易美教育普林斯顿大学前招生官马克娜女士为您解析藤校招生官最看重申请者的什么品质？如何在申请材料中展示这些品质

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面对疫情后名校学历越发稀缺的时代，名校申请的内卷还将继续。近两年受疫情的冲击，名校的录取方式与偏好正在悄然改变，多样化与个性化占据的比重显著增加，这也导致大批硬性条件高、却缺乏差异化的中国留学生被瞬间淘汰，再想通过“拼标化”“凑实习”进名校，恐难以实现。究其原因，认知的差异、东西方文化的差异、教育系统的差异、表达方式的差异，横亘在我们中国留学生与美国名校之间，造成彼此极深的误解。

易美教育招生官顾问委员会成员、普林斯顿大学前招生官马克娜女士受邀参加易美教育易讲坛，为准备申请美国留学的学生们点明了研究生项目申请最容易被学生忽视的因素。在易美教育主办的易美教育招生官线上讲座，普林斯顿大学前招生官马克娜女士详细阐述了在藤校招生官想在申请者身上寻找的三个重要品质：学生是否能利用学校的资源，学生是否有强烈的求知欲，和学生是否树立了明确的未来目标。这三个问题看似简单，实则对于在申请中如何展现自己至关重要，让我们看看普林斯顿前招生官是如何给我们支招的。

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普林斯顿大学

招生办前招生官马克娜女士

• 曾任普林斯顿大学招生官；
• 任职期间曾处理七个州的申请材料并作出最终决定；
• 曾代表普林斯顿大学参加大学博览会和会议；
• 曾在国家人类基因组研究所做研究员；
• 本科毕业于普林斯顿大学获得文学学士学位
   

常春藤联盟的学校之所以录取率如此之低，是因为他们有足够的申请者可以挑选。学校希望选择的是那些可以真正从大学受益而且能够充分利用学校资源的学生，所以当我们在准备自己申请的学校名单时，我们要对每个学校做一些深入的研究。

对此，易美教育的普林斯顿大学前招生官马克娜女士和我们分享了她在藤校招生办的亲身感受：“Schools want to choose individuals who will really benefit from and be excited about their unique opportunities. It's very important that you do research about what a specific school offers for its students. It's important to look not only at the academic opportunities, but also the experience is possible with campus life, organizations in research for those of you who are applying for undergraduate admission. The ivy league schools will want someone who is not only going to excel in the classroom but will also make a great roommate, in an engaged member of campus groups. Therefore, in your application, you should state what specific opportunities you're interested in, both inside and outside of the classroom. ”

马克娜女士还提到很多申请者的误区就是复制粘贴不同学校的文书，这并不是完全错误的，但是学生要确保文书中的内容适用于不同的学校，并且能够展现不同学校提供的具体机会，不然等待你的很有可能是一封拒信。另一种展现自己对学校特定机会感兴趣的方法是通过推荐信，通过和推荐人的沟通引导他们体现你和学校关联的一系列经历。

求知欲是一个人学习的意愿和欲望，如果你有求知欲，你更愿意和更有兴趣获得知识，你会问更多的问题，并且不断探索弄清楚背后的答案，而不是只是接受得到的知识而不挑战它。因为在常春藤联盟，你面对的是各个领域里的佼佼者，学校想要录取的是能够真正感激这个学习机会的学生。除了我们自身感兴趣的领域之外，学校也会在其他相关的领域有所要求，他们不想录取那些害怕上多样化课程的学生。因此我们需要好好想一想如何把各个主修和辅修的专业放在一起，来凸显我们广泛的兴趣。

易美教育的普林斯顿大学前招生官马克娜女士进一步解释道：“One simple thing you will do that is also required is to submit your transcript. Your transcript will demonstrate that you have already taken a range of classes and have excelled in many different areas. Your transcript shows which classes you have chosen to take and on what level meaning any advanced classes, as well as your grades. This will show that you value learning in many different areas and this is why it is important to take a range of classes from early in high school. As admission officers, look at your transcript from all 4 years of high school carefully, for graduate school students, one way to show your intellectual curiosity, maybe to talk about any jobs you've had prior to your program but after undergrad, that fit into your career goals. You should also showcase that you have gone above and beyond what was required of you academically either by taking on additional projects or roles or joining groups related to that interest. Show that you are excited about learning and that it is a priority for you. You can talk about any additional projects you've done in essays.”

高中成绩单无疑是体现我们求知欲的重要材料，除此之外，我们需要在申请的各个环节，文书，补充材料，面试等等，抓住一切机会展露我们在课堂之外的努力。