I write this personal statement in PyeongChang, Korea, where I am working as a volunteer for the 23th Winter Olympic Game. The purpose of this statement is to describe my wonderful personal experiences, motivation for postgraduate study and the career aspiration to support my application for MSc in Risk Management and Financial Engineering (RMFE) in Imperial College London.

As an enthusiast in travelling & backpacking, I have ever been to sixteen countries in four continents since I was a child. In June 2016, I attended thesummer school in UCLA to learn Psychology and R Programming. During the twomonths, I visited Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Yellowstone National Park in the spare time with several new friends that I made in class. After thesummer session in the US, I flew to Brazil alone, devoting myself into voluntaryservices for the 31th Summer Olympic Game held in Rio De Janeiro. I was grouped into a four-member team, exclusively offering operational support for ChineseTaipei Delegation which consisted of nearly one hundred athletes and officersin total. I was the only team member who can speak Mandarin and the other threewere from Qatar, United Kingdom and Greece. Thus I behaved as a team leader to coordinate various issues among the organizing committee, the delegation and myteam. In these four short weeks, I had run into lots of random problems that I did not even know were possible to be problems. What really makes it such anexperience is that there was a real mix of people involved. I made many newfriends aged from their twenties to fifties from all over the world. It was this unique experience that earned me the opportunity for being a winter Olympic Game volunteer in Korea in this month. I have grasped short dialogueand conversations of daily use in Portuguese and Korean. What I saw and heardand who I met oversea have made me become a global citizen with cross-cultural leadership, communication skills and international vision. It will be my core competitive edge to work in a multinational financial institution in London.

I am a self-driven and creative student who embraces change & innovation and proactively explores newly emerging and promising industries. I have been thinking about which field I should specialize in when I enter the workplace with degrees in Math and Finance. For this reason, I took three internships indifferent sectors of the financial industry, including digital marketing &analytics for retail banking, private equity investment in healthcare andmarket making & proprietary trading for financial derivatives, to look formy career interests. For the details of my responsibilities in each position, please refer to the CV attached. During the internships, I realized that I am passionate about turning financial data into actionable insights and enjoy the sense of achievement for problem solving and value creation. In consideration of work-life balance and getting advice from graduates of Imperial College, I have set one possible post-MSc career goal to be a Market Data Analyst in Bloomberg LP London. The role is responsible for collecting, analysing, processing and publishing financial data in one particular financial market sector (Equity, Fixed Income, FX, IPO and M&A). It requires a strong knowledge and understanding of the financial markets and various asset classes as well as programming-related skills in VBA, Python and SQL.

Not limited to derivatives pricing, algorithm trading and risk measurement,quantitative methods and tools are being widely employed in the financial industry for data-driven decision making, such as portfolio construction, credit scoring, accounting data analytics, fraud detection, AML and the emerging robo-advisor services. My motivation to purse MSc in RMFE is very simple – not for the purpose of being a quant or mathematician for pricing and trading, but to further hone quantitative skills that are frequently used in the industry and to gain deep understanding of the market, instruments as well as different sub-sectors & asset classes. In addition to core modules, I wouldlike to select “Big Data in Finance”, “C++ for Finance”, “Amplify TradingWorkshop” in Spring Term, and “Computational Finance with C++”, “Topics inFinTech”, “Macroeconomics and Finance for Practitioners” in Summer Term as electives. I also want to audit “International Finance” to learn the asset class of FX. I will work closely with Career & Professional Development Service to apply for full-time graduate positions or summer placement in London. The realization of this dedicated study plan, however, depends on whether the admission committee offer me a place on this programme.

I am confident that my academic background in mathematics and finance enables meto succeed in this highly quantitative programme. I have achieved an overall average grade of 71% in the last two academic years and 72% in all quantitative modules, which meets the first-class degree requirement in British higher educationsystem. I have learned or will learn courses in statistical methods, probability theory, operational research, numerical analysis, differential equations and network theory. They prepare me adequately for studying Financial Statistics, Stochastic Calculus, Computational Finance and Risk Management at Imperial. As a Chinese student who are now studying in the UK, what I can contribute to Imperial Community is to assist fellow students from mainland China to quickly adapt to British higher education.

My international experiences and the innovative mindset can benefit Imperial College Business School and are a perfect match with school’s mission &vision as well as the spirt and characteristics of the metropolitan city – London. I look forward to meeting high-calibre peers in the coming September at Imperial. This one-year journey will be the next opportunity for me to experience the world.

