美国大学2018年录取季阴影还没走出，2019年申请季已经到来…
现在竞争太激烈了，当多少高分“学霸”被梦校拒绝，当名校们不再对SAT、ACT设定门槛，文书便成了展现自我特质的致胜法宝。
在美国大学招生官眼里，什么样的文书是有画面感？什么样的文书一眼脱颖而出？什么样的文书涵盖你的特质？申请季已经开启，此时还对文书毫无思路的话，拿什么和其它申请者PK？
威廉姆斯学院招生官Abigail Conyers
Make connections 产生联系：
Conyers在去年读到一篇非常精彩的申请Essay，申请人意向在威廉姆斯学院学习语言学、神经科学。在他的申请文书中，谈起自己是如何与患痴呆症的祖母交流、讲故事，通过这些事来表示自己对语言学的热爱；同时为了更深入了解祖母的病，他加入了一个神经科学实验室，希望研究大脑如何处理语言，并且更深入地了解痴呆症。
招生官总结，这位学生能够将所有的经历结合在一起，让招生官了解到他关注什么事情，想学习这个专业的原因，单从文书上就能获取到一个丰满人物形象。
明德学院招生官Sam Prouty
Be true to yourself 做自己：
Prouty分享了一篇有趣的申请Essay，讲的是这名学生热衷于收集Pez dispensers——他甚至有一整间储藏室来放置藏品。这篇文章给出了一个有趣的观点：每当他向别人兴高采烈讲述这种爱好时，人们古怪的反应很有趣。不仅是因为Essay内容，更是因为学生对这个话题的写作方式引起了Prouty的注意。
招生官总结，写Essay是为了让招生官看到你的与众不同，你的怪癖和你的特质也是我们想了解的。如果你是个有趣的人，你应该告诉招生官；但如果你不是个有趣的人，也不用假装有趣，只要告诉招生官你最真实的故事就好。
斯沃斯莫尔学院招生官J.t.Duck
Show what student you'll be 你会成为什么样人：
Duck读过一篇自称“兄弟”的文章，这是一位男子气概十足的家伙写的。申请者说，在学校里他会器宇轩昂的与“兄弟”们聊天；但放学回家后，他会登录到在线多人游戏上，和朋友谈论一些脆弱敏感的话题，比如被女生拒绝。
招生官总结，这位年轻人虽然是从与“兄弟”玩电子游戏入手，但文章中更多体现的是他如何与其他人建立联系。
达特茅斯学院招生官Lee Coffin
Don't overthink it 别想太多：
最令Coffin印象深刻的申请Essay，是一位申请者描述自己作为剧组成员、舞台监督在幕后扮演的角色，文章非常清晰地描述了他在校园剧场的角色，以及为什么想学习戏剧的原因。
招生官总结，很多时候申请人都在在寻找一个令读者“哇”的主题点，为此他们试图创作出很完美的作品，但最终得到一篇有没任何内容的Essay。
附录一：三大申请系统最新文书题目
Common App系统
从七个题目中选择一个你最有话说，最想和别人分享，最能体现你性格特点的题目来写，字数不超650字，不少于250字。
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1、Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
2、The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
3、Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
4、Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma - anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
5、Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
6、Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?
7、Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.
UC申请系统
申请者在所给的8个题目中任选4个来写，每篇文书不超过350个词。
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1、Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time.
2、Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.
3、What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developedand demonstrated that talent over time?
4、Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.
5、Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?
6、Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furthered this interest inside and/or outside of the classroom.
7、What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?
8、Beyond what has already been shared in your application, what do you believe makes you stand out as a strong candidate for admissions to the University of California?
CAAS申请系统
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1、Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.
2、Describe a time when you made a meaningful contribution to others in which the greater good was your focus. Discuss the challenges and rewards of making your contribution.
3、Has there been a time when you’ve had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged? How did you respond? How did the challenge affect your beliefs?
4、What is the hardestpart of being a teenager now? What’s the best part? What advice would you give a younger sibling or friend (assuming they would listen to you)?
5、Submit an essay on a topic of your choice.
附录二：部分大学补充文书题目
芝加哥大学
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1.【必写】Question 1 (Required)
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.
2. 【必写】Question2 Extended Essay (Required; choose one)
1) Essay Option 1
In 2015, the city of Melbourne, Australia created a "tree-mail" service, in which all of the trees in the city received an email address so that residents could report any tree-related issues. As an unexpected result, people began to email their favorite trees sweet and occasionally humorous letters. Imagine this has been expanded to any object (tree or otherwise) in the world, and share with us the letter you’d send to your favorite.
