JHU招生官公布的六篇2025届优秀申请文书（一）-新东方前途出国

新一轮申请即将开启，很多准高三学生已经开启了文书写作，到底什么样的文书才是招生官想看到的呢？不同的人有不同的理解，那么招生官眼里的好文书是什么样的呢？从约翰霍普金斯大学招生官公开的6篇文书中，我们似乎看到一些端倪，看看别人的文书是如何创作的。

1、Lifelong Learning

（by Rozanne）

The white yarn slipped off my aluminium crochet hook, adding a single crochet to rows and rows of existing stitches, that looked to be in the form of a blob. Staring at the image of the little unicorn amigurumi lit up on the screen of my laptop, and looking back at the UMO (unidentified messy object) number five, I was extremely perplexed.

This had seemed so easy. Round 1, construct a magic circle with 6 single crochets. Done. Round 2 was an increase round resulting in a total of 12 stitches. Also done. The remaining rounds were blurred into hours and minutes that should have resulted in a little white creature in the likeness of a unicorn, but sitting on my desk (much like the four days before today) was a pool of tangled white yarn. It was not until day seven that a creature with a lopsided head whose horn was the only identifier of the mythical being emerged.

Very much like learning how to crochet, my journey in forging my own path and finding a passion was confusing, messy and at times infuriating. Even in primary school, I had heard all the stories of individuals finding their own route in life. I had been told stories of those who found their passion at a young age and were exceptionally proficient at their craft, of those that abandoned their interests and pursued a lucrative career, even those who chose their dreams but regretted it afterwards. This weighed heavily on me, as I was determined to have a success story as many of my other family members had. The only problem was that I did not have a direction.

In the years following primary school, I stepped out of my comfort zone in a frenzy to find a passion. I joined the school orchestra where I played the violin, and a debate class to practice public speaking and become much more eloquent. At my ballet school, I branched out to contemporary and jazz dance. I stuffed myself with experience similar to an amigurumi engorged with batting. I found myself enjoying all of those activities but soon enough, I was swamped with extracurriculars. Just like the tangles of white yarn on my desk, I was pulled in all directions. I still felt lost. To make things worse, it seemed as if everyone else had found their path in life, and they had all become white unicorns while I was still doubting the stitch I just made.

It was not until high school that I realised that I could view this mission to find a passion from another perspective. While successfully completing a crochet project is an accomplishment itself, the motions of making slip knots, single or double crochets takes you on an adventure as well. The knots that I had encountered in my craft were evidence of my experiences and what shaped me as an individual. My exploration of various paths through detours may have sometimes resulted in roadblocks, but I continued to persevere and learn from my experiences, applying the skills that I have gained to future knots. The mini adventures that I went on were all crucial to me in the greater journey of life.

Through trial and error, the current adventure that I am on resonates the most with me, taking me down the path of service and environmental activism. However, I have learnt that no one path is static, and I can be on more than one path at a time. While I may only be halfway to the proportionate unicorn amigurumi that some others may have already achieved, I still have so much to learn and so much that I want to learn, and so my journey to grow continues.

招生官点评：Rozanne的文章展示了追求一种新的爱好，钩针编织，类似于她为找到自己的激情所做的更大努力。她能够反映这一点，虽然这两个过程一开始可能看起来很混乱和令人困惑，但投入必要的努力和时间会带来更大、更有意义的结果。Rozanne 的作品涉及她参与的其他几项影响，从舞蹈到环保活动，以及钩针等爱好。然而，在更大的层面上，当我们思考她将如何为更大的霍普金斯社区做出贡献时，这篇文章让招生委员会看到她是一个会利用机会、以多种方式与她的社区互动、将自己推到舒适区之外并能够反思的人靠自己的发展。

Rozanne（马来西亚）自述：在我的活动清单中，我选择写下我最热衷的一些俱乐部和活动。这篇文章让我能够将自己的其他方面包括在内，例如我的爱好（钩针编织、折纸和阅读），也为我提供了一个途径来揭示我生活中塑造了今天的我的某些方面。这就像照亮聚光灯并放大了我的这一部分，这解释了我加入我所在的俱乐部和社团的理由。