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hwpAn MA student who enjoys intellectual challenges, I am applying for acceptance into your doctoral program so that I can scale grander intellectual heights in the academic world.
I am the kind of person who cannot stand being the second best in any group or situation. When I graduated from high school in 1994, I scored my schools highest total of scores in the National University Entrance Examinations, which won me acceptance into the Department of International Politics at몪몪몪 University of 몪몪몪. I was full of pride and entertained bright dreams. But, once I entered into this leading higher-learning institution in international politics, I found that my academic standing was only somewhere in the middle echelon of a competitive band of students. I still remember that my typical pride of a young man was wounded upon being told that the total of scores in the Entrance Examinations earned by some of my classmates were among the top 10 highest in the country. The mediocre status I had among this group of highly intelligent youngsters was too much a blemish to my record, since I had got used to top honors and prizes since my childhood. I also found myself troubled by the way my international teachers taught, which seemed to be highly demanding to me at the time.
I am recounting this experience of mine only to demonstrate a quality I believe I possess - the ability to excel in the face of challenges. In fact, the outcome of my efforts in undergraduate studies did prove that the determination that I conceived at the beginning of college years to excel my classmate was not a breed of vanity. By the time I completed my four years of undergraduate studies, I had outperformed most of my classmates. On the strength of my outstanding academic record, I was chosen by my professors to enter into the graduate program of my university without having to pass the normally mandatory admission test, a privilege that is only reserved for the very best students each graduation year.
Four years of undergraduate studies equipped me with basic research skills in international politics, and my outstanding performance naturally placed me on the path to higher academic pursuits. As a highly motivated undergraduate, I took many politics and economics courses, such as Political Science, International Relations, International Organization, International Finance and International Trade, as you can see from my transcripts. My overall GPA ranked me first among the 40 students of my academic year, wining me top honors. I was one of the 80, selected from the universitys 8,000 students, to receive the Excellent Academic Achievement Scholarship (First Class) in the 1994-95 school year. In the 1995-1996 school year, I was one of universitys 15 students awarded the몪몪몪 Scholarship (First Prize). In the 1996-1997 school year, I received the Outstanding Academic Performance Scholarship, one of the only five students at the university who earned this honor.
In my junior and senior years, having grasped a basic understanding of the discipline, I started to read many classic works on international relations, including Politics among Nations, Theory of International Politics, War and Change in World Politics, and Power and Interdependence: World Politics in Transition. I also frequented the library to read a host of journals on a regular basis. By reading critically such authoritative publications as American Political Science Review, International Organization, World Politics, and Foreign Affairs, I kept myself well informed of the latest academic research findings and also improved my English language skills.
To cultivate other capabilities, I also engaged myself in extracurricular activities. From 1995 to 1998, I was elected president of the International Politics Class, a departmental student association responsible for the management of academic studies, extracurricular activities, student orientation programs and other student affairs. Serving as president of the association, I was closely involved in the communication and collaboration with other student organizations and sometimes took part in the activities organized by them. By organizing those extracurricular activities, I trained myself in leadership and organization skills. The Class performed exceptionally well, winning "Excellent Class of 몪몪" for several years in a row, an award given by Beijing Education Bureau to the best student associations of the capital. As a graduate student, I was designated an몪몪t University Graduat of 몪몪 (1997-1998) for my outstanding academic and extracurricular performance, an award given to only 200 students in Beijing a year.
