在申請(qǐng)美國(guó)商科過程中,書寫美國(guó)大學(xué)essay是最重要的申請(qǐng)材料。那么如何書寫出出彩的美國(guó)大學(xué)essay呢?下面是出國(guó)留學(xué)網(wǎng)為大家介紹的一些寫作技巧,以供參考。
essay寫作內(nèi)容
一、頭腦風(fēng)暴
我們都知道寫文章的時(shí)候,開頭其實(shí)是最難的!所以一定要對(duì)自己的研究經(jīng)歷、個(gè)性、品質(zhì)、優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)等等進(jìn)行很好的思考,從而產(chǎn)生一個(gè)好的思路來開始你的Essay。
二、第一稿準(zhǔn)備
在考慮好自己想要寫的內(nèi)容之后,可以先根據(jù)自己的想法列一個(gè)提綱來決定各個(gè)部分的內(nèi)容和例子。開始準(zhǔn)備寫第一稿的時(shí)候,要順著自己的思路來寫,不要想著一次性寫好而不敢動(dòng)手??梢栽诔筛逯笤俣嘈薷膸状巍?BR> 三、結(jié)構(gòu)擴(kuò)充
一篇Essay通常是分為三大板塊:介紹+主體+結(jié)尾;主體部分可以多寫幾個(gè)段落來介紹自己的研究背景和經(jīng)歷。
四、要詳細(xì)
文章要圍繞問題集中陳述,選取一個(gè)合適的角度來展示和自身品質(zhì)的相關(guān)性。要確保我們寫的所有內(nèi)容都是圍繞觀點(diǎn)論證的。
五、要新角度
根據(jù)自己的真實(shí)想法,盡可能的尋找新的角度來表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)。比如你對(duì)一個(gè)學(xué)校的喜愛,可以從他的知名校友對(duì)你的影響入手。
六、要誠實(shí)
不要想著去“討好”錄取委員會(huì)的老師們,也不要嘗試去寫一些你認(rèn)為的他們想聽到的答案。按照自己的想法,如實(shí)回答Essay的問題即可。
七、多聽反饋
可以將你的Essay內(nèi)容給你的家人、朋友或者老師們來看,問問他們的意見。從這個(gè)Essay中是否可以了解到你的真正的想法和觀點(diǎn),并做適當(dāng)?shù)男薷摹?BR> 八、校對(duì)更正并成稿
仔細(xì)閱讀你的Essay,認(rèn)真審核拼寫失誤、打字以及語法錯(cuò)誤??梢哉覄e人來校對(duì)一下,會(huì)更容易發(fā)現(xiàn)其中的問題。
書寫技巧
1.仔細(xì)閱讀說明
很多人可能認(rèn)為仔細(xì)閱讀說明是多余的,但事實(shí)并非如此。如果美國(guó)留學(xué)申請(qǐng)者不能按照要求來寫文書,那么招生官很有可能就認(rèn)為將來申請(qǐng)者被錄取后也不能夠守紀(jì)律。正確的做法應(yīng)該是多讀幾次說明,記下重點(diǎn),然后再開始著手構(gòu)架ESSAY。
2.保持真實(shí)性
大學(xué)很重視學(xué)生想法的真實(shí)性,所以文章中所要體現(xiàn)的一定是基于自己的真實(shí)情況。而不要總是用別人都已經(jīng)用了無數(shù)次的語言和觀點(diǎn)。申請(qǐng)文書是申請(qǐng)者向招生官展示自己對(duì)專業(yè)的已有決心和知識(shí)儲(chǔ)備。一定要確保文書能夠全面展現(xiàn)自己的技能和目標(biāo),同時(shí)要說明所申請(qǐng)的項(xiàng)目能夠如何的幫助自己實(shí)現(xiàn)將來的目標(biāo)。
3.寫一個(gè)吸引人的開頭
寫作語言很難在短時(shí)間內(nèi)有所提高,但是如果足夠用心,也能夠?qū)懗霾诲e(cuò)的美國(guó)留學(xué)文書。如果我們問一個(gè)記者寫作的訣竅是什么,幾乎每一個(gè)記者都會(huì)說只要有一個(gè)好的開頭就會(huì)很容易吸引讀者。
錄取委員會(huì)的工作人員只會(huì)用很短的時(shí)間來看申請(qǐng)者的文章,所以我們所寫的文章一定要有一個(gè)吸引他們的開頭,這樣才能夠讓他們?cè)敢饫^續(xù)讀下去。我們可以用一句名言或者是一個(gè)有意思的故事來展示自身的閃光點(diǎn),給招生官提供一個(gè)契機(jī),讓其想要知道有關(guān)自己的更多的細(xì)節(jié)。
4.避免陳詞濫調(diào)
當(dāng)我們寫申請(qǐng)文書的時(shí)候,大部分都會(huì)搜集各種好文書的模板。但這其中隱藏的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)是模板對(duì)申請(qǐng)者影響過大,意圖用許多的陳詞濫調(diào)來給招生官留下深刻的印象。
因此打算去美國(guó)留學(xué)的朋友們千萬要記得,有成千上萬個(gè)學(xué)生在申請(qǐng)我們所心儀的大學(xué),所以申請(qǐng)者必須要讓自己卓爾不群。反復(fù)閱讀自己的文章,刪除所有陳詞濫調(diào),并試著找一個(gè)新的角度。
招生官每年都會(huì)看成千上萬的申請(qǐng),他們只會(huì)注意到申請(qǐng)者獨(dú)特的東西,所以我們必須要“不一樣”。
5.整潔的排版
創(chuàng)新是寫作必要的一部分,但是不要認(rèn)為一個(gè)創(chuàng)新的ESSAY就不是一個(gè)邏輯清晰的文章。很明顯我們不是想堆砌許多沒有意義的詞語,所以要確保每一段都寫同一個(gè)主題。
每個(gè)學(xué)校的ESSAY都是有字?jǐn)?shù)限制的,所以秘訣之一就是不要想著涵蓋所有。在提筆之前,一定要列出一個(gè)清晰的提綱,把你的文章分為三部分(Introduction,body and conclusion),清晰的列出自己想要表達(dá)的要點(diǎn)。
6.用充實(shí)的例子來支持自己的觀點(diǎn)
用來申請(qǐng)學(xué)校的文書要展現(xiàn)自己的思想和世界觀。如果我們想讓文章可信度高,就得用足夠的例子來支持你的觀點(diǎn)。有必要先想明白怎樣把ESSAY Question跟自己的個(gè)人品質(zhì)結(jié)合起來,然后就從一個(gè)確切的角度來寫作。
這就意味著每當(dāng)我們想要表達(dá)自己想法的時(shí)候,絕對(duì)不能簡(jiǎn)單的陳述事實(shí),要列舉出自己的實(shí)際經(jīng)歷,寫一寫自己是怎樣被激勵(lì)的、是怎樣建立信條的。
7.找人幫忙校對(duì)
申請(qǐng)者肯定會(huì)一遍又一遍的讀自己的文章,來確保其沒有排版、拼寫和語法錯(cuò)誤。但的選擇還是找一個(gè)從來都沒看過自己這篇文章的人來幫助檢查,這樣就更容易檢查出自己看不出來的錯(cuò)誤。
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My grandmother hovers over the stove flame, fanning it as she melodically hums Kikuyu spirituals. She kneads the dough and places it on the stove, her veins throbbing with every movement: a living masterpiece painted by a life of poverty and motherhood. The air becomes thick with smoke and I am soon forced out of the walls of the mud-brick house while she laughs.
