常规的文书大概也就是Personal Statement (个人陈述), Resume/Curriculum Vitae (简历)以及Recommendation Letter (推荐信)。 但在美国顶级商学院申请中, 这些简直就是开胃菜。
关键是让人抓狂的Essay 题目
例一:Please discuss how you plan to achieve your short and long term career goals. What challenges will you face and how will you leverage your academic and professional experiences to achieve these goals? (500 words)这是波士顿学院金融硕士的一个文书题目。 用500字来说明自己的长短期职业规划,之后自己可能遇到的困难以及如何克服困难, 实现职业规划。
例二:In 300 words or less, describe your area of interest in finance and what your goals are upon completion of the MSF program.这是美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校(UIUC)金融硕士的文书题目。 没错, 你没有瞎, 这就是UIUC的文书题目。
How have you dealt with a person who was difficult to work with?
Discuss a time when you successfully supervised a diverse group of people toward a difficult goal.Tell me about your most spectacular failure. What happened? What did you learn?
对于申请金融工程, 金融数学的同学注意了。 当场解个数学统计题, 计算机编程的题目, 那都都不叫事。 (想加州伯克利, 巴鲁的金融工程的面试, 上来不跟你废话, 直接做题。 YOU CAN YOU UP, NO CAN NO BB的节奏啊)还有的时候你会遇到一些很变态的问题, 比如你觉得你自己最大的缺点是什么。(如果你真的以为这道题就是简单的说一下自己的缺点, 那你就TOO SIMPLE, TOO NAIVE了)