申請(qǐng)美國(guó)大學(xué)的同學(xué)都知道,每年除了CA系統(tǒng)里的通用申請(qǐng)文書外,多數(shù)美國(guó)大學(xué)都會(huì)要求提交補(bǔ)充文書,這補(bǔ)充文書中往往包含了豐富的信息,也是學(xué)校進(jìn)一步了解申請(qǐng)者的途徑。而在眾多美國(guó)大學(xué)中,芝加哥大學(xué)的文書題目算是出了名的刁鉆古怪了,各種標(biāo)新立異,燒腦又奇葩,簡(jiǎn)直讓申請(qǐng)者們又愛又恨。芝加哥大學(xué)官網(wǎng)最近放出了2019-2020的補(bǔ)充文書essay題目,大家一起看看吧!
芝加哥大學(xué)文書essay題目分析
Question 1(Required)
How does the University of Chicago,as you know it now,satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning,community,and future?Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.
根據(jù)你現(xiàn)在對(duì)芝加哥大學(xué)的了解,芝加哥大學(xué)如何滿足你對(duì)于學(xué)習(xí),環(huán)境,以及未來(lái)的展望?請(qǐng)用具體事例來(lái)闡述你和芝加哥大學(xué)的聯(lián)系。
Question 2:Extended Essay(Required;Choose one)
Essay Option 1
Cats have nine lives,Pac-Man has three lives,and radioactive isotopes have half-lives.How many lives does something else—conceptual or actual—have,and why?——Inspired by Kendrick Shin,Class of 2019
貓有九條命,吃豆人有三條命,放射性同位素有半衰期。其他事物——概念上的或現(xiàn)實(shí)上的——有多少生命?為什么?(受2019屆畢業(yè)生Kendrick Shin的啟發(fā))
Essay Option 2
If there’s a limited amount of matter in the universe,how can Olive Garden(along with other restaurants and their concepts of food infinity)offer truly unlimited soup,salad,and breadsticks?Explain this using any method of analysis you wish—physics,biology,economics,history,theology…the options,as you can tell,are endless.——Inspired by Yoonseo Lee,Class of 2023
如果宇宙中的物質(zhì)是有限的,橄欖園(連同其他餐廳以及他們對(duì)食物無(wú)限的概念)怎么能提供真正無(wú)限的湯、沙拉和面包棒呢?用任何你想用的分析方法來(lái)解釋這個(gè)問題——物理、生物學(xué)、經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、歷史、神學(xué)……你可以看到,選項(xiàng)是無(wú)窮無(wú)盡的。(受到2023屆畢業(yè)生李允熙啟發(fā))
Essay Option 3
A hot dog might be a sandwich,and cereal might be a soup,but is a ______ a ______?
Inspired by Arya Muralidharan,Class of 2021(and dozens of others who,this year and in past years,have submitted the question“Is a hot dog a sandwich,”to which we reply,“maybe”)
熱狗可以是三明治,麥片粥可以是湯,但是a ______是a ______?
——受到2021屆畢業(yè)生艾莉亞·穆拉里達(dá)蘭啟發(fā)(今年和過去幾年,還有許多人提交了一個(gè)問題“熱狗是三明治嗎”,我們的回答是“也許是”)
Essay Option 4
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”–Jessamyn WestInspired by Elizabeth Mansfield,Class of 2020
小說(shuō)揭示了現(xiàn)實(shí)所掩蓋的真相。——杰薩明·韋斯特(受2020屆畢業(yè)生麗莎白·曼斯菲爾德啟發(fā))
Essay Option 5
UChicago has international campus centers around the world,but we don’t have any interplanetary,interstellar,or interdimensional campuses…yet!Propose a spot in time or space,in this or any universe,for a new UChicago campus.What types of courses would be taught at this site?What cultural experiences await students who study there?——Inspired by Peter Jasperse,Class of 2022
芝加哥大學(xué)在世界各地都有國(guó)際校園中心,但我們還沒有任何行星間、星際或維度間的校園……建議在時(shí)間或空間,在這個(gè)或任何宇宙的一個(gè)地方,設(shè)置一個(gè)新的芝加哥大學(xué)校園。這個(gè)地方會(huì)開設(shè)哪些課程?在那里學(xué)習(xí)的學(xué)生有什么樣的文化體驗(yàn)?(受2022屆畢業(yè)生彼得·賈斯帕斯啟發(fā))
Essay Option 6
“Don’t be afraid to pick past prompts!I liked some of the ones from previous years more than those made newly available for my year.Also,don’t worry about the‘correct’way to interpret a question.If there exists a correct way to interpret the prompt I chose,it certainly was not my answer.”–Matthew Lohrs,Class of 2023
“不要害怕挑選過去的文書題目!我更喜歡前幾年的一些,而不是今年新推出的那些。此外,不要擔(dān)心“正確”的解釋問題的方式。如果有正確的方式來(lái)解釋我選擇的題目,那肯定不是我的答案。(受2023屆畢業(yè)生馬修·洛爾斯啟發(fā))