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证明什么?想好了,再去考吧。
西天取经(5)
对于TOEFL 的准备,我就一句话:先考SAT 。当你SAT 的成绩比较令人满意之后,TOEFL 的高分也就唾手可得了,TOEFL 要远远比SAT 简单。
那么好,我们结束了关于标准化考试的讨论,最后再看一看申请材料的问题。关于申请的具体过程,我很难提出什么有建设性的意见。对于不出国的同学,看我写什么个人陈述、推荐信、简历等等一定会一头雾水。而对于想出国的同学,早晚会系统地认识出国留学所必备的文书。具体哪些是必要的,哪些是添彩的,哪些是关键的,哪些是辅助的,大家完全可以从前几届出国的学长那里或者任何关于留学的大型网站、论坛上面知晓。在这里我就只想 附上自己比较成功的几份文书,谨供大家参考。
个人陈述(一)
这篇文章是我发布在美国大学官方申请网站(MON APPLICATION )上面,作为统一的Personal Statement (个人陈述)而写给了自己申请的每一所学校的。
Reading with Ears
I am the kind of person who uses the same pair of shoes for jogging; soccer and basketball; but when it es to updating my MP3 player; I am always as meticulous as my s*ings allow me to be。 The reason is simple: I keep my MP3 memory filled to the brim…with audio books in English。
I began learning English at the early age of three; as I grew older; I started reading in both English and Chinese; establishing a lasting friendship with the written word。 I would spend days reading inside the house; going out to play only when ordered to by my parents。 So imagine my bitterness when school and homework deprived me of ever increasing periods of free time; allowing the bookshelf to gather a thin layer of dust as days went by。
Salvation presented itself in the form of a present。 During my fourth year in grade school; my aunt returned from the US; bringing with her a seven…cassette audio book; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; narrated by Jim Dale。 I received the present with trembling hands; feeling just as Harry would h*e felt when he found himself on the threshold of an entire new world filled with golden possibilities。 Audio books; the perfect; almost obvious solution; even if my eyes had been taken hostage by the sad excuse of a grade school education; my ears could still roam fr
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