文书，是申请者和招生官的第一次“见面”。越挑剔的大学，对文书的重视程度越高。
除了Common App上要求的主文书要求外，很多美国大学还要求学生递交额外的补充文书。
近期，美国多所藤校已公布22-23申请季的补充文书题目，一起来看下~
布朗大学
今年布朗大学给2022-23年的新生和转学生们，一共布置了3道补充文书：
题目一
Brown’s Open Curriculum allows students to explore broadly while also diving deeply into their academic pursuits. Tell us about any academic interests that excite you, and how you might use the Open Curriculum to pursue them while also embracing topics with which you are unfamiliar. (200-250 words)
布朗大学的开放课程允许学生进行学术兴趣的广泛探索，同时也深入到他们的学术追求。告诉我们任何让你兴奋的学术兴趣，以及你可能如何使用开放课程来追求它们，同时接受你不熟悉的话题。(200 - 250字)
题目二
Brown’s culture fosters a community in which students challenge the ideas of others and have their ideas challenged in return, promoting a deeper and clearer understanding of the complex issues confronting society. This active engagement in dialogue is as present outside the classroom as it is in academic spaces. Tell us about a time you were challenged by a perspective that differed from your own. How did you respond? (200-250 words)
布朗大学的文化培育了一个社区，在这里，学生有挑战他人的想法，他们的想法也会受到挑战，这有助于促进大家对社会面临的复杂问题的更深入和更清晰的理解。这种积极参与对话的行为不仅存在于学术空间，也存在于课堂之外。告诉我们一个你被不同于你自己的观点所挑战的经历。你是如何回应的？(200 - 250字)
题目三
Brown students care deeply about their work and the world around them. Students find contentment, satisfaction, and meaning in daily interactions and major discoveries. Whether big or small, mundane or spectacular, tell us about something that brings you joy. (200-250 words)
布朗大学的学生非常关心他们的工作和他们周围的世界。学生在日常互动和重大发现中找到满足、满足和意义。无论是大事还是小事，平凡的还是壮观的，告诉我们能给你带来快乐的事情。(200 - 250字)
* 对于申请了医学教育课程 (PLME) 或五年制布朗-罗德岛设计学院双学位课程 (BRDD)，还必须额外完成特殊课程论文。
耶鲁大学
鲁大学针对不同的申请平台有不同的文书要求。
首先，对所有平台的申请者，都需回答的问题有3个：
简答题
1. Students at Yale have time to explore their academic interests before committing to one or more major fields of study. Many students either modify their original academic direction or change their minds entirely. As of this moment, what academic areas seem to fit your interests or goals most comfortably？Please indicate up to three from the list provided.
耶鲁大学的学生在致力于一个或多个主要学术领域之前，有足够的时间探索他们的学术兴趣。许多学生要么修改他们原来的学术方向，要么完全改变。到目前为止，哪些学术领域最适合您的兴趣或目标？请从提供的列表中指出，最多三个。
2. Tell us about a topic or idea that excites you and is related to one or more academic areas you selected above. Why are you drawn to it？(200 words or fewer）
2. 告诉我们一个与你上面选择的一个或多个学术领域相关的让你兴奋的话题或想法。告诉我们你为什么被它吸引?(200字以内)
3. What is it about Yale that has led you to apply？(125 words or fewer)
你申请耶鲁的原因是什么？(125字以内)
Coalition App或者 Common App的申请人，还需要再回答以下简答题：（200字符，约35个单词以内）
1. What inspires you?
什么在启发你？（人、事情...）
2. Yale’s residential colleges regularly host conversations with guests representing a wide range of experiences and accomplishments. What person, past or present, would you invite to speak? What would you ask them to discuss?
耶鲁大学住宿学院定期邀请拥有丰富经历和成就的嘉宾进行讲座。你会邀请什么人发言？这个人可以是已经逝去的也可是健在的，你会问他/她什么问题?
3. You are teaching a new Yale course. What is it called?
如果你在耶鲁要教一门新的课程，会叫作什么？
4. What is something about you that is not included anywhere else in your application?
在你的申请中，有哪些方面是其他地方没有提及的?
Essays
提交Coalition Application或Common Application的申请人需要回答以下问题之一，字数不超过400字。
1. 耶鲁通过“在一个有道德、相互依赖和多样化的社区中自由交流思想”来实现其使命。回想一下，当你和持相反观点的人就一个重要问题交换意见的时候，这段经历是如何让你改变了自己的观点，或者让你坚持它的理由更明确?
