宾夕法尼亚州立大学申请信

　　Pleasetellussomethingaboutyourself,yourexperiences,oractivitiesthatyoubelievewouldreflectpositivelyonyourabilitytosucceedatPennState.Thisisyouropportunitytotellussomethingaboutyourselfthatisnotalreadyreflectedinyourapplicationoracademicrecords.Wesuggestalimitof500wordsorfewer.
　　Lifeisnotalwaysfullofsmilesandflowers.Soitisveryimportanttohaveacorrectattitudetofaceupthedifficulties.
　　Twoyearsago,whenIwasbusyforpreparingtheSATandTOFEL,myteacheraskedmetotakepartinadanceteaminschoolcompetitions.HetoldmethattheextracurricularactivitiescouldalsogiveyouthebenefitontheapplicationoftheU.S.universities.ButIthoughtIwasnotgoodatdancingandIneedspendalotoftimeonEnglishlearning,soIdidnotwanttoparticipatethedanceteam.Unabletowithstandtheteacher’spersuading,finallyIjoinedthedanceteamandbegantolearnthedance.Fortunately,thedanceteacherwasveryresponsible,andtaughtthestudentscarefully.AlthoughIdidnothavemuchbaseondancing,Ilearnedquicklyundertheteacher＂sguide.Atthattime,becauseofthebusystudyonEnglish,Itookthedanceasmyonlyentertainment,soIlearnedthedanceveryseriously,sometimesIstayedindanceroomforadditionaltraining.Afteraperiodofcarefulpractice,IfoundthedancewasnotdifficultasIthought,Ibegantodoubtmyjudgmentonmydancing.MaybeIwasgoodatdancingbutIwasshyinpublicanddidnothaveatry.Withincreasingofmyconfidence,Iworkedhardandperformedwell.Thedanceteachertookmeastheleadingdancerintheteam.Ifeltveryhappy,butontheothersideIhavetheresponsibilitytoleadtheteammembersdancingwell.Fortunately,inthefinalschoolcompetition,wewonthesecondwhichwasthebestrewardfordancinginourclass.Myteacherwasveryhappyandinvitedustodinner,hetoldtomethatdifficultieswasnotterrible,thereallyterriblethingwasgivingupwithouttrying.
　　Iagreewiththeteacher＂sviewverymuch,afterthisdancingactivity,Ifoundthattherightwaytofaceupdifficultiesistobeconfidentandbrave,Confrontdifficultieswithconfident,andyouwillfindthedifficultiesarenotashardasyouthought.Trytosolvethedifficultieswithbraveandworkhard,thedifficultieswilldisappearandyouwillachievesuccessfinally.IfIwasluckilyselectedbyPennStateUniversity,Iwilldomanyattemptsinthecollege,notjusthardstudy.Iwillexploreandexercisemyabilitybyparticipatinginextracurricularactivities,associations,commercialcompaniesinternshipsandsoon.
　　生活中并不总是充满微笑和鲜花，所以用一个正确的态度来面对困难是非常重要的。
　　两年前，当我正忙着准备SAT和TOFEL考试，我的老师叫我参加一个舞蹈队在学校比赛。他告诉我，课外活动也可以给你在美国的大学生活带来好处。但我觉得自己不擅长跳舞，而且需要花很多时间学习英语，所以我不太想参加舞蹈队。经不住老师的劝说，最后我还是参加了舞蹈队，并开始学习舞蹈。幸运的是，舞蹈老师很负责很认真的教学生。虽然我没有很多舞蹈基础，但是在老师的指导下学得很快。同时，由于忙于学习英语，我把舞蹈作为我唯一的娱乐，这样我学起来很认真，甚至我有时候留在舞蹈室进行额外的练习。经过一段时间的认真学习，我发现舞蹈其实并不困难，我开始怀疑我对自己不擅长舞蹈的判断。说不定我是一个跳舞高手，但害羞的我又不敢在公共场所试一试。随着我努力练习，我的舞跳得越来越好，信心也增强了。舞蹈老师要求我作为领舞者，站在队伍的前面。我特别高兴，但又感觉责任重大，我必须带领团队成员也把舞跳好。幸运的是，在最后的学校比赛中，我们赢得了全校第二名。这是我们班在跳舞比赛中取得的最好成绩。我的老师很高兴，请我们吃饭，他告诉我说，困难并不可怕，真正可怕的是不尝试就放弃了。
　　我认为老师说的非常有道理，经过这次舞蹈大赛，我发现正确面对困难的方式是要自信和勇敢。只要自信一点，你会发现困难并没有想象的那么难。尝试解决困难，勇敢和努力去面对，困难就会消失，你会取得最终的成功。如果我幸运的被宾夕法尼亚州立大学的录取，我想我会做很多方面的尝试。不仅要努力学习，而且我将积极参与课外活动，社团，商业公司实习等，锻炼提高自己的能力。