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Essays and short answer questions
Students applying as freshmen to Johns Hopkins using the Common Application plus the Johns Hopkins Supplement must submit both the Common Application essay and both of the short answer questions below (250 word maximum each). Include your name, birth date, and the last four digits of your Social Security number on these and all other additional sheets.
Write a brief essay (250 words maximum each question) in which you respond to the following questions.
1.Freshman applicants only:
1) Johns Hopkins offers 50 majors across the schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering. On this application, we ask you to identify one or two that you might like to pursue here. Why did you choose the way you did? If you are undecided, why didn't you choose? (If any past courses or academic experiences influenced your decision, you may include them in your essay.)
【类别】选择原因型
【关键词】 identify majors, why did you choose, why didn’t you choose, past courses, academic experiences
【题目翻译】约翰·霍普金斯大学的文理工程学院提供50个专业。在这份申请里,请指明一或两个你想学的专业。你为什么会选择这些专业?如果还未决定,为什么不做出选择?(如果之前的任何课程或学术经历影响了你的决定,你可以在文章里写出来。)
【题目分析】这是一道经典的选择原因型问题。和所有同类问题一样,通过此题,申请人必须表达出对所选专业的热情和了解,以及自己在学业上的目标与规划。由于JHU将字数限制在250词以内,所以写作时尽量精简,重点在于真挚地表达出你对所选专业的兴趣和热爱,未来自己想要学到什么、做些什么,以及学校能为你的愿望提供什么样的资源与帮助。想要打动面对成千上万份申请的审查员,一定要在文中准确地表达出你的独到见解和迫切心情。如果还未决定选择哪个专业,也要写明犹豫的原因。不可以表现出自己的学习目的和未来规划一片模糊,因为那是审查员最不需要看到的。
2) Tell us something about yourself or your interests that we wouldn't learn by looking at the rest of your application materials. (While you should still pay attention to sentence structure and grammar, your response is meant as a way for us to get to know you, rather than a formal essay.)
【类别】自我介绍型
【关键词】 something about yourself, interests, wouldn’t learn by the rest of application materials
【题目翻译】 谈谈未在你其他申请材料中体现出来的关于你自己的事情或你的兴趣爱好。(在注意句法和语法的同时,你的回答其实是让我们了解你的一种途径,而不是一篇正式的论文。)
【题目分析】如同原题所说,你的回答其实是让审查员了解你的一种途径。兴趣爱好能反映出一个人的性格和生活态度。因此,在已经清楚JHU录取个性的情况下,看看你自身有哪些特质是与之相符合的,选择一到两个作为集中表现的亮点,并用相关的故事或者你的兴趣爱好经历具体说明。要看清题目要求,已经说过的故事不要重复出现,一定会有一些你很想跟学校分享,但是在统一的申请程序中无法说出来的事情,现在就是你发挥的时候了。一定注意,在描述你选定的关于自己的事情或兴趣爱好时,空泛地堆砌形容词并不足以说服审查员,一定要写出具体的事例来体现你的性格、能力、价值观或者兴趣爱好等。