What?field?of?study?appeals?to?you?the?most?right?now??(Note:?Applicants?select?from?a?dropdown?list.)?Tell?us?more?about?why?this?field?of?study?at?MIT?appeals?to?you.?(100?words?or?fewer)

現在，你最感興趣的學科領域是什么？（注意：申請者需從下拉列表中選擇。）請告訴我們更多關于為什么你對MIT的這個學科領域感興趣（不超過100個字）

Why?Electrical?Engineering?

My?decision?to?major?in?Electrical?Engineering?was?inspired?by?my?desire?to?improve?security?through?technology.?When?I?lived?in?Mexico,?my?father’s?restaurant?security?system?lacked?the?ability?to?protect?our?property?from?robbers,?who?would?break?in?multiple?times?a?year.?Thanks?to?the?influence?of?my?cousin,?who?now?studies?Autonomous?Systems,?I?developed?an?interest?in?electrical?engineering.?I?am?inspired?to?not?only?improve?my?father’s?security?system,?but?contributing?to?security?innovations?for?larger?companies?and?perhaps,?one?day,?national?security.?(89?words)

論點：我希望通過技術來提高安全性

背景：有一次父親的餐廳被入室搶劫

經歷：我的堂兄教我關于自主系統

未來展望：我希望能夠與大型企業合作或從事國家安全工作

在這篇文章中，你可以以論點開始，然后依次介紹背景故事和經歷，最后提及你未來的職業展望。這樣的結構將幫助讀者更好地理解你為什么選擇電子工程專業以及你的動機。

We?know?you?lead?a?busy?life,?full?of?activities,?many?of?which?are?required?of?you.?Tell?us?about?something?you?do?simply?for?the?pleasure?of?it.(225?words?or?fewer)

"我們知道您的生活非常忙碌，充滿了各種活動，其中許多是您必須完成的。請告訴我們您做某件事情僅是出于快樂。

One?activity?which?I?simply?do?for?the?pleasure?of?it?is?playing?cricket–not?on?a?proper?team?or?league,?but?casually?along?with?friends?and?family.

Though?I?have?enjoyed?competitively?participating?in?soccer,?ultimate?frisbee,?and?table?tennis?in?the?past,?the?lack?of?competitive?nature?in?cricket?is?refreshing,?especially?because?I?am?not?that?great?of?a?player.?The?whole?playing?experience?with?other?casual?cricket?players?is?more?enjoyable:?Though?the?goal?is?to?win,?we?can?learn?and?grow?without?the?stress?of?losing?an?“important”?match.

The?connectivity?with?others?is?another?reason?I?enjoy?being?a?casual?cricket?player.?I?usually?play?with?my?family,?and?have?taught?many?friends?with?non-cricketing?backgrounds?how?to?play.?One?time,?my?friends?and?I?were?playing?at?a?local?park,?and?a?family?of?three?generations?joined?us:?representative?of?how?casual?cricket?is?welcoming?to?all.

The?accessibility?of?the?sport?in?my?backyard,?where?I?can?pick?up?the?bat?and?hit?a?tennis?ball?around?during?an?evening?walk,?and?sometimes?having?my?parents?bowl?at?me/me?bowl?at?them,?shows?the?spontaneous?fun?that?I?can?have?at?any?time.??

As?someone?who?likes?to?watch?cricket,?Indian?cricket?specifically,?it?is?enjoyable?to?be?able?to?casually?play?a?sport?that?many?in?the?US?have?never?properly?experienced.?It?also?connects?to?my?identity?as?an?Indian?who?grew?up?with?stories?of?“gully?cricket.”?(248?words)

展示個性中的新特點。利用這個提示來展示你個性中未能在其他MIT申請材料中表現出的一部分。例如，我們喜歡這篇文章講述的是一項可能未出現在學生活動清單中的活動（因為他只是出于樂趣打板球），但也喜歡他如何在打板球中找到快樂，即使他在其中并不是“出色”的（體現脆弱性）。

提供具體例子來展示你為何喜歡這項活動。這些細節可以讓招生官了解你看待世界的方式。因此，請不要吝惜提供色彩豐富和具體的信息。分享你是如何對這項活動產生興趣、什么使你保持興趣，以及這項活動如何影響你與生活其他方面的聯系。在這個示例中，請注意作者如何通過具體例子將多個故事融合在一起，使文章從頭到尾具有很好的連貫性。

