兩大名校附加文書更新，AI能撰寫文書？加州理工表態了！

加州理工學院和達特茅斯學院公佈2025年秋季入學文書題目啦！

達特茅斯學院WSE表述上從Why Dartmouth？換成了How is Dartmouth a good fit for you?

加州理工公佈文書的同時，給出了詳細的是否允許用AI寫申請文書的情況。

您的文書是加州理工學院聽到您聲音的地方。依賴人工智慧，特別是 ChatGPT 或 Bard 等大型語言模型來撰寫論文會削弱您獨特的表達和觀點。

最重要的是，寫文書時要記得對自己誠實。

以下是一些關於在加州理工學院申請essay時使用AI的不道德做法的例子:

直接從AI生成器中複製貼上內容
過度依賴AI生成的內容來概括或起草essay
用AI生成的內容替代自己獨特的寫作風格和語氣
將用其他語言寫的文書透過AI翻譯成申請文書

以下是一些在加州理工學院申請essay時使用AI的合乎道德做法的例子:

使用像Grammarly或Microsoft Editor這樣的AI工具來檢查完成的文書的語法和拼寫
生成問題或練習來幫助啟動頭腦風暴過程
使用AI來研究大學申請流程

以老查留學過往成功申請加州理工學院和達特茅斯學院的經驗來看，要想成功被這兩所藤校錄取，你的文書一定要足夠打動招生官的心。

快來跟著查查小編一起看看今年加州理工學院和達特茅斯學院的附加文書題目吧！

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加州理工學院

California Institute of Technology

必答：STEM 學術興趣問題

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Caltech has a rigorous core curriculum and students don’t declare a major until the end of their first year. However, some students arrive knowing which academic fields and areas already most excite them, or which novel fields and areas they most want to explore.

If you had to choose an area of interest or two today, what would you choose?

*Note that you are under no obligation to follow this choice if admitted.

Why did you choose your proposed area of interest? If you selected ‘other’, what topics are you interested in pursuing? (Min: 100 / Max: 200 words)

譯文：

加州理工學院的核心課程非常嚴格，學生直到第一年結束才可以確定專業。但是，有些學生在入學時就已經知道哪些學術領域最令他們興奮，或者他們最想探索哪些新領域。

如果今天您必須選擇一個或兩個感興趣的領域，您會選擇什麼？

*請注意，如果被錄取，您沒有義務遵循此選擇。

您為什麼選擇您感興趣的領域？如果您選擇“其他”，您對研究哪些主題感興趣？（最少：100 字 / 最多：200 字）

必答：簡答題

STEM 好奇心問題

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Regardless of your STEM interest listed above, take this opportunity to nerd out and talk to us about whatever STEM rabbit hole you have found yourself falling into. Be as specific or broad as you would like. (Min: 50 / Max: 150 words)

譯文：

無論你在申請表中羅列的STEM領域興趣是什麼，現在請利用這個機會盡情深入探討你感興趣的專業知識，並告訴我們最近哪個STEM領域令你陷入迷思。你可以具體地談論某個特定主題,也可以從宏觀層面來闡述。隨你喜歡的方式暢談。（最少：50 個字 / 最多：150 個字）

STEM體驗問題

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At Caltech, we investigate some of the most challenging, fundamental problems in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We are interested in learning more about your engagement with STEM.

Please share two STEM-related experiences:

1、Tell us how you initially found your interest and passion for science or any STEM topic, and how you have pursued or developed this interest or passion over time. (Min: 100 / Max: 200 words)

2、Tell us about a STEM-related experience from the last few years and share how and why it inspired your curiosity. (Min: 100 / Max: 200 words)

譯文：

在加州理工學院，我們研究科學、技術、工程和數學領域中最具挑戰性、最基本的問題。我們有興趣進一步瞭解您對 STEM 的參與。

請分享兩段與STEM相關的經歷：

告訴我們您最初是如何發現自己對科學或任何 STEM 主題的興趣和熱情的，以及您如何隨著時間的推移追求或發展這種興趣或熱情。（最少：100 字 / 最多：200 字）

請講述過去幾年與 STEM 相關的經歷，並分享它如何以及為何激發了您的好奇心。（最少：100 個字 / 最多：200 個字）

創造力問題

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The creativity, inventiveness, and innovation of Caltech’s students, faculty, and researchers have won Nobel Prizes and put rovers on Mars. But Techers also imagine smaller-scale innovations every day, from new ways to design solar cells to how to 3D-print dorm decor to experimenting in the kitchen. How have you been a creator, inventor, or innovator in your own life? (Min: 200 / Max: 250 words)

譯文：

加州理工學院的學生、教職員工和研究人員憑藉創造力、創新精神和創新能力贏得了諾貝爾獎，並將探測器送上了火星。

但加州理工學院的技術人員每天都在想象小規模的創新，從設計太陽能電池的新方法到如何 3D 列印宿舍裝飾，再到在廚房裡做實驗。

你在自己的生活中是如何成為創造者、發明家或創新者的？（最少：200 字 / 最多：250 字）

價值觀問題

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Caltech’s values include respect for a diversity of thoughts and ideas. How have you cultivated this value in your own life? (Min: 50 / Max: 200 words)

譯文：加州理工學院的價值觀包括尊重思想和理念的多樣性。您如何在自己的生活中培養這種價值觀？（最少：50 個字 / 最多：200 個字）

可選：簡答題

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Optional. We promise.

