曾经在招生官见面会上,有人问过,文书应该写成什么样,回答是to be yourself,做你自己。虽然这句话说得很玄,但是实际上文书就是需要你书写自己。写自己的经历过往,写出自己的与众不同,写出让招生官一眼看中你的理由。
好文书就是吸引人的文书,就是让你看完眼前一亮的内容。所以你所表达的观点,一定要包含你看待问题的独特角度和创新性的想法。深度思考,去掉陈词滥调。此外就是让你有抓人眼球的亮点!这样才能够给人留下深刻记忆,让招生官在扫视你的文书的过程中被你吸引。
此外,在文书创作的过程中,我们一定要保证它的逻辑是连贯的,有合理的情节并且没有语法错误。如果你的文书中有拼写、语法等小错误,会让招生官觉得你并没有一个端正的态度,你对待这件事情并不认真重视。
那么,
文书具体要写成什么样子呢?
文书是要我们些什么呢?
CAAS系统
CAAS,全称Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success(简称CAAS),是哈佛、耶鲁为首的美国90多所公私立大学及文理学院合力开发创建的一个新的大学申请系统。2016年开始,美国部分学校开始接受这一系统的申请。CAAS主文书题目(5选1)
文书题目一:Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.
文书题目二: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.
文书题目三: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?
文书题目四: What is the hardest part 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)?
文书题目五:Submit an essay on a topic of your choice.
注:这5个题目,不是每所成员学校都会统一要求学生去作答的。