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 leaderboard top five.
However, the stock market only represents a small aspect of the business. Its fiscal attraction caught my initial attention, but what truly 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 world of business beyond simply “investing stocks” in order to bring more financial literacy to high school students.
During the conference, one speaker stood out to me in particular: Shohom, a Wharton student majoring in finance. In his presentation, he described his journey through college as fascinating and inspiring; however, his most outstanding points were regarding his start-up. He mentioned the copious opportunities that Wharton had provided that 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 the classroom and outside through organizations and student-created clubs.
At Wharton, I look forward to attending classes such as MGMT 251-Consulting to Growth Companies. While MGMT 251 is far down the road as a capstone course, the curriculum would further increase my passion for management. Its focus on developing both teamwork among classmates and relationships with clients requires economic, management, and leadership backgrounds. Another course I’m especially interested in is the renowned MGMT 238-Organizational Behavior. As a person who loves to work alongside others, I would love to study under the humorous, intuitive, and pre-procrastinating Adam Grant. Focusing on a psychological approach to management, in MGMT 238, Grant details the need to work well for and 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, and I am eager to turn my passion into a career.
【红霞译文】 〖你是怎样发现自己的才智与学术兴趣并如何在宾夕法尼亚大学拓展它们?请结合你选的学院回答问题(300-450 字)〗
在股市游戏网站开展的2020年春季活动中,我的团队一举夺得地区第三名,大家每周都投注若干小时来绘制图表,制定多样化组合,考虑如何从数百个竞争对手中胜出。为了取得好的名次,我们终于下定决心在新冠肺炎病毒疫情爆发初期做空美国航空和波音等与旅行相关的股票,由此跻身前五名之列。
股市虽说只是经商的一小部分,然而其收入魅力却开始让我心动,随之发生的事情真正激发了我的兴趣。身为高中投资俱乐部主席,我主持召开了宾州东南地区投资会议,冀求带领大家继续探索投资之路,会议邀请了包括业务分析师、财务顾问乃至沃顿商学院学生在内的各路才俊,旨在普及高中生金融知识,演讲者向来自本地几个学区的学生传授职场经验,讨论的话题早已从“股票投资”扩展到世界经济范畴。
会议期间,来自沃顿商学院金融专业在校生邵侯姆给我留下了非常特别的印象。他在演讲中介绍了令人向往的大学生活,其中最为突出的莫过于他的创业经历,正因为沃顿商学院提供许多机会,例如:共享基金和宾大公益创业运动之类的课外俱乐部,结果成就了他的追求。从邵侯姆的亲身体验不难发现,宾大采用多种组织和学生社团等渠道为学生们提供极为广泛的课内外资源。 在沃顿商学院,我想选MGMT 251(成长性公司咨询服务)课程,尽管MGMT 251与应用仍有差距,但不失为一门强化我热爱管理的旗舰课程,它侧重与同学发展团队合作、与客户建立信赖关系,需要兼备经济、管理和领导经验;另一门令我着迷的热门课程便是MGMT 238(组织行为学),我喜欢跟人打交道,巴不得师从幽默、直感且胸有成竹的亚当·格兰特教授,而MGMT 238刻意将心理学方法引入管理领域,详述为民服务及与人合作的必要性。此外,其“工作生活”播客还就改善心态、拓展业务运营与合作规划新格局背后所隐含的心理学进行了讨论;他研究工作环境中的心理因素正好与我对管理工作和与他人合作的兴趣完全吻合,我亟待把这份激情转化成事业。
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