麻省理工學(xué)院(MIT)喜歡什么樣的學(xué)生?

泰藍(lán)背景提升為大家整理了全美前30頂級(jí)學(xué)校對(duì)于學(xué)生背景的要求和看法,希望能夠幫助大家申請(qǐng)更進(jìn)一步,達(dá)到自己理想的目標(biāo),進(jìn)入自己理想的大學(xué)。

麻生理工大學(xué)的活動(dòng)要求一目了然,極為簡(jiǎn)單:

http://mitadmissions.org/apply/freshman/part2

Activities

Please use our form, not a resume, to list your activities. There is only enough space to list four things - please choose the four that mean the most to you and tell us a bit about them. This will tell us more about you than any "laundry list" of everything you've ever done in high school.

You are welcome to submit a supplemental resume, but submitting a resume instead of filling out our activity list can hurt you (so don't).

MIT在活動(dòng)細(xì)節(jié)解釋中,只是簡(jiǎn)單的指出了請(qǐng)使用他們的專用表格進(jìn)行填寫,明確指出了請(qǐng)闡述4項(xiàng)活動(dòng),且不要闡述過(guò)多的活動(dòng),導(dǎo)致無(wú)法從細(xì)節(jié)中了解你。

雖然在活動(dòng)一欄如此簡(jiǎn)單一筆帶過(guò),但是泰藍(lán)背景卻在推薦信的介紹中發(fā)現(xiàn)了更多的細(xì)節(jié)。

Recommendations: Whom to Ask

MIT requires two letters of recommendation from teachers. One recommendation ("Evaluation A") should be from a math or science teacher, and one ("Evaluation B") should be from a humanities, social science or language teacher.

You should certainly ask a teacher who has taught you in an academic class in high school (i.e. no middle school, and no basket weaving class). Ideally, this will also be a teacher who knows you as more than just a student who does well on all the tests. We find that the best recommendations are written by teachers who know an applicant well as both a student and a person.

Evaluation A potential subjects

·Math

·Biology

·Chemistry

·Physics

·Earth Science

·Environmental Science

·Computer Science

·Engineering

·Technology

·Science Research (as a class)

Evaluation B potential subjects

·English

·History

·Foreign Language

·Classics

·Economics

·Government

·Psychology

·Social Studies

·Geography

MIT在推薦信中,把推薦信明確分為了兩個(gè)等級(jí),把理工科目直接歸為A等級(jí)推薦信,文科類被歸為了第二等級(jí)。從這里可以看出 MIT對(duì)于學(xué)生的理工科目基礎(chǔ)要求其實(shí)相當(dāng)之高。Ideally, this will also be a teacher who knows you as more than just a student who does well on all the tests。這也是一句重點(diǎn)語(yǔ)句,他們希望老師在寫推薦信中,了解學(xué)生不僅僅是一個(gè)高分學(xué)生,更希望從全面的人格角度去闡述學(xué)生,了解學(xué)生的品質(zhì)。

在FIELD SUTDY 中,我們發(fā)現(xiàn)了更多有意思的細(xì)節(jié):

Field of Study

We're asking about your preferred field of study because we're curious about what interests you right now—not because we have any quotas. You won't declare your major until the end of your freshman year—there's a lot of time between now and then to explore, discover new things, change your mind.

For this reason, approximately half of our students ultimately major in something entirely different from what they wrote on their application, so we couldn't use this data to predict anything even if we wanted to. Moral of the story: neither writing "theoretical nuclear intergalactic business physics" nor "underwater basket weaving" will give you an edge in the admissions process, so just be honest!

譯文:

我們問(wèn)的是你喜歡的研究領(lǐng)域,因?yàn)槲覀兒闷婺悻F(xiàn)在的興趣是什么,不是因?yàn)槲覀冇信漕~。你在大學(xué)一年級(jí)結(jié)束前不會(huì)宣布你的專業(yè)——從現(xiàn)在開始到探索,發(fā)現(xiàn)新事物,改變你的想法之間有很多的時(shí)間。

出于這個(gè)原因,我們的學(xué)生中大約有一半的學(xué)生最終選擇了完全不同于他們?cè)谏暾?qǐng)上寫的東西,所以我們不能用這些數(shù)據(jù)來(lái)預(yù)測(cè)任何事情,即使我們想要。無(wú)論是寫“理論核星際商業(yè)物理”還是“水下編織”都不會(huì)讓你在錄取過(guò)程中有優(yōu)勢(shì),所以要誠(chéng)實(shí)!

所以要誠(chéng)實(shí),要誠(chéng)實(shí),要誠(chéng)實(shí),重要的事情說(shuō)三次。很容易就能看出,申請(qǐng)MIT的首要品質(zhì)就是真誠(chéng),誠(chéng)實(shí)的體現(xiàn)你對(duì)于理科的興趣,展示你們志同道合的興趣和眼光。

解析:

通過(guò)解讀以上三段申請(qǐng)材料的準(zhǔn)備,泰藍(lán)背景提升為大家總結(jié)解析了一下幾個(gè)材料準(zhǔn)備重點(diǎn):

精而美:明確指出了請(qǐng)列出四項(xiàng)課外活動(dòng),進(jìn)行重點(diǎn)闡述和解釋,為什么參加,參加的理由是什么,獲得了什么收獲,活動(dòng)能夠體現(xiàn)你什么品質(zhì),這些品質(zhì)對(duì)你入學(xué)有什積極的意義呢?而且,雖然只讓列出四項(xiàng)活動(dòng),但是這四個(gè)活動(dòng)數(shù)量并不少,有可能需要從十個(gè),甚至二十個(gè)活動(dòng)中挑選出來(lái)才能讓你有內(nèi)容可以闡述。

理優(yōu)先:作為全球頂級(jí)的理工科類院校,MIT對(duì)于理工可的重視在推薦信上就可見一斑,所以請(qǐng)重視你的理科思維和理科成績(jī),在推薦信的書寫中,如果能有理工科的科研經(jīng)歷,甚至實(shí)驗(yàn)經(jīng)歷,那么推薦信內(nèi)容才會(huì)顯得真實(shí)立體,從個(gè)人的角度出發(fā),不要用成績(jī)以前蓋全,體現(xiàn)整體精神面貌,人格有點(diǎn),思維方式等等。所以在推薦信的撰寫上,一定要慎重考慮,甚至推薦信的書寫人也最好慎重選擇,能找到理科學(xué)科的專家教授更好(條件允許)。

真誠(chéng)是以后升學(xué),未來(lái)發(fā)展的最重要品質(zhì),沒有之一:坦誠(chéng)面對(duì)你的興趣,在學(xué)習(xí)領(lǐng)域中MIT學(xué)的非常清楚,興趣愛好沒有高低貴賤之分,每一個(gè)研究都有屬于自己的價(jià)值,每個(gè)一個(gè)愛好都有閃光的地方,每一個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)都能改變世界。但是請(qǐng)你一定要真誠(chéng)對(duì)的說(shuō)明自己的興趣愛好,發(fā)展目標(biāo),學(xué)習(xí)專業(yè),讓MIT招生官能夠生動(dòng)的了解你,且同事被你的真誠(chéng)所打動(dòng)。

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