Despite the Trump administration’s recent sweeping executive orders barring federal agencies from supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, “diversity” remains one of the most important essay prompts in college applications…

尽管美国政府最近发布一系统行政命令禁止联邦机构支持多元化、公平和包容（DEI）计划，“多元化”依然是大学申请中最重要的文书题目之一…

As top universities launch more interdisciplinary programs, incorporating an “interdisciplinary” passion into our college essays has become a growing trend. The approach can strengthen our application, but only if the passion is genuine and the essay describes it effectively…

随着知名大学陆续推出跨学科项目，在大学申请文书中巧妙融入自己“跨学科”的兴趣，已经成为一种趋势。它能为申请文书助力，但前提是这样的兴趣真实真诚，而且表述得当…

Writing an attention-grabbing essay can be very tricky for college applicants. The Snowman Structure, nicknamed by journalists, is effective in crafting compelling openings to hook the attention of admissions officers…

写出一篇能抓眼球的文书，对大学申请者来说并非易事。有一种文章架构，被英语新闻记者们昵称为“雪人结构”，如果能够巧妙借用，可以帮助我们的申请文书开头引人入胜，吸引招生官的注意力…

Collaboration is a key quality that top US universities highly value in prospective students, and yet effectively describing ourselves as collaborative, without overusing “collaborate” or “collaboration,” can be a tricky challenge….

协作精神，是美国顶尖大学在挑选潜在学生时十分看重的一个品质。然而，在申请文书中，如何巧妙地描述自己具有协作精神，同时又不过多使用“协作”这个词，达到“神在形不在”，却不是容易的事…

Although top universities aim to choose exceptional students from diverse social backgrounds, the holistic admissions process is inherently subjective. Despite its noble intentions, this process is inevitably mixed with random chance and, at times, underlying stereotypes…

尽管知名大学希望从不同社会背景中挑选出色的学生，所谓的“全面评估”录取过程却始终带有主观性。尽管初衷是好的，这个过程却不可避免地夹杂了随机因素，甚至带有某些潜在的刻板印象…

“Plethora” is a word often found in English literature and academic writing, and yet it is one that careful students should think twice about using in their college application essays…

“Plethora” 是一个在英语文学和学术写作中常见的词汇，但在写大学申请文书时，细心的学生应该尽量避免使用它…