May
29, 2003
Dear
isa Officer,
My name
is Deng Peng. I graduated from No. 1 Middle School of Changsha,
Hunan Province in July 2002.
I had
two alternatives to choose before high school graduation
last: either to take part in the national collegiate examination
in order to receive college education in China, or to select
a school of a developed country for further schooling. My
family had very careful discussion on selection of these
two alternatives. At the end of thorough considerations,
the whole family decided that I should go abroad for advanced
education.
Owning
a number of large and medium scale coal mines, my father
is a famous private entrepreneur in Changsha. As his company
keeps on growing and the business becomes more sophisticated,
my father is now badly in need of good specialists of business
management to help him manage and operate the business.
My father decided to let me go abroad for advanced schooling
so that I would be able to assist him in the family business
using the advanced management knowledge I would learn abroad.
Besides, I have consulted my high school teachers, who not
only support my decision but also further suggest me to
choose a good Canadian school.
I know
it is more expensive to have such advanced education in
abroad than in China. Financing is not a problem to my family.
My parents have enough financial resources to pay for all
the expenses necessary for the four-year educational program
in Canada including the round tickets.
After
careful studies of the alternative schools, I finally come
to identify Sprott-Shaw Community College at Vancouver.
I know that this college, founded in 1903, will have its
century celebration in this June. Currently there are 2376
well-trained faculties and about 4000 students. It has altogether
20 branches all over BC Province. Another thing about this
college that is interesting to me is that there are very
few Chinese students, no more than 2 in each class on average.
I have applied for the program on business management. To
complete this program, I have the following plan: before
starting the specialty program, I will complete the ESL
courses. After admission I will have an English language
test, and will be arranged to the proper class according
to my English level. I will also have language test in every
month in order to see the progress of the language proficiency.
When I have reached the intermediate level, I will be able
to start the specialty courses. Then I plan to choose the
following subjects: business study and management, business
and finance, marketing theories and marketing strategies,
human resource management, etc. After spending two years
at Sprott-Shaw Community College, I will select a proper
university for advanced bachelor courses. For instance,
I may select BCIT or AU of Canada.
Upon
completion of the program in Canada, I will come back to
China to help my father with the family business. While
working in my father's company, I will start from the lowest
level have good practice and use all that I will have learnt
at Canada.
I am
very confident in the future, although I understand that
schooling abroad may be very difficult. It will require
greater efforts to accomplish the program in abroad than
in China. But I am prepared for that. In this January I
participated in the TV college program for training in computer
application, as I know that it is almost impossible to study
the program without computer knowledge. I am now trying
to gain more knowledge and experience on computer application,
besides, I spend all my spare time on English study.
Canada
is a peaceful and lovely country. Studying at Sprott-Shaw
Community College will be very important to me, for it means
another significant start of my life. Please trust me that
after completing the program in Canada, I will be able to
operate and manage the business of Hunan Xiangyuan Fuels
& Investment Co., Ltd. much better than my father.
Yours
faithfully,
Applicant:
Deng Peng
