spikewm
Oct 24, 2015
Graduate / Essay for WUSTL (In an essay of no more than 500 words, introduce yourself) [8]
TOPIC:
1. In one or two sentences, please describe your immediate career plans upon graduation from Olin.
2. At Olin, we pride ourselves on our close-knit community and aim to know every student by name and story. In an essay of no more than 500 words, please introduce yourself as you would to your future Olin classmates.
Guys, here is my first draft, I am not sure if I meet its requirement. So, help this poor kid out. Any comment or recommendation is highly appreciated!
Ever since the first time I visited Wall Street, all I want to be is a financial analyst: Fast-paced living, fully engaged work and agile coup are so fascinating that I fall in love with finance inevitably.
I began my business school life with major in management at St. Louis University, however, with time goes by, I gradually realized it is too broad and fragile for a undergraduate student to land a job. Then, I was on a long journey to find where my passion is until the day I went to NYSE: The huge screen glittering with dynamic numbers at the crowded stock exchange center reflected the unpredictability of financial market. The Wall Street elites fully applied their wisdom trying to beat the market and win themselves a margin. The scene and curiosity of who is in control of all these have constructed the most magnificent enlightenment in my little mind. And my curiosity and passion for finance is fully triggered by that trip.
After I transferred to the George Washington University, I had much more time and opportunities to cultivate my interests by systemically studying the fundamental courses such as "Money and Capital Market" and "Portfolio Management". I strengthened my quantitative skills through learning "Regression Analysis" and "Econometrics." By learning programming languages such as R and Python, I adopted consistent and detail-orientated habits. Just upon my graduation this May, I took the CFA level I exam, which I will pass by the end of MSF at Olin Initially a pure curiosity, as my interests in corporate finance and investment was, I finally decided that this was the area that I wanted to delve into and take as my career development direction.
It is a long cherished dream of mine to pursue my graduate study at Washington University in St. Louis. An Olin Business School education represents the essential next step toward my future. The practical and well-structured curriculum would place solid foundation for my future needs, and abundant resources would well equip me to solve different puzzles I might face. Olin's practical and professional orientation will facilitate my entry into the financial field after graduation, especially the cooperation with other top-tier universities such as SMU or YSB would create unparalleled opportunities for me to further enrich international visions. I am firmly convinced that my academic work and rich experiences have proved my potential to become an accomplished professional in this field. Therefore, I sincerely hope that you would favorably consider my application and give me this precious opportunity.
TOPIC:
1. In one or two sentences, please describe your immediate career plans upon graduation from Olin.
2. At Olin, we pride ourselves on our close-knit community and aim to know every student by name and story. In an essay of no more than 500 words, please introduce yourself as you would to your future Olin classmates.
Guys, here is my first draft, I am not sure if I meet its requirement. So, help this poor kid out. Any comment or recommendation is highly appreciated!
Ever since the first time I visited Wall Street, all I want to be is a financial analyst: Fast-paced living, fully engaged work and agile coup are so fascinating that I fall in love with finance inevitably.
I began my business school life with major in management at St. Louis University, however, with time goes by, I gradually realized it is too broad and fragile for a undergraduate student to land a job. Then, I was on a long journey to find where my passion is until the day I went to NYSE: The huge screen glittering with dynamic numbers at the crowded stock exchange center reflected the unpredictability of financial market. The Wall Street elites fully applied their wisdom trying to beat the market and win themselves a margin. The scene and curiosity of who is in control of all these have constructed the most magnificent enlightenment in my little mind. And my curiosity and passion for finance is fully triggered by that trip.
After I transferred to the George Washington University, I had much more time and opportunities to cultivate my interests by systemically studying the fundamental courses such as "Money and Capital Market" and "Portfolio Management". I strengthened my quantitative skills through learning "Regression Analysis" and "Econometrics." By learning programming languages such as R and Python, I adopted consistent and detail-orientated habits. Just upon my graduation this May, I took the CFA level I exam, which I will pass by the end of MSF at Olin Initially a pure curiosity, as my interests in corporate finance and investment was, I finally decided that this was the area that I wanted to delve into and take as my career development direction.
It is a long cherished dream of mine to pursue my graduate study at Washington University in St. Louis. An Olin Business School education represents the essential next step toward my future. The practical and well-structured curriculum would place solid foundation for my future needs, and abundant resources would well equip me to solve different puzzles I might face. Olin's practical and professional orientation will facilitate my entry into the financial field after graduation, especially the cooperation with other top-tier universities such as SMU or YSB would create unparalleled opportunities for me to further enrich international visions. I am firmly convinced that my academic work and rich experiences have proved my potential to become an accomplished professional in this field. Therefore, I sincerely hope that you would favorably consider my application and give me this precious opportunity.
