美本文书破题解析「MIT篇」|Elite独家
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PROMPT 1
What field of study appeals to you the most right now? (Note: Applicants select from a dropdown list.) Tell us more about why this field of study at MIT appeals to you. (100 words or fewer)
现在,你最感兴趣的学科领域是什么?(注意:申请者需从下拉列表中选择。)请告诉我们更多关于为什么你对MIT的这个学科领域感兴趣(不超过100个字)
这是一篇非常简短的“为什么选择这个专业”的文章,但由于MIT特意强调“为什么你对MIT的这个学科领域感兴趣”,最好能够融入一些“为什么选择我们”的细节。由于篇幅有限,关键是简要分享你选择该专业的背景故事。
示例:
Why Electrical Engineering?
My decision to major in Electrical Engineering was inspired by my desire to improve security through technology. When I lived in Mexico, my father’s restaurant security system lacked the ability to protect our property from robbers, who would break in multiple times a year. Thanks to the influence of my cousin, who now studies Autonomous Systems, I developed an interest in electrical engineering. I am inspired to not only improve my father’s security system, but contributing to security innovations for larger companies and perhaps, one day, national security. (89 words)
论点:我希望通过技术来提高安全性
背景:有一次父亲的餐厅被入室抢劫
经历:我的堂兄教我关于自主系统
未来展望:我希望能够与大型企业合作或从事国家安全工作
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PROMPT 2
We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it.(225 words or fewer)
"我们知道您的生活非常忙碌,充满了各种活动,其中许多是您必须完成的。请告诉我们您做某件事情仅是出于快乐。
在选择主题时,理想情况下,你的主题应该是真正有趣的事情,而不是试图将实际上是学术性的事情强行表述为有趣的事情。看看你的头脑风暴中是否有任何与你尚未在申请中提及的奇特、有趣的个人经历或兴趣。
示例:
One activity which I simply do for the pleasure of it is playing cricket–not on a proper team or league, but casually along with friends and family.
Though I have enjoyed competitively participating in soccer, ultimate frisbee, and table tennis in the past, the lack of competitive nature in cricket is refreshing, especially because I am not that great of a player. The whole playing experience with other casual cricket players is more enjoyable: Though the goal is to win, we can learn and grow without the stress of losing an “important” match.
The connectivity with others is another reason I enjoy being a casual cricket player. I usually play with my family, and have taught many friends with non-cricketing backgrounds how to play. One time, my friends and I were playing at a local park, and a family of three generations joined us: representative of how casual cricket is welcoming to all.
The accessibility of the sport in my backyard, where I can pick up the bat and hit a tennis ball around during an evening walk, and sometimes having my parents bowl at me/me bowl at them, shows the spontaneous fun that I can have at any time.
As someone who likes to watch cricket, Indian cricket specifically, it is enjoyable to be able to casually play a sport that many in the US have never properly experienced. It also connects to my identity as an Indian who grew up with stories of “gully cricket.” (248 words)
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PROMPT 3
How has the world you come from—including your opportunities, experiences, and challenges shaped your dreams and aspirations? (225 words or fewer)
您来自的世界,包括您的机会、经历和挑战,是如何塑造您的梦想和抱负的?(不超过225个字)
一种方法是将这个问题视为“社区文章”,并重点关注你的社区是如何塑造你的梦想和抱负的。或者,你可以写关于一个课外活动、志愿者经历、家庭,或者完全不同的事情。在潜在主题方面,可能性相当广泛。这既可能让人感到有力,也可能让人感到不知从何入手。
示例:
My world is at once expansively big and recognisably small. Coming from a multiethnic European family, I’ve spent my childhood encountering an array of rich cultures across the continent and beyond. I learned about the Jewish holiday of love “Tu B'Av” to bring me closer to my extended family living in Tel Aviv. Further north, I joined my relatives in Ukraine to celebrate the Orthodox new year two weeks after all of my friends back home.
Even in London, my world feels stretched across neighbourhoods, zones, and ethnic traditions. Whether it is making sense of the Islamic conception of peace on a school trip to our local mosque or losing myself in Caribbean music at the Notting Hill Carnival, I have learned to see the world through my city and the 300 languages spoken in it.
Yet my world is also one of close-knit communities. As a volunteer, I have developed close relationships with a range of students who see me as a mentor in their ambitions to become a video game developer. Among my school friends, I have built a family of bandmates and co-conspirators that come together every week to make new music, work on joint programming projects, and train in Jiu-Jitsu. And in my actual family, I spend my nights playing geography games and attending cooking schools where we learn new cuisines that we can incorporate into our meals at home.
