2022美国大学申请季，这些Top20名校的申请文书题目有变化！

2022Fall申请季已经开启，相信大家都已经开始着手申请资料的准备了。今年各大高校的文书题目也有了一些变化：有的只是字数变化，有的则是题目全部更改。这些文书的变化关系着大家申请季的准备进度和难度。

今天，TD申请的老师们将最具申请挑战的美国TOP20综合性大学文书题目的最新要求整理汇总，请大家认真研读～

为了大家申请准备工作的顺利进行，TD申请将TOP20大学的文书变化给大家做了一份详细汇总，以下是这些学校的文书题目变化的总结。

从上图可以看出，大部分TOP20学校的文书题目有变化，相信上述表格里也有你的梦校。梦校的文书题目和要求是否有变化呢？如果有，那也请不要担心。TD文书老师也将这些变化的文书题目做了非常细致的整理，我们一起来看看吧。

Columbia University

2022Fall （题目数量3+3）申请文书题目

For the three list questions that follow, there is a 75 or 125 word maximum. Please refer to the below guidance when answering these questions:

1. List the titles of the required readings from academic courses that you enjoyed most during secondary/high school. (75 words or fewer)* （题目没变，字数要求变了）

2. List the titles of the books, essays, poetry, short stories or plays you read outside of academic courses that you enjoyed most during secondary/high school. (75 words or fewer)* （题目没变，字数要求变了）

3. We’re interested in learning about some of the ways that you explore your interests. List some resources and outlets that you enjoy, including but not limited to websites, publications, journals, podcasts, social media accounts, lectures, museums, movies, music, or other content with which you regularly engage. (125 words or fewer)*（题目变了）

For the three short answer questions, please respond in 200 words or fewer.

1. A hallmark of the Columbia experience is being able to learn and live in a community with a wide range of perspectives. How do you or would you learn from and contribute to diverse, collaborative communities? (200 words or fewer)*（题目变了）

2. Why are you interested in attending Columbia University? We encourage you to consider the aspect(s) that you find unique and compelling about Columbia. (200 words or fewer)*（题目变了）

3. For applicants to Columbia College, please tell us what from your current and past experiences (either academic or personal) attracts you specifically to the areas of study that you previously noted in the application. (200 words or fewer)* （题目没变、字数也没变）

2021Fall （题目数量4+3）申请文书题目

Yale University-耶鲁大学

文书题目有变化

2022Fal申请文书题目

👉 Short answer questions

Applicants submitting the Coalition Application, Common Application, or QuestBridge Application will respond to the following short answer questions:

Students at Yale have time to explore their academic interests before committing to one or more major fields of study. Many students either modify their original academic direction or change their minds entirely. As of this moment, what academic areas seem to fit your interests or goals most comfortably? Please indicate up to three from the list provided.

https://admissions.yale.edu/majors-and-academic-programs

Whydo these areas appeal to you? (125 words or fewer)
What is it about Yale that has led you to apply? (125 words or fewer)

Applicants applying with the QuestBridge Application will complete the questions above via the Yale QuestBridge Questionnaire, available on the Yale Admissions Status Portal after an application has been received.

Applicants submitting the Coalition Application or Common Application will also respond to the following short answer questions, in no more than 200 characters (approximately 35 words):

What inspires you?
Yale’s residential colleges regularly host conversations with guests representing a wide range of experiences and accomplishments. What person, past or present, would you invite to speak? What would you ask them to discuss?
You are teaching a new Yale course. What is it called?
Yale students embrace the concept of “and” rather than “or,” pursuing arts and sciences, tradition and innovation, defined goals and surprising detours. What is an example of an “and” that you embrace?

👉 Short essays

Applicants submitting the Coalition Application or Common Application: use the two short essays (250 words or fewer) below to reflect on topics and personal experiences that will help the Admissions Committee learn more about you.

1. Yale’s extensive course offerings and vibrant conversations beyond the classroom encourage students to follow their developing intellectual interests wherever they lead. Tell us about your engagement with a topic or idea that excites you. Why are you drawn to it?

2. Respond to one of the following prompts:

-2A. Reflect on a community to which you feel connected. Why is it meaningful to you? You may define community however you like.

-2B. Reflect on something that has given you great satisfaction. Why has it been important to you?

