申請(qǐng)美國本科你閱讀量夠嗎

　　隨著留美人數(shù)的逐年增加，申請(qǐng)美國名校的激烈程度日益加劇，僅僅想靠分?jǐn)?shù)來獲得學(xué)校青睞，已經(jīng)變得難上加難。殊不知，名校申請(qǐng)者中托福成績上100，SAT成績上2200的人比比皆是。那么，在分?jǐn)?shù)無法勝出的情況下，我們?nèi)绾翁岣咦约旱匿浫茁?答案只有一個(gè)，讓你的文書更加有吸引力。而如何寫出好的essay，很大程度上取決于我們的閱讀量。閱讀對(duì)申請(qǐng)的影響——這也是我們本文討論的重點(diǎn)。（在線咨詢）

　　從今年秋季入學(xué)的美國大學(xué)申請(qǐng)文書來看，綜合排名前30的學(xué)校，有近10所需要列出申請(qǐng)者的讀書清單或描述書籍對(duì)自己的影響，如：

　　Princeton University普林斯頓大學(xué)??? US News綜合排名第1

　　(1) Your favorite book and its author.

　　(2) Your favorite line from a movie or book and its title.

　　Harvard University哈佛大學(xué)??? US News綜合排名第2

　　A list of books you have read during the past twelve months.

　　Columbia University哥倫比亞大學(xué)??? US News綜合排名第4

　　List the titles of the books you read for pleasure that you enjoyed most in the past year.

　　Stanford University斯坦福大學(xué)??? US News綜合排名第4

　　Name your favorite books, authors, films, and/or artists.

　　California Institute of Technology加州理工學(xué)院??? US News綜合排名第10

　　Please list three books, along with their authors, that have been particularly meaningful to you. For each book, please include a sentence explaining their influence upon you. Please note that your response is not limited to math, science or school-assigned texts.

　　Carnegie Mellon University卡耐基梅隆大學(xué)??? US News綜合排名第25

　　List the books (if any) you've read this year for pleasure. Choose one and in a sentence describe its impact on you.

　　University of Southern California南加州大學(xué)??? US News綜合排名第25

　　Favorite book.

　　Wake Forest University維克森林大學(xué)??? US News綜合排名第27

　　List five books you have read (with authors) that piqued your interest. Discuss an idea from one of these works that influenced you.

　　既然閱讀很重要，那有沒有推薦的書籍？或是美國院校希望申請(qǐng)者讀過的書籍？為此，筆者特意搜尋了三所最受歡迎的學(xué)校，哈佛大學(xué)、加州伯克利分校和波士頓大學(xué)的相關(guān)信息。（免費(fèi)咨詢）

　　Harvard的推薦書籍有：

　　1491 and 1493, ?by Charles C. Mann

　　Aging Well,? by George Vaillant

　　American Demographics, ?published by Advertising Age magazine

　　A Mind at a Time,? by Mel Levine

　　The Anatomy of Racial Inequality,? by Glenn Loury

　　Anna Karenina, ?by Leo Tolstoy. Powerfully addresses issues of gender and socioeconomic class

　　Binge: Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess,? by Barrett Seaman discusses life outside of the classroom and “what your college student won’t tell you.”

　　UC Berkeley歷年推薦書籍為：

　　2014 Free Speech

　　2013 What Would Seniors Read?

　　2012 Revolutions

　　2011 Social Media

　　2010 Education Matters

　　2009 Best Books About Science

　　2008 Bio-Graphy: Writing a Life

　　2007 Survival

　　2006 Books for Future Presidents

　　2005 Great Discoveries, Voyages, and Adventures!

　　2004 Now That's Funny

　　Boston University 推薦書籍:

　　http://www.bu.edu/core/academics/core-reading-list/great-works-at-other-schools/

　　俗話說，讀書破萬卷，下筆如有神。閱讀，不只是利于申請(qǐng)文書的寫作，對(duì)開闊眼界、拓展思維，都是非常有幫助的。

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