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Molly, you are a skilled illustrator. I really like your drawing. I assume that you used photos to guide you as you sketched. I can see that you could have a future as an illustrator for books and magazines. Unfortunately, as you discovered, entry-level jobs in that field do not pay very well. (And by the way, I have been to Chengdu and it IS a beautiful city.)
As for your essay, there are some very basic things you must learn to bring your writing up to a higher standard. Rather than re-write the whole essay, I will teach one important guideline.
There are 2 types of clauses in writing:
(1) an independent clause, which can stand alone as a complete sentence, and
(2) a dependent clause, which cannot stand alone as a sentence.
You can join a dependent clause and an independent clause with just a comma between them. However, if you want to join 2 independent clauses, you must use a 'joining word' after the comma.
Using this rule we can rewrite the beginning of your essay in two ways ...
Hello everyone, I'm Molly. I graduated from college this summer.
Hello everyone, I'm Molly, and I graduated from college this summer.
The phrase 'Hello everyone' is a dependent clause and cannot stand alone, but it can be joined with the next independent clause ('I'm Molly.') with just a comma.
The phrase 'I graduated from college this summer' is an independent clause -- a complete sentence by itself, and so it can only be joined with the phrase 'I'm Molly' by using a joining word ... such as 'and'.
You DID use a joining word correctly in the next sentence:
Actually, my major is Industrial Design, but I think I am not good at it.
I'm sure you're familiar with other joining words, such as 'so', 'because', and 'however'. I hope this very basic rule will help you in future writings.
Good luck in your job search!
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