Applicants submitting the Coalition Application: In addition to responding to the prompts above, upload an audio file, video, image, or document you have created. The upload should complement your response to one of the prompts. Above your response, include a one-sentence description of your upload. Please limit uploads to the following file types: mp3, mov, jpeg, word, pdf. Advanced editing is not necessary. Uploads provided via the Coalition Application will be reviewed by the Admissions Office only. Review the Supplementary Material instructions for material that may be evaluated by Yale faculty.

2021Fall申请文书题目

University of Chicago-芝加哥大学

2022Fall申请文书题目

Choose one of the six extended essay options and upload a one- or two-page response. Please include the prompt at the top of the page (Required, 上传文档提交).

1. What if the moon were made of cheese? Or Neptune made of soap? Pick a celestial object, reimagine its material composition, and explore the implications. Feel free to explore the realms of physics, philosophy, fantasy…the sky is the limit!

—Inspired by Tate Flicker, Class of 2025

2. What’s so easy about pie?

—Inspired by Arjun Kalia, Class of 2025

3. In Homer’s Iliad, Helen had a “face that launched a thousand ships.” A millihelen, then, measures the beauty needed to launch one ship. The Sagan unit is used to denote any large quantity (in place of “billions and billions”). A New York Minute measures the period of time between a traffic light turning green and the cab behind you honking. Invent a new unit of measurement. How is it derived? How is it used? What are its equivalents?

—Inspired by Carina Kane, Class of 2024, and Ishaan Goel, Class of 2025

4. “There is no such thing as a new idea” – Mark Twain. Are any pieces of art, literature, philosophy, or technology truly original, or just a different combination of old ideas? Pick something, anything (besides yourself), and explain why it is, or is not, original.

—Inspired by Haina Lu, Class of 2022

5. It’s said that history repeats itself. But what about other disciplines? Choose another field (chemistry, philosophy, etc.) and explain how it repeats itself. Explain how it repeats itself.

—Inspired by Ori Brian, AB’19

6. In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, pose your own question or choose one of our past prompts. Be original, creative, thought provoking. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun.

University of Pennsylvania

2022Fall申请文书题目

1. Considering the specific undergraduate school you have selected, how will you explore your academic and intellectual interests at the University of Pennsylvania? For students applying to the coordinated dual-degree and specialized programs, please answer these questions in regard to your single-degree school choice; your interest in the coordinated dual-degree or specialized program may be addressed through the program-specific essay. (Required, 300-450 words)* (题目没变)

2. At Penn, learning and growth happen outside of the classrooms, too. How will you explore the community at Penn? Consider how this community will help shape your perspective and identity, and how your identity and perspective will help shape this community. (Required, 150-200 words)* (题目没变)

相比去年被减掉的题目

For students applying to the coordinated dual-degree and specialized programs, please answer these questions in regard to your single-degree school choice; your interest in the coordinated dual-degree or specialized program may be addressed through the program-specific essay. (Required, 300-450 words)*

California Institute of Technology-加州理工学院

2022申请文书题目

Required Short Answers & Essay Prompts:

1. Tell us about a time or experience in which you encountered failure.

We would like to know more about your potential to persist through challenges and problems that you will face in the future. Qualities such as resilience and persistence can be key to solving the many problems and responding to the frequent failures that can be encountered in academics or research. In an essay about research and discovery at Caltech, “The Transformative Power of Failure”, several current and past members of our community share their anecdotes about, and perspectives on, various forms of failure.

Here are questions that may help guide your response: How do you define failure? What was the problem you were trying to solve? What did you learn from the experience? Did you seek advice or help from others? If so, did you receive any, or did you move forward without? What contributed to your resilience as you struggled, and what motivated your persistence?

(Your response should range between 100-250 words.)*

2. Tell us about a life situation, media story, or topic – beyond or outside of a classroom or formal assignment – that has captivated you, inspired your curiosity, and lead you to delve more deeply into learning about a subject on your own.

We would like to learn about the nature of your own curiosity and drive to learn independently. Here are questions that may help guide your response: What was the situation, story, or topic? In which ways did it spike your curiosity? Down what path did this newfound interest lead you? How did the pursuit of a deeper, more focused understanding of this prove valuable or satisfying to you?

