i dont have much to comment on, but maybe change outstanding capa.. to outstanding drive to...
explain a bit more why you label yourself a NeoDarwinist
don't just leave it at "introduce me to"... association sounds stand-off-ish too
a little more energy would look nice. If you can link the idea of salt in the last paragraph, or keep it a theme throughout, that would strengthen that first quote.
Later that year, facing a university application form, I chose to major in petroleum engineering without hesitation.
Later that year, as I faced a ..., <Since I commented on that, I guess you should look over the wording. The
Having majored in the petroleum engineering in Southwest Petroleum University,which owns the first-class petroleum engineering speciality, for almost four years. I not only learnt a great deal of specialized knowledge, which include, engineering mechanics, oil reservoir physics, heat and mass transfer, petroleum logging, engineering fluid mechanics, oil production engineering, etc, but also knew that because of the information explosion and globalization, a variety of high-technology derived from different places all around the world have been or will be employed for petroleum industry.
< long run-on. Make sure you connect your modifiers with the subject.
Ex.. Having eaten a pancake, I was full. NOT Having eaten a pancake, early this morning, I was full. When you write like this, rearrange the noun to go after who did what. I hope this makes sense.