瑞典留学学生的个人申请书

　　Dear xx,

　　From childhood I have been surrounded by and thrived on many thingsintimately connected with science. Born into an engineering family, my interestin science was cultivated from an early age, for not only were my parents avidpursuers of further knowledge, which they were always willing to share with me,my hometown, Chengdu, is a city famous for its electronics industry.Before Ireached the age of 17, I had already won several prizes in various Chengduelectronics contests. I won the Chengdu Electronic Design Contest for Teenagerswith my Traffic Control Simulator based on 555Ics, and a computer programme Idesigned won second prize in the Chengdu Science and Technology Contest for highSchool Students.

　　In 1991, in the highly competitive National Entrance Examination I placedfirst out of more than 20, 000 students. I chose to attend Sichuan University,the best of its kind in southwest China. During my four years there I workedhard to achieve straight A's and my GPA was consistently in the top 2% in myDepartment. Furthermore, as recognition of my academic achievements, I wasawarded the first prize scholarship every year. In order to graduate with a morerounded education, I elected to take extra courses in both the Mathematics andComputer Science Department. In 1994 I won 2nd prize in the University'sMathematical Model Building Competition.

　　In taking all the major courses in the Computer Science Department, Idiscovered that I have a particular talent for computer science. Thus I began toexplore more and more areas of this field. I participated in the 5th NationalConference on Image and Graphics, organised by the Institute of the Image andGraphics (IIG), which further fuelled my interest by opening my eyes to thepossibilities presented by modern computer science. The Director of the ComputerScience Department of the IIG is Professor You Zhishen, also Vice Chairman ofThe Chinese Association of Image and Graphics. Famous for his work on imageprocessing and computer graphics, aspiring computer science students vie for theopportunity to study under his guidance. In 1995, I earned this honor by scoringfirst place in the highly selective national graduate student examinations inall of the computer science examinations.

　　Before taking up this opportunity, I completed an internship at theHeadquarters of ChangHong Electronics Corporation, one of the biggest in China,where I obtained first-hand, practical experience of the application of advancedtechnologies in the modern electronics industry. I then graduated with myBachelor of Science, and began research for my Master's Degree in ComputerScience. From this moment forth I have concentrated my attentions on computerscience. My first project was to conduct research on the Multichannel DigitalSynchronised Log, part of a larger project (DRS Radio Simulator) our Institutewas organising. This project came 2nd in the 1996 National Science andTechnology Progress Awards, the most prestigious awards in the industry. As ateam member, I learnt the value of co-operation, as well as the importance ofindividual responsibility in a project-oriented group.

　　In xx, I participated in research on "Mias-20xx Series PC Based ImageryAnalysis System", during which time I developed the multi-dimensional slidewindow method, while concurrently developing software on image restoration. As aresult of this research, the Dean of the Department invited me to assist inprogramming another departmental project, a privilege he bestowed on fewpeople.

　　Yours sincerely,