布兰戴斯大学(Brandeis University)留学文书写作指南

The Brandeis community is a diverse group of critical thinkers defined by their ability to dive deeper into their learning by questioning, analyzing, evaluating, creating, critiquing and seeking other perspectives. Share an example of how you have used your own critical thinking skills on a specific subject, project, idea or interest.

翻译：布兰戴斯社区是一个多元化的群体，由能够通过提问、分析、评估、创造、批评和寻求其他观点来深入学习的批判性思想家组成。分享一个你对某一特定学科、项目、想法或兴趣使用批判性思维技能的例子。

解析：AADPS分类I-b

字数限制：250词

写文书 Brandeis attracts students from many parts of the world. As an international student at Brandeis, how would you enrich the campus community?

翻译：布兰戴斯吸引了来自天涯海角的学子。作为我校的一名国际学生，你将如何丰富校园环境

解析：AADPS分类II-b

字数限制：国际学生，250词

• 写文书 Why would you like to attend Brandeis?
• 写文书 Justice Brandeis once said, "If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold." Tell us about something bold that you've recently done.
• 写文书 There are approximately 171,476 words in the English dictionary. Pick your favorite word and tell us why you picked it.

翻译：

• 你为何希望就读布兰戴斯？
• 布兰戴斯法官说过：“如果我们要被理性之光引导，就要先破除头脑的藩篱。”请告诉我们你最近冒险做的某件事。
• 英语字典里约有171,476个单词。选择你最喜欢的单词并告诉我们你为何选择它。

解析：

• AADPS分类I-c
• AADPS分类I-a
• AADPS分类III-c

字数限制：三选一，250词

• 写文书 Justice Brandeis said, "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." Tell us how you would implement change in society that others might think impossible.
• 写文书 What is something you have recently changed your mind about and why?

翻译：

• 布兰戴斯法官说过：“世上大多数值得去做的事情在实现之前都曾被判过死刑。”请告诉我们你将如何为社会带来那些他人认为不可能的改变。
• 你最近对哪样事物改变了想法？为什么？

解析：

• AADPS分类IV-c
• AADPS分类I-a

字数限制：三选一，250词

写文书 Please write an essay about what makes you a good candidate for the Myra Kraft Transitional Year Program.

翻译：请写一篇文书讲述你作为玛拉卡夫过渡年项目的申请者有哪些优势。

解析：AADPS分类I-c

字数限制：项目特定，400词

• 写文书 Create a college course that no one but you could teach and tell us about it.

翻译：

• 创造一门只有你能教的大学课程，并与我们分享。

解析：

• AADPS分类IV-d

字数限制：三选一，250词

• 写文书 Tell us about something you could talk about for hours and why.

翻译：

• 告诉我们一件你能喋喋不休谈论的事，以及你为何热衷于此。

解析：

• AADPS分类III-c

字数限制：三选一，250词

• Wislawa Szymborska said, “You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.” Help us see something ordinary in an extraordinary light.
• What is your dream?

翻译：

• Wislawa Szymborska说：“最平淡无奇的物件里也能找到整个宇宙。”帮助我们发现寻常的不寻常之处。
• 你的梦想是什么？

解析：

• AADPS分类IV-c
• AADPS分类IV-a

字数限制：四选一，250词

• There is a ticket in your hand. Where are you going?

翻译：

• 你手中有一张票。你准备去哪？

解析：

• AADPS分类III-e

字数限制：250词

• Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis said, "If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable." Tell us about an unjust law (written or unwritten) that you believe should be broken.
• What one invention would you uninvent if you could, and why?

翻译：

• 美国最高法院大法官路易斯·D·布兰戴斯说过：“如果我们希望人们尊敬法律，我们必须先让法律成为可尊敬的。”告诉我们一个你认为应该打破的不义法律（成文的或是不成文的）。
• 如果你能将某一项发明从人类历史中抹去，会是哪一样？为什么？

解析：

• AADPS分类I-a
• AADPS分类IV-c

字数限制：250词

• You are required to spend the next year of your life in either the past or the future. What year would you travel to and why?

翻译：

• 你被要求在过去或是未来度过接下来的一年。你会去哪一年？为什么？

解析：

• AADPS分类III-e

字数限制：250词