2021-04-30 National Honesty Day 【Aiden in English】 〖How did you discover your intellectual and academic interests, and how will you explore them at the University of Pennsylvania? Please respond considering the specific undergraduate school you have selected. (300-450 words)〗 In stockmarketgame.org's 2020 spring event, my team placed third in our region. My friends and I had spent hours each week drawing up diagrams, diversifying our portfolio, and brainstorming ways to separate ourselves from the hundreds of other competing squads. Struggling to advance our ranking, we finally decided to short travel stocks, such as American Airlines and Boeing, even before the Coronavirus shutdown, firmly launching us into the top five of the leaderboard. However, the stock market only represents a small aspect of the business. Its fiscal attraction caught my initial attention, but what indeed reeled in my interest followed shortly after. As President of my high school's Investment Club, I continued the path of exploration by leading the Southeastern Pennsylvania Investment Conference, which invited men and women from a variety of fields—including business analysts, financial advisors, and even Wharton students—to speak to students from local school districts. Despite the name, the Conference broadened the business world beyond simply "investing stocks" to bring more financial literacy to high school students. During the Conference, one speaker stood out: Shohom, a Wharton student majoring in finance. In his presentation, he described his college journey as fascinating and inspiring; however, his most outstanding point pertained to his start-up. He mentioned the numerous opportunities that Wharton had provided, which helped him accomplish such an achievement, such as extracurricular clubs like Common Cents and PennSEM. Through him, I discovered that UPenn offers a wide range of resources both inside and outside the classroom, through organizations and student-created clubs. I look forward to attending classes like MGMT 251-Consulting to Growth Companies at Wharton. Although MGMT 251 is still in the future as a capstone course, the curriculum would further fuel my passion for management. Its focus on developing teamwork among classmates and fostering client relationships requires expertise in economics, management, and leadership. Another course I'm especially interested in is the renowned MGMT 238-Organizational Behavior. As someone who enjoys working alongside others, I would love to study under the humorous, intuitive, and proactive Adam Grant. Focusing on a psychological approach to management, in MGMT 238, Grant details the need to work effectively with others. Furthermore, his Worklife podcast discusses the psychology behind bettering a working mentality and exploring new hypothetical ideas on how to run a business and work with others. His work on psychological factors in the work environment aligns perfectly with my interests in management and working with others. I am eager to turn my passion into a career. 【紅霞譯】 〖你是怎樣發現自己的才智與學術興趣並如何在賓夕法尼亞大學拓展它們？請結合你選的學院回答問題（300-450 字）〗
在股市遊戲網站開展的2020年春季活動中，我的團隊一舉奪得地區第三名，大家每周都投注若干小時來繪製圖表，制定多樣化組合，考慮如何從數百個競爭對手中勝出。為了取得好的名次，我們終於下定決心在新冠肺炎病毒疫情爆發初期做空美國航空和波音等與旅行相關的股票，由此躋身前五名之列。
股市雖說只是經商的一小部分，然而其收入魅力卻開始讓我心動，隨之發生的事情真正激發了我的興趣。身為高中投資俱樂部主席，我主持召開了賓州東南地區投資會議，冀求帶領大家繼續探索投資之路，會議邀請了包括業務分析師、財務顧問乃至沃頓商學院學生在內的各路才俊，旨在普及高中生金融知識，演講者向來自本地幾個學區的學生傳授職場經驗，討論的話題早已從“股票投資”擴展到世界經濟範疇。
會議期間，來自沃頓商學院金融專業在校生邵侯姆給我留下了非常特別的印象。他在演講中介紹了令人嚮往的大學生活，其中最為突出的莫過於他的創業經歷，正因為沃頓商學院提供許多機會，例如：共享基金和賓大公益創業運動之類的課外俱樂部，結果成就了他的追求。從邵侯姆的親身體驗不難發現，賓大採用多種組織和學生社團等渠道為學生們提供極為廣泛的課內外資源。 在沃頓商學院，我想選MGMT 251(成長性公司諮詢服務)課程，儘管MGMT 251與應用仍有差距，但不失為一門強化我熱愛管理的旗艦課程，它側重與同學發展團隊合作、與客戶建立信賴關係，需要兼備經濟、管理和領導經驗；另一門令我着迷的熱門課程便是MGMT 238（組織行為學），我喜歡跟人打交道，巴不得師從幽默、直感且胸有成竹的亞當·格蘭特教授，而MGMT 238刻意將心理學方法引入管理領域，詳述為民服務及與人合作的必要性。 此外，其“工作生活”播客還就改善心態、拓展業務運營與合作規劃新格局背後所隱含的心理學進行了討論；他研究工作環境中的心理因素正好與我對管理工作和與他人合作的興趣完全吻合，我亟待把這份激情轉化成事業。
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