Sincerely yours，

Wang Feng

【例八】

Department of Applied Mathematics

Wuhan University

Wuhan 430000

P.R. China

March 16, 1999

Office of Foreign Admission

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario

Canada

Dear Admission Officer:

I am ×××, the Chinese applicant who desires to pursue my Ph.D. study in your honored program.

I am very sorry to inform you that I presently cannot afford the application fee you demand because of the following reasons:

1?The high foreign currency exchange rate, US$1 = 8.9 RMB;

2.My relative low monthly income, about 200 RMB (equal to only $22);

3.The extremely strict limitation in China to obtain foreign currency, esp. U.S. Dollar in near future. According to current foreign currency regulation, only citizens who get visa can have at most $2,000 exchanged.

I got excellent scores on TOEFL (63/62/67, total: 640, May, 1998) and GRE (V: 700, Q: 800, A: 800, total: 2,300, Nov. 5th, 1998). My graduate GPA is 3.7. I sincerely hope you can consider my situation and review my application first.

Thanks a lot. Your kindness is greatly appreciated.

Yours truly，

Fang Lin

【例九】

Department of Chemical Engineering

Tsinghua University

Beijing 100084

China

Jan. 6, 1994

Office of Foreign Admission

University of Birmingham

P.O. Box 363

Birmingham B152TT

U.K.?

Dear Sir:

I wish to pursue a doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering at your institution. My desired date of entrance is fall, 1994. Please send me necessary application forms at your early convenience.

If possible, I also wish to obtain a graduate assistantship so that I may support myself and obtain more practical experience while pursuing graduate study.

I obtained my B. E. (Chemical Engineering) in 1989 and M. S. (Chemical Engineering) in 1992 from Tsinghua University. At present, I work as a teacher at the same university.

I have taken the TOEFL and received a score of 607. I am going to take GRE this coming October.

Would you please send me the application forms for admission and financial support? Thank you very much.

Sincerely yours,

Henry Yu