2017年

Colgate's core curriculum teaches students empathy, informed debate, and critical thinking. Please tell us what book or piece of literature you believe is important for the entire Colgate Class of 2021 to read. Why?
翻译：我校的核心课纲教会学生同理心、充分知情基础上的辩论以及批判性思维。请告诉我们你认为哪本书或文学作品是值得本届新生通读的。为什么？
解析：AADPS分类III-b
字数限制：四选一，250词

1873, Arthur Rimbaud rushed to his family’s barn in pain and blood and finished the 54-page manuscript of the prose poem A Season in Hell. He was 19 at that time. When he put down his pen that night, he bade farewell to his writing career which lasted five years.

The crushing defeat of the Paris Commune and two shots from his drunken lover drove Rimbaud to use his “reject romanticism, abandon rhetoric” way to express his inner world originated from but extending beyond the society. The poem contains so many feelings. Those craziness, disappointment, and pain were roaring on pages with the hope for peace and honor of France hidden underneath.

He crushed Beauty.

He eulogized science as a kind of oracle.

He said: “I is another” and became everybody, a prisoned malefactor, a virgin, an infernal bridegroom.

A Season in Hell can be interpreted in so many aspects---his doubt of God and truth; his mocking of the government and the rich; his love for understanding, bravery, and innocence. Those are all subtle facets of the poem.

Rimbaud was not understood by that society but is considered a herald of literature. I couldn't help but wonder how many whims might be neglected, ridiculed, and forgotten nowadays? When we follow the rules and stick with the majority, is it really necessary to step away from those mavericks? Rimbaud’s reflection of that age was shrewd and pungent, but was muted by narrow vision. We shall not let that happen again.

留学文书译文（机翻）：

1873年，亚瑟·兰波带着痛苦和鲜血冲进了家中的谷仓，完成了54页的散文诗《地狱的季节》手稿。当时他19岁。当晚他放下笔，告别了持续了五年的写作生涯。

巴黎公社的惨败和醉酒情人的两枪迫使兰波用“拒绝浪漫主义，放弃修辞”的方式来表达他源于社会但又延伸到社会之外的内心世界。这首诗包含了许多情感。那些疯狂、失望和痛苦在书页上呼啸着，背后隐藏着对法国和平与荣誉的希望。

他粉碎了美丽。

他称赞科学是一种神谕。

他说：“我是另一个”，成为了所有人，一个被囚禁的罪犯，一个处女，一个地狱般的新郎。

地狱里的一个季节可以从很多方面来解释——他对上帝和真理的怀疑；他对政府和富人的嘲弄；他对理解、勇敢和天真的热爱。这些都是这首诗微妙的方面。

当时的社会并不理解兰波，但他被认为是文学先驱。我不禁想知道，如今有多少奇思妙想可能会被忽视、嘲笑和遗忘？当我们遵循规则并坚持多数时，真的有必要远离那些小牛队吗？兰波对那个时代的反映既精明又辛辣，但被狭隘的视野所掩盖。我们不会让这种情况再次发生。

标化条件：GPA 3.8 免TOEFL SAT 1510

AADPS老师文书点评：写关于文艺作品的留学文书时，要注意在自己熟悉了解的范畴和招生官熟悉了解的范畴间做一个平衡。所涉及到的作品主旨最好要和博雅教育、批判性思维、服务精神、多元化等美国高等教育常见的主题联系起来。

家长感言：作为一个国内比较冷门的文理学院，戏称“高露洁”的科尔盖特还是有相当门槛的。感谢AADPS协助孩子抓住了学校和招生官的痛点，让精心打造的文书化为追寻美好未来的门票。