美國大學(xué)的奇葩申請文書主題：不明覺厲~有木有？

文書寫作應(yīng)該是申請過程中最令學(xué)生頭疼的問題，大部分中國學(xué)生經(jīng)過一段時間培訓(xùn)后，在和這種標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化的考試中憑借英語基 礎(chǔ)以及各種解題技巧能取得一個不錯的成績，但是碰到?jīng)]有標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案的開放式的文書寫作題目會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己無從下筆，再加上有些學(xué)校的文書題目極為怪異，有時連題目的主旨可能都難以解析。馬上開始準(zhǔn)備申請的學(xué)生還有家長，讓我們一起來看看你們在接下來的申請過程中會遇到些什么奇葩的文書題目吧。

以理工科和怪異的校園建筑著稱于世的MIT，其文書題目倒是顯得稀松平常，讓學(xué)生描述自己來自于什么樣的環(huán)境，這樣的環(huán)境是如何塑造自己的，以及面對過的最大的挑戰(zhàn)是什么自己又是如何來處理的。這樣的題目你在申請大學(xué)時，百分之百會遇到!早早的開始思考吧!

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此外，斯坦福還要求學(xué)生給未來的室友寫一封信，幫助室友進(jìn)一步了解你;還需要讓申請者用250個單詞回答一個看上去很宏大的主題：什么對你是最重要的，以及為什么?

What historical moment or event do you wish you couldhavewitnessed? (50 word limit。)Stanford studentspossess an intellectual vitality. Rlect onan idea or experience that has beenimportant to your intellectualdevelopment. (250 word limit。)Virtually all of Stanford s undergraduates live on campus.Write anote to your future roommate that reveals something aboutyou or that will helpyour roommate -- and us -- know you better。(250 wordlimit。)What matters to you, and why? (250 word limit。)

加州理工十分強(qiáng)調(diào)自己的榮譽(yù)制度，即任何人都不應(yīng)該不公平地利用他人，看上去很簡單的原則，學(xué)校需要申請者根據(jù)自己的切身經(jīng)歷過的道德兩難情景 以回應(yīng)這個問題。此外，加州理工還為自己學(xué)生群體古怪的幽默感和有創(chuàng)造性的惡作劇推崇備至，要求申請者講講自己有哪些 不正常的 尋開心的法子。推薦申請 人查查歷史上加州理工和麻省理工的互相攻擊的惡作劇大戰(zhàn)應(yīng)該會有啟發(fā)。

T恤就會發(fā)現(xiàn)T恤的背面印有 becausenoteverybody can go toCaltech(因?yàn)椴皇撬腥硕寄苓M(jìn)Caltech) 的嘲諷話語。

1.Members of the Caltech community live, learn, andworkwithin an Honor System with one simple guideline; No member shalltakeunfair advantage of any other member of the Caltechcommunity. Whileseemingly simple, questions of ethics, honestyand integrity are sometimeschallenging. Share an ethical dilemmathat has challenged you. How did yourespond? Your response is notlimited to academic situations. (100 words max)

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等我當(dāng)上了教授一定給學(xué)生上堂這樣的課，絕對妥妥的!

Imagine you are a professor, charged with teaching anewcourse. Emory University offers over 1,000 courses in a wide rangeofacademic subjects. You are free to choose whatever subject youwant. What classwould you create? What would you hope studentswould leave your class havinglearned? (Don t forget to includeyour class title!) (250 word limit)

被譽(yù)為大眾情人校，因?yàn)槠銭A階段的申請人數(shù)量龐大，在中國地區(qū)的招生也較為寬松，但UVa的文書看上去也不是那么容易搞定哦。第 一個題目就有點(diǎn)讓人云里霧里，2006年一位名為RobertStilling的研究生在UVA的一所圖書館發(fā)現(xiàn)了著名詩人羅伯特福斯特的一篇未發(fā)表的詩歌，那你的Stilling時刻是在什么時候呢?

