美国留学申请文书怎么写？2024耶鲁大学/达特茅斯学院附加文书题目新变化解析！

实力强劲的耶鲁大学和达特茅斯学院，在2024er的翘首以盼中，终于公布了今年的文书题目！无论是顶着“哈耶普斯麻”的光环，还是常春藤的赫赫名头，相信很多同学早已把这两所大学纳入自己的梦校list！按过往的录取经验来看，我们要想被这两所学校成功录取，那么除了其他条件过硬之外，文书也要精确地打动招生官的心。今天我们就带领大家一起看一看耶鲁大学和达特茅斯学院的2023年文书有哪一些新的变化，以及邀请到了TD文书顾问冷杉老师，来帮助大家一起破题！

耶鲁大学附加文书

耶鲁大学的补充文书分为简答题（Short Answer Questions）和必答文书（Essays）两部分。不同平台的申请者需要作答的问题也有所差异。

Short Answer Questions部分

通过Coalition Application，Common Application或QuestBridge Application 的申请人需要回答以下简答题： Q1. Students at Yale have time to explore their academic interests before committing to one or more major fields of study. Many students either modify their original academic direction or change their minds entirely. As of this moment, what academic areas seem to fit your interests or goals most comfortably? Please indicate up to three from the list provided. Q2. Tell us about a topic or idea that excites you and is related to one or more academic areas you selected above. Why are you drawn to it? (200 words or fewer) Q3. What is it about Yale that has led you to apply? (125 words or fewer) 通过Coalition Application或Common Application的申请人还需要回答以下short answers：（200字符，约35个words以内）。 Q1. What inspires you? Q2. If you could teach any college course, write a book, or create an original piece of art of any kind, what would it be? Q3. Other than a family member, who is someone who has had a significant influence on you? What has been the impact of their influence? Q4. What is something about you that is not included anywhere else in your application?

Essays部分

通过Coalition Application或Common Application的申请人需要回答以下问题之一，字数不超过400字。 Q1. Reflect on a time you discussed an issue important to you with someone holding an opposing view. Why did you find the experience meaningful? Q2. Reflect on your membership in a community to which you feel connected. Why is this community meaningful to you? You may define community however you like. Q3. Reflect on an element of your personal experience that you feel will enrich your college. How has it shaped you?

变化

1.Short Answer Questions第二题和第三题更换了新的题目。 2.Essays第一道题目和第二道题目发生了细微的改变，且新增了第三题。

冷杉老师解读

说到今年耶鲁大学附加文书的变化，给我的第一感觉是考察的落脚点依旧不变，本质无非是询问Why School/Why Major，然而它提问的花样和考察角度却变得碎片化了不少，这就需要同学们灵活应对。该如何见招拆招，才能在有限的字数里昭显我们思考的独特性呢？就拿简答题的Q2来说：【如果你可以教任何一门大学课程、写一本书或创作一件任何类型的原创艺术作品，你会选择什么？（200字符以内）】这样“教授/设计一门课”的问题在很多学校的附加文书里也会出现，今年耶鲁也是加入了此类大军之中。不可否认，这样的问题确实设计得深刻且巧妙，因为它并没有直接且轻飘飘地问你一句：“你对什么感兴趣？”，而是将大家放到一个具体情境里，让同学们作为一个传道授业者时，想为这个世界输出什么有价值的东西。没有套话，妥妥的灵魂拷问。而且，该题目标明的是“any”，几乎是不设范围。按照我们文书辅导经验，很多同学习惯了往日的条条框框，现在没有了限制，反倒抓不到重点，一头雾水了。在这个时候，我们可以通过以下几个方面来考虑：首先，也是最常规的，大家可以从自身的学术或个人兴趣出发，比如你对喷气式客机感兴趣，而且你也参加过许多的物理竞赛，在深耕这个领域时，发现了一些gap或值得探究的点，那你就可以将这些发现或疑虑纳入学习范围内；或者还有同学看了最近上映的《芭比》，对女性主义产生了兴趣，并且日常也喜欢欧美的明星文化，也许你发现他们之间有可以并列而论的东西，那这也是你可以考虑的素材。既然提到了欧美的文化，那么第二点，一些具有普适性，且高度凝练了美国核心价值观的素材也可以供给大家思考，比如聚焦于探讨社会正义与人权话题，特别关注美国近几十年来的“政治正确”的风向。比如反映种族间平等问题的有“Black Life Matters”，“Stop Asian Hate”等运动；性少数群体的平等对待，可以去了解“骄傲月/骄傲周”等活动。这些体现人文关怀的论调都非常适合写到这个题目之中。此外，由于这道题目不受限，我们也可以提及一些小众的、冷门的、甚至比较先锋的话题。你可以对社会上似乎司空见惯的现象提出质疑。比如，现在美术馆里展出的艺术越来越晦涩，你大可以说设计一门课，或写一本书来质疑“那些实则让我们感到uncomfortable的艺术品到底值不值得被称为艺术？”

