2016年

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences.
翻译：请简述你的一项课外活动或工作经历。
解析：AADPS分类I-b
字数限制：可选，20-250词

From a rookie who mistook Georgia the country for Georgia the US state to a veteran who aptly led fellow delegates to draft lengthy resolutions, I spent hundreds of hours on Model UN in the past few years. It is a journey on which I constantly challenge myself to the limits and walk out of my comfort zone.

I still vividly remember my first conference in the school auditorium, when a sudden stage fright got the better of me --- I stammered so much that I could not finish my 1-min opening speech. It was an utterly humiliating experience. Lucky for me, senior club members were more than helpful and I gradually overcame the fear with peer exercises. Indeed, I was never a natural-born speaker, but my increased familiarity with contemporary events and communication styles eventually made me a competent MUN delegate. Not unlike The King's Speech, I made some good friends too.

With lessons learned and successes relished, I sought to repay the local MUN community in several ways. For new recruits, I built a systematic training program that helps them live up to their potential and have fun in the meanwhile. For club members, I painstakingly organized weekly talks and workshops so people may discover new knowledge and network with each other. Last but not least, friends and I even took advantage of our ideas and brought them into historical simulation game mods, so that our niche hobby could reach and inspire a much wider audience.

留学文书译文（机翻）：

从一个把格鲁吉亚误认为美国的国家的新手，到一个老兵，他恰当地领导其他代表起草了冗长的决议，在过去几年里，我花了数百个小时在模拟联合国上。这是一段我不断挑战自我极限，走出舒适区的旅程。

我仍然清晰地记得我在学校礼堂的第一次会议，当时突然怯场，我口吃得连一分钟的开幕词都说不完。这是一次完全丢脸的经历。幸运的是，资深的俱乐部成员非常乐于助人，我通过同伴练习逐渐克服了恐惧。事实上，我从来都不是天生的演说家，但我对当代事件和沟通方式的日益熟悉最终使我成为了一名称职的模联代表。和《国王的演讲》一样，我也交了一些好朋友。

我吸取了教训，享受了成功，并试图用几种方式回报当地的模联社区。对于新员工，我建立了一个系统的培训计划，帮助他们发挥潜力，同时享受乐趣。对于俱乐部成员，我精心组织了每周的讲座和研讨会，这样人们就可以发现新的知识并相互联系。最后但并非最不重要的一点是，我和朋友们甚至利用了我们的想法，将它们引入历史模拟游戏mods中，这样我们的小众爱好就可以触及并激励更广泛的受众。

标化条件：GPA 3.6 TOEFL 98 ACT 29

AADPS老师文书点评： 杜兰这道题目源于Common最初的传统活动题，关键不在于价值观的判断，而在于申请者能否恰如气氛的展现自己。我们这位学员毫不夸张的说是所谓的“模联大佬”，但正因为如此，我们商议决定不在文书中一味堆砌成就（因为活动和奖项中已经有所体现），而是突出成长以及对社区的回馈。Candid community-builder即便在最终面临标化未能成功出分的逆境，也争取到了数所知名美国大学的青睐。

家长感言：在选择中介时我们纠结了太久太久。大牌子？高大上的办公室？老外咨询师？360度n+1服务？无法判断真假的“藤校满贯”？最终还是信了孩子一句话：“留学申请的核心在文书，文书指导的核心在经验。”事实胜于雄辩，感谢AADPS。