两大名校附加文书更新AI能撰写文书？加州理工表态了！

加州理工学院和达特茅斯学院公布2025年秋季入学文书题目啦！

达特茅斯学院WSE表述上从Why Dartmouth？换成了How is Dartmouth a good fit for you?

加州理工公布文书的同时，给出了详细的是否允许用AI写申请文书的情况。

您的文书是加州理工学院听到您声音的地方。依赖人工智能，特别是 ChatGPT 或 Bard 等大型语言模型来撰写论文会削弱您独特的表达和观点。

最重要的是，写文书时要记得对自己诚实。

以下是一些关于在加州理工学院申请essay时使用AI的不道德做法的例子:

• 直接从AI生成器中复制粘贴内容

• 过度依赖AI生成的内容来概括或起草essay

• 用AI生成的内容替代自己独特的写作风格和语气

• 将用其他语言写的文书通过AI翻译成申请文书

以下是一些在加州理工学院申请essay时使用AI的合乎道德做法的例子:

• 使用像Grammarly或Microsoft Editor这样的AI工具来检查完成的文书的语法和拼写

• 生成问题或练习来帮助启动头脑风暴过程

• 使用AI来研究大学申请流程

以老查留学过往成功申请加州理工学院和达特茅斯学院的经验来看，要想成功被这两所藤校录取，你的文书一定要足够打动招生官的心。

快来跟着老师一起看看今年加州理工学院和达特茅斯学院的附加文书题目吧！

#01、加州理工学院California Institute of Technology

必答：STEM 学术兴趣问题

“Caltech has a rigorouscore curriculumand students don’t declare a major until the end of their first year. However, some students arrive knowing which academic fields and areas already most excite them, or which novel fields and areas they most want to explore. If you had to choose an area of interest or two today, what would you choose? *Note that you are under no obligation to follow this choice if admitted. Why did you choose your proposed area of interest? If you selected ‘other’, what topics are you interested in pursuing?(Min: 100 / Max: 200 words)

译文：

加州理工学院的核心课程非常严格，学生直到第一年结束才可以确定专业。但是，有些学生在入学时就已经知道哪些学术领域最令他们兴奋，或者他们最想探索哪些新领域。

如果今天您必须选择一个或两个感兴趣的领域，您会选择什么？

*请注意，如果被录取，您没有义务遵循此选择。

您为什么选择您感兴趣的领域？如果您选择“其他”，您对研究哪些主题感兴趣？（最少：100 字 / 最多：200 字）

必答：简答题

STEM 好奇心问题

“Regardless of your STEM interest listed above, take this opportunity to nerd out and talk to us about whatever STEM rabbit hole you have found yourself falling into. Be as specific or broad as you would like.(Min: 50 / Max: 150 words)

译文：

无论你在申请表中罗列的STEM领域兴趣是什么，现在请利用这个机会尽情深入探讨你感兴趣的专业知识，并告诉我们最近哪个STEM领域令你陷入迷思。你可以具体地谈论某个特定主题,也可以从宏观层面来阐述。随你喜欢的方式畅谈。（最少：50 个字 / 最多：150 个字）

STEM体验问题

“At Caltech, we investigate some of the most challenging, fundamental problems in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We are interested in learning more about your engagement with STEM. ‍‍‍‍ Please share two STEM-related experiences:

1、Tell us how you initially found your interest and passion for science or any STEM topic, and how you have pursued or developed this interest or passion over time.(Min: 100 / Max: 200 words)

2、Tell us about a STEM-related experience from the last few years and share how and why it inspired your curiosity.(Min: 100 / Max: 200 words)‍‍‍‍

译文：

在加州理工学院，我们研究科学、技术、工程和数学领域中最具挑战性、最基本的问题。我们有兴趣进一步了解您对 STEM 的参与。

请分享两段与STEM相关的经历：

告诉我们您最初是如何发现自己对科学或任何 STEM 主题的兴趣和热情的，以及您如何随着时间的推移追求或发展这种兴趣或热情。（最少：100 字 / 最多：200 字）

请讲述过去几年与 STEM 相关的经历，并分享它如何以及为何激发了您的好奇心。（最少：100 个字 / 最多：200 个字）

创造力问题

“The creativity, inventiveness, and innovation of Caltech’s students, faculty, and researchers have wonNobel Prizesand putrovers on Mars. But Techers also imagine smaller-scale innovations every day, from new ways to design solar cells to how to 3D-print dorm decor to experimenting in the kitchen. How have you been a creator, inventor, or innovator in your own life?(Min: 200 / Max: 250 words)

译文：

加州理工学院的学生、教职员工和研究人员凭借创造力、创新精神和创新能力赢得了诺贝尔奖，并将探测器送上了火星。

但加州理工学院的技术人员每天都在想象小规模的创新，从设计太阳能电池的新方法到如何 3D 打印宿舍装饰，再到在厨房里做实验。

你在自己的生活中是如何成为创造者、发明家或创新者的？（最少：200 字 / 最多：250 字）

价值观问题

“Caltech’s valuesinclude respect for a diversity of thoughts and ideas. How have you cultivated this value in your own life?(Min: 50 / Max: 200 words)

