I am ####, the Chinese applicant who desire 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 demanded because of the following reasons: ● The high foreign currency exchange rate, 1 U.S.$= 8.9 RMB. ● My relative low monthly income, about 200 RMB (equal to only $22). ● 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 $2000 exchanged.
I got excellent scores on TOEFL (63/62/67, total:640, May, 1999) and GRE (V: 700, Q: 800, A: 800, total:2300, Nov. 5th, 1999). 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.