      當(dāng)我寫下這篇個(gè)人陳述的時(shí)候，我正在韓國(guó)平昌擔(dān)任第23屆冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)志愿者。這篇個(gè)人陳述旨在描述我豐富多彩的個(gè)人經(jīng)歷、攻讀碩士課程的動(dòng)機(jī)，以及我的職業(yè)抱負(fù)，來(lái)支持我申請(qǐng)帝國(guó)理工學(xué)院的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)管理與金融工程碩士課程。

    作為一個(gè)旅游愛好者，從小時(shí)候起我已經(jīng)游歷了四大洲共計(jì)十六個(gè)國(guó)家。2016年6月，我參加了加州大學(xué)洛杉磯分校的暑期課程，修讀了心理學(xué)和R語(yǔ)言。在這近兩個(gè)月的課余時(shí)間里，我和幾個(gè)在課上新認(rèn)識(shí)的幾個(gè)朋友一起游玩了洛杉磯、舊金山、紐約和黃石國(guó)家公園。在美國(guó)的課程結(jié)束之后，我只身從北美洲飛往了南美洲，來(lái)到巴西里約熱內(nèi)盧參與了第31屆夏季奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)志愿服務(wù)。我被分在了一個(gè)四人小組，為包含近一百名運(yùn)動(dòng)員和官員的中華臺(tái)北代表團(tuán)提供專屬運(yùn)營(yíng)支持服務(wù)。我是團(tuán)隊(duì)成員中唯一一個(gè)會(huì)講國(guó)語(yǔ)的，其他三人則來(lái)自于卡塔爾、英國(guó)和希臘。因此，我主動(dòng)擔(dān)當(dāng)了團(tuán)隊(duì)領(lǐng)袖的角色，在奧組委、臺(tái)北代表團(tuán)和志愿服務(wù)組之間協(xié)調(diào)工作。在這短短的四周，我遇到了許多難以預(yù)見的困難。各種各樣的人參與其中，使得這次志愿者活動(dòng)成為一次精彩難忘的經(jīng)歷。我認(rèn)識(shí)了許多來(lái)自世界各地的朋友，有的和我年齡相仿，有的則是忘年之交。正是這次獨(dú)特的經(jīng)歷使我贏得了這個(gè)月?lián)味瑠W會(huì)志愿者的機(jī)會(huì)。通過(guò)兩次奧運(yùn)志愿活動(dòng)，我已經(jīng)簡(jiǎn)單掌握了葡萄牙語(yǔ)和韓語(yǔ)的基本對(duì)話。我在海外的所見所聞所認(rèn)識(shí)的人把我塑造成了一個(gè)具有跨文化領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力、溝通能力和國(guó)際化視野的全球公民。而這一點(diǎn)恰恰是我未來(lái)打算在倫敦的跨國(guó)金融機(jī)構(gòu)工作的核心競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力。

    我是一個(gè)自我驅(qū)動(dòng)且有創(chuàng)造力的學(xué)生。我積極擁抱變革與創(chuàng)新，并樂于積極主動(dòng)地探索新興的有前景的行業(yè)領(lǐng)域。我一直在思考，當(dāng)我拿著金融數(shù)學(xué)的學(xué)位進(jìn)入職場(chǎng)的時(shí)候，我應(yīng)當(dāng)專注于哪個(gè)細(xì)分領(lǐng)域和具體業(yè)務(wù)？為此，我嘗試參與了金融行業(yè)三個(gè)不同業(yè)務(wù)板塊的實(shí)習(xí)，去探索我的職業(yè)興趣，包括商業(yè)銀行的零售銀行營(yíng)銷分析、醫(yī)療健康產(chǎn)業(yè)的私募股權(quán)投資、金融衍生品的做市與自營(yíng)交易。對(duì)于我在每一段實(shí)習(xí)中具體的工作內(nèi)容和職責(zé)，請(qǐng)您參考申請(qǐng)中附上的我的個(gè)人簡(jiǎn)歷，此處不再贅述。通過(guò)這些實(shí)習(xí)，我意識(shí)到，我對(duì)將金融數(shù)據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)橛袃r(jià)值的洞察很有熱情。我享受這一過(guò)程中解決問(wèn)題和創(chuàng)造價(jià)值的成就感?？紤]到工作生活的平衡，同時(shí)也從帝國(guó)理工畢業(yè)生校友那里討教了一些經(jīng)驗(yàn)和建議，我初步樹立一個(gè)碩士畢業(yè)后的職業(yè)目標(biāo)，就是在倫敦的彭博擔(dān)任市場(chǎng)數(shù)據(jù)分析師。這個(gè)職位主要負(fù)責(zé)搜集、處理、分析和發(fā)布一個(gè)特定金融市場(chǎng)板塊的數(shù)據(jù)，比如權(quán)益、固收、外匯、IPO或者并購(gòu)。這一職位要求候選人對(duì)金融市場(chǎng)和各個(gè)資產(chǎn)類別有深入的理解和扎實(shí)的專業(yè)知識(shí)，并且具備一定的編程和數(shù)據(jù)處理技能，比如Python、VBA和SQL。

