Materials prepared for entering a class which helps to prepare for applying for USA universities 1.Can you briefly introduce yourself? My Chinese name is Leo Mengda, and my English name is Amanda. Actually one of my primary school classmates came up with it, and I have always been loving it so much since it sounds lovely and it's very similar with my Chinese name. I have a wide range of interests, which comprise playing the piano, swimming, Taekwondo ，skiing and stuff. I have done well in the liberal arts subjects—— I mean，humanities—— both in primary and junior high school, but I also have a great interest in science.In a way, I regard the abilities of writing、reciting、communicating, which I am good at, only as basic tools that will be used in the future instead of a major. As long as I am concerned, science have made a much greater contribution to the world, so that's the reason why I take bioengineering or biotechnology as a dream, or as a fecund field that I can devote myself to plough and weed，bearing delicious fruits that save people, benefit people. That's it. 2.Tell me something about your courses， what is your favorite subject in high school? Why? Or why not? Which courses have been most difficult or most challenging for you? I mentioned this aspect for a little a while ago.Biology focuses on studying creatures.Creatures are the soul of universe. The moment I saw the anatomy map of a human being on my textbook, I can feel the light from a magical new world sprinkling in my eyes and permeating through my heart. As my blood flowing peacefully around my body, I have a feeling of human-nature integration. In a word, this subject has given me amazing charm, which can be understood as anima, sacredness and abstruseness. However, maths really made me have a hard time learning.It hasn't been my strength since the period of my primary school time , and after I entered such a crazy class which is called "innovative talents early training experimental class" , maths and the the super scholars good at maths stroke me again and again， being further intensified. In Junior Two I once broke my ankle and I lay at home for almost a whole semester, I tried to teach myself, but I still failed in the first examination that I took after I went back to school. For a long time, maths had been the most horrible monster in my nightmares.