对美本申请党来说,参加夏校有着很重要的意义。一方面,可以让你提前了解美国大学的学习生活节奏,也可以增加申请人的学术优势。这次老师特意给大家收集了近三个月申请已开启和即将截止的夏校的申请文书题目,供大家提前准备哦!
⚠️11月将要开始申请的有:泰留瑞德协会高一学生研讨会;
11月将要截止申请的有:MIT数学、工程和科学研究项目;
12月将要开始申请的有:约翰霍普金斯大学工程夏校;
12月将要截止申请的有:麻省理工科学研究所(并且实行rolling机制);
大家要注意哦!
MIT数学、工程和科学研究项目
MIT PRIMES
MIT PRIMES全称MIT数学、工程和科学研究项目,由麻省理工学院组织。项目参与者将与MIT的研究人员合作,研究数学、计算机科学和计算生物学尚未解决的问题。在这个项目中,高中生在学术导师(通常是研究生或者博士后学者)的指导下从事个人和小组研究项目并参加阅读小组。
申请开放:2023年10月2日
申请截止:2023年11月30日
文书要求:
Add a personal statement. In a free-format statement (1-2 pages), discuss some of your most memorable/enjoyable math/computer science experiences. What type of problems do you like to work on? Explain why you want to participate in PRIMES, what makes you a good candidate, and what are your plans for the future.
在自由格式的陈述(1-2 页)中,讨论一些您最难忘/最愉快的数学/计算机科学经历。您喜欢解决什么类型的问题?解释您为什么想参加 PRIMES、是什么让您成为一个好的候选人,以及您对未来的计划是什么。
哥大工程与计算机科学夏校
Summer Programs For High School Student
哥大工程与计算机科学夏校是对所有在读高中生开放的夏季学术项目。不仅可以体验哥伦比亚大学的学习氛围,也可以沉浸到这个城市的文化中去。
申请开放:2023年11月开始
文书要求:
选择以下其中一个题目,写一篇400字以内的小作文:
Option 1. Tell us about a topic or social issue for which your opinion has changed. How has your change in perspective influenced your actions?
选项 1:告诉我们让您的观点发生改变的主题或社会问题。您观点的改变如何影响您的行动?
Option 2. Select one of Columbia's Pre-College Program values that most resonates with you and describe how you have pursued this value in your own life. Our values: Innovation, Critical Thinking, Social & Environmental Responsibility, Leadership, Global Awareness, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
选项 2:选择最能引起您共鸣的哥伦比亚大学预科项目的价值观之一,并描述您在自己的生活中如何追求这一价值观。我们的价值观:创新、批判性思维、社会和环境责任、领导力、全球意识以及多元化、公平和包容性。
泰留瑞德协会高一学生研讨会
Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar (TASS)
Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar(TASS)泰留瑞德协会高一学生研讨会专门为10年级在校高中生准备的为期6周的研讨会,其内容将围绕大学水平等级的对黑人的批判性以及种族的研究展开。整个项目将会在Cornell University(康奈尔大学)和University of Michigan(密西根大学)的校园里举行
申请开放:2023年11月15日
文书要求:
Please insert an extra blank line between paragraphs and be aware that any special characters or formatting will not be preserved. We recommend that you write and proofread your essays in a word processor before you submit your application.
TASS-AOS:
1.TASS participants come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds. We are interested in how you evaluate your own educational experiences. If you could change anything, how would you change your high school? (If you don’t attend high school, how would you change how you’re learning right now?)
TASS的参与者来自不同的教育背景。我们想知道你会如何评价自己的教育经历。如果你可以改变任何东西,你会如何改变你的高中?(如果你没有上高中,你会如何改变你现在的学习方式?)
2.At TASS-AOS, you will analyze books, films, music, and other works of art. We are interested in what you take away from books you read, films you watch, music you listen to, and so on. Think about a recent book, film, song, or other creative work that you experienced outside of school. What did you notice in this work that others might not have? Why is this work important to you?
在TASS-AOS,你将会分析书、电影、音乐、还有其他艺术作品。我们想知道你从你读过的书、看过的电影、听过的音乐等等中获得了什么。想一想你最近在课外读过的一本书、一部电影、一首歌、或是其他艺术作品。你在这个作品中发现了哪些其他作品所没有的东西?为什么这部作品对你来说是重要的?
3.TASS participants live together in addition to attending class, and inevitably conflicts arise. We are interested in knowing how you handle conflicts with peers. Consider the following scenario: You used to be friendly with Marcus, but now you are making friends more with Michelle and Alexis. You, Michelle and Alexis are doing lots of things together that don’t include Marcus. For example, the three of you often go to the yard of the TASS house to talk together at night. Marcus is telling others he’s angry with you because you’re excluding him from the friend group, and he thinks it’s because he is biracial. How would you respond to this scenario?
