第一篇:留学申请如何提高课外活动分
留学申请如何提高课外活动分
今年美国TOP30大学参考的录取因素的侧重点又有所改变——更看重申请人的课外活动和整体素质,因此学术上的分数即使再高,占到的便宜还是不大。一直以来美国高等院校对留学生的录取都倾向于看课外活动,但近年来全世界的学霸竞相涌入美国院校的形势来看,同样的高分只能靠课外活动的表现胜出。这点从各大高校的官网公告上可以看出:
哈佛:Harvard welcomes students from across the country and all over the world,with diverse backgrounds and far-ranging talents and interests.耶鲁:The great majority of students who are admitted [are those who] stand out from the rest.普林斯顿:It is our mission at Princeton to ensure that our community is as diverse and intellectually stimulating as possible.按照名校录取规则,课外活动、文书和推荐信成了除学术分外展示个人能力的亮点。在留学申请实际操作中,就有一部分成绩偏低的申请者靠课外活动成功进入名校的案例。
除了拼学术分外,申请者还要拼课外活动分。下面就来介绍如何拼。1.选有质量和影响力的课外活动,而不是一见有活动就去 原因有三:
a.中国学生课业压力大,几乎没什么休闲时间,因此报名多个课外活动不现实。b.中国学生课业压力大在世界范围内已不是秘密,这点国外大学招生办同样知晓,在课外活动这一栏写太多,会让人感觉里面有水分。
c.审核申请资料的人有几十万分材料要看,只有有质量和影响力的课外活动才能让人眼前一亮。
2.只写与你自己要强调的个人素质相关的课外活动
个人素质可以是领导力、自学能力、适应能力、动手能力、解决问题的能力等。其他无关紧要的,不能给自己加分的活动就可以不写。比如你要突出自己国际阅历,沟通能力,全球青少年文化大使比赛就可以写上去。
3.要注重课外活动给予自己的收获
现在出国留学的学生越来越多,除了北上广一线城市外,还有不少二三线城市的学生也都开始越来越多地往外寻求优质教学资源。由于二三线城市学校或机构能够提供的课外活动资源和机会相比于一线城市的来说相对较少,因此这些二三线城市的申请者都有种倾向——填写听起来高大上的课外活动。
这是一个误区。高校看中的是你在活动中的“热情”、“投入”、“成长”和“影响力”。这也就是为什么一些清华北大的申请者学术分数高却没有拿到名校offer的其中一个原因。
4.摒弃功利心
为了能够顺利获得国外大学,不少申请者对待课外活动这件事不可避免地抱有功利心,比如哪种类型的课外活动比较好,对申请有没有帮助等。这点最好不要太明显。
第三点已经说得很清楚,名校看重的是个人的能力素质,一旦功利心占据主要地位,人难免浮躁。
只要是满足以下条件的课外活动都可以考虑参加: a.自己感兴趣的
没有兴趣根本不会主动积极地参加,因此就不会有所谓的成果产出。b.自己擅长的
不擅长的东西,即使再感兴趣也得不到提高。c.不影响学习
学术分依然是进入名校的硬指标。增加软实力的同时不能丢弃硬实力。d.有所收获
没有收获的活动放上简历也不能给自己加分。e.有积极的影响
对自己、周围、社会都有哪些积极影响,这个必须在参加活动之前有所考量。
第二篇:2013课外活动申请
2013-2014学
平溪中学初中生物课外科技活动申请书
尊敬的学校领导:
为提高生物学习的兴趣,加强生物科学活动的实践意义,落实体现STS新教育理念,特申请组织一次八年级学生生物课外科技活动。
一、活动目的:
课外活动以实践为主,充分发挥学生有效探索、实践方式。培养学生掌握生物实验技能、树立正确的科学世界观。
二、活动项目及地点:
1、活动项目:本次生物学课外科技活动项目为野外生物种类考察活动为主。活动内容主要配合课堂教学,识别水生、陆生等不同生物种类和对不同生物的分类统计,学会科学的技能和方法。
2、地点:平溪镇小地村两岔河自然生态区(距平溪中学约5公里)。
三、队伍组织:
根据学生实际情况和安全考虑,本次生物课外科技活动队伍拟定组织八年级
(1)班和八年级(4)班共90人参加,八年级其他学生由班主任各选定10人左右组成生物兴趣小组参与活动。
四、安全措施:
活动组织教师:白长海
安全维护教师:八(1)班主任:潘胜军、八(4)班主任:姚念、八(2)班主任:邓涛、八(3)班主任:龙丽、八(5)班主任:李君君及其他参与活动教师。
五、时间安排:
活动时间拟定于2013年12月7日(星期六)进行。若因天气变化等其他原因则活动时间延迟进行。
六、本次申请活动请学校领导基于学校实际情况和学生发展的需要,望批准同意。
申请教师:白长海
2013年12月2日
第三篇:分户申请
分 户 申 请
和平村委会:
本人xxx,男,19xx年x月x日出生,蒙古族,xxxxxxx和平村李家湾屯人。于201x年x月xx日与同村居民xxx离婚。现申请将一卡通账户与xxx分户,将退耕还林补助、粮食补贴、农业保险等其他涉农补助也与其分户,另将原家庭人口土地单独确权。
后附:民事起诉状、民事调解书
申请人:付志新 2015年1月27日
第四篇:留学申请
Motivation letter
To whom it may concern:
I am a student from Kunming Science and Technology University, my name is Grant and my major is marketing.During the four years from 2003 to 2007, I had been studying theories about marketing diligently and I have worked in two different companies after I graduated.Since I am considering furthering develop myself and to enlarge my horizon, I would like to apply for the Master of Science in International Project Development hold by Rouen Business School.I have been considering about applying for this program for a long time and I think the reason that I want to apply for this program could be described from five aspects.In the first place, I think it is a fantastic chance for me to experience a brand new life, which is different from life in China.Different countries would have different customs and different culture.It is good for me to be a good human being and then a successful human being.As far as I am concerned, it is necessary to experience as much as possible to have enough life experience to be a good human being.In the second place, as a successful human being it is very essential to have high professional self-cultivation.Therefore, I expect to seize the opportunity to join the program to improve my professional self-cultivation so as to better adjust myself to the fiercer competition in our society.In the third place, not everybody in China could have a good chance to study and work abroad to enlarge their horizon.It is a good opportunity to live a different life while studying abroad, which helps me to see more, learn more and feel more.When I become an old man, I would be able to tell my children that maybe I am not a great man, but I have lived a full life.In the fourth place, joining the program could offer me