將其與你的知識好奇心聯系起來。MIT正在尋找富有知識好奇心的學生。因此，即使這個提示要求你談論一項純粹為樂趣而做的活動，如果你至少能示意這種經歷如何激發你的思維，使你在其他方面進行深入思考，將是有幫助的，就像這位學生將他的板球比賽與不總是競爭以及與他人建立聯系的好處聯系起來一樣。

How?has?the?world?you?come?from—including?your?opportunities,?experiences, and challenges shaped?your?dreams?and?aspirations??(225?words?or?fewer)

您來自的世界，包括您的機會、經歷和挑戰，是如何塑造您的夢想和抱負的？（不超過225個字）

My?world?is?at?once?expansively?big?and?recognisably?small.?Coming?from?a?multiethnic?European?family,?I’ve?spent?my?childhood?encountering?an?array?of?rich?cultures?across?the?continent?and?beyond.?I?learned?about?the?Jewish?holiday?of?love?“Tu?B'Av”?to?bring?me?closer?to?my?extended?family?living?in?Tel?Aviv.?Further?north,?I?joined?my?relatives?in?Ukraine?to?celebrate?the?Orthodox?new?year?two?weeks?after?all?of?my?friends?back?home.

Even?in?London,?my?world?feels?stretched?across?neighbourhoods,?zones,?and?ethnic?traditions.?Whether?it?is?making?sense?of?the?Islamic?conception?of?peace?on?a?school?trip?to?our?local?mosque?or?losing?myself?in?Caribbean?music?at?the?Notting?Hill?Carnival,?I?have?learned?to?see?the?world?through?my?city?and?the?300?languages?spoken?in?it.

Yet?my?world?is?also?one?of?close-knit?communities.?As?a?volunteer,?I?have?developed?close?relationships?with?a?range?of?students?who?see?me?as?a?mentor?in?their?ambitions?to?become?a?video?game?developer.?Among?my?school?friends,?I?have?built?a?family?of?bandmates?and?co-conspirators?that?come?together?every?week?to?make?new?music,?work?on?joint?programming?projects,?and?train?in?Jiu-Jitsu.?And?in?my?actual?family,?I?spend?my?nights?playing?geography?games?and?attending?cooking?schools?where?we?learn?new?cuisines?that?we?can?incorporate?into?our?meals?at?home.

Together,?the?big?and?the?small?combine?to?make?my?world?one?of?exploration?and?intimacy.?(250?words)

展示你在這個“世界”中的獨特之處。許多學生可能來自與你相同的“世界”。因此，你在這里的目標是向讀者展示你在其中的位置與眾不同。例如，注意到這位作者如何將她的身份的多個部分融合在一起，以展示她在家庭、城市和整個世界中獨特的視角。

提供你如何從社區中獲得和貢獻的例子。社區文章對幫助招生官了解你如何適應校園社區很重要。因此，將其視為一個機會，展示你不僅從社區中學到東西，還為社區做出了貢獻。在這個示例中，我們了解到作者不僅通過志愿工作和團體活動成為她社區的積極成員，而且她對于從那些與她不同的人身上學到東西有著濃厚的興趣。

不要忘記展示社區“如何塑造了你的夢想和抱負”。這是問題的一個重要部分，因此要有意識地展示你從社區中學到了什么，以及它如何幫助你在成長為一個人和領袖的過程中，也如何塑造了你對未來的愿景。這位學生，例如，最后得出的見解是，她的互動和經歷如何“結合”塑造了她的世界成為一個“探索和親近”的世界。

MIT?brings?people?with?diverse?backgrounds?together?to?collaborate,?from?tackling?the?world’s?biggest?challenges?to?lending?a?helping?hand.?Describe?one?way?you?have?collaborated?with?others?to?learn?from?them,?with?them,?or?contribute?to?your?community?together.?(225?words?or?fewer)

麻省理工學院將具有不同背景的人聚集在一起，共同合作，應對全球最大的挑戰，伸出援助之手。描述您與他人合作學習、與他們合作或一起為社區做出貢獻的一種方式。（不超過225個字）

From?a?young?age,?teaching?has?been?my?way?to?give?back?to?my?community,?whether?it’s?my?immediate?family?or?neighbours?on?the?opposite?edge?of?London.

My?first?teaching?experience?took?place?when?I?was?10.?My?five-year-old?sister?took?a?principled?moral?stand?against?homework?by?getting?under?the?table?and?refusing?to?do?her?maths?additions?tables.?After?almost?an?hour?of?negotiations,?our?mother?admitted?defeat,?so?I?jumped?in?to?assist?her.?My?sister?and?I?worked?patiently?through?the?tables,?finding?new?tricks?to?help?her?master?the?relationship?between?the?numbers.?And?I?found?myself?genuinely?thrilled?to?have?helped?her?—?and?my?mother?—?in?that?difficult?moment.

