个人陈述Personal Statement（英文版一）
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am the applicant Lin Hao, coming from Heilongjiang Province, northeast of China. Long-term shivery climate here enables me to forge tough and staunch personalities during my growing up. In 2003, with flying colors, I was matriculated in Jilin University, a celebrated one in China with the major of International Economics and Trade. Besides, I minor in Futures Investment & Management. The university I study at is a comprehensive one with all kinds of disciplines. University life not only makes me get overall development in study methods and specialized knowledge, but also, more importantly, enhances my ability to combine the knowledge of all disciplines and desire for knowledge. Hence, I am determined to pursue further study in UK upon my graduation. Now, I would like to apply for MSc in International Finance & Economics offered by University of Loughborough.
Family is quite important for every one, for it is the first classroom for us to receive education. My grandfather once was a banker. My father is a businessman while my mother is a statistic practitioner. All of them play a significant role in the establishment and development of my view of life and view of value; in the meantime, they help me form the personalities of honesty, diligence and perseverance. Edified by them, I show a keen interest in finance-concerned courses. My family is vital wealth in my whole life, for it endows me with such interest in this field and personality of striving forward bravely.
Through specialized study, my great interests in courses related to economics and finance are ignited. I once read Doctor David Friedman’s The Economics of Everyday Life, in which, he adopts popular and easy-understood cases and flexibly combines obscure economic principles with people’s daily lives. Through reading the book, I had a good mastery of principles of economics, which were boring to others. I admired Doctor David Friedman very much. In the same year, I read Price Theory, a representative work of him. Through studying this book, I fell in love with knowledge regarding currency and finance. Driven by thirst for knowledge, I began to minor in Futures Investment & Management. During that period, I met a good teacher, that is, Professor Lv, who is a prestigious scholar in China’s futures industry. Professor Lv combined theories of futures market with practice and connected truth with futures market, which was regarded as a gambling establishment by others, imparting knowledge about futures market and economic investment to us. Such teaching mode coincided with my studying habits, so I involved myself in the study quickly. We often discussed the development of China’s futures industry as well as price fluctuation of world’s futures market. In the autumn of 2005, I was invited to assist Professor Lv in completing part of research work of The Revealing of Yen’s Development Route to RMB’s Development in the project of The Establishment of China’s Financial Futures Market. Owing to my outstanding performance, I won commendations from Professor Lv.
On top of specialized study, I set up the first Leukaemia Love Volunteer Association of our university in Jilin Province in my free time, acting as Chairman. We have helped 10 leukaemia patients, who are from poor families, through the way of love volunteer activities. Every year, we hold lectures concerning leukaemia and organize volunteer signing up activity of CMDP (Chinese Hematopoietic Stem Cell Warehouse) and activity of extraction of blood samples at our university. Over the three years, under my leadership, the association has been developed and we have made great achievements, so many medias report our deeds. In October 25, 2004, Xinhua News Agency reported our activities on its website
On the summer holiday of 2004, on behalf of Jilin University, I visited Kyungpook National University, a famous one of Korea. As a Chinese representative, I participated in more than ten communication activities between Chinese and Korean students. And I spread China’s traditional and modern cultures to Korean students as a cultural emissary. Through visiting, I acquired some Korean cultures and visited their educational system. In this process, I was deeply moved by advanced teaching modes and powerful scientific research strength of Korea’s higher education institutions. In comparison with other universities, though our university develops rapidly, it still lags behind top-ranking education of the world. Such feeling stimulated my passion for study. After my return from Korea, I made up my mind to do my bit to our country with my own power. This is an important reason for me to apply for your program. As a Chinese, I have the responsibility to build up my motherland with what I will have acquired abroad.
Surefootedness, perseverance and diligence are good traditions that I succeed and they are also my life creeds. In face of graduation, due to great desire for knowledge as well as ardent love for specialized knowledge, I set my mind on pursuing further studies in UK so as to receive precise education, cutting-edge researches and novel thinking patterns of higher education institutions of UK, enrich myself and realize my own value. I expect to become a communicational person between China and UK. Thank you for your attention. Awaiting your early reply.
Applicant: Lin Hao
December 11, 2006