1. If there are aspects of your life or social or personal identity that you feel are not captured elsewhere in this application, please tell us about them below. (Max: 150 words)

2. When not surveying the stars, peering through microscopes, or running through coding marathons, Caltech students pursue an eclectic array of interests that range from speed-cubing, reading, yoga, playing musical instruments and theater arts, to solving puzzles, hiking, painting, and building or inventing new gadgets. We understand that everyone needs an outlet or two. What is a favorite interest or hobby, and why does it bring you joy? (Max: 200 words)

3. Did you have a hard time narrowing it down to just one interest or hobby? We understand – Caltech students like to stay busy, too. Tell us about another hobby or interest! (Max: 150 words)

譯文：

1、如果您覺得您的生活、社會或個人身份的某些方面未在本申請的其他部分體現，請在下面告訴我們。（最多：150 個字）

2、當不觀測星空、觀察顯微鏡或參加程式設計馬拉松時，加州理工學院的學生會從事各種各樣的興趣愛好，從速解魔方、閱讀、瑜伽、演奏樂器和戲劇藝術，到解謎、徒步旅行、繪畫、製造或發明新玩意。

我們理解每個人都需要一兩個發洩情緒的出口。你最喜歡的興趣愛好是什麼?為什麼它能給你帶來快樂?（最多：200 個字）

3、你是否很難僅僅挑選出一個興趣愛好?我們理解 – 加州理工的學生們也喜歡保持忙碌的生活狀態。那麼告訴我們你的另一個愛好或興趣吧!（最多：150 個字）

#02

達特茅斯學院

Dartmouth College

達特茅斯學院要求申請人對以下三篇附加文書題目寫簡短的回答:

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1. Required of all applicants. Please respond in 100 words or fewer:

As you seek admission to Dartmouth's Class of 2029, what aspects of the college's academic program, community, and/or campus environment attract your interest? How is Dartmouth a good fit for you?

譯文：

1、所有申請人均須撰寫，全文不超過100字:

在申請進入達特茅斯2029屆新生班時,學院的哪些方面的學術專案、社群和/或校園環境引起了你的興趣?達特茅斯如何與你匹配?

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2. Required of all applicants, please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer:

A. There is a Quaker saying: Let your life speak. Describe the environment in which you were raised and the impact it has had on the person you are today.

B. "Be yourself," Oscar Wilde advised. "Everyone else is taken." Introduce yourself.

譯文：

2. 所有申請人都需要撰寫。請選擇以下文書題目之一，不超過250字：

A.貴格會有一句格言：讓你的生活說話。描述您成長的環境以及它對你現在性格的影響。

B.“做你自己，”奧斯卡·王爾德建議道。“因為別人都有人做了。”介紹一下自己。

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3. Required of all applicants, please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer:

A. What excites you?

B. Labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta recommended a life of purpose. "We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things," she said. "That is what we are put on the earth for." In what ways do you hope to make—or are you already making—an impact? Why? How?

C. In "Oh, The Places You'll Go," Dr. Seuss invites us to "Think and wonder. Wonder and think." Imagine your anticipated academic major: How does that course of study sync with Dr. Seuss's advice to you?

D. The social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees have been the focus of Dame Jane Goodall's research for decades. Her understanding of animal behavior prompted the English primatologist to see a lesson for human communities as well: "Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right." Channel Dame Goodall: Tell us about a moment when you engaged in a difficult conversation or encountered someone with an opinion or perspective that was different from your own. How did you find common ground?

E. Celebrate your nerdy side.

F. "It's not easy being green…" was the frequent refrain of Kermit the Frog. How has difference been a part of your life, and how have you embraced it as part of your identity, outlook, or sense of purpose?

G. Buddy Teevens '79 was a legendary and much-beloved coach at Dartmouth. He often told parents: "Your son will be a great football player when it's football time, a great student when it's academic time, and a great person all of the time." If Coach Teevens had said that to you, what would it mean to be "a great person"?

譯文：3、所有申請人都需要撰寫。請選擇以下文書題目之一併用200-250字回答：

A.什麼讓你興奮？

B.工黨領袖和民權活動家多洛雷斯·韋爾塔（Dolores Huerta）建議過有目標的生活。她說:“我們必須用我們的生命讓世界變得更美好，而不僅僅是為了得到，這才是我們來到這個世界上的目的。” 你希望以什麼方式產生影響，或者你已經在產生影響?為什麼?以及如何產生了影響?

C.蘇斯博士，達特茅斯1925屆學生西奧多·蓋塞爾 (Theodor Geisel)，寫道：“思考並好奇。好奇且思考。” 想象一下你預期的學術專業：這門課程如何與蘇斯博士給你的建議同步？

D.幾十年來，野生黑猩猩的社會和家庭互動一直是珍·古道爾女爵士的研究重點。她對動物行為的理解促使這位英國靈長類動物學家看到了人類社會的一個教訓：“改變發生在傾聽和與那些做你認為不正確的事情的人對話的過程中。”

珍·古道爾女爵士：請告訴我們，你參與了一次艱難的談話，或者遇到了一個與你意見或觀點不同的人。你是如何找到共同點的？

E.讚美你書呆子的一面。

F. “成為環保人士並不容易……”這是青蛙柯密特(Kermit the Frog)經常重複的一句話。差異是如何成為你生活的一部分的?你是如何把它作為你的身份和觀點的一部分來接受的?

G. Buddy Teevens (1979 年畢業) 是達特茅斯學院一位傳奇且深受愛戴的教練。他經常告訴家長：“你的兒子在踢足球時會成為一名出色的足球運動員，在學習時會成為一名優秀的學生，在任何時候都會成為一名優秀的人。”如果 Teevens 教練對你說過這句話，那麼“優秀的人”意味著什麼呢？