I?have?been?teaching?regularly?ever?since.?At?Imperial?College’s?programming?club,?I?volunteered?to?help?show?young?people?the?creative?side?of?coding?through?graphical?programming.?At?people’s?homes,?I?have?adapted?to?people’s?needs,?from?teaching?Computer?GCSE?to?helping?a?group?of?four?girls?make?a?moving?Raspberry?Pi?robot.?And?during?lockdown,?I?offered?free?Python?coding?classes?to?kids?of?essential?workers.?In?each,?I?not?only?provided?support?to?students?to?complete?their?stated?assignments.?I?also?found?myself?learning?from?the?students?along?the?way,?helping?me?to?find?novel?solutions?to?my?own?challenges?as?a?programmer.?It?is?this?two-way?exchange?between?teacher?and?student?that?I?find?so?rewarding?in?this?contribution?to?my?community.?(241?words)

展示不同的價值觀。MIT給予你展示自己不同方面的機會，這也意味著展示你多樣性價值觀的多重機會。由于這個問題只是要求你具體描述你如何影響了你的社區，你可能沒有太多關于話題的選擇。但你可以尋找機會來擴展已經分享的價值觀。如何做到這一點呢？可以使用價值觀練習，掃描你的文章，找出已經傳達出來的價值觀，逐一列出。有些價值觀是否缺失，甚至是重要的價值觀？如果有，可以尋找方式在這里展示它們。例如，這位學生在描述妹妹堅持不做家庭作業時，插入了一些幽默，描述她為了原則在桌子下面躺下，拒絕出來。也許在其他地方他們沒有機會傳達這一價值觀？

解釋你的合作伙伴與你的不同之處。你是否與年齡相仿但背景迥異的同齡人合作？你是否找到與不尋常的合作伙伴合作的機會，比如特殊需求的學生或不同國家的成年人？確保讀者能夠理解涉及的不同之處，如果不明顯，留出空間來解釋合作伙伴的不同之處，以及你從與他們合作中獲得了什么。例如，如果這位學生要寫作回應這個問題，他們可能會詳細闡述與“教師與學生之間的雙向交流”的挑戰性但有益的合作，以此為合作的基礎，展示這些學生的輸入和參與如何導致“對編程挑戰的新解決方案”。

展示合作的機會和障礙。MIT招生官員希望看到你實際展示合作技能。當你與具有不同觀點或背景的人合作時，事情并不總是順利的。但正是摩擦可以創造新的解決方案，同時也導致個人成長。你在這篇文章中的目標是展示雙方的情況，因此一定要注意你對合作的貢獻，以及從他人學習中的成長方式。如果這位學生要調整這篇文章以適應問題，他們可以分享與另一位編程導師的具有挑戰性但有益的合作，或者從與一個好辯的學生進行的持續對話中產生的即興創作。

How?did?you?manage?a?situation?or?challenge?that?you?didn’t?expect??What?did?you?learn?from?it??(225?word?or?fewer)

您是如何應對一種意外情況或挑戰的？您從中學到了什么？（不超過225個字）

Off?the?crack?of?the?bat?I?tracked?the?first?two?hops,?but?when?I?looked?down,?all?I?saw?was?a?crooked?finger.

It?was?the?game?before?CIF,?our?year?to?take?the?championship?that?had?eluded?us?the?year?prior.?I?had?received?Honorable?Mention?All-League?and?Rookie?of?the?Year?awards?my?sophomore?year,?and?this?year?was?my?time?to?help?break?school?history.

But?a?misplaced?pebble?guaranteed?I?wouldn’t?have?the?opportunity?to?live?my?decade?long?goal?of?winning?CIF.?During?the?first?playoff?game,?I?simply?watched?from?the?dugout,?restricted?by?my?cast.?I?felt?useless

In?the?next?game,?I?completely?altered?my?gameplan;?I?talked?to?our?coach?about?my?helping?to?manage?the?team.?I?traded?my?glove?and?bat?for?a?clipboard?and?pencil,?keeping?score?and?tracking?pitch?counts;?I?used?the?data?to?alter?defensive?formations?based?on?opponents’?batting?tendencies?and?advise?on?pitching?strategy,?allowing?us?to?conserve?our?ace?for?the?championship.?I?applied?my?problem?solving?skills?and?led?my?team?from?the?dugout.?

