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Sephiroth

Sep 24, 2009

Undergraduate / Anime (My essay to u-m) [15]

I'm a Chinese in China all my life.It's my first time to write such a long enlish composition,so it may have many mistakes.I need your help~Please!You can put any advice~~

U-M's question:Please describe your interests and aspirations
in engineering. What experiences have influenced you?

I can't do my favorite thing.

When I was 13 years old, a 3D CG anime movie called Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children took me to a wonderful world which I have loved for 5 years without regret. Maybe you think it's so childish, but anime is not that imaginary form in most people's impression. It's really amazing!

Last May Day, I joined the 5th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival in Hangzhou, China. It's the grandest celebration I have ever attended. I really enjoyed it. And it also gave me much influence.

In the exhibition center, I attended almost all activities. For instance, taste a PS3 game, a signing promotion of a famous Japanese artist--Yoshitaka Amano. There was an interesting event extra attracted me: computer graphics improvisation competition.

But I couldn't attend that competition because I even have never touched the graphic plotter. The course in Chinese junior high school and high school is too strenuous to have a deeply study in any other area.

The computer graphics design has drawn in me by a vivid girl in a CG picture on a web page since I was a junior high school student. It actually shocked me at the moment I saw her. Visual impact can move people in the most direct way. Since that time, to be a world's top CG designer has been my ultimate goal.

This dream has in my mind for so long. I almost can't wait for learning computer graphic in University of Michigan.

I think the happiest thing is just see the lovely work after effort. And the fruit may be seen by countless people, bring them happiness or moving. It's also a kind of blessedness. Though my determination of go in for animation is much earlier, that activity let me more adamant.

It require 250 words but I have 300.Do you think anywhere need cut?

Another university I want to apply is UIUC,its have a similar question:

In an essay of 300 words or less, please discuss your academic interests and/or professional goals.

Can I use a same essay?I will change the place where appears university's name.

Sephiroth

Sep 28, 2009

Undergraduate / Anime (My essay to u-m) [15]

Thank you so much!!!This one I changed a lot.Please help~~~

When I was 13 years old, a three-dimensional computer generated anime movie called Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children took me to a wonderful world which I have loved for 5 years without regret. Maybe you think it's so childish, but anime is not that imaginary form in most people's impression. It's really amazing!

Last May Day, I joined the 5th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival in Hangzhou, China with my friend Rong. In the exhibition center, we attended almost all activities. For instance, John Howe's lecture and a CG improvisation competition.

The enjoyable celebration took me back to the days I crazy for anime. At a weekend in summer 2005, I checked out more than 10 books on CG anime form library. With a passionate heart I began to read. But after two books I found only reading was far from being a good CG designer; at first and lest, I should be a painter. So I began to study sketch at a studio after school. I have been there for about 3 years. Mr. Wu and Mr. Sheng teached me a lot, not only painting techniques but a serious attitude. Not enough being an old hand in painting, but I'm not a novice any more.

Rong, who is my friend since elementary school, also has a same dream as mine. We usually search everything about CG at Internet and dream to take an Oscar with our animation work like Hayao Miyazaki.

Though my determination of go in for animation is much earlier, this festival let me more adamant. With the greatest ting in the world-love in my interesting and dream, I think I have enough motivation to be good at the subject.

Sephiroth

Sep 30, 2009

Undergraduate / My SCARS and my MISTAKES; Common App [34]

Sorry,I totally don't understand it...
Maybe my English is too poor...

Sephiroth

Sep 30, 2009

Undergraduate / Chinese kungfu! [3]

To be a Chinese kungfu expert is every Chinese' wonderful dream...ok, actually, it's only for children. Because after you know how hard wushu training will be, how hard to found a good shifu and make shifu accept you, you will never want to be a hero like Bruce Lee or Jacky Chen unless you can make a life-threatening decision to live your life for wushu. So I just went to study taekwondo. Although it's a more popular and easier martial art, I learned much from it.

In the summer holiday of 2008, I stared to study taekwondo in a training center named Jiaxing Jidu Fitness Club.It's not as interesting as I ever thought. On the contrary, it's hard.