2. 回想一下，当你为一个联系紧密的社区而努力的时候，为什么这些努力对你有意义？你可以根据自己的喜好定义这个社区。
康奈尔大学
康奈尔大学补充文书因学院而异，虽然七个学院看起来共有七种题目，但实际上都是比较相同的问题。
相比2021-2022的附加文书，康奈尔大学农业与生命科学学院、工程学院等2023Fall补充文书题目都发生了重大改变：
- 新增了布鲁克斯公共政策学院的文书题目（去年没有此题）
- 农业与生命科学学院在延续了去年题目的基础上，新增了2道可选题
- 工程学院的题目也发生了变化。去边是直接3道题目自行选择2道回答即可，今年的题目是规定了一道必选题，另外2道可选题任选其一
- 康奈尔大学庄臣商学院的题目进行了简单的调整
布鲁克斯公共政策学院
Why are you drawn to studying public policy? Drawing on your experiences, tell us about why you are interested in your chosen major and how attending the Brooks School will help you achieve your life goals.
你为什么喜欢研究公共政策？告诉我们你为什么对所选专业感兴趣，以及就读该学院会如何帮助你实现人生目标。
农业和生命科学学院
必选题目
Why are you drawn to studying the major you have selected? Please discuss how your interests and related experiences have influenced your choice. Specifically, how will an education from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and Cornell University help you achieve your academic goals?
你为什么会被你选择的专业所吸引？请讨论你的兴趣和相关经历如何影响选择。具体说明农业与生命科学学院 (CALS) 和康奈尔大学的教育将如何帮你实现学术目标？
Essay Option 1
At Cornell CALS, we aim to leave the world better than we found it, so we seek out those who are not simply driven to master their discipline, but who are also passionate about doing so to serve the public good. Please elaborate on an activity or experience you have had that made an impact on a community that is important to you. We encourage you to think about community broadly - this could include family, school, or local and global communities (300-word limit).
请详细说明你所从事的对你产生重要影响的社区活动或经历。可以从广义上考虑社区，包括家庭、学校或本地和全球社区（300字限制）。
Essay Option 2
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is dedicated to the exploration of the agricultural, life, environmental, and social sciences and welcomes students with interests that span a wide variety of disciplines. Given our agricultural history and commitment to educating the next generation of agriculturalists, please share if you have a background in agriculture or are interested in pursuing a career in agriculture.
分享你是否有农业背景或有兴趣从事农业事业。选择所有符合条件的话题来分享：我的家人拥有或经营一个农场、我有从事农业工作的经验、我有兴趣从事农业事业。
建筑、艺术与规划学院
What is your "thing"? What energizes you or engages you so deeply that you lose track of time? Everyone has different passions, obsessions, quirks, inspirations. What are yours?
你的“thing”是什么？是什么让你充满活力或深深吸引你，以至于你忘记了时间？每个人都有不同的激情、痴迷、怪癖和灵感。你呢？
文理学院
Students in Arts and Sciences embrace the opportunity to delve into multifaceted academic interests, embodying in 21st century terms Ezra Cornell’s “any person…any study” founding vision. Tell us about the areas of study you are excited to explore, and specifically why you wish to pursue them in our College.
告诉我们你感兴趣探索的研究领域，特别是你希望在我们学院攻读这些领域的原因。
商学院
What kind of a business student are you? Using your personal, academic, or volunteer/work experiences, describe the topics or issues that you care about and why they are important to you. Your response should convey how your interests align with the school to which you are applying within the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
你是怎样的商科学生？用你个人的、学术的或志愿者/工作经验，描述你关心的问题以及它们为何很重要。
工程学院
必选题目
How do your interests directly connect with Cornell Engineering? If you have an intended major, what draws you to that department at Cornell Engineering? If you are unsure what specific engineering field you would like to study, describe how your general interest in engineering most directly connects with Cornell Engineering. It may be helpful to concentrate on one or two things that you are most excited about.
你的兴趣如何与康奈尔工程直接相关？如果你有一个预期的专业，是什么吸引你来到康奈尔工程学院该专业？如果不确定想学习哪个特定的工程领域，请描述你对工程的总体兴趣如何与康奈尔工程最直接相关。
Essay Option
Question A：Describe an engineering problem that impacts your local community. This could be your school, neighborhood, town, region, or a group you identify with. Describe one to three things you might do as an engineer to solve the problem.
Question B: Diversity in all forms is intrinsic to excellence in engineering. Engineering the best solutions to complex problems is often achieved by drawing from the diverse ingenuity of people from different backgrounds, lived experiences, and identities. How do you see yourself contributing to the diversity and/or the inclusion of the Cornell Engineering community? What is the unique voice you would bring to the Cornell Engineering community?
问题 A：描述一个影响当地社区的工程问题。可以是你学校、社区、城镇、地区或其他你认同的团体。描述作为工程师解决问题可能会做的一到三件事。
问题 B：你如何看待自己为康奈尔工程社区的多样性、包容性做出贡献？你会给康奈尔工程社区带来什么独特的声音？
人类生态学院
How has your decision to apply to the College of Human Ecology been influenced by your related experiences? How will your choice of major impact your goals and plans for the future?
