Zhu Wuzhong
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16Sep2012
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to apply for NUS overseas
college programme 2013-2014.
Apart from fulfilling the listed
requirements, I am ordinary.
I graduated from Ghim Moh Secondary school,
and then finished my A-level in Jurong Junior college. After two years of
national service as combat signaler, in 2011 I enrolled into National University
of Singapore to study Computer and Electrical engineering. I am currently a
year 2 student .By june I will have the required 80 MCs to participate in this
program. I am not good at math and physics, but I love programming and building
circuits. My CAP is 3.5 for now. Currently I am not involved in any CCA or
student society.
My entrepreneurial aspiration is to create
smart shops/homes, ideally require minimum man power to operate.
Compare with starting up companies in
university years, I prefer to acquire sufficient knowledge before making my own
business. I worked as sushi chef for UmiSushi in 2011 summer and sales
assistant for NET fashion in 2012 summer. These experiences give me well insights
of food and beverage as well as retail industry. By participating NOC programme,
I hope to learn entrepreneur knowledge which I thought only can be learned
after graduation. That is important to me because by talking to seniors and formal
participants I learned that NOC is a once in lifetime opportunity to develop entrepreneur
ability. I may learn the knowledge I want quickly, much quicker than any other
form of education. That is the reason I know I am not outstanding, yet still
taking courage to write this letter.
Following are the reasons for me to believe
that I am suitable for this programme.
I am able to adopt into new environment
quickly. I am from china Fujian province. I came to Singapore by the age of 15.
I have 8 years of overseas study experience, and handled it very well.
By playing different roles as a student, waiter,
soldier, chef, sales assistant, project group member etc, I was exposed to thousands
of people literally. I have well trained communication skill and interpersonal
skills. I got along with different kind of people easily, probably because I am
normal as everyone else.
I participate in different projects in NUS,
software engineering as well as hardware engineering. I think being a CEG
student gives me the advantage that I have both electrical and computer
engineering back ground. Companies may need student like me whom has relatively
specialistic knowledge in both fields. I am NUS trained for C++ programming,
electrical engineering, circuit programming, micro controller programming, C#
programming as well as communication skill. The companies may assume that I
have sufficient knowledge in these fields.
I am proficient in English and Mandarin.
I am normal. I think this programme may
want to include some people like me rather than having a cohort of genius,
presidents and vice-presidents. This programme is meant to build entrepreneurs,
people like me may be a different test sample, or control group. (just kidding)
I am ordinary, but I do satisfy the requirement “strong entrepreneur aspiration”.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
I look forward to speaking with you.
I can be reached via email at XXX@XXXX.com or 65-xXXXXX.
Yours faithfully
Zhu Wuzhong
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To be honest,I was surprised when I saw you first several sentences. Normally, as is often the case,people are always trying to express their strong points and often tend to show how unique and powerful they are. However, you are really honest, which I really appreciate. I read through your application letter and I can feel your sincerity as well as your willing to win the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteAlso,the structure of your application letter is quite good. Starting by introducing your own basic information, you then explained why you are applying the program.And in your last part you used a huge trunk of the letter to list your strengthens, which make your letter more persuasive. Moreover, your last paragraph before "thank you" brings back your sincerity and honesty again, and it make you sound ordinary but actually powerful inside.I like your style! Good luck to your future application!
Thank you!
DeleteI think your resume is much more powerful then my application letter man.Good luck to you too!
Hi Wuzhong, I have to agree with what Yang Mo said. I also was quite stunned when I saw your first paragraph! You describe how ordinary you are. On the whole, you have written very truthfully without playing up your strengths too much. You emphasise how your grades may be normal yet at the same time you are willing to learn the hands-on skills. In my opinion though, you should try not to mention too much about your secondary school and JC. I think that to qualify for this NOC programme, NUS will be looking more into your university life and academic achievements.
ReplyDeleteApart from that, I think your application letter is great! The format is perfect. I especially think that your second paragraph is good as you mention how you have honed your entrepreneurial skills in the past. You have stated how the NOC program would be of great value to you. This is good as they would be more willing to take someone who values the experience.
Finally, you end your letter off well by being sincere and polite. You've shown your enthusiasm well and I wish you well in your application!
Cheers,
Arvind
Thanks man!I deleted that part in hard copy.
Deleteappreciate your comment!
Seriously man where is your post?
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