(Your response should range between 100-250 words.)*

3. Tell us about how you have collaborated with and worked together within a small group of your peers on some task or endeavor in the past, or about how you imagine you will work with your Caltech peers in the future.

We would like to know more about your potential to collaborate and work together with others as you reach your own understanding of the problem and solution, whether it be an academic assignment or a research project. At Caltech, it is often the case that problem sets assigned during the first year can be challenging enough that any one student is unable to come up with the solutions in isolation. This has fostered a tradition of small groups of students forming to work together to solve these problems, such that each team member also reaches a deep understanding, both of the solution and the path taken to get there as a collaborative group.

Here are questions that may help guide your response: What have your peers told you about the ways you contribute to working in groups? How do you approach problem solving in groups? What would your peers tell us about how you collaborate and work together with them?

(Your response should range between 100-250 words.)*

2021Fall申请文书题目

Brown University-布朗大学

2022Fall申请文书题目

1. Brown’s Open Curriculum allows students to explore broadly while also diving deeply into their academic pursuits. Tell us about any academic interests that excite you, and how you might use the Open Curriculum to pursue them while also embracing topics with which you are unfamiliar. (Required, 200-250 words) （此题与2021年相似）

2. Brown’s culture fosters a community in which students challenge the ideas of others and have their ideas challenged in return, promoting a deeper and clearer understanding of the complex issues confronting society. This active engagement in dialogue is as present outside the classroom as it is in academic spaces. Tell us about a time you were challenged by a perspective that differed from your own. How did you respond? (Required, 200-250 words)

3. Brown students care deeply about their work and the world around them. Students find contentment, satisfaction, and meaning in daily interactions and major discoveries. Whether big or small, mundane or spectacular, tell us about something that brings you joy. (Required, 200-250 words)

2021Fall申请文书题目

Washington University in St. Louis

2022Fall for all applicants

Please tell us what you are interested in studying at WashU and why (Required, 200 words max).

2021Fall for all applicants

In about 250 words, tell us about something that really sparks your intellectual interest and curiosity, and compels you to explore more in the program/area of study that you indicated. It could be an idea, book, project, cultural activity, work of art, start-up, music, movie, research, innovation, question, or other pursuit.

（special program 和 scholarship program 有增删项目）

Cornell University-康奈尔大学

2022Fall申请文书题目

Students applying to the College of Engineering must submit two essays, responding to two of the three essay prompts provided here. Each response should be no longer than 200 words. Please select the two essay prompts that you will respond to below (Required):

1. Engineering is inherently collaborative. What does collaboration mean to you? What strengths do you bring to the collaborative process?

2. For you, what makes Cornell Engineering special? Why do you want to attend Cornell Engineering?

3. Diversity in all definitional forms is intrinsic to excellence in engineering. Indeed, devising the best engineered solutions to complex problems is often achieved by drawing from the diverse ingenuity of people from broadly different backgrounds, lived experiences, and identities. How do you see yourself contributing to the diversity and inclusion of the Cornell Engineering community? What is the unique voice you would bring to the Cornell Engineering community?

2021Fall申请文书题目

Tell us about what excites you most about Cornell Engineering and/or studying engineering at Cornell University. How do you see yourself becoming a part of the Cornell Engineering community? (650 words)

University of Notre Dame-圣母大学

2022Fall申请文书题目

Please provide a response to the following question: 此题没变

The founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Blessed Basil Moreau, wrote, “We shall always place education side by side with instruction; the mind will not be cultivated at the expense of the heart.” How do you hope a Notre Dame education and experience will transform your mind and heart?* (Required, 200 words max)*

Please provide a response to ONE (1) of the following questions: 此题从去年的5选2变为3选1，而且题目都变了

1. During the spring semester, Notre Dame faculty gave 3-Minute Lightning Talks on exciting topics within their fields of expertise. While you don’t have a Ph.D. yet, we bet you’re developing an expertise in something. If you were giving a Lightning Talk, what topic (academic or not) would you choose? (Required, 200 words max)

2. There is a story or meaning behind every name or nickname—both those we’re given and those that we choose. What is meaningful to you about your name? (Required, 200 words max)

3. What would you fight for? (Required, 200 words max)

2021Fall申请文书题目

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2022美国大学申请季，这些Top20名校的申请文书题目有变化！