您的相关经历对申请人类生态学院的决定有何影响？你选择的专业将如何影响未来的目标和计划？
劳资关系学院
Using your personal, academic, or volunteer/work experiences, describe the topics or issues that you care about and why they are important to you. Your response should show us that your interests align with the ILR School.
用你个人的、学术的或志愿者/工作经验，描述你关心的问题以及它们为何对很重要。
达特茅斯学院
相比去年，达特茅斯学院今年除了补充文书题目内容改变了以外，还比去年多了一道题。
达特茅斯学院要求申请人对以下三篇附加文书题目写简短的回答：
所有申请人均须撰写，全文不超过100字（必答题）
Dartmouth celebrates the ways in which its profound sense of place informs its profound sense of purpose. As you seek admission to Dartmouth's Class of 2027, what aspects of the College's academic program, community, or campus environment attract your interest? In short, Why Dartmouth? Please respond in 100 words or fewer.
申请达特茅斯时，请告诉我们学院的哪些方面的学术项目、社区或校园环境吸引了你？简而言之，为什么是达特茅斯？
所有申请人均须填写，请用200-250字介绍自己（必答题）
"Be yourself," Oscar Wilde advised. "Everyone else is taken." Introduce yourself in 200-250 words.
“做你自己，”奥斯卡·王尔德说。“因为别人都有人做了。”请用200-250字介绍你自己。
所有申请人都需要撰写，请选择以下文书题目之一并用200-250字回答（必答题，5选1）
1. Labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta recommended a life of purpose. "We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things," she said. "That is what we are put on the earth for." In what ways do you hope to make—or are you making—an impact?
工党领袖和民权活动家多洛雷斯·韦尔塔(Dolores Huerta)建议过有目的的生活。“我们必须用我们的生命让世界变得更美好，而不仅仅是为了得到，”她说。“这才是我们存活的原因。” 你希望以什么方式产生——或者你正在产生——影响？
2. What excites you?
什么让你兴奋？
3. In The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, William Kamkwamba '14 reflects on constructing a windmill from recycled materials to power electrical appliances in his family's Malawian house: "If you want to make it, all you have to do is try." What drives you to create and what do you hope to make or have you made?
在驾驭风的男孩中，William Kamkwamba，2014 届学生，回忆了用回收材料建造风车来为他家马拉维房屋的电器供电：“如果你想创造什么，你所要做的就是尝试。”是什么驱使你去创造，你希望做什么或者你已经做了什么？
4. Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel of Dartmouth's Class of 1925, wrote, "Think and wonder. Wonder and think." What do you wonder and think about?
苏斯博士，达特茅斯1925届学生西奥多·盖塞尔 (Theodor Geisel)，写道：“思考并好奇。好奇且思考。” 你对什么感到好奇和思考？
5. "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced," wrote James Baldwin. How does this quote apply to your life experiences?“
不是所有你面对的事情都能改变;但如果你不正视它，什么也改变不了。”詹姆斯·鲍德温写道。这句话如何适用于你的生活经历？
普林斯顿大学
普林斯顿大学目前还未公布2022-2023年的补充文书题目。
但普林斯顿大学非常看重学生的英语学术写作能力。因为除了补充文书的要求，普林斯顿大学都会有一个Graded Written Paper。
顾名思义，就是一篇由学生独立写作的，带有老师分数或者评级的，选自课内的课程作业或考试论文，但是必须符合学术写作要求的作文。
通过评价申请者们的 Graded Written Paper，大学招生官们可以客观、准确地评估他们在学术领域的书面表达能力。
普林斯顿大学对这份论文做出了四个要求：
- 这篇文章一定是申请者在高中课内阶段写的，最好是英语课、社会科学课或历史课程的相关论文
- 申请者可以提交课程论文、研究论文或考试论文，任何学术写作文本都可以
- 1-2页的篇幅就足够了
- 该论文必须包括老师的评分和点评意见
此外，对于国际学生，普林斯顿招生办还强调，就是这篇Paper必须是英文写成的，但可以是学生从自己 O-level/A-level 等在校课程里挑选出来的作业。
从上面藤校的文书题目要求我们可以感受出，美国大学不仅是通过一篇文书来深入了解你的背景，更多地，也是在考察学生的英文写作水平、批判性思维能力、思考力等。
每年，都会有同学凭借一封出彩的文书，逆袭进入梦校。因此，大家一定要好好研究各院校公布的文书题目，尽可能在文书上展现自己的亮点，第一时间抓住招生官的眼球。
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