美国留学申请ESSAY该怎么写

ESSAY，一直是在申请美国大学时最重要却又最无规律可循的申请材料之一，因此也是最神秘，最受人关注的申请材料，那到底该怎么写算是一个好的ESSAY呢?我也为各位整理了美国留学申请ESSAY该怎么写。

1.请简明扼要：虽然《通用申请表格》的主ESSAY建议最少提交250字并且不设定字数上线，但同学们要清楚，招生官每天要大量的申请资料要阅读这些招生官希望能够利用更少的时间更准确的认识申请者。如果你的essay字数超过了700?你不会是想挑战招生官的耐心吧?

2.请诚实：对于自己的经历，请不要胡乱编造。学校想要知道的是你到底是个什么样的人，而不是你已经做过什么。其实就是校报一个普普通通的我在申请时并不会比学生会主席吃亏。招生官也清楚：一个高中生不可能在每个方面都异常出色。做真实的自己，这样你也会舒服些，不是吗?

3.请个性化：在你写essay的时候，你需要问自己，与那些成千上万素未谋面的申请XX大学的人相比，我和他们的区别在哪里?你们的区别并不在于你的课外活动和你的兴趣，因为做为一个高中快要毕业，申请大学的学生来说，大部分人有着近似的生活轨迹，你们的区别在于你的思想，你们的观念，你们对于事物的看法。我知道这很难用语言解释，更别提是外语了。但是，这是一篇成功ESSAY最关键的地方。

4.请连贯：没人想要做愚蠢的事情，所以千万不要试图在一篇ESSAY里说明所有的事情。如果你已经这样做了----是的，看起来你的经历会很丰富，但由于篇幅的限制，你的essay也会显得很凌乱，很肤浅。请记住所有的申请材料是一个整体，招生官没有期望你能在一篇500字的essay里展现完整的自己，所以你也没有必要这么做。

5.请准确：所谓的准确不仅仅只需要检查你essay里单词的拼写，更重要的是你的态度，请用认真的态度去写这篇essay，你的语法，你引用的名言，单词的拼写。只有你认真对待学校，学校才会认真对待你。

1.请简明扼要：虽然《通用申请表格》的主ESSAY建议最少提交250字并且不设定字数上线，但同学们要清楚，招生官每天要大量的申请资料要阅读这些招生官希望能够利用更少的时间更准确的认识申请者。如果你的essay字数超过了700?你不会是想挑战招生官的耐心吧?

2.请诚实：对于自己的经历，请不要胡乱编造。学校想要知道的是你到底是个什么样的人，而不是你已经做过什么。其实就是校报一个普普通通的我在申请时并不会比学生会主席吃亏。招生官也清楚：一个高中生不可能在每个方面都异常出色。做真实的自己，这样你也会舒服些，不是吗?

3.请个性化：在你写essay的时候，你需要问自己，与那些成千上万素未谋面的申请XX大学的人相比，我和他们的区别在哪里?你们的区别并不在于你的课外活动和你的兴趣，因为做为一个高中快要毕业，申请大学的学生来说，大部分人有着近似的生活轨迹，你们的区别在于你的思想，你们的观念，你们对于事物的看法。我知道这很难用语言解释，更别提是外语了。但是，这是一篇成功ESSAY最关键的地方。

4.请连贯：没人想要做愚蠢的事情，所以千万不要试图在一篇ESSAY里说明所有的事情。如果你已经这样做了----是的，看起来你的经历会很丰富，但由于篇幅的限制，你的essay也会显得很凌乱，很肤浅。请记住所有的申请材料是一个整体，招生官没有期望你能在一篇500字的essay里展现完整的自己，所以你也没有必要这么做。

5.请准确：所谓的准确不仅仅只需要检查你essay里单词的拼写，更重要的是你的态度，请用认真的态度去写这篇essay，你的语法，你引用的名言，单词的拼写。只有你认真对待学校，学校才会认真对待你。

在当今大学人数不断增长的环境下，达特茅斯学院保持着严格的招生制度，和极高的入学门槛，和我一起来看看达特茅斯学院留学申请Essay范例。

College： Dartmouth College

Question： Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you， and describe that influence.

December 30， 1982： My parents， my uncle， and I were flying home from visiting family during the Christmas holidays when I was one year old. We were in my father’s small plane and planned on landing at an airport near our home in Vermont. There was zero visibility but a light on the instrument panel indicated that we were approaching the airstrip. Everything went dark suddenly， and the plane started shaking as if it were being enveloped by a tornado. My father had miscalculated our altitude， and we had dropped below the tree line. We crashed into a thick forest. Both wings were ripped off by the large pine trees， the woods clawed at us until we smashed into a tree， killing my father.

Although the death of my father was almost impossible to come to terms with for my family， everyone who knew him felt he had lived each day to its fullest and that he would not have regretted a minute of his life. He tinkered with electronics in high school， building a robot in his free time. He took a year off from college to devote himself to campaigning for a politician in whom he believed strongly. He created a computer program， which was revolutionary at the time that could help analyze the demographics of voting districts. My father installed a wood stove and built a solar hot-water system on our house， so that we only had to pay $2.00 for fuel during the oil crisis. All of these accomplishments are what many people dream about and never have the drive or confidence to try. If my father had put these things off he never would have felt fulfilled.

At the same time， I have also grown up with a screaming hole in my life； a chasm that is so deep it forces me to take notice. It reinforces how easy it is for someone’s life to be so fulfilled one day and suddenly over the next.

By understanding the fragile nature of life， I realize how important it is to appreciate all that is around me while I have it. This is to my advantage because since I have grown up with this understanding， I have taken a positive， happy outlook. I can be fascinated by street sewers and where they lead to at the age of three， to the concepts that underlie calculus and advanced physics. When my peers ask me how I can be cheerful in the physics class at 8：00 in the morning or when it is 3：00 A.M. and I am not yet finished with my history term paper， I never know how to respond rationally. Should I tell them it is because my father died when I was one year old？ I think they would not understand.

Although I cannot recall my father on a personal level， he has inspired me for the seventeen years of my life. I know I am on a mission to live my life to the fullest， to inspire others with my enthusiasm for all things bright and beautiful， and to appreciate every moment just as he had.