思想要深邃,灵魂要有趣。这大概就是芝加哥大学对于其录取学生的特别要求。
这一点在它历年的补充文书中体现得尤为明显,脑洞大开的奇葩选题,仿佛在向你宣告:来我们学校除了做学生,你还要学着成为作家、思想家、冒险家、社会评论家......
这不,最近芝加哥大学又公布了最新的2019-2020补充文书题目。要知道,芝大的所有题目均由往届学生绞尽脑汁想出,目的在于激发申请者思考、探索并讨论问题的兴趣,展示出其思辨、创新、表达能力及学术、职业潜力。
今年他们又想出了哪些虐人选题?让我们一起来看看吧!
Question 1 (Required)
How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.
根据你现在对芝加哥大学的了解,芝加哥大学如何满足你对于学习,环境,以及未来的展望?请用具体事例来阐述你和芝加哥大学的联系。
Question 2: Extended Essay (Required,6选1)
Essay Option 1:
Cats have nine lives, Pac-Man has 3 lives, and radioactive isotopes have half-lives. How many lives does something else—conceptual or actual—have, and why?
—Inspired by Kedrick Shin, Class of 2019
猫有九条命,吃豆人有三条命,放射性同位素有半衰期。其他事物 — 概念上的或现实上的 — 有多少生命?为什么?
— 受2019届毕业生Kendrick Shin的启发
Essay Option 2:
If there’s a limited amount of matter in the universe, how can Olive Garden (along with other restaurants and their concepts of food infinity) offer truly unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks? Explain this using any method of analysis you wish—physics, biology, economics, history, theology… the options, as you can tell, are endless.
—Inspired by Yoonseo Lee, Class of 2023
如果宇宙中的物质是有限的,橄榄园(连同其他餐厅以及他们对食物无限的概念)怎么能提供真正无限的汤、沙拉和面包棒呢?用任何你想用的分析方法来解释这个问题——物理、生物学、经济学、历史、神学……你可以看到,选项是无穷无尽的。
— 受到2023届毕业生李允熙启发
Essay Option 3:
A hot dog might be a sandwich, and cereal might be a soup, but is a ______ a ______?
—Inspired by Arya Muralidharan, Class of 2021 (and dozens of others who, this year and in past years, have submitted the question “Is a hot dog a sandwich,” to which we reply, “maybe”)
热狗可以是三明治,麦片粥可以是汤,但是a ______ 是a ______?
— 受到2021届毕业生艾莉亚·穆拉里达兰启发(今年和过去几年,还有许多人提交了一个问题“热狗是三明治吗”,我们的回答是“也许是”)
Essay Option 4:
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” – Jessamyn West
—Inspired by Elizabeth Mansfield, Class of 2020
“小说揭示了现实所掩盖的真相。”——杰萨明·韦斯特
— 受2020届毕业生丽莎白·曼斯菲尔德启发
Essay Option 5:
UChicago has international campus centers around the world, but we don’t have any interplanetary, interstellar, or interdimensional campuses… yet! Propose a spot in time or space, in this or any universe, for a new UChicago campus. What types of courses would be taught at this site? What cultural experiences await students who study there?
—Inspired by Peter Jasperse, Class of 2022
芝加哥大学在世界各地都有国际校园中心,但我们还没有任何行星间、星际或维度间的校园……建议在时间或空间,在这个或任何宇宙的一个地方,设置一个新的芝加哥大学校园。这个地方会开设哪些课程?在那里学习的学生有什么样的文化体验?
— 受2022届毕业生彼得·贾斯帕斯启发
Essay Option 6:
“Don’t be afraid to pick past prompts! I liked some of the ones from previous years more than those made newly available for my year. Also, don’t worry about the ‘correct’ way to interpret a question. If there exists a correct way to interpret the prompt I chose, it certainly was not my answer.”
—Matthew Lohrs, Class of 2023
“不要害怕挑选过去的文书题目!我更喜欢前几年的一些,而不是今年新推出的那些。此外,不要担心“正确”的解释问题的方式。如果有正确的方式来解释我选择的题目,那肯定不是我的答案。
— 受2023届毕业生马修·洛尔斯启发)
在上书选题中,第一部分为必答题,第二部分六道题目选择一道回答。
正如最后一题所说,你也可以选择过去的题目进行陈述,因为芝加哥大学的选题都没有标准答案,他们所想看到的,也是透过回答,所展现出来的那个独特而有趣的你。