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美国大学申请的一些技巧--那些过来人的一些经验分享

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Applying to college is a taxing process for many students, and that stress can certainly increase when a prestigious school is on their wish list. Students applying to any of the top 25 National Universities in the U.S. could benefit from the personal experiences shared by those who landed a spot at some of these schools.
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senior Courtney Applewhite found that she was attracted to the way many of these schools treated their students, in addition to the remarkable academic standards they upheld. The close student culture they promoted was an important factor.
'All of these schools had excellent accolades and I believed they would be very challenging,' says Applewhite. 'I chose these schools over others because they stood apart in their dedication to students.'
对许多学生而言,申请大学是一个费时费力的过程,尤其当他们的目标是顶尖名校的时候，更是亚历山大。接下来我们分享被前25名大学录取的一些学生的经验，希望对今年申请的学生有所帮助。
莱斯大学的大四学生Courtney Applewhite发现，除了卓越的学术标准支持之外，学校对待学生的方式是另一个参考因素（选择学校方面），尤其是在提升学生文化修养方面。
“所有这些学校拥有很高的学术荣誉,我相信进入任何一所都会非常具有挑战性,”Applewhite说。“我选择这些学校，只因为他们愿意给学生奉献。”
To adequately explain to the school why you're a great fit in your application essay or alumni interview, you must also know why you find that school special. Perhaps you respect the specific type of well-versed students the institution admits, or you appreciate the personalized opportunities offered in some of its programs.
It can also be the seemingly little things that might push you ahead in the long run. To gain acceptance into a more selective university, you must go that extra mile.
Wyatt Prominski, a freshman at Vanderbilt University, credits much of his success to the strong relationship he developed with his high school counselor.
在你的申请文书里面或是在校友面试中，你需要充分向学校解释为什么你跟这个学校很匹配，你得讲出你所认为这所学校的特别之处。也许是因为这所学校的对特定类型的大咖学生很认可，也许是你欣赏它在一些项目中提供了非常个性化的机会等等，这都可以成为它吸引你的理由。
有些看似小事的事情，从长远来看却能给你很大的影响。要进入竞争力很强的学校，你必须格外努力。
Wyatt Prominski,范德比尔特大学的一名大一新生,回顾他的申请时非常感谢他的高中升学指导老师。
'Vanderbilt was my first choice from the start,' he said, and conveying that to his counselor not only led her to make contact with the school on his behalf, but also helped her to advise him to apply early decision.
'The decision to go early decision at a place like Vanderbilt could be what gets you accepted or denied,' he says.
If you're going after a particular program at the school, put the extra effort into impressing the decision-makers behind that entity. Madelyn Avjean, a first-year student at the University of California—Los Angeles, used supplemental materials to her best advantage when applying to the school's design media arts program.
'I submitted over 20 design pieces,' she said. 'Academically, I was probably the same as most of the other UCLA applicants, but this supplement gave me the opportunity to display one of my unique talents.'
“范德比尔特大学，从一开始就是我第一志愿学校,”他说，他的升学指导顾问不仅代表他与学校取得联系,而且也帮助建议他做早期申请的决定。
“像范德比尔特这样的学校，早期申请是有可能拒绝你的，当然也有可能录取,”他说。
如果你对一个学校的某个专业感兴趣，那么，花一些额外的功夫，去打动录取决定的招生官吧。Madelyn Avjean，来自加州大学洛杉矶分校的一年级学生，在申请学校的设计媒体艺术项目时，她给学校递交了相关补充材料，最终给她带来了一纸录取书。
“我提交了超过20页的设计”她说，学术上来讲，我可能跟其他竞争对手相比，并未有特别占优势之处。但是，这个补充材料增加了我的筹码。
美国大学申请的一些技巧--那些过来人的一些经验分享

Instead of just showing why you're an impressive candidate, display how you're an impressive candidate for that school. Emory University senior Ralston Medouze found that at the time he was applying, attending the university's official events could boost admissions status.
'I really made an effort to show my interest in the school since I heard that might be a factor in the application process,' Medouze said. 'I attended every Emory event that I could.'
If you start feeling overwhelmed, don't throw in the towel just yet. Applying to a top university can certainly provoke anxiety, but it can also be well worth it in the end. Avjean encourages students to not shy away from applying, even if they find themselves doubting their chances.
'I nearly didn't apply to UCLA because I figured there was no way I could get into such a prestigious public university that receives so many applications,' says Avjean. 'I cannot be any more grateful that I ended up giving it a chance and applying.'
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