TASS的参与者除了在一起上课还将会住在一起,这难免会产生一些矛盾。我们想知道你会如何处理和同学之间的冲突。请代入以下场景:你和Marcus曾经关系不错,但现在你和Michelle以及Alexis更常在一起玩。你们三个人会一起做许多事,但不会带上Marcus。比如你们三个人经常在晚上去TASS house的院子里聊天。Marcus告诉其他人他对你很生气,因为你把他排挤在了小团体之外,而且他认为你这么做是因为他是一名“混血儿”。你会如何应对这种情况呢?
TASS-CBS:
1.TASS participants come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds. We are interested in how you evaluate your own educational experiences. If you could change anything, how would you change your high school? (If you don’t attend high school, how would you change how you’re learning right now?)
TASS的参与者来自不同的教育背景。我们想知道你会如何评价自己的教育经历。如果你可以改变任何东西,你会如何改变你的高中?(如果你没有上高中,你会如何改变你现在的学习方式?)
2.At TASS-CBS, you analyze books, films, music, and other works of art related to African-American and Black history, culture, and society. We are interested in what you take away from books you read, films you watch, music you listen to, and so on. Think about a recent book, film, song, or other creative work related to African-American and Black history, culture, or society that you experienced outside of school. What did you notice in this work that others might not have? Why is this work important to you?
在TASS-AOS,你将会分析有关非裔美国人和黑人历史的书、电影、音乐、还有其他艺术作品。我们想知道你从你读过的书、看过的电影、听过的音乐等等中获得了什么。想一想你最近在课外读过的关于非裔美国人和黑人历史的一本书、一部电影、一首歌、或是其他艺术作品。你在这个作品中发现了哪些其他作品所没有的东西?为什么这部作品对你来说是重要的?
3.TASS participants live together in addition to attending class, and inevitably conflicts arise. We are interested in knowing how you handle conflicts with peers. Consider the following scenario: You used to be friendly with Marcus, but now you are making friends more with Michelle and Alexis. You, Michelle and Alexis are doing lots of things together that don’t include Marcus. For example, the three of you often go to the yard of the TASS house to talk together at night. Marcus is telling others he’s angry with you because you’re excluding him from the friend group, and he thinks it’s because he is biracial. How would you respond to this scenario?
TASS的参与者除了在一起上课还将会住在一起,这难免会产生一些矛盾。我们想知道你会如何处理和同学之间的冲突。请代入以下场景:你和Marcus曾经关系不错,但现在你和Michelle以及Alexis更常在一起玩。你们三个人会一起做许多事,但不会带上Marcus。比如你们三个人经常在晚上去TASS house的院子里聊天。Marcus告诉其他人他对你很生气,因为你把他排挤在了小团体之外,而且他认为你这么做是因为他是一名“混血儿”。你会如何应对这种情况呢?
麻省理工科学研究所
Research Science Institute(RSI)
麻省理工科学研究所(RSI)由麻省理工大学(MIT)赞助,是为期六周的学术科学研究夏令营。由学术机构、企业和政府资助的研究团队将邀请RSI学生加入他们正在进行的项目,为学生提供发挥其才能的平台,所有这些都是免费的。从理论到癌症研究的所有领域,同学们将能够获得波士顿主要实验项目的第一手信息和经验。
申请开放:2023年11月22日
申请截止:2023年12月2日左右
文书要求:
对于下面的每个问题,请提供具体细节,以证明您在科学或数学方面的表现、热情和前景。
1.Why did you choose these research fields?您为什么选择这些研究领域?
2.What are your long-range goals?您的长期目标是什么?
3.What activities and/or hobbies demonstrate your leadership, creativity and uniqueness?哪些活动和/或爱好展示了您的领导力、创造力和独特性?
4.Describe your participation in extracurricular or community outreach activities?描述一下您参加的课外活动或社区外展活动?
5.How did you hear about RSI?你是怎么知道RSI的?
6.Why are you applying to RSI? What aspects most appeal to you?你为什么申请RSI?哪个方面最吸引您?
约翰霍普金斯大学创新工程夏校
JohnsHopkinsWhiting School ofEngineering
创新工程夏校由Johns Hopkins Univeristy(JHU)约翰霍普金斯大学自2006年主办的夏校,专门为有数学和科学天赋学生提供一个近距离接触大学难度工程学科的机会。学生通过将数学和科学知识应用到实验室和实践项目中,在高中课堂中学到的概念与现实世界的实践相联系,最终学会像工程师一样思考、测试理论和解决问题。
申请开放:2023年12月
申请截止:rolling
文书要求:
Essay 1: [in 175-225 words] Explain why you want to participate in Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation Pre-College Programs and what you hope to gain from the experience.