第三題則更加無厘頭，將莎士比亞的名句To be or not to be改為To tweet or not totweet?可中國申請者根本就Tweet不了啊!

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下面是推特的廣告時間：

1. What outrages you? What are you doingabout it?Tell us about a time when you stepped up against anoutrage in your community。(150 words maximum)

3. Some say social media is superficial, withno roomfor expressing deep or complex ideas. We challenge you tody these skeptics bydescribing yourself as fully and accuratelyas possible in the 140-characterlimit of a tweet。

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, If I knowyoursect, I anticipate your argument. Describe a time when yourargumentchallenged a basic beli or viewpoint of your sect. (150words maximum)

不僅在文書內(nèi)容上推陳出新，還在形式上給學(xué)生更多空間。申請者可以通過散文、視頻、電子文件等來回答該問題 如果你不講述真實(shí)的自己你也不能認(rèn)識其他的人 。第四題用口號式的方式要求申請者：大大方方得向我們展示你書呆子的一面吧!中國學(xué)生會不會見到這一題之后喜大普奔呢?塔夫斯不僅有書呆子的一面哦，被華盛頓郵報(bào)評為2013年最討厭的縮寫詞：YOLO(Youonly live once你只會活一次)也成了文書題目，你是如何看待這句帶有及時行樂意味的流行語呢?

A) If you do not tell the truth about yourself youcannottell it about other people, Virginia Woolf. Respond to Woolf squote in the medium of yourchoice: prose, video (one minute)， blog, digital portfolio, slampoetry... For media other thanwriting, pleaseshare a link (video can be submitted via YouTube but werecommendusing a privacy setting) that is easily accessible。

C) Sports, science and society are filled with rules,theoriesand laws like the Ninth Commandment, PV=nRT, Occam s Razor, and TheLawof Diminishing Returns. Three strikes and you re out. I bore E exceptafter C。 Warm air rises. Pick one and explainitssignificance to you.

E) The ancient Romans started it when they coined thephrase Carpe diem. Jonathan Larson proclaimed No day buttoday! andmost recently, Drake explained You Only Live Once(YOLO). Have you ever seized the day? Lived like therewas no tomorrow? Or perhaps you plan to shoutYOLO while jumping into something in thuture. What does #YOLOmean to you?

北卡羅萊那大學(xué)傾向于用一些小問題來折磨你，比如你希望在彩虹之后發(fā)現(xiàn)什么?如果你能穿越到任何時空，你會去哪兒為什么?你的主題曲是什么?切片面包之后的最佳事物是什么?你最珍貴的財(cái)產(chǎn)是啥?你最希望擁有的超能力是什么?你想發(fā)明什么小玩意?

Most of us have one or more personality quirks. Explainone ofyours and what it says about you. What do you hope to find over therainbow?Why do you do what you do?If you could travel anywhere in time orspace, either real orimagined, where would you go and why?Tell us about a timewhen your curiosity led you someplace youweren t expecting to go.My themesong:Best thing since sliced bread:My most treasured possession:Super power I dmost like to have:Gadget that needs inventing:Biggest little worry:

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U Chicago

2.In a famous quote by Jos Ortega y Gasset,the Spanish philosopher proclaims, Yo soy yo y mi circunstancia (1914). Jos Quintans, master of the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division atthe University of Chicago, sees it another way: Yo soy yo y mimicrobioma (2012). You are you and your..? -Maria Viteri, Class of 2016

4.The mantis shrimp can perceive bothpolarized light and multispectral images; they have the most complex eyes inthe animal kingdom. Human eyes have color receptors for three colors (red,green, and blue); the mantis shrimp has receptors for sixteen types of color,enabling them to see a spectrum far beyond the capacity of the human brain.Seriously, how cool is the mantis shrimp: mantisshrimp.uchicago.edu What mightthey be able to see that we cannot? What are we missing? -Tess Moran, Classof

6.In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, posea question of your own. If your prompt is original and thoughtful, then youshould have little trouble writing a great essay. Draw on your best qualitiesas a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, orfuture citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun。