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Personal Statement

By the time I graduated from Trade and Administration School of XX University in July 2003, I faced two crucial alternatives—embarking on a Master’s program with three-year scholarship at the Business School of XX University in addition to being waived of the otherwise required entrance examinations, or joining XX, the world’s leading professional services firm. The interviews for both occasions were equally challenging, as the applications were highly competitive. Ultimately, I chose the XX under the conviction that I would acquire knowledge and expertise about the standard auditing and financial principles and procedures, as well as international perspectives characteristic of a leading multinational company.

My professional experience as an accountant at the Assurance Division of XX, though less than two years, has proved defining. By undertaking nearly more than a dozen auditing projects, I have been engaged in auditing the financial status of enterprises, issuing rigorous auditing reports, providing innovative, high-quality and cost-effective services like evaluation of corporate management procedures. It is true that I studied economics and finance, among others, during my undergraduate program. However, my knowledge largely was theoretical. It is my auditing career that has given me a unique and insider’s knowledge of the country’s economic and financial operations.

I become interested in Real Estate Finance simply because the very first auditing project I undertook was closely related to real estates. In auditing the XX Real Estate (XX) Co. Ltd, I, though a novice employee, was assigned to perform the responsibilities of an A1 (second-year) employee—accounting the selling expenses, financial expenses, G & A expenses, fixed assets, CIP (construction in progress), salary payable, intangible assets, etc. The greatest challenge was that the client used the ORACLE financial system which mixed up the statistics of all the small items, which had the same name of selling expenses and G & P expenses, making it virtually impossible to differentiate between the two categories of expenses. What’s more, I had only ten days to codify this colossal amount of statistics in order not to affect the overall auditing of the enterprise by my Hong Kong colleagues. Finally, I innovatively solved the problem by applying the sorting and sequencing modules in EXCEL.

In addition to improving my problem-solving skills, I conducted a comprehensive survey of the real estate market of China through a comparative approaching—integrating statistics from both PRC and HK auditing reports, which provided important perspectives for my auditing. Together with my regression analysis on the “reasonable test” of revenue, I was highly praised by my manager and client. 

My second most important responsibility was auditing the data from 2000 to 2003 for XX Co. which was to be listed on XX. The workload was much more heavy and requirements were naturally more rigorous. I assisted project manager with the conversion of the statistics from PRC GAAP into US GAAP. In strict compliance with XX procedures, I assessed the enterprise’s internal control and its risk management over the supply-production-sales links. Based on substantial testing，I formulated excessively detailed and careful auditing plans, covering the work schedule, survey methods, sample selection, and process control. I maintained effective communication not only with my colleagues but also with the client, relevant organizations and government departments. I gained insights into the operations of how an enterprise enter the international capital market.

My greatest professional achievement came when, in May 2004, I was made responsible as project manager for auditing China XX (XX Subsidiary) in the first quarter. This was a great exception for me as a first-year staff member. By communicating closely with the central team in XX, I charted out the major accounts to be audited, and divided the responsibilities among my team members. With due completion of our tasks, our team was rated as the “top 3 team” in the entire project. This unique experience allowed me to considerably enhance my ability to work independently.

The auditing projects I have participated so far ranged from consumer and industrial products, import and export trade, insurance, communication technologies, real estate and property management, involving annual and IPO auditing. I have become familiar with the business environment and structure of different industries, the production and management procedures of individual enterprises, and how microeconomic activities are affected by macroeconomic policies of the country. Under the unique XX corporate culture of professionalism, I have immeasurably improved my skills in analysis, investigation and judgment, the ability to apply professional knowledge and criteria, the capacity for effective teamwork. All those resulted in my becoming the A2 Level “top performer” for 2003 in the XX Branch.

Apart from my professional achievements, my undergraduate career at XX University is relevant to your program in at least four aspects. Academically, apart from top 4 ranking during my sophomore year (I passed all the exams of the second semester through self-education because of closed training for National English Debating Competition and ranked top 1 in that term), I was consistently ranked top 1 among a total of 156 students in my grade in the junior year, receiving an allegedly unprecedented number of approximately 50 major prizes for both academic and extracurricular achievements. As a student of international economy and trade, I have been systematically educated in theories of economics and finance, with supporting input in mathematics, trade, law, logistics, management, consumer psychology and other related social sciences. In terms of finance, I studied a whole spectrum of core courses ranging from Corporate Finance, Monetary Banking, Securities Investment to Investment Economics.

My thesis, though not strictly in the field of finance, testifies to my research potential. Unlike most students who simply explain economic phenomena, I came up a research paper XX, that applied econometrics as a tool, based on mathematic analysis, to construct regression models. Focusing on the development of IT as the core of the New Type of Industrialization advocated by the government, the thesis investigates the complicated relationship between IT, investment, labor capital, and employment and proposes alternatives to unemployment.

Apart from my major, I did a second major in English, considering the importance of English in the increasingly open Chinese society and in economics and finance. This was a unique initiative among students of my class and for two years I received comprehensive training in English listening, speaking, writing and reading. I completed my second major with a thesis XX which was unanimously rated “Excellent” during the oral defense. My strong proficiency has proved immensely helpful not only to my career at XX but also to my prospective program at XX.

My strong faculty in logical reasoning qualified me for dozens of debating contests at university, city, provincial and national levels. With my wide-ranged knowledge, I invariably won important prizes in those debates that covered a great diversity of subjects. I was honored as the “Best Debater” at the XX—A Seminar for Students from XX.” In this contest, as well as the nationally televised XX-XX Debating Competition and the National College Student English Speech Competition sponsored by XX Press, I was both a team member and team leader. In addition, I held important positions at student union, university student newspaper and a literary society. I was used to working under pressure and exercising effective teamwork. With such extensive extracurricular involvements, my academic performance was scarcely affected, demonstrating my sound time management skills.

My academic and professional backgrounds convince me that an MPhil program at XX is most appropriate for me at this time of my personal development. Real estate industry is undoubtedly one of the most robust industries in present-day China but controversies abound in both domestic and international opinions about whether China’s real estate market is overheated or not. Conceding that it is, I am anxious to learn how to “squeeze out” the bubbles inherent in this market. Apart from the market mechanism itself, the macro manipulation by the government on the policy level plays an important role.

I am interested in your program because your MPhil program in Real Estate Finance is precisely designed to furnish participants integrated theoretical and practical instruction in finance, investment, economics, and law. Through your program, I can learn methods and techniques of analysis required for commercial property financing, investment and development. I can also learn the latest concepts in mixed-asset portfolio analysis, risk management, financial engineering and option-based valuation so that I may be equipped to interact with other corporate finance related professionals.

In a competitive national and international business environment, real estate professionals need a sophisticated understanding of finance, economics and law to succeed. This is the most important thing my professional experience at XX has taught me. It is imperative that only equipped with a systematic and in-depth knowledge of real estate finance, acquired at an outstanding intellectual environment at XX, will I achieve competitive edge in the labor market. In finding my backgrounds perfectly oriented towards the requirements of your program, you are bound to find me a most worthy candidate of your program.