2012年
Tell us why you decided to apply to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, please include why you are interested in studying the major(s) you have selected. If you selected undecided please describe your areas of possible academic interest.
翻译：告诉我们为什么你决定申请威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校。此外，请解释你为什么对所选专业的学习感兴趣。如果你选择了不定专业，请描述你可能有学术兴趣的领域。
解析：AADPS分类I-c
字数限制：80-650词
University of Wisconsin-Madison offers an unparalleled way that brings me closer to my ambition as an environment-concerned ecologist. Having more than thirty biology-related undergraduate majors on campus, it boasts unique resources that are hard to find elsewhere. For one, at Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies I may partake in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program, where I can immediately work on ecological problems of the day with a multi-disciplinary emphasis. In my junior and senior years, I can even become a research assistant in one of the several research centers, such as the Environmental Resources Center or the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. These, when combined with the university’s unique trait of encouraging discovery and problem-solving, will ensure a fruitful college experience that gives substance and meaning to my dream.
As a student at Wisconsin, I expect to resume my water body research and cross-reference the new and old data, which may indicate key solutions for the challenges faced by my hometown. I surveyed a lake near my hometown in the recent summer. Despite the efforts of Chinese government to restore the aquatic environment, its water quality remained unbelievably horrible. Clusters of algae mass suspended blatantly in samples, and lab tests showed that nitrogen and phosphorus contents of all five sites exceeded the upper limit of the state standard (2.0mg/L and 0.2mg/L, respectively). Later, through additional investigations, I learned that biodiversity in the lake had already been severely compromised by long-term industrial pollution and annual algae blooms, which weakened its self-purification ability to the extent that even artificial water quality improvement would be challenging.
When I was in elementary school, the world of flora and fauna was my Neverland. Back then my hands were always covered by mud and plant juices, for I spent countless afternoons in an overgrown garden, identifying various plants and insects via my five senses. At thirteen, when first shown to a full-fledged biological laboratory, I fell happily into another beautiful world under the microscope. There I tried to prepare my own slides and never ceased to be awed by the formations of cells. Majoring in biological science has always been my plan, but now, having realized the power of biology to preserve our world is yet to be unleashed, I see new meaning in my career choice.
During the lake survey, when earnestly discussing with an ecology undergraduate about the seasonal change of water quality and possible ways to restore the aquatic environment, I suddenly found that I was no longer the wild kid chasing after bugs, nor the naive adolescent charmed by colorful cells. As time went by, my crush on life science slowly turned into an adamant faith and sense of responsibility. Pure love of life is not enough, and I have seen my obligation to use knowledge to protect and rejuvenate.
留学文书译文（机翻）：
威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校提供了一种无与伦比的方式，使我更接近成为一名关注环境的生态学家的抱负。该校拥有30多个生物相关本科专业，拥有其他地方难以找到的独特资源。首先，在纳尔逊环境研究所，我可能会参加环境研究证书课程，在那里我可以立即以多学科的重点研究当今的生态问题。在我大三和大四的时候，我甚至可以成为几个研究中心中的一个研究助理，比如环境资源中心或五大湖生物能源研究中心。这些，再加上大学鼓励发现和解决问题的独特特质，将确保我的大学经历富有成效，为我的梦想赋予实质和意义。
作为威斯康星州的一名学生，我希望恢复我的水体研究，并交叉引用新旧数据，这可能表明我家乡面临的挑战的关键解决方案。最近的一个夏天，我在家乡附近的一个湖泊进行了调查。尽管中国政府努力恢复水环境，但其水质仍然令人难以置信地糟糕。样品中大量藻类大量悬浮，实验室测试表明，所有五个地点的氮和磷含量均超过国家标准的上限（分别为2.0mg/L和0.2mg/L）。后来，通过进一步的调查，我了解到，由于长期的工业污染和每年的藻类水华，湖泊的生物多样性已经严重受损，这削弱了湖泊的自净能力，甚至连人工改善水质都将面临挑战。
当我上小学时，动植物世界是我的梦幻岛。那时，我的手上总是沾满泥土和植物汁液，因为我在一个杂草丛生的花园里度过了无数个下午，通过我的五种感官识别各种植物和昆虫。13岁时，当我第一次被带到一个成熟的生物实验室时，我在显微镜下愉快地进入了另一个美丽的世界。在那里，我试着准备自己的幻灯片，从未停止过对细胞形成的敬畏。主修生物科学一直是我的计划，但现在，我意识到生物学保护世界的力量还没有释放出来，我在我的职业选择中看到了新的意义。
在湖泊调查期间，当我与一位生态学本科生认真讨论水质的季节变化和恢复水环境的可能途径时，我突然发现，我不再是追逐虫子的野孩子，也不再是被五颜六色的细胞迷住的天真少年。随着时间的推移，我对生命科学的迷恋慢慢转变为坚定的信念和责任感。仅仅热爱生活是不够的，我已经意识到我有义务用知识来保护和振兴自己。
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