From my experiences as a student at Stanford, the questions and essay topics included in the Stanford supplement are meant to encourage the personality of the applicant to shine through. So, if that is the case, what kind of personality is Stanford looking for?

作为一名斯坦福大学的学生，我可以看出申请斯坦福所需要回答的问题和文书的题目都是为了鼓励申请人展示个人的特质。既然如此，斯坦福寻找的又是什么样的特质呢？

If there is one thing I have learned from my time here so far, it is that the students at Stanford value creativity and a playful mind above all else. I'm not saying that you must have invented a time machine or founded a couple of Fortune 500 companies by the time you apply. What I am saying, however, is that you need to show that you have the desire, creativity, and work ethic things to someday ACCOMPLISH great on that magnitude.

如果说从入学到现在我只学到了一样东西的话，那就是斯坦福的学生最看重的是创造力和顽皮的心态。我不是说你必须在申请前就已经发明了一个时间机器，或是已经成立了几家财富500强的公司。我的意思是你必须展示出你的渴望、创造力和敬业精神，这些素质是日后你可能成就伟大事业的必备条件。

Now let's talk about the actual supplement. The individual questions have changed over the years, but there are still three main parts to the supplement. The first part asks you to write about one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. After talking with other students , I have gotten the general sense that it does not really matter whether you choose an extracurricular or a work experience to write about. What does matter, is that you make sure to choose an experience that you are very passionate about.

现在我们来讨论一下文书本身。随着时间的推移，所问的问题在不断变化，但文书的三个主要组成部分没有变。第一部分让你写你的一项课外活动或者工作经历。在跟其他同学交流之后，我了解到一般来说你选择写哪项活动或者工作经历并不重要。重要的是你一定要选择一个你非常有热情的经历来写。

For example, when I wrote this essay, I chose to talk about my experience with the school band, which taught me many of the major lessons that influenced my work ethic in high school. Some of my friends chose to write about subjects as ordinary sounding as my band experience while others wrote about incomparable experiences like research trips to the Amazon.It does not matter as much what subject you write about, but more so that you can convey exactly how that experience helped you to grow as a person or how it revolutionized your outlook on something.

比如说，当我写文书时，我选择写我在学校乐队的经历，它给了我很多重要的启示，对我在高中的学习态度产生了重大影响。我的一些朋友选择的主题跟我的乐队经历一样普通，而有一些写的则是非常独特的经历，比如去亚马逊做研究项目的历程。无论你选择写什么样的主题，重要的是你要传达出那个经历如何帮助你在人生中成长，如何使你对某个事务的认识有革命性的转变。

The second part of the supplement asks you to answer a few short questions about topics like your favorite books, how you spent your last two summers, etc.

文书的第二部分让你回答一些简短的问题，比如说你最喜爱的书籍，你怎么度过上两个暑假的等等。

The best piece of advice I can give you here is to simply be yourself. Contrary to what some may think, Stanford does NOT accept only students that Read Shakespeare 24/7 or students that spend a majority of their time watching documentaries on the state of the US economy. Don't be afraid to admit that you love reality TV or that you really enjoy reading Dr. Seuss books. I actually have a friend that listed Jersey Shore as one of their favorite shows and I, myself, listed the Captain Underpants series as some of my favorite books.

我能给你的最好的建议是就做你自己。和很多人想的正好相反，斯坦福不是只接收成天读莎士比亚的学生或者花大部分时间看有关美国经济纪录片的学生。不要害怕承认你喜欢看真人秀，或者喜欢看幼稚的《苏博士》系列。事实上，我有一个朋友把《泽西海岸》列为他最喜爱的电视剧，而我把儿童系列Captain Underpants列为我最喜爱的书之一。

Overall for this section, just remember to be honest and let the application readers see what you're genuinely interested in outside of your academic life.

总的说来，在这个部分，你只需要做到真实，让读者看到你在学业以外真实的兴趣是什么。

The third and final part of the supplement asks you to write on three essay topics. In my experience, this is where it is most important to show that you possess the characteristics that students at Stanford value so highly - creativity and a playful mind. Two of the essays deal with your intellectual development and what ideas matter the most to you. For these two essays, you need to show that you are intellectually stimulated by something and that you have a real vision for how you could improve that area of study in the future. For example, I wrote about the topic of nanotechnology and my vision for its future use in medicine. Some of my friends wrote about the future of subjects like computer science and international public health. I've found that a successful essay does not necessarily require that you even have experience in a certain field (I had never done any work with nanotechnology, but I had read a lot about it), only that you have the desire to flourish in that field of study.

第三部分，也是最后一部分让你写三篇文章。以我的经历，这是最重要的显示你具备斯坦福最看重的特性，即创造力和顽皮的心态的部分。其中两篇文章要反映你的智力发展，以及你对哪些观念最感兴趣。在这两篇文章中，你要显示出你的心智被某种东西所刺激，你具有将来改善那个领域的研究的真正的理念和愿景。例如，我写了纳米技术和我关于未来在医药行业里运用纳米技术的理念。我的一些朋友写了计算机技术和国际公共卫生领域的前景。我发现一篇成功的文书并不需要你已经在某个领域有过经历（我从来没有涉足过纳米技术，但是我阅读过许多有关内容），你只需要展示出你想在这个领域发展的强烈愿望。

The third essay is the most enjoyable to write from my experience:. The letter to your future roommate For this essay, I've found that it doesn't hurt to make a few jokes or be silly if you're that kind of person. On the other hand, if you're normally a more serious person, then be serious. I'm normally more of a silly person so I started off the essay writing about my skills in the "art of laundry." You should really treat this essay as a letter you would want your future roommate to read. With this in mind, I've found that very few students I know used this essay to highlight more of their accomplishments. You've done enough of that in the rest of your application. Use this essay to expand on the things you weren't able to list in the second part of the supplement (ex. Your favorite hobbies) and then reveal more about who you are as a person in your nonacademic life (ex . Your likes, dislikes, any of your quirky habits).

第三篇文章对我来说写起来是最有趣的：给你未来室友的一封信。我发现如果符合你个性的话，写这篇文章时不妨开点玩笑。但是，如果你通常是个比较严肃的人，那你就写得严肃一些。我是一个比较喜欢打趣的人，所以我开篇就写我关于“洗衣艺术”的技巧。你应该真的把这篇文章当作你想要室友读的文章来写。有了这个想法后，我发现很少有学生用它来强调自己更多的成就。那些你在申请材料的其他部分已经写得足够了。所以，用这篇文章来扩展你在个人陈述的第二部分（比如，你的爱好）没有提及的内容，更多地展示你作为一个人在非学术生活中的一面（比如,你喜欢什么，不喜欢什么，任何奇怪的习惯）。

At the end of the day, the best advice I can give from my experience for the Stanford supplement is to really highlight your curiosity and passion for learning in your essays. Do not be afraid to be totally honest and, most importantly, show that you have an open, imaginative mind as well as the work ethic to back any endeavors that you pursue.

总之，从我申请斯坦福写作经历中我能给你的最好建议是在文书中强调你的好奇心和对学习的热情。不要害怕完全诚实地展示自己，最重要的是展示你开放、富有想象力的心灵和你的敬业精神，那是今后任何探索和追求必须具备的特质。

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