8月1日,美本申请平台Common App完成了更新,2023-2024申请季已经蓄势待发了。很多大学的新一轮的文书题目也随着平台的更新而出炉了。
全美受关注度最高的私立大学纽约大学(New York University,NYU)在上个申请季一改过去沿用了多年的文书题目“Why NYU”(400字上限),采用了全新的文书题目(Diversity Essay)。要知道“Why NYU”可是大学使用了将近10年的本科申请文书题目。
没想到NYU去年新换的文书题目仅用了一个申请季就被淘汰了。经查询,今年NYU采用了6选1的文书题目模式,其中第6个为自拟题目,给了学生更多的选择,但是字数上限仅为250字。值得一提的是,如果学生不想写这篇文书,则可以直接选择第7个选项,跳过这个任务。当然了,老师是强烈建议准备申请NYU的学生认真对待这篇文书的。
NYU今年的几个可供选择的文书题目如下:
1.“We’re used to people telling us there are no solutions, and then creating our own. So we did what we do best. We reached out to each other, and to our allies, and we mobilized across communities to make change, to benefit and include everyone in society.” Judith Heuman, 2022 NYU Commencement Address
2.“I encourage your discomfort, that you must contribute, that you must make your voice heard. That is the essence of good citizenship." Sherilynn Ifill, 2015 NYU Commencement Address
3.“If you know how to fly but you never knew how to walk, wouldn’t that be sad?” Lang Lang, 2015 NYU Honorary Degree Recipient
4."You have the right to want things and to want things to change." Sanna Marin, Former Prime Minister of Finland, 2023 NYU Commencement Address
5."It's hard to fight when the fight ain't fair.” Taylor Swift, Change, Released 2008, 2022 NYU Commencement Speaker
6.Share a short quote and person not on this list, and why the quote inspires you.
今年的NYU本科文书题目,可能一定程度上效仿了芝加哥大学,用了校友或Commencement Speaker的讲话中的内容来做文书的引子。特别值得一提的是,此次文书的第三个选题是著名钢琴演奏家朗朗的讲话“If you know how to fly but you never knew how to walk, wouldn't that be sad?” 准备申请NYU的同学们是不是有听一听朗朗演奏的冲动了?
朗朗于2015年获得NYU的荣誉博士学位。纽约大学是全美国际生人数最多的大学之一,一直是中国学生非常喜欢的一所大学。不知道NYU的这个文书题目会不会让中国学生感到更加亲切,吸引更多中国的学生申请呢?