达特茅斯附加文书

Q1. Required of all applicants. Please respond in 100 words or fewer:

Dartmouth celebrates the ways in which its profound sense of place informs its profound sense of purpose. As you seek admission to Dartmouth's Class of 2028, what aspects of the College's academic program, community, and/or campus environment attract your interest? In short, why Dartmouth?

Q2. Required of all applicants, please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer:

A. There is a Quaker saying: Let your life speak. Describe the environment in which you were raised and the impact it has had on the person you are today. B."Be yourself," Oscar Wilde advised. "Everyone else is taken." Introduce yourself. Q3. Required of all applicants, please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer: A. What excites you? B. Labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta recommended a life of purpose. "We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things," she said. "That is what we are put on the earth for." In what ways do you hope to make—or are you already making—an impact? Why? How? C. Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel of Dartmouth's Class of 1925, wrote, "Think and wonder. Wonder and think." As you wonder and think, what's on your mind? D. Celebrate your nerdy side. E. "It's not easy being green…" was the frequent refrain of Kermit the Frog. How has difference been a part of your life, and how have you embraced it as part of your identity and outlook? F. As noted in the College's mission statement, "Dartmouth educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership…" Promise and potential are important aspects of the assessment of any college application, but they can be elusive qualities to capture. Highlight your potential and promise for us; what would you like us to know about you?

变化

1. 第二道题目比去年增加了一道小题，今年可以二选一。 2. 今年第三道题目新增了3道小题，从5选1变成了6道题目任选其一。

冷杉老师解读

横向对比耶鲁，今年的达特茅斯的文书题目可谓是发生了重大变化，这也意味着达特茅斯学院对学生的录取倾向发生了改变！可以看到，今年达特茅斯引用了大量的名人名言来设题。不管是贵格说“让你的生活说话。”还是王尔德的“做你自己”，抑或是直抒胸臆的“赞美你nerd的一面”，其实不难看出，达特茅斯希望他们的学生面貌是无论秉承着什么目标，一定要有个明确且坚定的人生态度。也就是说，需要我们坦诚地接纳自己，展示自己真实的一面。即使你是个“书呆子”，你也可以大方赞美自己。而这与以往都有着大不同，在以往的申请里，同学们都被或多或少要求回避着自己“nerd”的一面，而显然，达特茅斯的这次是在鼓励大家真正的表达自我。所以在文书的过程中，我们去芜存菁，秉承着两点即可： 一是要诚实。如果你明确知道自己所热爱的，或者尚在探索的路上，你的正面或负面的情绪都可以在文书中适当表达出来。 二是硬去附会任何你不感兴趣的东西都是对“Be Yourself”的歪曲。俗话说“适合自己才是最好的”，永远不要为了看上去金光闪闪的人设而去不切实际地包装自己。过度包装，不仅会给招生官带来疑惑，同时也是文书创作中的大忌。

写在最后

以上就是为大家带来的两所学校文书题目的重点解析啦。总之就是一句话，在文书创作过程中，首要原则就是在忠于自己的基础上，通过对专业领域/个人兴趣的深度思考和探索，来充实、丰满、升华自己的人设，向梦校传递我们最真挚的求学愿望。文书是一个双向的窗口。同学们能透过其要求而知悉学校的调性，同样地，学校也期待通过文书来探知你的内心世界。如果你想要梦校更多了解你的话，那就开始动笔吧！