First, the American study documents: character+talent
Admissions officers in American universities look at students' certificates, just like marking teachers look at college entrance examination papers, and they have to read one in two or three minutes. Therefore, students must record more vivid events and use their own experiences to impress the admissions officers in the documents, that is, to find out their own bright spots and let the admissions officers get some impressions when they see your documents. Every student has many bright spots, such as excellent study, strong organizational ability, love and participation in many social practices.
Pay attention to "know yourself and know yourself". When writing an application, students should inquire and understand what the school is concerned about, whether it is about students' leadership or creativity.
When introducing your own bright spot, you can combine the characteristics and major of the intended school to show that this major is your interest, and you can also talk about your career planning, so that the admissions officer can think that you are not only excellent at learning, but also a student with clear goals and intentions to understand this school.
Second, American study documents: logic+conciseness
When describing yourself, be logical and make things clear in concise language. For example, writing about caring, American universities like caring for students very much. If you only say that you are very caring, but don't say anything specific, it's very unconvincing. You need to describe the time and place of the love activity, your role in this activity, and your feelings, so that American universities will feel that you are really a participant, not a bystander.
Remind everyone that it is best to use the first person when describing, and the narrative should be logical and concise. For example, I say that I am very organized, and I am the president of the school literature and art club. I let extroverted and sociable people do coordination and communication work according to everyone's situation. Let people who are good at thinking, active in thinking and brave in innovation do the preparation and planning work; Let visionary and cohesive people make the timetable for the whole work. Thanks to this arrangement, all members have exerted their maximum efficiency.
Third, the documents for studying in the United States: to be true+to be emotional.
Due to the lack of English level, many students will write Chinese first and then translate it into English word by word when writing documents. However, due to the differences between Chinese and English, students had better think and write in English.
Most students will find a special teacher to revise their applications after writing them. However, it needs to be reminded that the place to be revised is grammatical ill sentences, not over-packaging. If students enter prestigious schools because of over-packaged diplomas, the gap between ideal and reality will also bring great pressure to students' future study abroad.
Finally, remind the students that the paper requirements and emphasis of undergraduate application and graduate application are different. When applying for an undergraduate course, you need to have more emotions in the article to feel people; The documents for applying for graduate students need to reflect your research results and your professional ability.
Studying in the United States: Key Elements of Document Writing/From UFEIC
At present, with the continuous warming of studying in the United States, the application competition is becoming increasingly fierce. For applicants, if they want to stand out from many applicants and successfully apply to their favorite institutions, they need to make great efforts in paperwork. It is no exaggeration to say that whether the document is excellent or not can directly affect your final application result to some extent. Since the document is so important, how should we prepare it? What problems should be paid attention to in the process of official document writing?
Documentation: true and unique
In official document writing, the first consideration is the choice of materials. Whether the content of the material can truly reflect the characteristics and viewpoints of the applicant and whether it matches the applied institution is very important. It is important to remind everyone that the contents of the document must be true and conform to the students' own real experiences. Never make up false stories and personal experiences to cater to the tastes of American school admissions officials. In addition, some students often deliberately imitate or copy some excellent documents that have been accepted by famous American universities, and even find similar document templates to make slight modifications. In fact, this is often counterproductive. Because the case of copying other people's documents itself is a kind of fraud, which is the most hated by American schools. Moreover, American school admissions officers hope to see the uniqueness of applicants from others through documents, rather than repeating them all the same. As for how to screen materials and show their own advantages and uniqueness, many aspects need to be considered. If you are not sure, you'd better consult a professional study abroad consultant and listen to their suggestions. In addition, it should be noted that in the selection of materials, we must avoid places where Chinese and Western cultures or viewpoints are different and may cause controversy. Different cultural backgrounds will have different views on the handling of the same incident. For example, at home, fighting gangsters is a brave and tenacious performance and is regarded as a hero. But in the United States, this practice is not advocated.
Comment on the typos of taboo words in official document writing
In recent years, a high-frequency vocabulary often appears in official documents, especially in some so-called official document writing templates, such as charity, orphanage and so on. You know, there are so many cases of applying for highlights, such as doing charity in orphanages, that American admissions officers think that China students are just trying to win their favor and put on a show. Everyone has a different application background. In order to show their love and sense of responsibility, they don't have to participate in charity activities in orphanages. The application content of the document should mainly reflect the applicant's thirst for knowledge, creativity, leadership and his own unique experience, rather than deliberately imitating and cramming for the purpose of application. Everyone may have seen America's Got Talent. Imagine if the contestants deliberately imitate the winners of previous talent shows or simply imitate the performances of other celebrities, will they stand out from the fierce application? Will studying abroad impress the audience and interviewers? Isn't clerical writing the same?
In addition, when writing documents, you must be careful. After writing, check carefully to see if there are any typos, grammatical errors and so on. An Ivy League admissions officer once gave an example: a girl wrote in her personal statement that she attended summer.
School experience. There, she studied "Organic Biology", but she accidentally wrote "(Organic Biology)".
Biology) and said it was her favorite class. Although we didn't refuse her in the end, in fact, she was just a little bit away from the tragedy ... "How many people can guarantee that she is so lucky like this girl? If you don't want to joke about your future, you might as well be more serious and write more seriously.
Writing style: China characteristics are also very important.
As mentioned above, we must pay attention to the cultural differences between China and the West when writing documents. Some students will say, is it necessary to write something "foreign" to cater to the "foreign flavor" of American schools? In fact, it is very important to show your Chinese style when writing documents. Here, let's talk about why American universities are so willing to recruit foreign students. Apart from the economic downturn, the main purpose of American universities is to balance the diversity of campuses and expand their international influence. More importantly, I hope that students from all over the world can bring more cultural atmosphere to the campus and promote the academic development of the school during the completion of basic studies. For China students, American universities hope that China students can bring them something with their own national characteristics. American universities should not be westernized. Your westernization is just an example. On the contrary, if you can show the unique academic diligence, executive ability and traditional etiquette quality of China students in the documents, you will often win the recognition of American universities.
The application documents of different institutions have different emphases, so they are not unified.
When talking about the application, a director of the Admissions Office of the University of Pennsylvania said, "We want to know why you chose U ..
University of Pennsylvania. But don't give us a paper you are going to use to cope with the application of 10 school. I suggest you study the situation of our school carefully. Even if this school is not your first choice, you must let the school know how you intend to make your contribution here and clearly express why this school is suitable for you. Applicants who do well in this field are easily favored by relevant personnel. "This is also the last thing to remind when writing a file. Students should prepare documents with different emphases when applying to different institutions. There is no "universal" document for any organization.