Together, the big and the small combine to make my world one of exploration and intimacy. (250 words)
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PROMPT 4
MIT brings people with diverse backgrounds together to collaborate, from tackling the world’s biggest challenges to lending a helping hand. Describe one way you have collaborated with others to learn from them, with them, or contribute to your community together. (225 words or fewer)
麻省理工学院将具有不同背景的人聚集在一起,共同合作,应对全球最大的挑战,伸出援助之手。描述您与他人合作学习、与他们合作或一起为社区做出贡献的一种方式。(不超过225个字)
这个问题是一个很好的机会,可以谈论你参与度最高的课外活动或社区服务项目,但请注意,问题明确指定了“多元背景”和“合作”。因此,你需要确保你讨论的经验或行动允许你直接谈论合作(最好是与来自多元背景的人合作),以及这种合作如何使你直接为社区做出贡献,同时扩展你的理解。
在回答这个问题时,考虑强调你与他人协作的经验,特别是与来自不同背景的人协作的经验。同时,强调你如何通过这种合作为社区做出了贡献,并且如何这种合作扩展了你的见识和理解。这将有助于展示你的协作能力和社区参与度。
示例:
From a young age, teaching has been my way to give back to my community, whether it’s my immediate family or neighbours on the opposite edge of London.
My first teaching experience took place when I was 10. My five-year-old sister took a principled moral stand against homework by getting under the table and refusing to do her maths additions tables. After almost an hour of negotiations, our mother admitted defeat, so I jumped in to assist her. My sister and I worked patiently through the tables, finding new tricks to help her master the relationship between the numbers. And I found myself genuinely thrilled to have helped her — and my mother — in that difficult moment.
I have been teaching regularly ever since. At Imperial College’s programming club, I volunteered to help show young people the creative side of coding through graphical programming. At people’s homes, I have adapted to people’s needs, from teaching Computer GCSE to helping a group of four girls make a moving Raspberry Pi robot. And during lockdown, I offered free Python coding classes to kids of essential workers. In each, I not only provided support to students to complete their stated assignments. I also found myself learning from the students along the way, helping me to find novel solutions to my own challenges as a programmer. It is this two-way exchange between teacher and student that I find so rewarding in this contribution to my community. (241 words)
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PROMPT 5
How did you manage a situation or challenge that you didn’t expect? What did you learn from it? (225 word or fewer)
您是如何应对一种意外情况或挑战的?您从中学到了什么?(不超过225个字)
基本上,MIT想看到你如何解决问题。列出你克服的挑战和事情未按计划进行的情况。
创建一个基本大纲,回答以下问题:
问题是什么?
为什么这是一件大事?
你采取了什么行动?
你如何对帮助解决问题至关重要,或者您能为这种情况带来什么天赋或才能?
结果如何?是否有更大的影响或教训?
示例:
Off the crack of the bat I tracked the first two hops, but when I looked down, all I saw was a crooked finger.
It was the game before CIF, our year to take the championship that had eluded us the year prior. I had received Honorable Mention All-League and Rookie of the Year awards my sophomore year, and this year was my time to help break school history.
But a misplaced pebble guaranteed I wouldn’t have the opportunity to live my decade long goal of winning CIF. During the first playoff game, I simply watched from the dugout, restricted by my cast. I felt useless
In the next game, I completely altered my gameplan; I talked to our coach about my helping to manage the team. I traded my glove and bat for a clipboard and pencil, keeping score and tracking pitch counts; I used the data to alter defensive formations based on opponents’ batting tendencies and advise on pitching strategy, allowing us to conserve our ace for the championship. I applied my problem solving skills and led my team from the dugout.
Our team broke school history for the second year in a row, making it to the CIF championship, but fell two runs short of victory. While I could think “What if I had been playing?”I don’t have to, because I know I played a valuable role and was just as much of a threat at left bench as I was making diving stops at second.
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PROMPT 6
Please list up to four activities—if you have more than four, choose the ones that are most important to you. (40 words or less per activity description)
请列出最多四项活动,如果您有超过四项,请选择对您最重要的活动。(每项活动描述不超过40个字)
选择你的前四项活动(来自你的Common App列表)。撰写40个字的描述。
Citizen Scientist Marine Protected Area Watch
Monitor local Marine Protected beaches for illegal activity; coordinate with Park Rangers and fellow Citizen Scientists to deter visitors from abusing the beach habitats and creatures; complete surveys on activity at the beaches: published data 15 times for academic studies (40 words)
2019 Captain; starter MHS Varsity Baseball
Starter at 2nd or 3rd base; bat 2nd in lineup; made school history by making 2017 CIF semi-finals, 2018 CIF finals;
2017 Rookie of the Year Award, 2017 All-Frontier League Honorable Mention; to be Captain in 2019 Season (38 words)
Educator Heal the Bay’s Pier Aquarium
Teach and engage in discussion with guests at touch tanks, shark tanks, and whale exhibit; coordinate whale watching events, encourage ocean respect and environmentalism; received Dolphin Pin for 150 hours of service (32 words)
Starting Driver MHS Water Polo
Starter, sprinter; 2018 Conejo Classic Tournament Champions, 2018 Oxnard Tournament Champions;
2nd Team AllFrontier League 2017 Award, 2016 MVP of JV team, Frontier League Champions 20152018;
club season: start for S&S Bruin Water Polo - driver, compete in local tournaments (40 words)
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PROMPT 7
Optional: No application can meet the needs of every individual. If there is significant information that you were not able to include elsewhere in the application, you may include it here. (Many students will leave this section blank—and that’s okay.)
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