美國頂級大學本科文書要求（一）

本期我們就來來看看新通教育西安留學顧問李林生老師為同學們分享的部分美國頂級大學本科文書要求。

麻省理工學院：(非Common系統)

Essays

Rather than asking you to write one long essay, the MIT application consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. These are the places in the application where we look for your voice—who you are, what drives you, what's important to you, what makes you tick. Be honest, be open, be authentic—this is your opportunity to connect with us.

斯坦福大學：(非Common系統)

Short Questions:

1. What is the most significant challenge that society faces today? (50 word limit)

2. How did you spend your last two summers?

(50 word limit)

3. What historical moment or event do you wish you could have witnessed? (50 word limit)

4. What five words best describe you?

5. When the choice is yours, what do you read, listen to, or watch? (50 word limit)

6. Name one thing you are looking forward to experiencing at Stanford. (50 word limit)

7. Imagine you had an extra hour in the day — how would you spend that time? (50 word

limit).

Short Essays:

1. The Stanford community is deeply curious and driven to learn in and out of the classroom. Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you genuinely excited about learning. (100 to 250 words)

2. Virtually all of Stanford's undergraduates live on campus. Write a note to your future roommate that reveals something about you or that will help your roommate -- and us -- know you better. (100 to 250

words)

3. Tell us about something that is meaningful to you and why. (100 to 250 words)

哈佛大學(Harvard University)：(非Common系統)

Optional Question:

You may wish to include an additional essay if you feel that the college application forms do not provide sufficient opportunity to convey important information about yourself or your accomplishments. You may write on a topic of your choice, or you may choose from one of the following topics:

Unusual circumstances in your life Travel or living experiences in other countries

What you would want your future college roommate to know about you

An intellectual experience (course, project, book, discussion, paper, poetry, or research topic in engineering, mathematics, science or other modes of inquiry) that has meant the most to you

How you hope to use your college education

A list of books you have read during the past twelve months

The Harvard College Honor code declares that we "hold honesty as the foundation of our community." As you consider entering this community that is committed to honesty, please reflect on a time when you or someone you observed had to make a choice about whether to act with integrity and honesty.

The mission of Harvard College is to educate our students to be citizens and citizen-leaders for society. What would you do to contribute to the lives of your classmates in advancing this mission?

加州理工學院：(California Institute of Technology)

Short Answers

and Essay Prompts

1. Please list three books, along with their authors,that have been particularly meaningful to you. For each book, please include a sentence explaining their influence upon you (200 characters max). Please note that your response is not limited to math, science or school-assigned texts.

2. Members of the Caltech community live, learn, and work within an Honor System with one simple guideline; 'No member shall take unfair advantage of any other member of the Caltech community.' While seemingly simple, questions of ethics, honesty and integrity are sometimes puzzling. Share a difficult situation that has challenged you. What was your response,

and how did you arrive at a solution? (200 word max)

3. Caltech students have long been known for their quirky sense of humor, whether it be through planning creative pranks, building elaborate party sets, or even the year-long preparation that goes into our annual Ditch Day. Please describe an unusual way in which you have fun. (200

word max)

4. In an increasingly global and interdependent society, there is a need for diversity in thought, background, and experience in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. How do you see yourself contributing to the diversity of Caltech's community? (200 word max)

5. Scientific exploration clearly excites you. Beyond our 3:1 student-to-faculty ratio and our intense focus on research opportunities, how do you believe Caltech will best fuel your intellectual curiosity and help you meet your goals? (500 word max)

芝加哥大學(The University of Chicago)

I.Choose one of the six extended essay options and upload a one- or two- page response.

1. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.” – Joseph Joubert Sometimes, people talk a lot about popular subjects to assure ‘victory’ in conversation or understanding, and leave behind topics of less popularity, but great personal or intellectual importance. What do you think is important but underdiscussed? - Anonymous Suggestion

2. Due to a series of clerical errors, there is exactly one typo (an extra letter, a removed letter, or an altered letter) in the name of every department at the University of Chicago. Oops! Describe your new intended major. Why are you interested in it and what courses or areas of focus

within it might you want to explore? Potential options include Commuter Science, Bromance Languages and Literatures, Pundamentals: Issues and Texts, Ant History... a full list of unmodified majors ready for your editor’s eye is available here:

collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/majors - Inspired by Josh Kaufman, Class of 2018

3. Earth. Fire. Wind. Water. Heart! Captain Planet supposes that the world is made up of these five elements. We’re familiar with the previously-noted set and with actual elements like hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon, but select and explain another small group of things (say, under five) that you believe compose our world. - Inspired by Dani Plung, Class of 2017

4. The late NYTimes photographer Bill Cunningham once said 'Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life. I don’t think you could do away with it. It would be like doing away with civilization.' Tell us about your 'armor'. - Inspired by Adam Berger, Class of 2020

5. Fans of the movie Sharknado say that they enjoy it because “it’s so bad, it’s good.” Certain automobile owners prefer classic cars because they “have more character.” And recently, vinyl record sales have skyrocketed because it is perceived that they have a warmer, fuller sound. Discuss something that you love not in spite of but rather due to its quirks or imperfections. - Inspired by Alex Serbanescu, Class of 2021

6. In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, pose your own question or choose one of our past prompts. Be original, creative, thought provoking. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of

Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun. You can find our past prompts here:

collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/past-essays

II.How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.

普林斯頓大學：(Princeton University)

I.In addition to the essay you have written for the Common Application, please write an essay of about 500 words (no more than 650 words and no fewer than 250 words). Using one of the themes below as a starting point, write about a person, event, or experience that helped you define one of your values or in some way changed how you approach the world. Please do not

repeat, in full or in part, the essay you wrote for the Common Application.

1. Tell us about a person who has influenced you in a

significant way.

2. “One of the great challenges of our time is that the

disparities we face today have more complex causes and point less straightforwardly

to solutions.” Omar Wasow, assistant professor of politics, Princeton University. This quote is taken from Professor Wasow’s January 2014 speech at the Martin Luther King Day celebration at Princeton University.

3. “Culture is what presents us with the kinds of valuable things that can fill a life. And insofar as we can recognize the value in those things and make them part of our lives, our lives are meaningful.” Gideon Rosen, Stuart Professor of Philosophy and director of the Behrman Undergraduate Society of Fellows, Princeton University.

4. Using a favorite quotation from an essay or book you have read in the last three years as a starting point, tell us about an event or experience that helped you define one of your values or changed how you approach the world. Please write the quotation, title and author at the

beginning of your essay.

II.Extracurricular

Activity or Work Experience

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences that

was particularly meaningful to you. (About 150 words)

III.Summers

Please tell us how you have spent the last two summers (or vacations between school years), including any jobs you have held. (About 150 words)

IV.A Few Details

1.Your favorite book and its author:

2.Your favorite movie

3.Your favorite website

4.Two adjectives your friends would use to describe you

5.Your favorite recording

6.Your favorite keepsake or memento

7.Your favorite source of inspiration

8.Your favorite word

9.Your favorite line from a movie or book and its title

Note:

如果選擇申請BSE學位課程需要額外提供Essay:

If you are interested in pursuing a B.S.E. (Bachelor of Science in Engineering)

degree, please write a 300-500 word essay describing why you are interested in

studying engineering, any experiences in or exposure to engineering you have

had, and how you think the programs in engineering offered at Princeton suit

your particular interests

耶魯大學(Yale University)

Academic Interests

Students at Yale have plenty of time to explore their academic interests before committing to one or more major fields of study. Many students either modify their original academic direction or change their minds entirely. As of this moment, what academic areas seem to fit your interests? (有選項可以選，至多選擇三項)

Why do these areas appeal to you? (up to approximately 100 words).

Additional Questions

What is it about Yale that has led you to apply? (125 words or less)

Short Takes

Please respond in no more than 200 characters (approximately 35 words), to each of the following questions:

1. What inspires you?

2. Yale’s residential colleges regularly host intimate conversations with guests

representing a wide range of experiences and accomplishments. What person, past

or present, would you invite to speak? What question would you ask?

