美國大學最脫線的essay題目，離奇出新高度~

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對這種開放式問題，大學擺明了就是要你發(fā)揮創(chuàng)意出奇制勝，面對這些乍一看不知所以的問題你能怎么批判性思維，創(chuàng)造性討論，要知道招生人員每年要看成千上萬篇文章，隔靴搔癢的終將成為過眼云煙，如果你能在自己最擅長的領(lǐng)域深挖，讓招生官眼前一亮，覺得你比他屌，那你不就贏了?

新的大學申請季到來，Common Application也已經(jīng)正式開放，今天我們來盤點盤點那些最離奇最脫線的essay題目~

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1、This is your chance to take a risk.

—University of Notre Dame

2、“It’s not easy being green” was a frequent lament of Kermit the Frog. Discuss.

—Dartmouth College

3、Alice falls down the rabbit hole. Milo drives through the tollbooth. Dorothy is swept up in the tornado. Neo takes the red pill. Don’t tell us about another world you’ve imagined, heard about, or created. Rather, tell us about its portal. Sure, some people think of the University of Chicago as a portal to their future, but please choose another portal to write about.

—University of Chicago

4、You’ve just reached your one millionth hit on your YouTube video. What is the video about?

—Lehigh University

5、Title your autobiography.

—Wake Forest University

6、What is your theme song?

—University of Southern California

7、In keeping with Rice's long-standing tradition (known as "The Box"), please share an image of something that appeals to you.

—Rice University

8、Sometimes asking the right question makes all the difference. If you were a college admission counselor, what essay question would you ask? Please craft and answer your own essay prompt – in your response, reflect on what your chosen question reveals about you.

—University of Richmond

9、Whether you've built blanket forts or circuit boards, produced community theater or mixed media art installations, tell us: what have you invented, engineered, created, or designed? Or what do you hope to?

—Tufts University

10、You’ve been invited to give a TEDtalk. What is yours about?

—University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

11、UVA students paint messages on Beta Bridge when they want to share information with our community. What would you paint on Beta Bridge and why is this your message?

—University of Virginia

12、Wislawa Szymborska said, “You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.” Help us see something ordinary in an extraordinary light.

—Brandeis University

遇到這樣奇葩的題目該怎么破?所謂偏方治怪病，應對這種題目也有秘方

首先：答得對不如答得好

題目都出到另一個物種身上了，哪里有什么正確答案可言，出題人也不是真的想知道青蛙是怎么想的，這種時候就需要打開腦洞，自圓其說就好。

deep，deeper，deepest

小S說：“Just be yourself”