文书写作应该是美国大学申请过程中最令学生头疼的问题，大部分中国学生经过一段时间培训后，在SAT和TOEFL这种标准化的考试中凭借英语基础以及各种解题技巧能取得一个不错的成绩，但是碰到没有标准答案的开放式的文书写作题目会发现自己无从下笔，再加上有些学校的文书题目极为怪异，有时连题目的主旨可能都难以解析。马上开始准备申请的学生还有家长，让我们一起来看看你们在接下来的申请过程中会遇到些什么奇葩的文书题目吧。 奇葩指数0.5 以理工科和怪异的校园建筑著称于世的MIT，其文书题目倒是显得稀松平常，让学生描述自己来自于什么样的环境，这样的环境是如何塑造自己的，以及面对过的最大的挑战是什么自己又是如何来处理的。这样的题目你在申请大学时，百分之百会遇到!早早的开始思考吧! 跟着我大声说：This is where I come from! MIT: Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations? (200-250 words) Tell us about the most significant challenge you've faced or something important that didn't go according to plan. How did you manage the situation? (200-250 words) 奇葩指数1.0 斯坦福大学的文书题目里，需要你用50个单词描述如果有机会亲身见证一次著名的历史事件你希望是那什么事件。反思自己在智力发展上有什么思想或者经历对自己有什么重要的影响。我想最近在微博上爆火美国男子Jason因成绩太差辍学，后被人打伤头部，醒后变数学天才一定有话要说，Jason头部被打后看什么都是几何图案，树叶都能看出哥拉斯定理，反射的阳光也能看出圆周率。医生说这种情况叫"后天学者症候群"，患者会在被击打脑部后在数学，音乐和艺术方面展现惊人的才华! 此外，斯坦福还要求学生给未来的室友写一封信，帮助室友进一步了解你;还需要让申请者用250个单词回答一个看上去很宏大的主题：什么对你是最重要的，以及为什么? Stanford What historical moment or event do you wish you could have witnessed? (50 word limit。) Stanford students possess an intellectual vitality. Reflect on an idea or experience that has been important to your intellectual development. (250 word limit。)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。(250 word limit。)What matters to you, and why? (250 word limit。) 奇葩指数1.5 加州理工十分强调自己的荣誉制度，即任何人都不应该不公平地利用他人，看上去很简单的原则，学校需要申请者根据自己的切身经历过的道德两难情景以回应这个问题。此外，加州理工还为自己学生群体古怪的幽默感和有创造性的恶作剧推崇备至，要求申请者讲讲自己有哪些“不正常的”寻开心的法子。推荐申请人查查历史上加州理工和麻省理工的互相攻击的恶作剧大战应该会有启发。 Caltech的学生曾佯装MIT的学生在MIT举办的校园参观日活动中向新生们发放免费的T恤。这些T恤乍一看印着大大的MIT字样，可打开T恤就会发现T恤的背面印有“because not everybody can go to Caltech(因为不是所有人都能进Caltech)”的嘲讽话语。 Caltech 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 challenging. Share an ethical dilemma that has challenged you. How did you respond? Your response is notlimited to academic situations. (100 words max) 2. Caltech students have long been known for their quirky sense of humor and creative pranks. Please describe an unusual way in which you have fun. (100 words max) 奇葩指数2.0 埃默里大学要求申请者想象自己是一位大学教授，想要开设一门新的课程，你可以选择任何学科任何课程，你希望自己的学生们在这门课上学习什么内容。 Emory Imagine you are a professor, charged with teaching a new course. Emory University offers over 1,000 courses in a wide range of academic subjects. You are free to choose whatever subject you want. What class would you create? What would you hope students would leave your class having learned? (Don’t forget to include your class title!) (250 word limit) 奇葩指数2.5 弗吉尼亚大学被誉为大众情人校，因为其EA阶段的申请人数量庞大，在中国地区的招生也较为宽松，但UVa的文书看上去也不是那么容易搞定哦。第一个题目就有点让人云里雾里，2006年一位名为Robert Stilling的研究生在UVA的一所图书馆发现了著名诗人罗伯特福斯特的一篇未发表的诗歌，那你的Stilling时刻是在什么时候呢? 第二题则要求申请者描述自己的一个怪癖以及这个怪癖为什么是你的一部分。 第三题则更加无厘头，将莎士比亚的名句To be or not to be改为To tweet or not to tweet?可中国申请者根本就Tweet不了啊! UVA In 2006, graduate student Robert Stilling discovered an unpublished poem by Robert Frost while doing research in U.Va.’s Small Collections Library. Where will your Stilling moment be in college? We are a community with quirks, both in language (we will welcome you to Grounds, not campus) and in traditions. Describe one of your quirks and why it is part of who you are. To tweet or not to tweet? 奇葩指数3.0 维克森林大学虽然排名23，但在中国知名度并不高，也许这五篇，篇篇不寻常的文书题目吓住了不少申请者。第一题就不走寻常路，问什么会使你愤怒，而你又将如何处理你的愤怒情绪。愤怒这种稍显负面的情绪可能是唯独这所大学的题目里主动提及。第二题也是无根无据的要学生列出你自己的Top10名单，没有任何范围或者情景的提示。第三题又使博主深深得陷入了沉思，Twitter到底下了多少血本在大学申请过程里面植入了这么多软广告!该题要求申请者利用140个字符的空间挑战公众认为社交媒体肤浅不足以表达深层次思想的谬论。 下面是推特的广告时间： Wake Forest University 1. What outrages you? What are you doing about it? Tell us about a time when you stepped up against an outrage in your community。(150 words maximum) 2. Give us your top ten list. (300 words maximum) 3. Some say social media is superficial, with no room for expressing deep or complex ideas. We challenge you to defy these skeptics by describing yourself as fully and accurately as possible in the 140-characterlimit of a tweet。 4. Research shows that members of Generation Y (16-24year olds) are more tolerant of difference than were previous generations at this age - but also less likely to form close bonds with those of different demographic or socioeconomic backgrounds. How have you personally disproved thisgeneralization? (300 words maximum) 5. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "If I know your sect, I anticipate your
argument." Describe a time when your argument challenged a basic belief or viewpoint of your "sect. (150words maximum)
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