译文：加州理工学院的价值观包括尊重思想和理念的多样性。您如何在自己的生活中培养这种价值观？（最少：50 个字 / 最多：200 个字）

可选：简答题

“Optional. We promise. 1. If there are aspects of your life or social or personal identity that you feel are not captured elsewhere in this application, please tell us about them below.(Max: 150 words) 2. When not surveying the stars, peering through microscopes, or running through coding marathons, Caltech students pursue an eclectic array of interests that range from speed-cubing, reading, yoga, playing musical instruments and theater arts, to solving puzzles, hiking, painting, and building or inventing new gadgets. We understand that everyone needs an outlet or two. What is a favorite interest or hobby, and why does it bring you joy?(Max: 200 words) 3. Did you have a hard time narrowing it down to just one interest or hobby? We understand – Caltech students like to stay busy, too. Tell us about another hobby or interest!(Max: 150 words)

译文：

1、如果您觉得您的生活、社会或个人身份的某些方面未在本申请的其他部分体现，请在下面告诉我们。（最多：150 个字）

2、当不观测星空、观察显微镜或参加编程马拉松时，加州理工学院的学生会从事各种各样的兴趣爱好，从速解魔方、阅读、瑜伽、演奏乐器和戏剧艺术，到解谜、徒步旅行、绘画、制造或发明新玩意。

我们理解每个人都需要一两个发泄情绪的出口。你最喜欢的兴趣爱好是什么?为什么它能给你带来快乐?（最多：200 个字）

3、你是否很难仅仅挑选出一个兴趣爱好?我们理解 – 加州理工的学生们也喜欢保持忙碌的生活状态。那么告诉我们你的另一个爱好或兴趣吧!（最多：150 个字）

#02、达特茅斯学院Dartmouth College

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:

“1. Required of all applicants. Please respond in 100 words orfewer: As you seek admission to Dartmouth's Class of 2029, what aspects of the college's academic program, community, and/or campus environment attract your interest? How is Dartmouth a good fit for you?

译文：

1、所有申请人均须撰写，全文不超过100字:

在申请进入达特茅斯2029届新生班时,学院的哪些方面的学术项目、社区和/或校园环境引起了你的兴趣?达特茅斯如何与你匹配?

“2. Required of all applicants,please respond tooneof the following prompts in 250 words or fewer: A. There is a Quaker saying: Let your life speak. Describe the environment in which you were raised and the impact it has had on the person you are today. B. "Be yourself," Oscar Wilde advised. "Everyone else is taken." Introduce yourself.

译文：

2.所有申请人都需要撰写。请选择以下文书题目之一，不超过250字：

A.贵格会有一句格言：让你的生活说话。描述您成长的环境以及它对你现在性格的影响。

B.“做你自己，”奥斯卡·王尔德建议道。“因为别人都有人做了。”介绍一下自己。

“  3.Required of all applicants, please respond tooneof the following prompts in 250 words or fewer: A. What excites you? B. 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 already making—an impact? Why? How? C. In "Oh, The Places You'll Go," Dr. Seuss invites us to "Think and wonder. Wonder and think." Imagine your anticipated academic major: How does that course of study sync with Dr. Seuss's advice to you? D. The social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees have been the focus of Dame Jane Goodall's research for decades. Her understanding of animal behavior prompted the English primatologist to see a lesson for human communities as well: "Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right." Channel Dame Goodall: Tell us about a moment when you engaged in a difficult conversation or encountered someone with an opinion or perspective that was different from your own. How did you find common ground? E. Celebrate your nerdy side. F. "It's not easy being green…" was the frequent refrain of Kermit the Frog. How has difference been a part of your life, and how have you embraced it as part of your identity, outlook, or sense of purpose? G. Buddy Teevens '79 was a legendary and much-beloved coach at Dartmouth. He often told parents: "Your son will be a great football player when it's football time, a great student when it's academic time, and a great person all of the time." If Coach Teevens had said that to you, what would it mean to be "a great person"?

译文：3、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：

A.什么让你兴奋？

B.工党领袖和民权活动家多洛雷斯·韦尔塔（Dolores Huerta）建议过有目标的生活。她说:“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，这才是我们来到这个世界上的目的。”你希望以什么方式产生影响，或者你已经在产生影响?为什么?以及如何产生了影响?

C.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。”想象一下你预期的学术专业：这门课程如何与苏斯博士给你的建议同步？

D.几十年来，野生黑猩猩的社会和家庭互动一直是珍·古道尔女爵士的研究重点。她对动物行为的理解促使这位英国灵长类动物学家看到了人类社会的一个教训：“改变发生在倾听和与那些做你认为不正确的事情的人对话的过程中。”

珍·古道尔女爵士：请告诉我们，你参与了一次艰难的谈话，或者遇到了一个与你意见或观点不同的人。你是如何找到共同点的？

E.赞美你书呆子的一面。

F.“成为环保人士并不容易……”这是青蛙柯密特(Kermit the Frog)经常重复的一句话。差异是如何成为你生活的一部分的?你是如何把它作为你的身份和观点的一部分来接受的?

G.Buddy Teevens (1979 年毕业) 是达特茅斯学院一位传奇且深受爱戴的教练。他经常告诉家长：“你的儿子在踢足球时会成为一名出色的足球运动员，在学习时会成为一名优秀的学生，在任何时候都会成为一名优秀的人。”如果 Teevens 教练对你说过这句话，那么“优秀的人”意味着什么呢？