申请季的开始也意味着有更多的学生开始了日复一日的文书修改之旅。除了常见的文书,我们申请的其中一些学校也会要求申请者提交一份补充文书,而补充文书也是招生官审阅申请者的重要材料。
补充文书可以帮你笼络招生官的心、斩获梦校offer,也有概率成为你的绊脚石,直接被心仪的大学“脆拒”!许多同学都会把大量的时间放在主文书上,然后匆匆应对补充文书,这就有可能导致申请失利。
那么问题来了,如何才能写出写一篇具体有力、针对性强的补充文书呢?下面快报君就为大家剖析补充文书的类型,写作要点,优秀文书范文与解析,还有注意事项哦~
Supplement Essay (补充文书)是CA申请系统上除了主文书以外,部分申请学校要求学生提交的小文章(选完项目/专业后),文书字数根据学校要求而有所差异。而补充文书常见的有两个类型:
#1:Why Eassy
这类是补充文书中最为常见的一种,从“Why”这个词中我们就能大概猜出这类文书大致要写什么。基本就是“为什么申请这所学校?”“为什么选择这个专业?”……而这类补充文书,招生官主要是想要了解学生是否真正喜欢这所学校,是否与学校的风格契合等。
我们可以先看一个被TOP8的杜克大学录取的范文:
补充文书问题:
“If you are applying to Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, please discuss why you consider Duke a good match for you. Is there something in particular at Duke that attracts you? Please limit your response to one or two paragraphs.”
范文内容:
When I visited the Duke campus last fall, I immediately felt at home. The Gothic architecture and tree-shaded walks created an atmosphere of peaceful but serious reflection.The place is at once Southern — which, as an Alabamian, is important to me — and universal as it reflects the traditions of Europe and the classical world. The Trinity College liberal arts curriculum also reflects this unique pairing of the modern South and the global past. For example, I am considering a major in history, and am very interested in the combination of geographic and thematic areas of study offered by Duke’s history program. The combinations of areas offer seeming endless areas of specialization. One interesting possibility is a focus in the geographic area of the U.S. and Canada, combined with a thematic study of Women and Gender or African Diaspora. By juxtaposing and intertwining these two foci, my understanding of the American South — and much more — would be greatly enriched. This innovative and flexible approach to both traditional and non-traditional subject matter is greatly appealing to me. I know by reputation and from a friend currently enrolled in Trinity College that the liberal arts curriculum is very challenging, but also rewarding. I believe I am more than prepared for these challenges, and that I will thrive in this climate. Duke University’s campus already feels like home; I believe that its academic opportunities will also provide a stimulating environment in which I feel I belong.
范文分析点评:
首先,我们从杜克大学的文书提示可以知道,招生人员想知道“有什么特别的地方让申请者想要来到这里”。那么想要写出受到青睐的文书,就要在字里行间表现出针对性内容——杜克大学的特别之处。
而这篇范文就表现的非常好,虽然这篇文章只有一段,但是作者展示了她想要申请杜克大学的三个特点(快报君分别用不同颜色在文中标记了哦):
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哥特式和南部风格的校园吸引了她; -
历史课程的设置具有灵活性; -
她在杜克大学有个朋友。
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了解自己:通过头脑风暴或自我反思在一定程度上了解了自己,知道自己的性格特点以及优势; -
了解学校:通过各种渠道去了解这个学校的特色,找出这个学校吸引你的地方; -
找到自己和学校间的联系:要学会透过表面看事情本质,通过学校的特点与自身相结合,证明自己与学校契合; -
开始写作:用一篇具体有力度的文书告诉招生官,我爱这里,我适合这里。
哈佛:A list of books you have read during the past twelve months. 哥伦比亚大学:List the titles of the books you read for pleasure that you enjoyed most in the past year. 斯坦福大学:Name your favorite books, authors, films, ad/or artists.
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任何写作都要有亮点和主线,并且要和自身相关; -
千万别忘了写出自己喜爱学校,选择这里的理由; -
尽量不要提及大学的地位及排名情况; -
最好别提及大学的创始人或人文历史之类话题; -
诚信为本,没有的尽量不要瞎编。