一名中国申请学生被斯坦福大学前招生官拒绝了

　　嘉宾简介

　　Erinn

　　斯坦福前招生官

　　斯坦福本科、硕士

　　审阅过来自70多个国家上千份申请文书，懂得怎样帮助学生提升自我，包括怎样选择课程、如何利用好暑期等，以下为她的自述：

　　Hi, my name is Erinn Andrews, I am a former admission officer at Stanford University.

　　Now I work with really interesting, strong high school student who are applying to most selective universities in the US.

　　嗨!我是Erinn Andrews，斯坦福大学前招生官。我现在帮助有趣，有实力的学生申请最顶尖的美国本科大学。

　　Today I am going to talk about two case studies that involve real chinese students who went to high school in China and apply to most selective university in US.

　　今天，我想跟大家分享两个真实的中国学生申请美国顶尖大学的案例。

　　As well as many competitive Chinese applicants will have self- studied for 10 or more Ap classes and taken tests and gotten 5 on those.

　　很多有竞争力的中国申请者会自学10门以上的AP，并得到5分。

　　Because she took it three times, I suspect she was trying to increase that evidence-based reading and writing score, and she wasn’t able to get it above 670.

　　她考了3次SAT，所以我估计她是想提高阅读分数到670以上，但是并没有成功。

　　So I have some hesitation around her application on the testing front.

　　我对这个申请者最大的问号就是她的考试成绩。

　　But, Again, testing is not the most important thing, it just represents a few hours of her time on the weekend. Her transcript will carry more weight on that sense.

　　不过考试不是最重要的，仅仅代表了她周末几小时的准备，她的成绩单更重要。

　　But really what i want to think about and look at are her extra curriculum activities.

　　我真正在意的是她的课外活动。

　　Because even if the student has strong academics and strong testing, that’s not enough unfortunately, to have them be admitted to those selective universities.

　　即使一个学生有很强的学术和考试成绩，很遗憾，顶尖美国本科大学也不一定会录取她。

　　So before I even look at her extracurriculars. I am going to be thinking about what she intends to major in. Because that’s going to set the stage for the theme that will emerge in her application and her profile.

　　在我看她的课外活动档案之前，我会关注她的意向专业。这会是她整个申请的核心主题。

　　She was part of the social innovation competition. And she was a graphic designer for her group.

　　她参加了一个社会创新大赛，而且她是作为平面设计师参加的。

　　What I like about this and why I started, is because among all the things of her extra profile, this is the one that stands out the most.

　　我非常喜欢这个，因为这是她整体活动档案中最杰出的一个。

　　She was involved in a competition beyond her school level, at a much higher level. And her team won the best social innovation award, and with that even came a monetary award.

　　她参与了远超过她学校级别的比赛，并且她的团队赢得了比赛，而且是有奖金的大赛。

　　So that shows me that her skill set and her team skill set was validated by a third party, and that brings additional validity to her application and what she said she is interested in and good at.

　　这告诉我她的专业技能和团队技能是被一个第三方认证的，这会给她的整体申请中她说她感兴趣的领域加很多分。

　　But when I take a step back and look at her application overall, she is clearly a bright student who’s done a lot of things and she certainly don’t have free time.

　　当我退一步看她整体的申请的时候，她很明显是一个非常聪明、多产的学生，把自己的课内和课外生活安排得满满的。

　　But the biggest hole for me in her application are her testing profile, I am still very concerned about her IBT, and her TOEFL scores.

　　但我看到的最大的弱点是她的考试成绩，我对她的托福成绩非常担忧。

　　And when I read her essay, some language inconsistencies and awkward phrasings emerged, which further confirmed my hesitation about her TOEFL score and her evidence-based reading and writing score.

　　当我阅读她的文书的时候，一些语法错误与表达错误也加深了我对语言能力的担忧。

　　So this is the big point of hesitation for me. And I just did’t feel like she has enough focus on building her profile on what she hoped to become and develop.

　　所以语言能力是我最大的担忧，而且我感觉她的活动档案对于她想要申请的方向并不够专注。

　　And she just had a few things on that, some are quite interesting but it wasn’t deep and prolong enough, for me to really be very excited about this applicant, given the large applicant pool of really extraordinary students.

　　她有一些非常有趣的活动，但他们的深度与坚持度都不太够。在大量的优秀申请者面前，要我挑选这个申请者很难。

　　So for me at the end of the day, I wouldn’t have admitted the student even she is very strong on many fronts.

　　所以最后的结论是作为斯坦福的招生官，虽然这个学生在多个方面非常优秀，我非常可能不会录取她。

　　当天精彩早知道

　　1、美国名校看什么：考试成绩?课外活动?

　　2、自学AP重要吗?

　　3、名校招生官怎样看待中国学生多次考试刷分?

　　4、课外活动有多重要?

　　5、申请上的意向专业重要吗?

　　6、什么样的活动可以打动招生官?

　　7、怎样成为招生官眼中的优秀申请者?

　　8、中国学生怎样在申请之前提升自己的综合竞争力?

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