Dear Dr LIU:

This is ZHANG's statement. She should review it to ensure that it says exactly what she wants.

I was impressed when first reading her statement. She is obviously very bright. What surprised me, however, was her English speaking and understanding ability was much lower than expected. To take the LSAT and to survive at Harvard Law School she must significantly raise her English speaking and recognition ability.

She gave me her e-mail address which I lost. When I have it again I can send her some free publications with which she can sharpen her reading ability.

Another item of key importance. One habit among some Saturday interviewees is implicitness, vagueness, ambiguity, and generality. This is not the style in the West where such habits actually irritate people. Normal westerners employ those devices only when trying to avoid another person. Politicians' frequently use such devices devices to avoid being pinned down, but they still annoy everybody. As a result the media take such politicians very much to task. That was likely the number one reason Kerry lost to Bush. Bush is definite if often inarticulate. Kerry is articulate but very vague. Media call Kerry the Great Boston Fog Machine. Voters saw Kerry as a smoothie and Bush as the average man who tries hard.

I raise this point because all Camford clients should be particularly aware of it. From my experience at Harvard Business School vagueness and ambiguity was little tolerated. My one year at Columbia Law School showed me that law schools are even less tolerant of such habits of speech and thought. At law schools professors single out and subject vague students to special ridicule. The professors' very pointed questions leave such students simply sputtering. Many throw up (vomit) after such experiences.

Ms ZHANG must sharpen her English to give her first-class mind and ability a chance at greater success through schools that teach in English. .

If you could supply me ZHANG's e-mail address, I will get the publications sent to her.