many chances to meet people, which could help to expand the range of social activities.During this process, I could be honored to meet more excellent people.There is an old saying in China that it is always valuable to learn from others.As a consequent, I could learn more things from those excellent people.In my opinion an excellent person could be a great book.Last but not least, I expect to learn more advanced theories about marketing and management from the program.Besides, it would also count to me to accumulate more real experience to make better preparations for my future career.Please take your time over these questions, and give your answer.1.How do you expect to benefit from the program that you are applying for? It is known that experience does count for an employee to find a satisfying job.In order to achieve more valuable experience in marketing and management, I have made up my mind to apply for this program.On the one hand, I expect to learn more things about my life since I think nobody could be a successful employee or employer unless he is a qualified human being.On the other hand, I think it is a good opportunity for me to learn more advanced theories about both marketing and management.Besides, since there are many excellent teachers and classmates, I consider it is a great chance to learn from them.I hope to become an excellent person and to accumulate more experience about both my life and my career.2.How do you see your career progressing?
As a matter of fact, I have been working in China for four years.And during these four years I have decided that my future career could be starting a business by myself or working in a multinational company.No matter which one I choose at last, the first step would be arming me with enough advanced theories and rich experience.The beauty of life lies in its uncertainty.But it is necessary to make preparation for this uncertainty.And I consider it is a good opportunity for me to join the program to make a good start for my career.My aim is to be good student and learner at the very first, and then a great practitioner and creator.3.Describe your major strengths and weaknesses
As a young man, I know there is still much for me to learn.I confess that it is quite urgent for me to learn more things about those advanced theories within my major.Besides, although I have learnt some theories, yet it makes me confused to apply them into practice.However, I am a good learner.I have learnt a sentence that the most valuable people in this world are not those who know everything, but those who are able to learn everything.And thank goodness, I am a good learner with firm perseverance and creativity.4.Do you adapt well to new and challenging situations?
I have grown up from a common family in China and my growing process has helped me to form good habit of being independent to choose.When my classmates were wondering how to spend their four years in university, I was joining different clubs and enjoying my life in school.When I worked in Beiersdorf Hair Care, it took me one month to have a full understanding of the whole work theories and practice and I became a leader there in two months.There are different kinds of challenges in both life and work, yet I have confidence in myself that with diligence and intelligence I can cope well with them.5.Do you consider yourself to be “international in outlook”?
As far as I am concerned, it is necessary to have a full understanding of the domestic market to be “international in outlook”.Since I have been working for four years and I have read lots of news about China’s market, I have at least a good understanding of the domestic situation.Besides, I have worked in Beiersdorf Hair Care, which is a foreign company in China.The working and studying experience there gave me a good opportunity to see things with an international outlook, which I appreciated very much.However, it still takes time and diligence to be really “international in outlook”, which I hope to become by joining the program.6.What are your personal interests?