解释为什么你想参加约翰·霍普金斯大学工程创新大学预科项目以及你希望从这次经历中获得什么。
Essay 2: [in 100-125 words] The diversity of its student population is a key element of the educational experience of students in Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation Pre-College Programs. Please explain how your participation in the Program and/or how your prior experiences reflect a commitment to diversity through one or more of the following: unique life experience, experience with engineering or lack thereof, socioeconomic status, race or ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, status as a first-generation college student, nationality, or place of origin, etc.
学生群体的多样性是约翰·霍普金斯大学工程创新大学预科项目学生教育经历的一个关键因素。请解释您对本计划的参与和/或您之前的经历如何通过以下一项或多项体现对多样性的承诺:独特的生活经历、工程经验或缺乏、社会经济地位、种族或民族、性别、性取向、第一代大学生身份、国籍或籍贯等。
宾夕法尼亚大学社会正义研究项目
Upenn Social Justice Program
申请开放:2023年12月1日
申请截止:2024年3月31日
文书要求:
Include all essays in a single document, clearly numbered. Individual essays should not exceed 400 words.
Describe your academic and personal goals and how these may be further achieved by studying at Penn during the summer. Feel free to discuss the particular program to which you are applying as well as other aspects of studying at Penn during the summer.
Select a few of your non-academic or extracurricular experiences and explain how these activities supplement your academic and personal growth.
Non-native English speakers only: Describe your English educational background and experience.
将所有论文包含在一个文件中,并清晰编号。单篇论文不得超过400字。
描述您的学术和个人目标,以及如何通过暑期在宾夕法尼亚大学学习进一步实现这些目标。请随意讨论您正在申请的特定课程以及夏季在宾夕法尼亚大学学习的其他方面。
选择一些您的非学术或课外经历,并解释这些活动如何补充您的学术和个人成长。
仅限非英语母语人士:描述您的英语教育背景和经验。
纽约大学游戏设计夏校
NYU Tisch High School Video Game Design Program
申请截止:2024年1月11日
文书要求:
Your complete personal statement should total 500-1500 words. You may not re-submit the same statement from another Tisch Special Programs application.
Part A: Answer all of the following questions, no matter which program you are applying to:
Tell us about an experience you had working as a part of a team on a collaborative project. What was your role? What did you learn from that experience?
What do you feel you can contribute to a collaborative environment?
Why do you think you are prepared for this type of experience, and what do you hope to gain from it?
Why do you feel training and education are necessary to sustain a career in the field that you are applying to?
告诉我们您作为团队成员参与协作项目的经历。你的角色是什么?你从那次经历中学到了什么?您认为您可以为协作环境做出什么贡献?
您为什么认为自己已经为这种经历做好了准备?您希望从中获得什么?
为什么您认为培训和教育对于维持您所申请的领域的职业生涯是必要的?
Part B: You must also respond to the question(s) for your specific track:
Game Design: Describe a game that you've designed yourself. What type of game was it, what was the main idea, and how did it play? If you haven't made any games of your own, describe one of your favorite games and what you like most about it.
游戏设计:描述一个你自己设计的游戏。这是什么类型的游戏,主要思想是什么,玩起来怎么样?如果您自己没有制作过任何游戏,请描述您最喜欢的游戏之一以及您最喜欢它的哪些方面。
新罕布什尔学院数学夏令营
The Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics
新罕布什尔数学营是一个为期六周的针对有天赋和上进心的高中生的密集数学课程。2022年该项目为线下项目,学生将住在马萨诸塞州汉普郡学院(HampshireCollege)的宿舍。
参与数学营的学员会被划分为不同的研讨小组,每个小组由一名学院或大学教授和一到两名研究生或本科生带领,深入地研究数学领域的问题,比如数论,复数,概论率,四维几何等。
申请截止:2024年1月初,rolling
文书要求:
This will require that you write a letter that includes an indication of your reasons for thinking that spending 8 hours a day doing math during the summer is a reasonable thing to do. 说明你认为在暑假每天花 8 小时做数学是合理的事情的原因。
1)过往参加过什么数学类的活动是你比较喜欢、乐在其中的?
