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三、哥伦比亚大学-文书指导篇 ? Essays Common application: WRITING Short Answer Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below or on an attached sheet (150 words or fewer).
Personal Essay Please write an essay (250 words minimum) on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below, and attach it to your application before submission. Please indicate your topic by checking the appropriate box. This personal essay helps us become acquainted with you as a person and student, apart from courses, grades, test scores, and other objective data. It will also demonstrate your ability to organize your thoughts and express yourself. p 1 Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. p 2 Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. p 3 Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. p 4 Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence. p 5 A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you. p 6 Topic of your choice. Disciplinary History a Have you ever been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at any educational institution you have attended from 9th grade (or the international equivalent) forward, whether related to academic misconduct or behavioral misconduct, that resulted in your probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion from the institution? p Yes p No b Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor, felony, or other crime? p Yes p No If you answered yes to either or both questions, please attach a separate sheet of paper that gives the approximate date of each incident, explains the circumstances, and reflects on what you learned from the experience. Additional Information If there is any additional information you’d like to provide regarding special circumstances, additional qualifications, etc., please do so in the space below or on an attached sheet.
Columbia Common Application Supplement PERSONAL ESSAY On a separate sheet of paper, write an essay which conveys to the reader a sense of who you are. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, experiences which have shaped your life, the circumstances of your upbringing, your most meaningful intellectual achievement, the way you see the world—the people in it, events great and small, everyday life—or any personal theme which appeals to your imagination. Please remember that we are concerned not only with the substance of your prose but with your writing style as well. We prefer that you limit yourself to approximately 250-500 words (or 1-2 pages).
发展史 哥伦比亚大学位於纽约最繁华的曼哈顿区。这所历史悠久的常春名校是纽约最早成立的大学(全美第五古校)。校名几经更迭,由一七五四年的King's College、一七八四年的 Columbia College 直到一八九六年才定名Columbia University in the City of New York而沿用至今。学校组织经过不同阶段的扩充,校地由最早的Trinity Church迁至东四十九街,到一九○○年初才迁至现址 Morningside