Students should show hard-to-reach aspirations, but at the same time, be able to demonstrate a deliberate track record to prove that these goals are not just pipe dreams. What are you aspirations? It's the crux of the question in the make-your-mark essay. The challenge appears in many forms: “How do you want to be remembered a few years after you graduate?” “What would you like to be doing fifteen years after graduating?" "If you were to write your autobiography, what would page 250 contain?”
在文書中，學(xué)生應(yīng)當(dāng)表達自己的崇高理想，但同時有腳踏實地的事實來證明這理想的可行性。 你將來的夢想是什么？這問題應(yīng)該成為你文書的中心點，無論你從多小的細節(jié)起步去寫。有些學(xué)校有更為具體的提示，例如：“你畢業(yè)幾年后希望大家還能記得你什么？”“畢業(yè)十五年后你覺得你會在做什么？”“如果你寫自傳的話，第250頁你會寫什么？”（譯者按：不要覺得這些題目看起來很離譜，這都是歷年大學(xué)曾經(jīng)出過的真實文書題目。）
You should brainstorm on career options and plans to save the world. It is OK to wish for ambitious, even, even grandiose, career. If one doesn't show major aspirations, chances are he or she will not achieve to lofty goals. This essay should be upbeat, ambitious, optimistic, and energetic, projecting a strong self-image and good values.
有鑒于此，在寫文書前，你應(yīng)該認真地想一想自己未來的事業(yè)規(guī)劃。有關(guān)如何改變世界的問題也許貌似很大，其實可以很小很具體。如果你真的希望將來成就一番大事業(yè)，也沒有什么不可以說，因為自信才是美國的錄取官最看重的。如果一個學(xué)生表現(xiàn)得沒有任何對于未來的宏大理想，可能他/她也真的成不了什么氣候。總而言之，錄取官希望看到一篇積極向上，有理想有抱負的文章，從中可以看到一個英姿颯爽充滿信心的你。
Avoid the humble, pessimistic, defeatist, failure essay-the one that says, “I'll never amount to anything." Candidates who write humble essays may think they're being perceived as polite or modest-the “right” kind of person--- but when an admissions counselor has to sort through hundreds of essays, modest students tend to look like dead wood at a time in life when a young person should be bursting with energy, enthusiasm and aspiration. Understandably, colleges want to admit students who are eager to achieve, pioneer, innovate, and improve the world.
如上所述，不要以為過分謙虛低調(diào)就是美德。有些申請人把文章寫得盡量低調(diào)，認為這樣會給人以謙虛禮貌的好印象。但是注意中西方價值觀的差異，而當(dāng)一個美國錄取官要快速審閱上百篇文書的時候，這些所謂“謙虛謹(jǐn)慎”的學(xué)生就如同森林中的朽木，而他們希望看到的是一股生機勃勃的力量，代表著希望，熱情，和理想。因此美國大學(xué)更愿意錄取那些看起來有進取精神，創(chuàng)新精神和改變世界的抱負的學(xué)生。
A student, thinking he was entertaining the admissions staff and hoping to make his essay memorable, wrote about how he would like to be remembered as the kid who was thoroughly tattooed. He said that years after his graduation, people would refer to him as “the tattooed kid.” An admissions officer easily could have interpreted the tongue-in-cheek essay as flippant, immature, or insulting. Another officer could have viewed the essay as a case of rebellion. Was the essay memorable? Probably. But not in a positive sense.
還有一點要注意避免的是不要幽默過頭。例如，一個學(xué)生，當(dāng)他講到一個自認為可以使錄取官會心而笑的笑話---關(guān)于他怎樣全身布滿紋身而一直被人們稱為“紋身小子”的---大概想不到這篇文章也許會令一些錄取官對此種庸俗，幼稚甚至帶有侮辱性的幽默極為反感，而另一位則可能把此文理解為一種對社會的反叛。這篇文章會給這些錄取官留下印象嗎？應(yīng)該會，但未必是好印象。
以上就是學(xué)校百科網(wǎng)的小編對如何寫?yīng)毦唢L(fēng)格的文書以及如何寫?yīng)毦唢L(fēng)格的文書的詳細介紹與分解，相信大家看完之后都已經(jīng)對這方面有了更詳細的認識與了解。