3. You are teaching a Yale course. What is it called?

4. Most first year Yale students live in suites of four to six students. What would you contribute to the dynamic of your suite?

Essay:

Please choose two of the following topics and respond to each in 250 words or fewer.

1. What do you most enjoy learning?

2. Reflect on your engagement with a community to which you belong. How do you feel you have contributed to this community?

3. Write about something you would like us to know about you that you have not conveyed elsewhere in your application.

Engineering

Essay

If you selected one of the computer science or engineering majors, please tell us more about

what has led you to an interest in this field of study, what experiences (if any) you have had in computer science or engineering, and what it is about Yale’s program in this area that appeals to

you.(Please answer in 500 words or fewer).

哥倫比亞大學(Columbia University)

1. List a few words or phrases that describe your ideal college community.(150 words or less)

2. List the titles of the required readings from courses during the school year or summer that you enjoyed most in the past year. (150

words or less)

3. List the titles of the books you read for pleasure that you enjoyed most in the past year. (150 words or less)

4. List the titles of the print, electronic publications and websites you read regularly. (150 words or less)

5. List the titles of the films, concerts, shows,exhibits, lectures and other entertainments you enjoyed most in the past year.

(150 words or less)

6. Please tell us what you value most about Columbia and

why. (300 words or less)

For applicants to Columbia College, please tell us what from your current and past experiences (either academic or personal) attracts you specifically to the field or fields of study that you noted in the Member Questions section. If you are currently undecided, please write about any field or fields in which you may have an interest at

this time. (300 words or less)

For applicants to The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science,please tell us what from your current and past experiences (either academic or personal) attracts you specifically to the field or fields of study that you noted in the Member Questions section. (300 words or less)

約翰霍普金斯大學:(JHU)

Write a brief essay (300-400 words) in which you respond to the following question：

Successful students at Johns Hopkins make the biggest impact by collaborating with others, including peers, mentors, and professors. Talk about a time, in or outside the classroom, when you worked with others and what you learned from the experience.

康奈爾大學：(Cornell University)

不同學院要求不一樣：

College/School of Architecture,Arts and Planning:

Describe two or three of your intellectual interests and why you are excited to pursue them within your chosen major in AAP. What personal experiences, background, or future goals will you bring to your scholarly and artistic pursuits at Cornell?

(Please limit your response to 650 words.)

College/School of Agriculture and Life Sciences:

Why are you drawn to studying the major you have selected? Please discuss how your interests and related experiences have influenced your choice. Specifically, how will an

education from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and Cornell

University help you achieve your academic goals? (Please limit your response to

650 words.)

College/School

of Arts and Sciences:

Describe two or three of your current intellectual interests and why they are exciting to you.

Why will Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences be the right environment in

which to pursue your interests? (Please limit your response to 650 words.)

College of Business:

School of Applied Economics and Management: How have your interests and experiences influenced your decision to study Applied Economics and Management? Describe how you would take advantage of the Dyson School’s unique opportunities, for example, its affiliation with both the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and the College of Agriculture and Life

Sciences.

School of Hotel Administration: The global hospitality industry includes hotel and food service management, real estate, finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, technology, and law. Describe what has influenced your decision to study business through the lens of hospitality.

What personal qualities make you a good fit for SHA? (Please limit your

response to 650 words.)

College/School of Engineering: Cornell Engineering celebrates innovative problem solving that helps people,communities…the world. Consider your ideas and aspirations and describe how a Cornell Engineering education would allow you to leverage technological problem-solving to improve the world we live in. (Please limit your response to 650 words.)

College/School of Human Ecology: How have your experiences influenced you to apply to the College of Human Ecology. How will your choice of major impact your goals and plans for the future? (Please limit your response to 650 words.)

College/School of Industrial and Labor Relations: Tell us about your intellectual interests, how they sprung from your course, service, work or life experiences, and what makes them exciting to you.Describe how ILR is the right school for you to pursue these interests. (Please

limit your response to 650 words.)

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