I was skeptical of the magazine, because it was called "Fortune" Magazine (was it about astrology? fortunetelling? hocus-pocus?),
-> How does this sound? "I was skeptical of the magazine
, because of its title, "Fortune" Magazine, (was it about..."
Magazine introduced to me, a middle school student ,
It's stories told me what was happening in other countries besides that which I was living in, that there was great change going on in China, in India, in Russia, as well as Brazil, and that biggest change in this century was happening on the other side of the world.
-> Isn't this just a repeat of the sentence before? You should pick one or the other to keep.
economic reasons behind
-> economic reasons behind it.
I now knew about
-> I now KNOW about ...
last throughout my own lifetime,
I needed to know more than that which Fortune Magazine provided, andso I looked to the internet
I also got to witness the political tensions between Japan and China, as well as that between the United States and China.
-> how so??
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lets us view closely the world,
-> lets us closely view the world,
imminent change.
-> imminent changeS
Cornell's economics department is very strong and as it is a large research university I would like taking advantage of its research opportunities as well, in the university and in the field as well.
-> can you read that red part over and fix it.
GOOD LUCK : )