虽然现在距2015-16Common申请的开放日8月1日，还有不到10天的时间，但不少大学已经发布了他们的补充文书题目（supplemental essay prompts），这样申请者们就可以提前准备他们大学申请的文书。
目前来说，学生申请多达10所或者更多的大学已经屡见不鲜。一半来书，选校包括目标学校、可达到学校和保底学校，所有学校都是基于学生个人要求、学术要求和费用要求的最佳选择。有了自己的选校清单后，就需要关注学校要求学生写的补充文书题目：一般每个学校两到三篇，所以名校的申请者可能整个申请季下来要写20篇甚至更多文书。文书写作工作量非常大，在高三学年的确让人抓狂。
这也是为什么越来越多的大学今年夏天就提前公布文书题目，包括那些非通用申请系统的大学。这样，申请者们就可以赶在高三忙乱期之前提早进行头脑风暴和文书写作了。
Tufts University
University of Chicago
Beyond rankings, location, and athletics, why are you interested in attending Georgia Tech? (max 150 words)
A Georgia Tech experience and education provides you an unbound future. What will yours be? (max 150 words)
Georgia Tech's motto is Progress & Service. In 25 words or less, what is your personal motto?
Which aspects of Tufts’ curriculum or undergraduate experience prompt your application? In short: “Why Tufts?” (50–100 words)
There is a Quaker saying: “Let your life speak.” Describe the environment in which you were raised – your family, home, neighborhood, or community – and how it influenced the person you are today. (200–250 words)
Now we’d like to know a little bit more about you. Please respond to one of the following six questions (200-250 words):
A) Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf—the first elected female head of state in Africa and winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize—has lived a life of achievement. “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough," she once said. As you apply to college, what are your dreams?
B) What makes you happy?
C) Science and society are filled with rules, theories, and laws such as the First Amendment, PV=nRT, Occam’s Razor, and The Law of Diminishing Returns. In baseball, three strikes and you’re out. A green light on a roadway means "go." Pick any law and explain its significance to you.
D) It's cool to be smart. Tell us about the subjects or ideas that excite your intellectual curiosity.
E) Nelson Mandela believed that "what counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead." Describe a way in which you have made or hope to make a difference.
F) Celebrate the role of sports in your life.