As for me, I wander down to the small stream at the ridge on the farm’s edge, remembering my father’s stories of rising up early to feed the cows and my mother’s memories of the sweat on her brow from hours of picking coffee at a local plantation.
Life here juxtaposes itself profoundly against the life I live in America; the scourge of poverty and flickering prosperity that never seem to coalesce. But these are the two worlds I have inherited, and my existence in one is not possible without the other. At the stream, I recollect my other life beyond this place. In America, I watch my father come home every night, beaten yet resilient from another day of hard work on the road. He sits me and my sister down, and though weary-eyed, he manages the soft smile I know him for and asks about our day.
My sister is quick to oblige, speaking wildly of learning and mischief. In that moment, I realize that she is too young to remember our original home: the old dust of barren apartment walls and the constant roar outside of life in the nighttime.
Soon after, I find myself lying in bed, my thoughts and the soft throb of my head the only audible things in the room. I ponder whether my parents — dregs floating across a diasporic sea before my time — would have imagined their sacrifices for us would come with sharp pains in their backs and newfound worries, tear-soaked nights and early mornings. But, it is too much to process. Instead, I dream of them and the future I will build with the tools they have given me.
Realizing I have mused far too long by the water’s edge, I begin to make my way back to the house. The climb up the ridge is taxing, so I carefully grip the soil beneath me, feeling its warmth surge between my fingers. Finally, I see my younger cousins running around barefoot endlessly and I decide to join their game of soccer, but they all laugh at the awkwardness of the ball between my feet. They play, scream and chant, fully unaware of the world beyond this village or even Nairobi, but I cannot blame them. My iPhone fascinates them and they ask to see my braces, intently questioning how many “shillings” they cost. I open my mouth to satisfy their curiosity, but my grandmother calls out, and we all rush to see what she has made.
When I return, the chapatis are neatly stacked on one another, golden-brown disks of sweet bread that are the completion of every Kenyan meal. Before my grandmother can ridicule me in a torrent of Kikuyu, I grab a chapati and escape to find a patch of silky grass, where I take my first bite. Each mouthful is a reminder that my time here will not last forever, and that my success or failure will become a defining example for my sister and relatives.
The rift between high school and college is wide, but it is one I must cross for those who have carried me to this point. The same hope that carried my parents over an ocean of uncertainty is now my fuel for the journey toward my future, and I go forward with the radical idea that I, too, can make it. Savoring each bite, I listen to the sound of neighbors calling out and children chasing a dog ridden with fleas, letting the cool heat cling to my skin.