Dear Sir:
Due to the comprehensiveness of China’s “reform and open” policies, economics plays an increasingly important role in the development of its global position. Though more and more companies built, management of companies cannot catch up with the development of the companies. Management is a burgeoning field in China, so I hope I can acquire more modern knowledge on management in England. The roots of my strong interest in business can be traced back to my childhood. My father was among the first of China’s new breed of modern entrepreneurs. As a young girl, it was inspirational hearing about his business ventures, and meeting the varied and interesting circle of entrepreneurs. My mother was also involved in business as an accountant, helping him with simple calculations. And so it was early in my life that I hoped I, also, would someday be able to enter the realm of business.
With the time of growing up, I preferred reading books to satisfy my curiosity. I never ceased to contemplate over the questions I encountered. Subjects on business and management became a special fascination to me and my knowledge of psychology as well as interest in this field was increasing rapidly.
As a high school student in China, I had to concentrate on the College Entrance Examination (CEE), even so, books not related to the exams were never excluded from my life. Unfortunately when sitting in the exam in June, 2001, I was so nervous that I didn’t score well in the CEE exam. I enrolled in the department of Computer Science in Zhejiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Any attempt to persuade myself to focus on my major turned out to be a failure at the beginning of my college life. After several terms, I realized that I would never be interested in being a programmer or an engineer. At that moment, I lost my direction and objectives.
My persistence in reading saved me from the dark situation. As a matter of fact, I enjoyed reading the books included Encyclopedia American, and some books about management by Peter F.Drucker. I began to notice something interesting: Why some companies can produce more than others? Why some company can sell more than others? Why some companies can build up but others cannot when facing the same difficulties?
With the questions in my mind, I started to read many relevant books. I was lucky to read the book “Jack: Straight from the Gut”by Jack Welch, in Which John A. Byrne makes a clear illustration that the management is important for a company. When I was a junior, I ran a bookshop by myself near my school. I should manage not only the finance in the shop but also the employees in my shop even made some strategies to enlarge the business in my shop to hold on the run the shop. From this, my interpersonal skills and the capacity in business has been greatly developed, definitely I was increasingly interested in what I was doing. By December, 2003, I had finally determined to take business management as my career instead of IT. To accumulate more relevant knowledge, I strived to gain more practical work experience in some big companies.
Fortunately, as a senior, I began by conducting an internship in the Architecture Company in Zhejiang Province. Over six months, I worked as an assistant of the manager to harmonize the relationship between the different departments in this company and to draft some management system, which broadened my perspective of management conditions and business performance in different industries. The experience showed me that management is much more important than that of I thought in big companies. After graduation, I continued my work in this company. In May, 2005, the company offered me an opportunity to participate in an training program held by a famous management school. Through in-depth discussions with teachers and students in the classes, they all encouraged me to pursue my future career in management field because of my intellectual ability and the brand new ideas I mentioned.
During the short period of training, I realized that pursuing a higher degree in management is a wise choice for me now. Lancaster, with its excellence in management, represents the perfect fit for my needs. In your challenging environment, I can build the required foundation of knowledge related to management to achieve my goals. I am firmly convinced that your admission will be my first step of success. With this in mind, I hereby submit my application, and await your favorable reply.
1。針對(duì)學(xué)校問題回答;每個(gè)學(xué)校對(duì)ps都會(huì)有一些特殊的要求,所以你必須有問必答。
2。針對(duì)你的專業(yè)加強(qiáng)說明你的能力;每個(gè)專業(yè)對(duì)申請(qǐng)者的素質(zhì)要求不同;比如,工程類的學(xué)生可能要求數(shù)學(xué)背景好,有非常強(qiáng)的動(dòng)手和解決問題能力,你就需要有事例加強(qiáng)說明你這方面的能力。
3。你的故事必須能打動(dòng)人;你必須是unique,specialandmemorable;我們知道每一個(gè)人都是unique的,但如何把這些表達(dá)出來,是一個(gè)學(xué)問;要在幾十幾百幾千個(gè)預(yù)選人中脫穎而出,你必須要抓住committee的心。
4。不要面面俱到,但也不要放過任何一個(gè)你的最強(qiáng)項(xiàng);不要從小學(xué)開始講故事除非這個(gè)故事驚天動(dòng)地;但如果你的gpa/toefl/gre非常高,你完全可以showoff一下;如果你的論文很多,也需要在你的ps中強(qiáng)調(diào)一下你的研究能力和成果。
5。不要堆積形容詞,空洞或過份夸張;任何一個(gè)statement,你都需要簡單的事例來說明;比如說:”iamanexcellentstudentinmyclass”;howto證明?”iaminthedean’slistoveryears”;or“ireceivedawardof…”
6。清楚地說明你的motivationandcommitment;你的目標(biāo)必須明確。
7。抓住主線展開;主題不明確是一大忌。
8。對(duì)自己的研究了如指掌;準(zhǔn)確清晰地描述自己的研究;不要堆積專業(yè)名詞或沖當(dāng)“高手”。
9。不要避免你的weakness;如果你有一些明顯缺點(diǎn),如gre奇低,你可以在ps中說明原因。
10。你要充分展示你的學(xué)習(xí)熱情,潛力,誠實(shí)和自信心。
11。展望未來,同時(shí)也要過去的經(jīng)歷襯托。
12。平凡中的不平凡;大多數(shù)人都未必有驚人的事例,但你需要從中挖掘一些讓人感興趣的東西。
13。英語流利,精煉;語法,用詞準(zhǔn)確;無spellingmistake。
14。避免文章太長,使committeeboring。
15。反復(fù)修改,請(qǐng)別人閱讀;如不能感動(dòng)你自己,你的朋友,也無法感動(dòng)committee。
16。為什么選擇這個(gè)學(xué)校?每個(gè)人都會(huì)對(duì)自己的學(xué)校有榮譽(yù)感,包括committee。對(duì)他們學(xué)校的稱贊絕對(duì)是有益的。