There is nothing fun about “fun questions.” And fun questions do not reduce stress.
Some high-pressured colleges have introduced "fun questions” to make the application process less stressful. If an application asks the applicant what he or she does for fun, don’t be fooled into
writing anything that makes you sound lazy, passive, a wannabe, a follower, a partier. Make sure you stress constructive activities that can be accommodated by the university to which you are applying.
所谓“有趣的问题”其实并不有趣，而且丝毫不能为你的申请减压。不少竞争激烈的大学推出了“有趣的问题”使申请过程看似轻松一些，但是，当一份申请材料问你平时喜欢做什么“有趣”的事的时候，千万不要随意写一些会使自己看起来懒惰，被动，自以为是的，人云亦云，或者就喜欢醉生梦死的事。一定要强调你参加的是会被申请大学所提倡的有建设性的活动。
In previous applications, Penn has asked, “Tell us what you like to do for fun." MIT asked, "Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it." Harvey Mudd asked, "What fun, cool, or interesting things about you won't fit into the categories on the application? Feel welcome to be clever or funny."
在以往的申请中，宾大曾经问过“告诉我们你喜欢做什么有趣的事。”麻省理工问过“告诉我们你做过的纯属喜爱的事。”哈维玛德大学问过：“你做过什么有趣或者很酷的事在申请表上无法体现出来？请尽量地发挥你的聪明才智。”
If anything, these Band-Aid questions bring greater stress to the applicants with whom I have spoken, as they struggle to figure out what fun they should speak of. After all, they observe that everyone they know who has been admitted to these colleges had no time for “fun” in high school, having pulled many all-nighters and faced week-ends and vacations filled with homework. In order to be seriously considered for these colleges, one must ace many time-consuming AP or IB courses一some students take five or six per year-which eats up all time for fun.
这些貌似有助于缓解申请压力的问题其实反而增加了申请人的压力，因为他们拼命想猜出录取委员会到底想要什么样的答案。实际上，根据这些学生的经验，他们没看到自己周围已经被心仪院校录取的同学曾经有时间做过什么“有趣”的事。相反，他们看到的是这些人经常熬夜，连周末和假期都堆满了作业。情有可原，因为如果想被那些顶尖的大学考虑，高中生需要考出很多的AP或者IB的高分 （有些学生一年要选五到六门这类课程，哪里还有时间干别的？）---待续。
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