Cover Letter and Resume Critique - Actuarial Outpost

Hi guys, I am applying to a company that has an office in Florida. I emailed the chief actuary my cover letter in the body of the email and attached my resume. Did I write too much? too little? Did I write things that were already evident from my resume? Are there any other things that I could improve in both my cover letter and/or resume?

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Dear Ms. asdf

My name is asdfasdf and I am an undergraduate student majoring in Actuarial Science and Scientific Computing at some college. I am graduating this coming May and I'm applying for the Analyst opening in Florida. I will forward a copy of my resume to HR but, since you are the contact in the Florida office, I wanted to point out some additional details that make me a strong candidate for the position. I am currently a research assistant under professor someone2 of the department of Statistics at some college and in this position I work with five other students in a common research topic. Moreover, each of us are encouraged to work on our own side projects. This experience has led me to learn how to communicate and work effectively in a team and by myself. I am also fully fluent in four languages including Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin. Since your company is primarily a consulting firm and given Florida's multicultural environment, my languages may prove useful in communicating with clients of different cultural backgrounds. Additionally, I have very strong computer programming skills as evidenced by my second major. Finally, I wanted to point out that I do not require any kind of sponsorship to work in the US. Thank you for your time and please find attached a copy of my resume.

Regards,
my name

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Thank you in advance!

The underlined words are the ones I changed from the original email

P.S.: The instructions on their webpage said to email our resume to their HR email but I thought that emailing my resume and contacting the chief actuary in addition to that would have been a better approach. What do you guys think?

Source: http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actuarial_discussion_forum/showthread.php?t=254869

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