Although my major in university was marketing, yet I have a strong love for art.What’s more, I have a wide range of hobbies in my spare time.I love painting, which I think is a nice way to talk to my inner world and Mother Nature.My major has offered me opportunities to become a successful employee or employer, yet it is my personal interests that help me to enjoy life more.When I am free, I would like to listen to music and travel to different places.As far as I am concerned, music and travelling can both help me to get out of fatigue and weariness of work.7.Additional information to support your application(for example your test scores).I have got 6.5 for IELTS and the scores for my curriculums in university were over 80.I had joined different clubs in university and I had won several prizes in competitions all over China.I am a simple person and I would try my best for my goals no matter how hard it could be.My favorite sentence is that “There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way”.I think it is true and I am willing to try every little possibility.
第五篇:留学申请
名校申请之路--从大二开始规划
一、出国还是不出国
出国申请不是一个小工程,本科毕业之后的出路可以算得上是人生第一个重要决写。所以决定做这件事之前,我们应该先弄清楚为什么要出国,我建议大家可以从以下几个角度考虑,评估下自己要不要出国:
1、个人职业规划
A如果你想做科研,那么毫无疑问你需要出去读一个PhD。虽然中国现在也在进步,但进步的步伐明显落后于经济实力进步的速度,如果你是一个专心搞科研的人,那么PHD是一条最适合的道路。
B如果你想进军工业界,那么你是想做技术还是想做管理?如果出国的话,中国的孩子大多数都很难做到一个大公司的高级管理岗位,如果你国内的学校牌子不错,声誉不错的话,进入一个企业从基层做起,最后进入管理层的希望要比在国外大。当然,去国外镀金然后回国进入工业界,也是可行的。如果你想做一个纯粹的技术人员,那么我觉得国外是一个好选择。2.见世面、开眼界
有的人对出国不想想这么多,只是想趁着自己年轻出去闯一闯,见识一下国外的天空,开阔一下自己的眼界,和其他文化背景的人交流交流。我想这个理由已经足够充分了。坦率地说,我遇到的很多学生都是这种想法的人。
二、如果决定出国,那么应该怎么做
1、充分的了解
做一件事情之前,对基本知识的掌握是很有必要的。我推荐的参考材料和信息来源如下: 推荐的入门读物是《北大飞跃手册》和《上海交大飞跃手册》。这两本书可以让你了解出国的流程是什么,这都是百科全书级别的著作,抽时间读一读,你的收获会很大。推荐的深入级读物是《太傻十日谈》(绝对不是王婆卖瓜哈,相信只要是去美国的同学,90%以上都是读过这本经典之作吧。)这本书可以让深入了解什么是申请,申请的本质是什么。寄托和太傻恐怕所有想要出国的人都去过。这两个论坛可以说是全国最大的两个留学论坛了,特点是信息量大,缺点是人多且杂,遴选有效信息较为费时。这两个论坛我觉得你一定要去过,尤其是论坛的托福版和GRE版,绝对体现了勤劳的天朝人民互帮互助的传统美德,是你备考期间必去的地方。
如果有兴趣也可以参与一下国内外的机构做的出国交流的项目,可以提前去国外的学校体验学习生活,顺便见一下导师和同学。这类的目前有新东方的冬夏令营,还有像GYDO这样的机构做的一些名校课程为主的短期出国交流项目。新东方http://liuxue.neworiental.org/ GYDO www.xiexiebang.com。最后,请不要忘了自己学校的BBS。在上面你可以很轻松的找到针对你自己学校的信息和经验,一定是你飞跃路上的好帮手。
2、时间安排
