Is this the most modest 職業 applicant in America? 塀で囲む Street bosses あられ／賞賛する 'best ever' cover letter from student at '普通の／平均（する）' university with 'no special 技術s' (although he forgot to について言及する he's a 星／主役にする 競技者)

By Rachel Quigley

Published: 07:09 BST, 16 January 2013 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 16 January 2013

Humble: Matthew Ross was the consummate three-sports 星／主役にする at Placer High School and most recently wrote what is behind あられ／賞賛するd as the best cover letter ever to 塀で囲む Street bosses

The 財政／金融 student who penned what is 存在 called the 'best cover letter ever' to 塀で囲む Street bosses asking for a summer internship appears to have hugely undersold himself when he told them: 'I have no unbelievably special 技術s or genius eccentricities.'

Because Matthew Ross, a 22-year-old undergrad at San Diego 明言する／公表する University, has been 明らかにする／漏らすd today as an ambitious high school sports 星／主役にする whose 優れた 技術s in baseball, basketball and football earned him almost heroic status at his high school in Auburn, Placer 郡.

Matthew's refreshingly sincere cover letter went viral yesterday after he sent an email to a 仲買人 at 財政／金融 and 投資 company Duff and Phelps in New York, referring 支援する to a chance 会合 they had in a steak house two summers ago.

Rather than inflating his 資格s and bragging about his grades or past 職業 experiences, the humble applicant 簡単に 明言する／公表するd his 事例／患者 and 事柄-of-factly asked for an internship.

He wrote: 'I am aware it is 高度に unusual for undergraduates from 普通の／平均（する） universities like SDSU to 抑留する at Duff and Phelps, but にもかかわらず I was hoping you might make an exception.

'I won’t waste your time inflating my 信任状...the truth is I have no unbelievably special 技術s or genius eccentricities, but I do have a 近づく perfect GPA and will work hard for you.'

He 追加するd that he would be happy just to 'fetch coffee, 向こうずね shoes or 選ぶ up laundry' and will work for 'next to nothing' just to be aro und professionals in the 産業.

But far from having no special 技術s to speak of, Matt is a multi-talented sports 星／主役にする whose '偉業／利用するs on the 運動競技の fields brought 選手権s and stellar moments' to his high school, によれば the Auburn 定期刊行物.

Not happy to excel in jus t one more sport, Matt was the consummate three-sport 星／主役にする at Placer High School before he 卒業生（する）d in 2009.

Scroll 負かす／撃墜する to read the 大きくするd letter

Ingenious: The undergraduate 財政／金融 student penned a refreshingly sincere cover letter this week asking for an internship at a boutique 投資 bank on 塀で囲む Street

Compa ny: Matthew Ross is 捜し出すing a coveted summer internship at 財政／金融 and 投資 会社／堅い Duff and Phelps in New York

He was the starting quarterback for two years and led the football team to the Sac-Joaquin Section 選手権 game in his 上級の year.?

Big fan: Matthew's mother Lynell said her son is a 広大な／多数の／重要な kid - smart and hard working

He was a starter on the basketball team for two years and his athleticism on the 法廷，裁判所 was あられ／賞賛するd as exceptional.

Matt was brought up to the varsity baseball team as a freshman and started for four years, with his final 運動競技の moment coming when he was the winning 投手 in the section 選手権 game against El Dorado, によれば the Auburn 定期刊行物.

にもかかわらず the dazzling 令状-up in his 地元の paper, even then Matt seemed to be self-deprecating about his 技術s and talents - にもかかわらず coaches at the school raving about his leadership and character.

'I definitely enjoyed the camaraderie of each sport I played,' he said in an interview. 'I had a トン of fun just hanging out with all of my チーム仲間s. Also, every coach brought something different that I liked.'

He 追加するd that now he is 熟考する／考慮するing 財政／金融 at SDSU, he is taking academics 'more 本気で'.