Our?team?broke?school?history?for?the?second?year?in?a?row,?making?it?to?the?CIF?championship,?but?fell?two?runs?short?of?victory.?While?I?could?think?“What?if?I?had?been?playing?”I?don’t?have?to,?because?I?know?I?played?a?valuable?role?and?was?just?as?much?of?a?threat?at?left?bench?as?I?was?making?diving?stops?at?second.?

讓我們看看這位學生如何使用上面提到的結構。

問題是什么？盡管這位學生描述手指彎曲的形象有點生動，但它使人很容易看出這位學生的問題。像這位學生所做的那樣，使用一個快速的描述性軼事可以有效地設置情節，并進入這個問題的更重要部分：你的行動。不過，在您繼續之前，請告訴我們：

為什么這是一件大事？提高賭注。在上面的示例中，作者提到了錦標賽和學校歷史。提供關于你的挑戰的背景信息（你為達到這一時刻所做的努力，其他人在達到這一時刻所做的投入等）將有助于讀者產生興趣。

你采取了什么行動？具體，具體，具體。這位學生分享了高影響力的行動（追蹤投球次數，使用數據改變防守布局），并為讀者做了一些工作，列出了所需的更高級技能（問題解決和領導能力）。

你如何對幫助解決問題至關重要？這位學生沒有直接回答這個問題，但很明顯，他獨特的情況——一個被安排扮演不同角色的球員——給了他機會利用他的技能（分析棒球戰略數據）。如果你之前的經驗（也許參加了使用Excel的暑期課程）幫助你靈活適應或克服了挑戰（也許通過創建一份電子表格來分析時間對學生在課間休息時間內的沖突產生了影響），請分享！

結果如何？是否有更大的影響或教訓？讓讀者得到一個令人滿意的結論，即使你還沒有完全解決挑戰。如果你仍在努力克服這一挑戰，請告訴我們你是如何做到的。如果你在這個過程中學到了有價值的東西，就像這位學生學會了無論自己的角色如何都能產生積極影響，毫不猶豫地分享出來。

Please?list?up?to?four?activities—if?you?have?more?than?four,?choose?the?ones?that?are?most?important?to?you.?(40?words?or?less?per?activity?description)

請列出最多四項活動，如果您有超過四項，請選擇對您最重要的活動。（每項活動描述不超過40個字）

Citizen?Scientist?Marine?Protected?Area?Watch

Monitor?local?Marine?Protected?beaches?for?illegal?activity;?coordinate?with?Park?Rangers?and?fellow?Citizen?Scientists?to?deter?visitors?from?abusing?the?beach?habitats?and?creatures;?complete?surveys?on?activity?at?the?beaches:?published?data?15?times?for?academic?studies?(40?words)

2019?Captain;?starter?MHS?Varsity?Baseball

Starter?at?2nd?or?3rd?base;?bat?2nd?in?lineup;?made?school?history?by?making?2017?CIF?semi-finals,?2018?CIF?finals;

2017?Rookie?of?the?Year?Award,?2017?All-Frontier?League?Honorable?Mention;?to?be?Captain?in?2019?Season?(38?words)

Educator?Heal?the?Bay’s?Pier?Aquarium

Teach?and?engage?in?discussion?with?guests?at?touch?tanks,?shark?tanks,?and?whale?exhibit;?coordinate?whale?watching?events,?encourage?ocean?respect?and?environmentalism;?received?Dolphin?Pin?for?150?hours?of?service?(32?words)

Starting?Driver?MHS?Water?Polo

Starter,?sprinter;?2018?Conejo?Classic?Tournament?Champions,?2018?Oxnard?Tournament?Champions;?

2nd?Team?AllFrontier?League?2017?Award,?2016?MVP?of?JV?team,?Frontier?League?Champions?20152018;?

club?season:?start?for?S&S?Bruin?Water?Polo?-?driver,?compete?in?local?tournaments?(40?words)

強調具體的、可衡量的影響；

使用積極的動詞；

使用列表和不完整的句子；

通過使用更具體的詞語來減少多余的詞語（例如，“告訴人們關于”?→?宣傳，“想出”?→?頭腦風暴）。

Optional:?No?application?can?meet?the?needs?of?every?individual.?If?there?is?significant?information?that?you?were?not?able?to?include?elsewhere?in?the?application,?you?may?include?it?here.?(Many?students?will?leave?this?section?blank—and?that’s?okay.)

沒有一個申請可以滿足每個人的需求。如果有重要的信息沒有辦法在申請的其他部分包括，你可以在這里包括它（許多學生會將這一部分留空，這沒關系）。

審視你已經包含在申請中的信息。有什么遺漏的？哪些可能不合情理，需要解釋？你可能需要幫助來看到遺漏的內容。