Student Essays

A standard section containing 5 writing prompts to be completed by the student.

Instructions

This section of the application should be completed by the student. Your answers will help the admission committee to learn more about you. For the first 4 questions, you should write as much or as little as necessary to sufficiently answer the questions, however it is recommended that you not exceed 250 words. For the 5th question, please keep your essay between 250-500 words.

1. What reading have you enjoyed most in the past year and why?

过去一年，你最喜欢读的书是什么，为什么？

PS：第一题就是去年第三道文书题目，没变化。

2. Describe an academic or extracurricular achievement of which you are most proud or a challenge you have faced. If you select an achievement, what did it take to accomplish this achievement? If you select a challenge, what did you learn from it and how did you overcome it?

描述一次让你最骄傲的活动，或者是经历的一次挑战。如果选择描述一次成就，那么要写出是什么让你获得了这次成就；如果选择描述一次挑战，需要写出你从中学到了什么，并且是怎么克服这次挑战的。

PS：之前都是列举一些校内外活动和获得的荣誉，今年的文书描述范围给的比较小，要更有针对性。

3. Each person has a unique set of character skills they learn and develop over time. These characteristics affect the way they think, feel and behave. Examples are things like cooperation, open-minded, curious, thoughtful of others, responsible, etc. Take a moment to think about the character skills that make you who you are. Describe one of your character skills and a time or situation when that skill came in handy.

每个人都有自己独特的性格技能，这些特质都是长时间积累学习得到的。特质会影响一个人的思维方式，感受和行为。比如：合作，开放的思维，好奇心，关爱他人，责任感等等。想一下自己有什么特质，描述自己的一个特质，并具体说明下这个特质在什么情况或什么时候发挥了作用。

4. What are the reasons you want to attend an independent school? What do you believe you will contribute to a school community?

你为什么想申请美国私立中学，你认为自己能为学校社区做些什么？

PS：此题为旧版SAO家长问答题之一的变形题。

5. Please choose ONE of the essay prompts below.

请从如下文书题目中选择一道题来作答。

PS：过去自选题长文写作只有三题，今年增加为5个题目。

1）Describe a person you admire or who has influenced you a great deal.

描述一个你崇拜的人，或者是对你影响最大的人。

2）If you could spend the day with any 2 people real or fictional, living or not, famous or not-who would those 2 people be and why would you choose them?

How would you spend your day and what topics would you hope to talk about?

如果你可以和两个人共度一天，这两个人可以是真实的，也可以是虚拟的，活着的或者过世的，有名的或者是没有名气的，你会选择哪两个人，为什么选择他们？你们会如何度过样一天，会谈论些什么？

3）Explain the impact of an event or activity that has created a change in your life or in your way of thinking.

说明一件对你人生或者你的思维方式，有重大改变的事情或者活动。

4）You have fond a time-machine and traveled 40 years into the future where you are able to meet and interview your future self. What did you do in the years following high school? Where do you find yourself living in the future and what is your life like?

如果你有一台时光机，可以穿越到未来40年后，然后你会见到未来的自己。你会在高中毕业后做些什么？你会在哪里生活，你的生活是什么样子的？

5）Imagine you are spending the weekend with your family in a location with ZERO technology- no phones, TV, computers, video, radio, etc. How will you spend your weekend? Describe some of the activities you will do to pass and enjoy the time.

想象一下你和家人在一个没有任何科技的地方度过度周末，这个地方没有手机，电视，电脑，收音机等等。你会怎么过周末？描述一下你会如何安排娱乐活动来享受周末时光？

Write a 250-500 words response to the essay prompt you picked. 

写一篇字数在250-500字的essay