寄托嘉宾主题聊天活动 [b][b]日期：七月四日日 [b]时间：晚上八时正 [b]题目：英文系全奖申请全过程 [b][b]嘉宾：bellie(寄托天下留学申请版版主) [b][b]**个人背景介绍： [b]本科：英文专业 现研二，退学申请 [b]签证：1000过 [b]前往院校：Florida State University 专业：教育 [b]所得奖项：fellowship (全奖，不用做TA/RA，干取钱) [b][b][b]>>>>>>>>bellie将会公开其申请文书(如PS)及其他申请/签证材料，密切留意这几天寄 [b]托天下首页的热点专题“bellie英文专业申请全过程”以及本版的公布。 [b][b]形式及规则： [b]1。申友可自由向嘉宾提问问题，从中吸取经验 [b]2。聊天室有人流限制，一切非关心主题的朋友希望能让出位置给有关的网友 [b]3。遵从主持人就聊天纪律的安排 [b]4。网友如非对主题有兴趣，请暂时离开聊天室，或以“俏俏话”跟同伴聊天以免干扰 [b]进行中的聊天活动。 [b][b]------------------------------------------------------- [b][b][b]Statement of Purpose [b][b]On September 1st, 1996, I found myself totally helpless in a totally [b]strange city and faced with a new phase of my life-the university life. [b]Suddenly self-reliance became an essential part of my life, since with [b]loving parents around and desirable living conditions, the concept of total [b]independence had never occurred to me in the first eighteen carefree years [b]of my life. All the decisions were up to myself then. The crisis of [b]establishing a personal identity confronted me. However, as an independent [b]way of living is inevitable, why not embrace it with a positive attitude? [b]The conviction prompted me to throw myself whole-heartedly into college [b]life. [b]In retrospection, being a student star on campus due to my outstanding [b]academic performance, I shall confidently say that academically, my life in [b]XXXU was fairly successful. Devoted and hardworking, I was far ahead of all [b]other 62 fellow students in the Faculty of Law and Business, from which I [b]got my BA degree, boasting a GPA of over 85 for core courses. In both the [b]national Band 4 and Band 8 Tests, the first prizes went to me, as had never [b]happened before in this university. My results in GRE (V: 800, Q: 800, A: [b]790) and TOEFL ( total:660) also prove my excellence in study. [b]However in no way was I the so-called “machine for examinations.” I [b]displayed an all-around proficiency in practical use of English. As a [b]strong proof, I was drafted to translate some significant documents for the [b]Transportation Bureau of XXXXXX (the 4th municipality of China). [b]Nevertheless, my interest was not confined to English. I took up many [b]electives as well and scored high in them, so the University Excellent [b]Scholarships, an honor conferred to only the top 5% students, have been [b]awarded to me in acknowledgement of my achievement. [b]My mother used to tell me, “University is the bridge to outside world”, [b]in which I hold a firm belief. To be a bookworm was never my way of [b]spending the undergraduate years. Besides study, I gained a lot of hands-on [b]experience from part-time tutoring. In the second year, I taught children [b]at preschool stage. Unlike adults, small children need guidance to nurture [b]their interest in study, so I designed a series of games to “integrate [b]entertainment into education.” The orientation turned out to be quite [b]effective. After three months’ tutoring, all the children learned faster [b]and with intensive interest. [b]From my junior year, I have been working as a teacher on a regular basis in [b]the adult-education department in the university, which was quite a [b]challenge, as the students were about the same age as me. Always they would [b]put forward questions that required a lot of mental work. On those [b]occasions, I turned to a large number of reference books for answers, thus [b]adding to my existing scope of knowledge. While making great efforts to [b]meet their needs in study, I strove to treat them as equals and in this way [b]established a friend-teacher relationship among us, which greatly helped [b]make my teaching easy and effective. [b]Through the experience as a teacher, I have realised that in China, there [b]is much to be desired for education, as traditional education puts much [b]emphasis on textbooks, producing many students with high scores but rarely [b]any practical ability. But with the nation’s development, especially with [b]China’s entry into WTO, old systems and old ways must be redesigned to [b]meet present and future needs in our society. That is, an educational [b]system that can help prepare talents with creativity for China’s future [b]should be adopted. After all, students’ originality comes not from [b]mechanical memorising but from a flexible way of learning. Unless a [b]comprehensive reform is carried out regarding curriculum and way of [b]teaching, it is hard to achieve this ultimate goal of education. [b]As a matter of fact, a graduate from XXXXU, the only foreign language [b]institute in XXXXX China, I could easily land on a well-paid job and enjoy [b]a comfortable life. Nevertheless, I choose to continue my study in [b]education in your country, whose higher education ranks the first [b]throughout the world. [b]It is not easy to decide which school to attend. After careful [b]consideration, I set my eyes on your famed university. What interests me [b]most is the quality of your programs, your faculty and your facilities [b]which enables the college of Education to retain its high national standing [b]in the US News and World Report Rankings despite more competitive criteria. [b]There I will have access to a precious opportunity to work closely with [b]prominent professors. All are conducive to enhancing my professional [b]competence by a large degree. Another reason I choose University of Texas [b]at Austin is your beautiful campus located in the capital city of the state [b]of Texas, lending itself to both ease and high efficiency in learning. And [b]if I am accepted, I plan to pursue a Ph.D. degree in the program of [b]Curriculum Studies. [b]Upon the completion of study in your university, the first thing for me to [b]do is return to my country, whether to find a job in higher education, or [b]to try to set up a school of my own. Anyway, my ultimate goal is to help [b]introduce advanced ideas in education to China and to train more young [b]talents for China’s further development.