任何时候都不能忘记的东西是GPA和科研,这两点是你申请中最重要的两部分。因此我建议你将这两项贯穿到你的整个时间安排之中,永远都要抓牢。
如果你现在已经决定要出国,那么我建议你把GRE安排在明年6月。GRE的报名现在就可以进行了,最好把作文安排在明年的2-3月,给笔试留下足够的时间。GRE结束后就可以开始TOEFL的备考了,如果有了GRE的基础,T的复习可以安排在明年期末考试结束之后,9月初进行第一次TOEFL考试,由于T是人机对话,不确定因素很多,大部分学生都需要考两次,但第二次不要和第一次隔的时间过长,可以安排在明年的10月或是11月。这样你就可以在大三的上半学期把所有的考试都完成了。如果把英语的考试时间固定后,我们就可以根据英语考试时间来同时进行背景提升了。
3、申请中各项因素的逐一分析
个人认为,如果你没有特别突出的,足以改变局势的亮点,申请中各项的重要性排序应该是GPA>Research>套磁>TOEFL>选校>GRE>申请文书。A、GPA
越高越好,任何时候行动都不算晚。之所以把GPA放在第一位,是因为这个是每一个本科生想做都可以做得好的。关于如何得到一个好的GPA,我就不详细说了,少逃课,多自习,考试前使劲儿突击,靠着三条足以应付国内绝大多数学校的绝大多数课程了。B、Research
科研是申请的决定性因素,也是最能拉开申请者档次的一项。每年一大把的申请者都和你有着同样的GPA、G和T,你靠什么脱颖而出?只能靠科研经历。
对于本科生来说,进实验室的机会并不是那么好得到的,所以你应该早一点开始规划。在进实验室这前最好能先确定自己出去后想读的专业,应该说专业确定是我们开始时面临的比较棘手的问题,国内外的专业设置不大一样,国外的方向一般是比较细的,我们能做的只能是尽可能的去了解,然后判断。在确定了自己的方向后,就要开始进行实验室和导师的调查了,和自己想读的方向是否有一定的相关性,外国做的人多不多,老师有无国际声誉,有无海外经历,他发paper的水平,他对本科生指导不指导,等等等等。
科研经历最重要,paper对大多数申请者来说是补充,因为国内绝大多数本科生发出来的文章都不够top。切忌挂名文、灌水文,很容易露馅。自己水平的提高、经历的丰富、对research的理解体会才是最重要、最能打动人的。现在我接触的学生中有一个很不好的误区,就是动辄就谈paper,发几篇中文核心可以如何如何,发几篇EI可以如何如何。其实,外国教授分不清咱们中国人的什么中文核心,什么EI,他们关心的是你文章的质量(他们关心业内的顶级期刊,而这些期刊,国内的老师也未必能发出来,更别说本科生了。)如果你有很好的科研经历,那么发paper是对你研究的总结和“奖励”,切忌本末倒置。科研的深度比宽度重要,即使是宽也要与你申请方向沾边才好,非申请方向的科研经历基本上会被无视。我今年带的一个学生,本科期间做过3个完全不同方向的research,最后老板只关心他那个方向的那段经历,剩下的只是起了丰富经历、装饰简历的作用。本科生得到好科研的机会很有限。我这里要强烈推荐“本科生创新实践计划”这个教育部开展的东西。国家出钱,给本科生做科研做项目的机会,一定要好好把握。C、竞赛
国内常见的国家级大学生竞赛包括数学建模,ACM编程大赛,大学生创业比赛,挑战杯和电子设计竞赛这几样。如果能在跟你专业紧密相关的领域,取得非常优秀的竞赛成绩,会对申请帮助很大。但是竞赛要花很多时间但是又很难保证优秀的结果,投入大量的时间搞竞赛而忽略了专业学习或者科研,得不偿失。D、套磁
套磁与research和选校密切相关。E、TOEFL
托福是必考的考试,对于申请美国大学来说,不建议考雅思,因为没有托福的认可程度高,学校的老师也对iBT更熟悉一些。备考请以100+为目标,口语越高越好,最好要做到>20,23-24是一个坎,如果考到了24以上,那么恭喜你,你很有希望靠这个口语砍下TA了。TOEFL的备考期一般在2到3个月,不建议为准备托福花过多时间。切忌每次考都觉得自己还没准备好,然后考完再去考第二次、第三次,如果你一直不好好准备的话,考8次和考2次没有本质区别。复习技巧我在这里就不多说了,如果以后有可能的话,我会专门写一篇文章来介绍。F、GRE
相对于GRE的重要性来说,很多人动辄全脱产一年复习实在是反应过度了,这可能和新东方对GT的神话有很大关系。如果你有一个差不多的分数,就不要花超多时间去刷分了,但是不要以为GRE就完全不重要,很多学校在第一轮筛学生的时候,往往是用这些硬件成绩来划线的,所以GRE不能低到连第一轮都过不去。
备考请以1300+4.0为目标,考过这个分,就完全够用了。对于理工科学生,AW不重要,只有极少数学校卡AW,哪怕有的学校明确在网页上写了要求X.X,也不会太严格的执行。备考GRE最忌讳的是恍恍惚惚混混噩噩。我见过太多天天拿着红宝书背的孩子,据他(们)说都背了10+遍了,那书烂的都快散架了。但是考好几遍GRE分数都不理想,那我只能说,你把时间浪费掉了。
三、总结
看到这里,我想你对申请已经有了一个较为全面的认识了吧。对自己有信心,加油去拼搏,最后都会有一个满意的结果的。有一句我很喜欢的话送给所有准备申请的同学们--宝剑锋从磨砺出,梅花香自苦寒来。