證明什麼?想好了,再去考吧。
西天取經(5)
對於TOEFL 的準備,我就一句話:先考SAT 。當你SAT 的成績比較令人滿意之後,TOEFL 的高分也就唾手可得了,TOEFL 要遠遠比SAT 簡單。
那麼好,我們結束了關於標準化考試的討論,最後再看一看申請材料的問題。關於申請的具體過程,我很難提出什麼有建設性的意見。對於不出國的同學,看我寫什麼個人陳述、推薦信、簡歷等等一定會一頭霧水。而對於想出國的同學,早晚會系統地認識出國留學所必備的文書。具體哪些是必要的,哪些是添彩的,哪些是關鍵的,哪些是輔助的,大家完全可以從前幾屆出國的學長那裡或者任何關於留學的大型網站、論壇上面知曉。在這裡我就只想 附上自己比較成功的幾份文書,謹供大家參考。
個人陳述(一)
這篇文章是我釋出在美國大學官方申請網站(MON APPLICATION )上面,作為統一的Personal Statement (個人陳述)而寫給了自己申請的每一所學校的。
Reading with Ears
I am the kind of person who uses the same pair of shoes for jogging; soccer and basketball; but when it es to updating my MP3 player; I am always as meticulous as my s*ings allow me to be。 The reason is simple: I keep my MP3 memory filled to the brim…with audio books in English。
I began learning English at the early age of three; as I grew older; I started reading in both English and Chinese; establishing a lasting friendship with the written word。 I would spend days reading inside the house; going out to play only when ordered to by my parents。 So imagine my bitterness when school and homework deprived me of ever increasing periods of free time; allowing the bookshelf to gather a thin layer of dust as days went by。
Salvation presented itself in the form of a present。 During my fourth year in grade school; my aunt returned from the US; bringing with her a seven…cassette audio book; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; narrated by Jim Dale。 I received the present with trembling hands; feeling just as Harry would h*e felt when he found himself on the threshold of an entire new world filled with golden possibilities。 Audio books; the perfect; almost obvious solution; even if my eyes had been taken hostage by the sad excuse of a grade school education; my ears could still roam fr