I never set gender on my social media. Yes, I am never considered too ladylike. My plain locker contains only a calculator, an umbrella, a laptop， and several textbooks. No makeup. No stickers or posters. Apart from keeping myself neat and clean, I put little attention on my own appearance. Short hair saves time. Simple t-shirts and jeans look perfect on “dress-up days” and weekends. Minimalism and practicality rule my life. The typical traits of my gender rarely show. But...

The University of Michigan’s Ross school of Business offers me what no other college can. Ross not only offers a cost-effective, high quality education but also provides strong alumni network in China. Happened to attend a #ROSSTALKS on the topic of “Value Chain Climbing by Emerging Market Firms” in Shanghai，I was amazed by the closely knitted Umich alumni network and great learning and job opportunities thus derived. Believed in my own lifelong commitment to learning, I love that...

The University of Pennsylvania is the place where I would be encouraged to pursue this interdisciplinary study of environmental engineering and politics. Instead of great classes and professors, it’s Penn’s dedication to connectivity that really captivated me: it connects the theoretical with the actual as well as different principles. Under the One University Policy and the special allowance for CAS students to double major in SEAS, I will be avariciously drawing various connections disciplines to create new solutions...

A right triangle has three three sides, a, b, and c. There must be a^2+ b^2=c^2 The formula is true regardless of what its surrounding is. I always believed that math is an eternal truth—a truth independent of space-time. Math is my soul mate. In China, being skilled at math means being smart. I was sure about math—it’s eternal authenticity; I am more sure about myself—my own ability was eternal truth to me. But Lobachevskian...