Scholarship Application Essay (part one) In ma father’s generation, men in China’s Fujian Province had a tradition of traveling to Southeast Asia to set up small businesses. My father followed the crowd when he was my age, whereas his dream was to be a teacher. What crushed his dream was the unexpected mishap in China’s society--access to education was politically hindered. Although my father never had a chance to finish high school, he still believes in the philosophy “knowledge is power”. The post-crisis meltdown in 2008 drastically affected my father’s business, but he is still supportive of my education financially and mentally. Thus, it means a lot if I can earn your scholarship by proving my qualification. I was admitted to XX University in 2012. As a senior in such a competitive university, I’ve devoted myself diligently to studies, earning a 3.6 grade-point average. Among courses that have a strong connection with your program, such as Financial Engineering, Investment and Investment Banking, I was ranked with excellently high grades. Because of my outstanding academic performance, XX, dean of our economics department, provided me with the chance to be his research assistant. My experience in his research group brought me a new vision in terms of Corporate Finance, which is a main research strand that we are still working on. In the summer of 2014, I was selected to attend a summer camp held by Tuanghai University, the best private university in Taiwan, where I accomplished a list of intensive courses and was enriched with business sense. With the solid academic background that corresponds well to both tracks of your program, I hope you can see my academic competitive edge in applying for this scholarship program.

A personal essay This is a part of my essay. I hope someone can help me check if it's written in a formal tone and polish it up.：） Hong Kong, known as a financial centre, has long attracted aspiring young people. It is where the financial resources and great universities are concentrated. Therefore, I have set my goal in applying for universities of Hone Kong in the hope of immersing myself in a nurturing environment. According to my understanding, City University of Hong Kong has a youth vigour and the courses provided by its Financial Services Programme are in line with my experience, my current major and, most importantly, my future career path. My expected career path, as I mentioned above, would be analysis-oriented. For this purpose, I’ve intentionally applied what I have learned into my intern works, finding that the biggest deterrent was the inadequation of my knowledge in analytical methods. The curriculum of your programme, however, provides advanced courses that I seek for, such as Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Services and Credit Risk Management. Additionally, this program offers excellent internships. In conclusion, your programme matches my requirements in furthering my experience to start a career in risk management.

The reasons that I apply for a certain program This article is extremely important to me because it's a part of my application documents. So I truly hope someone can help me to polish it up:) Hong Kong’s role as a financial centre really attracts aspiring young people like me since the concentration of resources could provide the wide professional network that I lack to gain the information and perspective of finance. It will be helpful if I can be immersed in such an environment, but what matters more is what I can directly learn from your program. After selecting for several times, I found that my major and my experience are in line with the courses you provide. Combined with the internship opportunities you provide, your courses such as Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Services, which is where my interest is in, could help me to refine my analytical skills. Even I’ve learned some quantitative models to evaluate financial risks, I sometimes feel like biting off more than I could chew when I face practical finance problem. So, there are some areas that I hope to polish further, for example, I hope to gain more exposure in managing financial risks and to master the use of advanced quantitative models. Because my career might begin in the risk-management department of financial institution, what I hope to learn from this program is to find risks and control risks incisively. If I have a rich foundation in this field, I think I could definitely make a change to China’s internet-finance and serve my social mission

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Something about me The younger son of a business family, I was born in 1993 and raised in China’s coastal province Fujian. My limitless enthusiasms for knowledge were ignited by my father, a businessman who devotes his whole life to a family firm. In his generation, the access to education was politically blocked thus many people in my hometown travelled across border to find a sliver lining by setting up small businesses. Even many have become successful entrepreneurs later, my father keeps telling me that rags-to-riches stories could not be written in the old way. As an advocate of knowledge, he gives me unfettered attentions and believes that it is an age of intellectual. Even skepticism and incomprehension for my persistence in higher education never stop among my other families, I still remember my father’s teaching and always push myself to get ahead in study.