Coach Jin was very strict; he used to keep us holding a difficult movement for long time such as lie on the floor and keep your leg extended straightly with 30°incline to the air for 2 minute or keep doing turning kick 60 times. But we all know he is a good coach, not only his hard but necessary training, but the indomitable spirit of taekwondo he taught us.

It was the hottest time in summer with 38℃ and no air-condition. Every time after class, our long sleeve uniforms all seems just over washing.

May be some time went to training center was quite a trial to me, but nobody gave up, how could I? I just insisted and gradually knew-that was the price I must pay for success. So I persevered in Coach Jin's training everyday, no absenteeism; finally, I past the exam.

But the exam wasn't the most important. As the spirit of taekwondo, from the insisting, I learned courage and perseverance; from Coach Jin's coaching and senior apprentices' help, I learned courtesy, humility and respect; from the hard training, I learned there is no easy art in the world; every art needs hard working and serious attitude.

My essay to UIUC.Please leave your suggestion.Thank you!

Sephiroth

Sep 30, 2009

Undergraduate / Anime (My essay to u-m) [15]

Oh~In the second one I have changed that one sentence paragraph.

Sephiroth

Sep 30, 2009

Undergraduate / Anime (My essay to u-m) [15]

Ok...I will perfect it.Thanks!

Sephiroth

Sep 30, 2009

Undergraduate / Chinese kungfu! [3]

Thank you again.I will tald to my teacher to revise it.

Sephiroth

Oct 3, 2009

Undergraduate / Anime (My essay to u-m) [15]

hohohoho~I've been a Sephiroth fan all the time.

Sephiroth

Oct 7, 2009

Undergraduate / Anime (My essay to u-m) [15]

I write a new one, entirely different.May be it will be better.

I always been a person don't want to be outdone, but something always go athwart with me. Whatever I do, there are always other child get ahead of me. What is worse, I even used to make excuse to pretend myself in no qualm. That really made me could kick myself.

I chose to practice the taekwondo in the summer holiday after I graduated from the junior middle school. Taekwondo is a sport of endurance testing and will-power building. It brings what I needed - the perseverance.

I didn't take it seriously at the first two days, because we only learned easy etiquette and preparing style. From the third day on, however, it became hard when Coach King began to teach us Taegeuk 2 Jang. Coach King taught in details, and required us to follow every step he did. It was at that time that I had a profound understanding of what is easier said than done. "...Left hand does lower section block. Then, forward step and straight box..." In the front, Couch King taught clearly and logically, and in the rear, students did farcically and awkwardly, but everybody dare not laugh because Couch King has such a short temper that he often sternly scolded those who made wrong movements. I was once scolded, too: "What were you thinking? Who taught you this stupid position? Er?" Then he helped me to put my hands in the correct way, which made me broke into a cold sweat. I was put into a mess from that time. The course went on before I could swallowed what had been taught, but what's more, there was a new intense physical training later: in-situ rapidly turn 15 laps and then sprint forward. As a result, I clashed into the middle pillar for twice. I could even saw stars. It was merely the Hell to me. I could not stand it any more. I did not want to continue it even one minute!

When I stepped downstairs after the training, I saw a billboard of Spirits of Taekwondo. It reads: The Spirits of Taekwondo is to know the etiquette and sense of shame, to be patient, self-control and indomitable. I suddenly cleared about something...

The fourth day, I practiced hard in and out of class. Eventually I could exercise the Taeguk 2 Jang in a perfect way!

I learned, from the experience of practicing Taekwondo, that I could be an adamancy and indomitable person. No matter how hard the training is; no matter how strict Coach King is; no matter how derisible my practice movements are, I will press on; get rid of that cowardly, indecisive past, to be myself.

I also realize, now, that it doesn't matter how difficult the future will be; the only important thing is that I ought to carry on making my dream come true. As long as there is a dream, I will march forward without hesitation. I will go for Computer Science in the University of Michigan to come true my dream - to be a wonderful Computer Graphic designer and to bring movement to people with CG animation.