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students are chasing for a development in the related fields, I am determined to study economics, because I have a distinct ambition to be an associate of the finance department in one of the top investment banks.
My enthusiasm for this career was first from a conversation with a friend who works for XXX, sponsored by XXX. I was then amazed to find her a very energetic and capable staff. Later on I become more familiar with this field from different resources, and I finally realize that to be a financial associate is what I’ve been looking for. I appreciate the preciseness of the job and the chance to meet new challenges and new people everyday. Most importantly, the job demands constant learning and the ability for comprehensive analysis, which I lay my prior interest in.
I understand my career goal requires strong analytical skills and many years of working experience. To fulfill the requirement, I plan to start my career life as a financial analyst in a related company for at least two years, in order to gain more practice training and working experience. In my opinion, the size of the company is not a key factor in choosing my first job. After two or three years’ working, I plan to go back to school to study MBA. With several years’ working experience, I will be able to know what I need most in study, consequently, my study focus will be much easier to launch. After that, I plan to find a job as a financial analyst in a bigger firm, or, if possible, in one of those investment banks. The work demand and culture may differ a lot between the new job and the first one, and I need to adjust myself very quickly to the new one and keep abreast of the high speed. After five years of working as a financial analyst, I believe I will be qualified for the position of a financial associate and reach my career goal.
I choose this program after thorough consideration. After four-year’s exploration in undergraduate study, I come to realize what I really want and the field my ability really lies, and I feel a better connection to the program because it achieves an ideal blend of theoretical analysis and real-world applications. Moreover, I’m very interested in the Advanced Certificate Program in Finance, and the degree’s commitment to a diverse student body fairly meets the requirement of the globalization. It also attracts me as one of the only programs in the nation to have specialists from different areas, which broadens the students’ knowledge horizon and develops their ability as a whole.
I didn’t do well in the Quantitative Part of the GRE exam, because I filled my answers in a wrong order in the answer sheet, and when I found this, there wasn’t much time for me to correct all of them. I understand a good master of mathematics is essential in studying Economics, in order to be able to meet the study requirements of this program, I have began to study mathematics required for a finance major, and plan to equip myself with the necessary mathematics skills before starting this program.
Now I’m a bungee player expecting and striving for a brilliant bounce. I appreciate the opportunity for applying to the program greatly, and I believe the program is one
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of the main forces to push me to the higher height, where I can reach my dream.
Recommendation Letter 1
Dear Sir or Madam,
As Miss XXX’s present teacher in Shanghai Finance University, I am writing with great pleasure to recommend her for acceptance into your graduate program of Accounting.
Miss XXX is a part-time student in our university for nearly 3 months from September 2007. I have known her as a down-to-earth and brilliant student in my class of cost & managerial accounting. Though there remained so much for her to learn to keep up with my fast teaching process due to her current academic background in liberal arts, she has demonstrated great determination and confidence to learn the course well from the very first class. As a result, she did make it. Not only has she taught herself the basic knowledge my course, but also she was responsive to almost each of the question I raised in class and gave impressive solutions as well. Also, she attaches much emphasis on team work, which is one of the most efficient ways of solving difficult problems. In the process of team discussion in class, she demonstrates leadership by organizing the students to do work within the shortest time as well.
I assume it is her solid foundation in math and well-structured ways of analytical thinking that boost her ability in the study of accounting. In one class test one day, the students were asked to answer 5 questions concerning analysis of expense of raw materials, which included the basic cost of production, subsidiary cost of production, manufacturing cost, managerial cost and exhaustion of machine and material between debit and credit. Miss X is the first to finish the test in the class with 100% accuracy. Great potential has shown in this student to choose accounting as her graduate major. As for her areas of growth, I suppose that she should be more mature to fit herself in the complicated business field. For example, she has much to learn in view of interpersonal relations and should further enhance her professional knowledge in accounting.
All in all, I believe that Miss X is completely eligible to pursue master’s degree in accounting and become an excellent accountant in the near future. I recommend her most enthusiastically and I dearly hope you will consider her application favorably. If you need more information about her, please feel to contact me by email. Sincerely yours, XXX
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Recommendation Letter 2
To Whom It May Concern,
As professor of College of English Language and Literature at Shanghai International Studies University, I am pleased to write this letter at the request of one of my favorite students, Miss XXX， as her academic advisor, to furnish my evaluation of her academic and social aptitude for your reference.
I have known Miss X as a resourceful and warm-hearted individual for more than 3 years since her enrollment in this college. I taught her English intensive reading and now I am the advisor of her graduation thesis. I have noticed that, no matter in or out of class, innovative ideas never failed to occur to this girl as best ways to simplify implicated issues including conflicts and heated discussions in terms of both study and daily life among students.
She is a student grasping every minute to absorb new knowledge. In order to realize her goal to be a professional accountant, in spite of her tight study schedule in English major, she has been squeezing as much time as possible to take extra courses in Shanghai Finance University as a part-time student. Such attitude toward study moved me a lot. Excellence has been demonstrated in her performance as English major as well. She has been doing research on a variety of topics and has been awarded the competitive scholarships each semester as well as many prizes on citywide and nationwide level.
By well striking the balance between study and other activities, Miss X also involved herself in the student community. Thanks to her sense of humor, pleasant personality and strong communication skills, she organized many memorable activities. Moreover, she boasts a wide range of interests, such as playing the accordion, writing Chinese calligraphy and being an actor in student’s shows.
I think she is supposed to be more mature and sophisticated after being admitted to graduate school. Also, as non-English native speaker, she should make far more efforts in both her oral and written English. But I am fully convinced her potential to reach her goals.
Therefore, I strongly recommend this promising young student without reservation to your graduate program. I sincerely hope you can consider her application in a favorable light. Sincerely yours, XXX
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Recommendation Letter 3
Dear Sir or Madam,
As general manager of Shanghai XXX Enterprise Co. Ltd and Miss X’s former employer, I am writing with great pleasure to recommend her for acceptance into your graduate program of accounting.
I have known Miss X as a reliable, down-to-earth and goal-oriented individual since she joined us at XXX as an intern in July 2007. She was acting as an assistant auditor, mainly responsible for providing the assistance in the field of profit and loss items auditing, such as turnover, cost of sales and some expenses. As a new member, she worked very hard and was eager to learn from others. Trained by her director, she quickly learned some technical skills, such as sampling, tracing and verification and successfully helped to relieve the heavy burden of our staff during the peak selling season.
Aside from doing jobs in terms of auditing, Miss X once grasped the initiative to be an interpreter in our business negotiations while I was seeking for some interpreter from a translation company as we have established trade relations with many overseas companies. She told me that the combination of language and accounting was the career direction she was going to purse and such opportunity really meant to her. I had some reservations about her abilities at the beginning, but her confidence and satisfactory work performance and attitude convinced me. It turned out that her strong language ability and perfect cooperation with our staff won the credit from our foreign partners. With the involvement of Miss X and the higher moral of the whole company, our export volume increased by 11.5% compared with the same period last year.
Miss X always accomplished her assigned tasks on time with great care and accuracy. Moreover, her arrival provided our staff with great fun and happiness by her humorous and pleasant nature. I fully believe that her excellent work performance, her commitment and attitude towards work, and the way she gets along with others will ensure that she will become a wonderful participant in your graduate program. As for her areas of growth, I think she shall be more mature with interpersonal relations and seek as many ways as possible to enrich her knowledge of accounting and business. Also, she shall excel more potential of her leadership.
In the end, I recommend Miss X most enthusiastically. Your favorable consideration of her admission will be highly appreciated. Sincerely, XXX
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