realized that leadership could be compared to almost anything a person wants.

All I know about leadership I learned from a calculator. A calculator can add everything together to come up with the best answer. It can delet e what is unnecessary and only include what is important. It can solve any type of problem. These are all important equalities a leader has to have. A leader has to be able to add all of the ideas together to make the best possible plan. Leaders have to know how to decipher the good and the bad out of an idea. They have to be versatile and know how to deal with different types of issues.

All I know about leadership I learned from a ball. A ball is able to bounce back up after it is dropped. It is round and has no creases. A ball can be thrown back and forth to different people. All of these qualities are also leadership qualities. A leader has to be ready for every situation that is thrown at him or her. He or she has to be able to bounce back from any setbacks and never dwell on the past. Leaders have to exhibit many qualities and never be closed-minded about a situation. A leader must be able to delegate when he or she cannot get the work done. They have to trust everyone they lead to be able to "catch the ball" and keep a project rolling.

This activity made me realize that being a leader is so much more than just having authority and having the ability to take control of a situation. A leader has to be trusting of all the people he or she leads and， leaders must be able to combine ideas into one encompassing idea. They cannot sit in the background and watch events happen; they have to jump in and be involved. They should not delegate all their responsibilities away.

Leadership is more than what the dictionary says it is.

I learned through all of this that I have many of these qualities.

I have the ability to solve problems， lead through adversity， and be versatile. From answering this question， I realized that I could lead effectively， even if my leadership style is different from other individuals. When I joined student council in my frst year of high school， I did not have these qualities because I was never put into a situation where I had to lead. I was too reserved to try. When I tried， I learned that I could succeed in this. I did not realize until I answered this question about leadership. I was never able to see that being a leader is not just about taking control of a group and telling everyone what to do When I was a freshman， I thought leadership was this. I did not know that did not have to be forceful and strict. I stereotyped a leader then. Thisis where I went wrong. A leader is about being yourself and never letting anyone change you. I thought I had to change to be a good leaderOnly when I expanded my comfort zone did I realize this was not trueIt only took three years and a silly question/game to fgure this out.

此致

敬礼!

申请人：

__年__月__日