2)数学之外的兴趣爱好和习惯;
3)过往参加过哪些学术类的暑期项目(给出来的例子包括MathPath/BEAM、MathCamp、Promys (BU举办)/SUMaC (stanford举办)/MathILy(Bryn Mawr College举办)等。
耶鲁青年全球学者项目
The Yale Young Global Scholars Program (YYGS)
耶鲁全球青年学者项目(YYGS)是一个含金量超高的顶级夏校,被誉为全球十大最难申请的夏校,由耶鲁大学国际事务办公室 (OIA) 直接管理,因为含金量高所以非常受留学生青睐。参与者有机会结识来自世界各地志同道合的同龄人,同时体验大学生生活。学生参加讲座和研讨会,并通过与耶鲁大学教授交流、探索著名的图书馆和博物馆、参观耶鲁大学研究实验室等,充分利用虚拟校园的服务。所有学生都通过完成我们的累积顶点项目来培养研究和演讲技能。
申请截止:EA11.1/RD1.10
文书要求:
1.Please reflect on a typical day in your life currently, and then consider what you imagine would be your ideal/perfect day. If you could have the perfect day tomorrow, how would you spend your time? Why? Imagine you are discussing this with a person who is unfamiliar with your background (i.e., your country, customs, and culture).(200-400 words)
请回想一下你目前生活中典型的一天,然后考虑一下你想象中理想/完美的一天。如果明天你能拥有完美的一天,你会如何度过?为什么?想象你正在与一个不熟悉你的背景(如你的国家、习俗和文化)的人讨论这个问题(200-400 字)
2.What is your favorite quote? Why? You must note the person whom you are quoting, and you cannot quote yourself. (280 Characters)
你最喜欢的名言是什么?为什么?您必须注明您引用的人,不能引用您自己的话。(280个字符)
3.If you could add any one sport, skill, or activity to the Olympics—and then compete in it—what would you choose? Do you think it would be popular with other people? (280 Characters)
如果您可以在奥运会上增加任何一项运动、技能或活动,然后参加比赛,您会选择什么?你认为它会受到其他人的欢迎吗?(280 个字符)
4.We want to learn more about your background, beliefs, values, and/or the important people in your life. Please tell us about something that has influenced you and articulate how it has shaped you. (200 words)
我们想更多地了解您的背景、信仰、价值观和/或您生命中的重要人物。请告诉我们一些对你有影响的事情,并阐明它是如何塑造你的。(200字)
乔治城大学预科夏季商务课程
Business & Leadership Immersion at Georgetown
乔治城大学的本项课程为有学分课程(分为两个节课,每节课5周,学生每节课最多可以获得6个学分,暑假期间可参与两节课的课程,最多可获得12学分)。课程通过讲座,课堂讨论和实践应用程序的混合,帮助学生过渡到大学学习环境。学生将有机会与当前的本科学生一起上课,向著名的乔治城大学教师学习,并参与挑战性的课程,为学生在大学及其他地方的成功做好准备。
EA:1月31日,之前免受申请费
申请截止:2024年5月15日
文书要求:
Write a 300- to 500-word personal statement describing why you want to attend the Hoya Summer High School Sessions at Georgetown University. Your completed essay should be uploaded to your online application prior to submission.
写一篇 300 到 500 字的个人陈述,描述您为什么想参加乔治城大学夏校。您完成的论文应在提交之前上传到您的在线申请中。
罗德岛设计学院大学预科项目
RhodeIslandSchool ofDesign Pre-CollegePrograms
每年夏天,来自世界各地超过500多名喜爱艺术的学生都争相来到罗德岛设计学院参加学校的大学预备课程。他们在这里接受高品質的艺术指导、学习专业的艺术知识技能、发掘自身的创新创意思维,将自己脑海中的艺术概念通过作品一步一步地呈现出来,逐渐提升自身的艺术自信心。学生们在掌握一系列的艺术知识技能的同时,还能与顶尖艺术家一起学习研究,创建属于自己的大学申请作品集。
申请开放:每年11月
申请截止:次年1月底
文书要求:
A 200-250 word response to each of the following questions:
对以下每个问题的 200-250 字回答
1.What artistic and academic goals do you hope to achieve by attending RISD Pre-College? Share what you’ve participated in and/or what barriers you’ve faced in your arts learning journey.
您希望通过参加罗德岛设计学院预科课程实现哪些艺术和学术目标?分享您在艺术学习之旅中参与过的活动和/或遇到的障碍。
2.Describe a challenging time when you had to be self-motivated to work through and complete a project or task. What are the personal skills that helped you and what personal skill sets would you like to improve upon at RISD Pre-College?
描述一下您必须自我激励才能完成项目或任务的充满挑战的时刻。哪些个人技能对您有帮助?您希望在罗德岛设计学院预科课程中提高哪些个人技能?
3.RISD is committed to providing a safe and inclusive community. What do you hope to see in an inclusive environment? What do you think you could contribute and/or gain?
RISD 致力于提供一个安全和包容的社区。您希望在包容的环境中看到什么?您认为您可以贡献和/或收获什么?