Students should show hard-to-reach aspirations, but at the same time, be able to demonstrate a deliberate track record to prove that these goals are not just pipe dreams. What are you aspirations? It's the crux of the question in the make-your-mark essay. The challenge appears in many forms: “How do you want to be remembered a few years after you graduate?” “What would you like to be doing fifteen years after graduating?" "If you were to write your autobiography, what would page 250 contain?”
在文书中，学生应当表达自己的崇高理想，但同时有脚踏实地的事实来证明这理想的可行性。 你将来的梦想是什么？这问题应该成为你文书的中心点，无论你从多小的细节起步去写。有些学校有更为具体的提示，例如：“你毕业几年后希望大家还能记得你什么？”“毕业十五年后你觉得你会在做什么？”“如果你写自传的话，第250页你会写什么？”（译者按：不要觉得这些题目看起来很离谱，这都是历年大学曾经出过的真实文书题目。）
You should brainstorm on career options and plans to save the world. It is OK to wish for ambitious, even, even grandiose, career. If one doesn't show major aspirations, chances are he or she will not achieve to lofty goals. This essay should be upbeat, ambitious, optimistic, and energetic, projecting a strong self-image and good values.
有鉴于此，在写文书前，你应该认真地想一想自己未来的事业规划。有关如何改变世界的问题也许貌似很大，其实可以很小很具体。如果你真的希望将来成就一番大事业，也没有什么不可以说，因为自信才是美国的录取官最看重的。如果一个学生表现得没有任何对于未来的宏大理想，可能他/她也真的成不了什么气候。总而言之，录取官希望看到一篇积极向上，有理想有抱负的文章，从中可以看到一个英姿飒爽充满信心的你。
Avoid the humble, pessimistic, defeatist, failure essay-the one that says, “I'll never amount to anything." Candidates who write humble essays may think they're being perceived as polite or modest-the “right” kind of person--- but when an admissions counselor has to sort through hundreds of essays, modest students tend to look like dead wood at a time in life when a young person should be bursting with energy, enthusiasm and aspiration. Understandably, colleges want to admit students who are eager to achieve, pioneer, innovate, and improve the world.
如上所述，不要以为过分谦虚低调就是美德。有些申请人把文章写得尽量低调，认为这样会给人以谦虚礼貌的好印象。但是注意中西方价值观的差异，而当一个美国录取官要快速审阅上百篇文书的时候，这些所谓“谦虚谨慎”的学生就如同森林中的朽木，而他们希望看到的是一股生机勃勃的力量，代表着希望，热情，和理想。因此美国大学更愿意录取那些看起来有进取精神，创新精神和改变世界的抱负的学生。
A student, thinking he was entertaining the admissions staff and hoping to make his essay memorable, wrote about how he would like to be remembered as the kid who was thoroughly tattooed. He said that years after his graduation, people would refer to him as “the tattooed kid.” An admissions officer easily could have interpreted the tongue-in-cheek essay as flippant, immature, or insulting. Another officer could have viewed the essay as a case of rebellion. Was the essay memorable? Probably. But not in a positive sense.
还有一点要注意避免的是不要幽默过头。例如，一个学生，当他讲到一个自认为可以使录取官会心而笑的笑话---关于他怎样全身布满纹身而一直被人们称为“纹身小子”的---大概想不到这篇文章也许会令一些录取官对此种庸俗，幼稚甚至带有侮辱性的幽默极为反感，而另一位则可能把此文理解为一种对社会的反叛。这篇文章会给这些录取官留下印象吗？应该会，但未必是好印象。
在文书中，学生应当表达自己的崇高理想，但同时有脚踏实地的事实来证明这理想的可行性。 你将来的梦想是什么？这问题应该成为你文书的中心点，无论你从多小的细节起步去写。有些学校有更为具体的提示，例如：“你毕业几年后希望大家还能记得你什么？”“毕业十五年后你觉得你会在做什么？”“如果你写自传的话，第250页你会写什么？”（译者按：不要觉得这些题目看起来很离谱，这都是历年大学曾经出过的真实文书题目。）
You should brainstorm on career options and plans to save the world. It is OK to wish for ambitious, even, even grandiose, career. If one doesn't show major aspirations, chances are he or she will not achieve to lofty goals. This essay should be upbeat, ambitious, optimistic, and energetic, projecting a strong self-image and good values.
有鉴于此，在写文书前，你应该认真地想一想自己未来的事业规划。有关如何改变世界的问题也许貌似很大，其实可以很小很具体。如果你真的希望将来成就一番大事业，也没有什么不可以说，因为自信才是美国的录取官最看重的。如果一个学生表现得没有任何对于未来的宏大理想，可能他/她也真的成不了什么气候。总而言之，录取官希望看到一篇积极向上，有理想有抱负的文章，从中可以看到一个英姿飒爽充满信心的你。
Avoid the humble, pessimistic, defeatist, failure essay-the one that says, “I'll never amount to anything." Candidates who write humble essays may think they're being perceived as polite or modest-the “right” kind of person--- but when an admissions counselor has to sort through hundreds of essays, modest students tend to look like dead wood at a time in life when a young person should be bursting with energy, enthusiasm and aspiration. Understandably, colleges want to admit students who are eager to achieve, pioneer, innovate, and improve the world.
如上所述，不要以为过分谦虚低调就是美德。有些申请人把文章写得尽量低调，认为这样会给人以谦虚礼貌的好印象。但是注意中西方价值观的差异，而当一个美国录取官要快速审阅上百篇文书的时候，这些所谓“谦虚谨慎”的学生就如同森林中的朽木，而他们希望看到的是一股生机勃勃的力量，代表着希望，热情，和理想。因此美国大学更愿意录取那些看起来有进取精神，创新精神和改变世界的抱负的学生。
A student, thinking he was entertaining the admissions staff and hoping to make his essay memorable, wrote about how he would like to be remembered as the kid who was thoroughly tattooed. He said that years after his graduation, people would refer to him as “the tattooed kid.” An admissions officer easily could have interpreted the tongue-in-cheek essay as flippant, immature, or insulting. Another officer could have viewed the essay as a case of rebellion. Was the essay memorable? Probably. But not in a positive sense.
还有一点要注意避免的是不要幽默过头。例如，一个学生，当他讲到一个自认为可以使录取官会心而笑的笑话---关于他怎样全身布满纹身而一直被人们称为“纹身小子”的---大概想不到这篇文章也许会令一些录取官对此种庸俗，幼稚甚至带有侮辱性的幽默极为反感，而另一位则可能把此文理解为一种对社会的反叛。这篇文章会给这些录取官留下印象吗？应该会，但未必是好印象。
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