    不僅限于衍生金融工具定價(jià)、算法交易和風(fēng)險(xiǎn)管理，量化的方法與工具正在被日益廣泛地應(yīng)用在金融行業(yè)做數(shù)據(jù)驅(qū)動(dòng)的決策制定，比如投資組合構(gòu)建、信用評(píng)分、欺詐檢驗(yàn)、反洗錢和智能投顧。我攻讀風(fēng)險(xiǎn)管理與金融工程碩士學(xué)位課程的動(dòng)機(jī)并不是成為一個(gè)quant或是一個(gè)專注衍生品定價(jià)交易的數(shù)學(xué)家，而是打算夯實(shí)一些業(yè)界常用的必備的量化技能，并且更深入地理解市場(chǎng)、金融工具以及各類業(yè)務(wù)和資產(chǎn)類別。除了必修課外，我打算在春學(xué)期修讀“大數(shù)據(jù)金融”、“金融C++”、“Amplify交易”，在秋學(xué)期修讀“C++計(jì)算金融”、“金融科技選講”、“實(shí)踐中的宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)與金融”。我還想旁聽“國(guó)際金融”這門課，來(lái)幫助我了解外匯市場(chǎng)。我將會(huì)充分利用學(xué)校提供的優(yōu)質(zhì)的職業(yè)發(fā)展服務(wù)，積極申請(qǐng)倫敦各大機(jī)構(gòu)的全職和暑期實(shí)習(xí)工作機(jī)會(huì)。這一詳細(xì)的學(xué)習(xí)計(jì)劃最終能否實(shí)現(xiàn)，取決于招生委員會(huì)是否給我這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)倫敦求學(xué)。

   我很自信我在數(shù)學(xué)和金融方面的學(xué)術(shù)背景能夠使我在這個(gè)很量化的課程項(xiàng)目中取得成功。在過(guò)去兩個(gè)學(xué)年里我取得了總平均71%的成績(jī)，并且在所有量化課程中獲得72%的均分，這滿足了英國(guó)高等教育體系中一等榮譽(yù)學(xué)位的要求。我已經(jīng)學(xué)了或是將要學(xué)習(xí)統(tǒng)計(jì)方法、概率理論、運(yùn)籌學(xué)、數(shù)值分析、微分方程和圖論。這些課程使我準(zhǔn)備充分來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)帝國(guó)理工這個(gè)專業(yè)中的金融統(tǒng)計(jì)、隨機(jī)微積分、計(jì)算金融和風(fēng)險(xiǎn)管理等課程。作為一個(gè)正在英國(guó)讀本科的中國(guó)學(xué)生，我能為帝國(guó)理工學(xué)習(xí)社區(qū)做出的貢獻(xiàn)是積極幫助來(lái)自中國(guó)大陸高校的中國(guó)學(xué)生盡快適應(yīng)英國(guó)高等教育的風(fēng)格。

    我的國(guó)際化經(jīng)歷和創(chuàng)新思維模式能夠使帝國(guó)理工商學(xué)院受益，并且也和倫敦這座國(guó)際化大都市的精神和特征以及帝國(guó)理工商學(xué)院的愿景和使命相契合。我期待在今年九月在帝國(guó)理工結(jié)識(shí)一群高素質(zhì)的同學(xué)。這一年將會(huì)是我體驗(yàn)這個(gè)精彩的世界的又一次機(jī)會(huì)。

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