美國大學(xué)很看重學(xué)生的個人能力。在某些情況下，即使學(xué)生的學(xué)術(shù)能力或者是英語語言能力都沒有達到學(xué)校的入學(xué)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，但是，申請者本身具備獨特的才能或者開發(fā)潛力，學(xué)校也會破格錄取。所以，對于留學(xué)生來說，留學(xué)申請文書就顯得格外重要，這是讓招生老師充分了解自己的最佳方式。下面就讓我們和YJBYS一起來看一看如何寫好美國留學(xué)申請文書。
1、美國留學(xué)申請文書寫作技巧
(1)真情實感
真實是文書寫作中非常重要的原則，美國大學(xué)對于弄虛作假的行為是極為厭惡的，一旦被發(fā)現(xiàn)將導(dǎo)致嚴重的后果，即便是僥幸被錄取，入學(xué)后被發(fā)現(xiàn)申請者與描述不符的話也將面臨被退學(xué)的危險。
美國大學(xué)真正想要尋找的是具備培養(yǎng)潛質(zhì)的學(xué)生。很多家長和學(xué)生疑惑，那些被Harvard，Princeton和Yale錄取的學(xué)生也并不是說各方面都非常出眾，那么為什么他們能夠被名校錄取，他們身上或者是他們寫的文書到底展現(xiàn)的是怎么樣的自我?其實本科ESSAY并不是說文采要多出眾，語言要多優(yōu)美，而是這篇ESSAY是不是你個人真情實感的表達，展現(xiàn)的是不是你真實的自我。
(2)內(nèi)容簡潔
美國留學(xué)申請文書以簡潔明快為好。申請文章都有字數(shù)限制，一般為250到500個詞。500個詞的文章，翻譯成中文，也就千字左右。能用一個詞的，不用兩個詞，能用短詞的，不用長詞，不要超長。
(3)風(fēng)格獨特
文如其人，美國留學(xué)申請文書的風(fēng)格應(yīng)該充分體現(xiàn)自己自然的風(fēng)格和寫作手法�？傊晒Φ纳暾埼恼聲岩粋�血肉豐滿的人展現(xiàn)在閱讀者的面前。
(4)結(jié)構(gòu)清晰
眾所周知，錄取委員會人員每天要閱讀大量的申請資料，其中只有那種生動形象、重點突出的的文章才能打動招生人員。PS其實是一篇個人的廣告，申請者需要在短短的一篇文章里將自己的優(yōu)勢展現(xiàn)出來，但中國申請人往往傾向于把自己的優(yōu)點不分主次全都展現(xiàn)在PS里，這就導(dǎo)致錄取委員會人員對申請者的整體印象的模糊。PS中什么都是重點，就等于沒有重點。IDP文書專家顧問指出，PS的結(jié)果一定要做到結(jié)果框架清晰，層層深入，段落之間緊密連接。PS的寫作要點就是要詳略得當(dāng)，有的放矢。
(5)句式多樣
避免通篇使用短句，短句固然簡潔清新，但用多了略顯幼稚。中國學(xué)生不比美國學(xué)生，可以隨意運用語言，沒有人會認為美國學(xué)生不會使用長句。而中國學(xué)生使用復(fù)雜長句，更能體現(xiàn)其英語的熟練度。
(6)有表現(xiàn)力
申請文書要具有表現(xiàn)力，把想表達的東西展現(xiàn)給別人，而不是告訴別人。對以英語為外語的申請人來說，最奏效的方法是多用動詞，少用形容詞和口頭語。“動作”永遠是最具有表現(xiàn)力的。
(7)上網(wǎng)參考
為了了解美國留學(xué)文書寫作，你可以在美國的網(wǎng)站上尋找有關(guān)美國研究生申請文書的內(nèi)容。有些網(wǎng)站專門刊登免費的樣文，都是申請成功者的杰作。
2、美國留學(xué)申請書范文
In the capacity of the former chairman of the Department of Finance and the associate dean of Business School in YYY University (P. R. China), I am writing with pleasure to recommend Ms. Sophie XXX to your esteemed graduate school.
Ms. XXX is a distinguished student in the department. I know her well through different occasions, besides teaching her a Financial Engineering course last year. I got to know her personally 2 years ago, when she was a candidate for exchange-student program of YYY University. Concerning her unspectacular academic results and her outstanding performance, she was awarded our university’s scholarship and a chance to study abroad in ZZZ University, which only one student from our department can receive every year. Her semester-long experience there turned out to be an impressive success. Ms. XXX showed great aptitude on all the courses she took and her GPA of that semester was 3.80. If you take the difficulty of the courses and strict grading into account, you will understand why her scores are among the top five. Undoubtedly, she got excellent scores on other core courses and ranked among the top 5% of her class when she got her bachelor’s degree.
Having been Ms. XXX’s director while she was completing her undergraduate thesis defense in 2008, I was greatly impressed with her skillful diagrams, and with the unified and coherent manner in which she articulated her thesis. She chose a daring topic – stock index futures arbitrage. In China, this is a very hot event. Although there are several models around the world, not one yet has been found suitable for China. She proposed a very feasible one in her thesis paper. Moreover, she also demonstrated a high level of proficiency in using statistic software in her research. Not only was the committee struck by the display of creativity at her thesis defense conference, her lucid presentation expressed clear and logic thought. Her expansive and open-minded academic perspectives really struck a chord, so it gives me a great deal of pleasure to give you my recommendation to this outstanding young lady of immense promise.
After she graduated from YYY University, she still keeps in touch with me. I feel very delighted when she told me she would like to pursue her advanced studies in your honored program. I trust her academic excellence, spirit of devotion and pleasant personality warrant your serious consideration of her application. Should there be any way in which I can be of further assistance in your deliberations, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.