2) Essay Option 2
You’re on a voyage in the thirteenth century, sailing across the tempestuous seas. What if, suddenly, you fell off the edge of the Earth?
3) Essay Option 3
The word floccinaucinihilipilification is the act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant or of having no value. It originated in the mid-18th century from the Latin words "floccus," "naucum," "nihilum," and "pilus"—all words meaning “of little use.” Coin your own word using parts from any language you choose, tell us its meaning, and describe the plausible (if only to you) scenarios in which it would be most appropriately used.
4) Essay Option 4
Lost your keys? Alohomora. Noisy roommate? Quietus. Feel the need to shatter windows for some reason? Finestra. Create your own spell, charm, jinx, or other means for magical mayhem. How is it enacted? Is there an incantation? Does it involve a potion or other magical object? If so, what's in it or what is it? What does it do?
5) Essay Option 5
Imagine you’ve struck a deal with the Dean of Admissions himself, Dean Nondorf. It goes as follows: you’re guaranteed admission to the University of Chicago regardless of any circumstances that arise. This bond is grounded on the condition that you’ll obtain a blank, 8.5 x 11 piece of paper, and draw, write, sketch, shade, stencil, paint etc., anything and everything you want on it; your only limitations will be the boundaries of both sides on the single page. Now the catch… your submission, for the rest of your life, will always be the first thing anyone you meet for the first time will see. Whether it’s at a job interview, a blind date, arrival at your first Humanities class, before you even say, “hey,” they’ll already have seen your page, and formulated that first impression. Show us your page. What’s on it, and why? If your piece is largely or exclusively visual, please make sure to share a creator's accompanying statement of at least 300 words, which we will happily allow to be on its own, separate page.
PS: This is a creative thought experiment, and selecting this essay prompt does not guarantee your admission to UChicago.
6) Essay Option 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.
耶鲁大学
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1. Short Answer questions
1) 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 or goals most comfortably? Please indicate up to three from the list provided.
2) Why do these areas appeal to you? (100 words or fewer)
3) What is it about Yale that has led you to apply? (125 words or fewer)
4) What inspires you? (35 words or fewer)
5) Yale’s residential colleges regularly host 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? (35 words or fewer)
6) You are teaching a Yale course. What is it called? (35 words or fewer)
7) Most first-year Yale students live in suites of four to six people. What do you hope to add to your suitemates’ experience? What do you hope they will add to yours? (35 words or fewer)
2. Essays
1) Think about an idea or topic that has been intellectually exciting for you. Why are you drawn to it?
2) Reflect on your engagement with a community to which you belong. How do you feel you have contributed to this community?
3) Yale students, faculty, and alumni engage issues of local, national, and international importance. Discuss an issue that is significant to you and how your college experience might help you address it.
Applicants submitting the Common Application: Please choose two of the topics above and respond to each in 250 words or fewer.
Applicants submitting the Coalition Application: Please choose one of the topics above and respond in 300 words or fewer. In addition to writing on your chosen topic, upload an audio file, video, image, or document you have created that is meaningful to you and relates to your essay. Above your essay, include a one-sentence description of what you have submitted.
3. Optional Engineering Essay - For Applicants submitting the Coalition Application or Common Application
If you selected one of the 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 engineering, and what it is about Yale’s engineering program that appeals to you. Please respond in 300 words or fewer.
埃默里大学
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1. In addition to your Personal Statement, please choose two (2) of the short answer prompts below. Be thoughtful in your responses, but don’t stress about what the right answer might be. We just want to get to know you a bit better. Each response should be no more than 150 words.
1) What is your favorite fiction or non-fiction work (film, book, TV show, album, poem, or play)? Why?
2) What motivates you to learn?
3) What do you want to bring from your community to the Emory University community?
4) In the age of social media, what does engaging with integrity look like for you?
北卡教堂山分校
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1. You’ll choose two of the following prompts to respond to in 200-250 words.
1) Tell us about a peer who has made a difference in your life.
2) What do you hope will change about the place where you live?
3) What is one thing that we don’t know about you that you want us to know?
4) What about your background, or what perspective, belief, or experience, will help you contribute to the education of your classmates at UNC?
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