美國留學(xué)申請ESSAY寫作技巧。美國留學(xué)的ESSAY對于美國留學(xué)申請有一定的重要性，畢竟美國院校的老師是先看到你的文書，文書讓他產(chǎn)生好感了，才會給你面談的機會。ESSAY寫作有一定的技巧性，要寫出讓老師心動的ESSAy就必須下苦功夫，就有必要了解一些基本的ESSAY寫作技巧。

    美國名校申請essay指任何一種非小說性的，篇幅不長、結(jié)構(gòu)簡練的文章，如議論文、報道、評論、諷刺性雜文等。大學(xué)申請需要提交的全套申請材料里，申請essay是重要的關(guān)鍵點，很大程度直接或間接地決定學(xué)生的申請錄取結(jié)果，同時也是學(xué)生和家長最難把控的申請難點。

    the Common Application Essays 通用申請文書 (6選1), 附加文書additional essay，此外,不同學(xué)校也有不同的補充文書題目supplementary Essays

一. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.評述一次重要的經(jīng)歷、成就、冒險或面臨的道德困境，及其對你的影響

1. “Evaluate” -- Make Sure Your Response is Analytical(分析邏輯性的)

2. A "Significant" Experience Can Be Small

3. Don‘t Brag(夸大,吹牛) About an "Achievement"

4. An “Ethical Dilemma“(道德兩難) Doesn‘t Need to be Newsworthy(有新聞價值的)

5. Reveal(顯示,展示) Your Character

二.Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.討論一個你個人、地區(qū)、國家或國際事件及其對你的重要性

1. Be Sure to "Discuss"

2. Focusing Close to Home is Often Better

3. Don‘t Lecture(演講) Your Audience

4. Give Emphasis to "The Importance to You"

5. Show Why You'd Be a Good Choice for the College

三. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.說明一個曾經(jīng)對你有重要影響的人，并描述他/她對你產(chǎn)生了怎樣的影響

1. Push the Language in This Option

2. Think Twice About Essays on Mom or Dad

3. Don‘t Be Star Struck (追星族)

4. Obscure Subject Matter is Fine

5. The "Significant Influence" Need Not Be Positive

6. You Are Also Writing About Yourself

四. Describe a character in fiction , a historical figure, or a creative work(as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.描述

一個曾經(jīng)對你產(chǎn)生過重要影響的小說人物、歷史人物、或者藝術(shù)、音樂、科學(xué)等創(chuàng)作性作品。同時描述他/她對你產(chǎn)生了怎樣的影響

1. Don't Do Too Much "Describing"

2. Keep the Focus on the Word "Explain"

3. Watch Out for Predictable(可預(yù)見或預(yù)知的) Choices

4. Be Careful with Fictional(虛構(gòu)的,小說的) Characters

5. Don‘t Write About Your Favorite Contemporary(當(dāng)代的) Song

6. Approach the Word "Creative" in Broad Terms

7. Keep Much of the Focus on You

五. A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that

illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you. 學(xué)術(shù)興趣、個人觀點、生活經(jīng)驗都能

有效增加教育群體多樣性。說明你的個人背景，描述一個個人經(jīng)驗，由此說明你能增添大學(xué)的多樣性，或者說明一個文化多樣性的校園對你的重要性

1. Diversity Isn‘t Just About Race(種族)

2. Understand Why Colleges Want "Diversity"

3. Be Careful Describing Third-World Encounters

4. Be Careful Describing Racial Encounters(遭遇)

5. Keep Much of the Focus on You

六. Topic of your choice.你的自選主題(題目)

1. Make Sure Options 1 Through 5 Aren't Appropriate

2. Don't Try Too Hard To Be Clever

3. Make Sure Your Essay Is An Essay (No Poems, Drawings, etc.)

4. Reveal Yourself