運動競技の director at Placer High 示す 物陰／風下 said of him in the same 2009 interview. 'There’s 確かな kids that you coach that really touch your heart. And Matt’s definitely one of them. We’ll really 行方不明になる him next year.'

His mother Lynell Ross - a life coach and personal trainer - is another 抱擁する fan of Matthew, and told the MailOnline: 'Matt is a 広大な／多数の／重要な kid, very smart and hard working, never afraid to put everything into everything he does.

'I am very lucky to be the mother of such two 広大な／多数の／重要な smart kids. The letter sounds 正確に／まさに like the type of thing Matt would 令状. He's 広大な／多数の／重要な.'

And it appears that the 22-year-old's bold approach has paid off, 再確認するing the old adage that honesty is indeed the best 政策.

Ryan Bouley, a 仲買人 at Duff and Phelps, said if someone with Matthew's 質s were to come on board, he certainly would not be 向こうずねing shoes and said he is just the type of person the company are looking for.

'His candor, humility and 乗り気 to roll his sleeves up and work hard to get the 職業 done are all 質s we think 代表する our 会社／堅い.'

Mr Bouley said the company have been in 会談 with Matthew about a possible summer internship and are 'excited about the 可能性 of bringing him on board'.

All 星／主役にする: Matthew Ross was featured by his 地元の newspaper for his excellence in high school football, basketball and baseball

賞賛する: The cover letter was sent around the bank and other 塀で囲む Street 財政上の 会・原則s

Nation-wide: The student may find himself inundated with calls today for 職業 interviews or 適切な時期s for internships

利益／興味: He might 結局最後にはーなる 存在 more than just a lackey

The （疑いを）晴らす-注目する，もくろむd, candid letter 即時に went viral, 存在 今後d to other 投資 会社／堅いs, some as far as Houston, Texas.

商売／仕事 Insider 株d a 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of 約束ing replies, の中で them: ‘This might be the best letter I've ever received.’

The 返答 to the letter has been 圧倒的に 肯定的な, with some 受取人s 述べるing it as ‘hilarious but bold’ and ‘instant classic.'’

Without dropping 指名するs and 誇るing of his smarts, Matthew managed to pique the 利益／興味 of the jaded 財政／金融 community, which is likely going to land him an interview or two.

One of the 受取人s wrote: ‘I wouldn't be surprised if this guy gets at least a call from every bank out there.’

IS MATTHEW ROSS' LETTER A RARITY AMONG A GENERATION OF STUDENTS WITH OVER-INFLATED SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT?

Matthew Ross' letter comes as a refreshing antithesis to 調査する results 解放（する）d last week showing that American students have an 前例のない level of self-infatuation.

Nine million people have taken the American Freshman 調査する in the last 47 years, which asks students to 率 themselves compared to their peers since 1966.

Psychologist ジーンズ Twenge and her 同僚s 収集するd the data and 設立する that over the last four １０年間s there's been a 劇の rise in the number of students who 述べる themselves as 存在 'above 普通の／平均（する）' in the areas of academic ability, 運動 to 達成する, mathematical ability, and self-信用／信任.

But 研究員s 設立する a disconnect between the student's opinions of themselves and actual ability.

While students are much more likely to call themselves gifted in 令状ing abilities, 客観的な 実験（する） 得点する／非難する／２０s 現実に show that their 令状ing abilities are far いっそう少なく than those of their 1960s 相当するものs.

Though they may work いっそう少なく, the number that said they had a 運動 to 後継する rose はっきりと.

These young egotists can grow up to be depressed adults.

A 2006 熟考する／考慮する 設立する that students を煩う 'ambition インフレーション' as their 増加するd ambitions …を伴って ますます unrealistic 期待s.

'Since the 1960s and 1970s, when those 期待s started to grow, there's been an 増加する in 苦悩 and 不景気,' Twenge said. 'There's going to be a lot more people who don't reach their goals.'