芝加哥大學的文書題目素來以“燒腦”著稱,十分具有挑戰(zhàn)性,每年都會吸引很多申請者關注。
日前,2024-2025申請季文書題目已公布,趕快來看看今年又有哪些新“挑戰(zhàn)”!

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芝加哥大學2024-2025文書題目
芝加哥大學通常是一個必選補充文書(即why school),然后是有六個可選補充文書(六選一),去年突然調整為七選一,今年又恢復為六選一。

問題1(必選)
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.
根據你現(xiàn)在的了解,芝加哥大學如何滿足你對特定類型的學習、社區(qū)和未來的渴望?請具體說明自己的愿望以及它們與芝加哥大學的關系。
這是一篇是所有申請者都必須要提交的文書,屬于典型的why school,還比較容易寫。
問題2(拓展文書)
Essay Option 1
We’re all familiar with green-eyed envy or feeling blue, but what about being “caught purple-handed”? Or “tickled orange”? Give an old color-infused expression a new hue and tell us what it represents.
– Inspired by Ramsey Bottorff, Class of 2026
我們都熟悉“綠眼睛”代表著嫉妒或憂郁的感覺,但是“caught purple-handed”或者“tickled orange”?
給一個帶有色彩的舊的表達方式賦予一個新的色彩含義,并告訴我們它代表的意義。
Essay Option 2
"Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now” – Bob Dylan. In what ways do we become younger as we get older?
– Inspired by Joshua Harris, Class of 2016
“啊,但是那時我老得多/我現(xiàn)在比那時候年輕”——Bob Dylan
隨著年齡的增長,我們會在哪些方面變得更年輕?
Essay Option 3
Pluto, the demoted planet. Ophiuchus, the thirteenth Zodiac. Andy Murray, the fourth to tennis's Big Three. Every grouping has something that doesn’t quite fit in. Tell us about a group and its unofficial member, why (or why not) should it be excluded?
– Inspired by Veronica Chang, Class of 2022
冥王星,降級的行星。蛇夫座,黃道十三宮。安迪-穆雷,網球三巨頭的第四位。
每個組別都有一些不太合群的成員。告訴我們一個團體及其非官方成員的情況,為什么(或為什么不)應將其排除在外?
Essay Option 4
"Daddy-o", "Far Out", "Gnarly": the list of slang terms goes on and on. Sadly, most of these aren’t so "fly" anymore – “as if!” Name an outdated slang from any decade or language that you'd bring back and explain why you totally “dig it.”
– Inspired by Napat Sakdibhornssup, Class of 2028
“Daddy-o”、“Far Out”、“Gnarly”…俚語的列表不勝枚舉。遺憾的是,其中好像大多數不再那么“流行”了。
請說出一個你愿意重新使用的任何年代或語言的過時俚語,并解釋為什么你“挖掘”它。
Essay Option 5
How many piano tuners are there in Chicago? What is the total length of chalk used by UChicago professors in a year? How many pages of books are in the Regenstein Library? These questions are among a class of estimation problems named after University of Chicago physicist Enrico Fermi. Create your own Fermi estimation problem, give it your best answer, and show us how you got there.
– Inspired by Malhar Manek, Class of 2028
芝加哥有多少鋼琴調音師?芝加哥大學教授一年使用的粉筆總長度是多少?雷根斯坦圖書館有多少頁書?這些問題是以芝加哥大學物理學家Enrico Fermi命名的一類估算難題。
創(chuàng)建你自己的費米估算難題,給出你的最佳答案,并向我們展示你是如何得出這個答案的。
Essay Option 6
And, as always… the classic choose your own adventure option! In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, choose one of our past prompts (or create a question of your own). Be original, creative, thought provoking.
Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun!
一如既往……經典的自選冒險選項!在充滿冒險精神的探索精神中,請選擇一個芝大過去給出的提示(或自己提出一個問題)。請保持原創(chuàng)性、創(chuàng)造性,并發(fā)人深省。
發(fā)揮你作為一個作家、思想家、夢想家、社會評論家、智者、世界公民或未來芝加哥大學公民的最佳品質;冒一點小險,享受其中的樂趣吧!
往年經典題目(部分)參考⬇
1. Exponents and square roots, pencils and erasers, beta decay and electron capture. Name two things that undo each other and explain why both are necessary.– Inspired by Emmett Cho, Class of 2027
2. “Where have all the flowers gone?” – Pete Seeger. Pick a question from a song title or lyric and give it your best answer.– Inspired by Ryan Murphy, AB’21
3. “Vlog,” “Labradoodle,” and “Fauxmage.” Language is filled with portmanteaus. Create a new portmanteau and explain why those two things are a “patch” (perfect match).– Inspired by Garrett Chalfin, Class of 2027
4. Due to a series of clerical errors, there is exactly one typo (an extra letter, a removed letter, or an altered letter) in the name of every department at the University of Chicago. Oops! Describe your new intended major. Why are you interested in it and what courses or areas of focus within it might you want to explore? Potential options include Commuter Science, Bromance Languages and Literatures, Pundamentals: Issues and Texts, Ant History... a full list of unmodified majors ready for your editor’s eye is availablehere.—Inspired by Josh Kaufman, AB'18
5. You are on an expedition to found a colony on Mars, when from a nearby crater, a group of Martians suddenly emerges. They seem eager to communicate, but they're the impatient kind and demand you represent the human race in one song, image, memory, proof, or other idea. What do you share with them to show that humanity is worth their time?—Inspired by Alexander Hastings, Class of 2023, and Olivia Okun-Dubitsky, Class of 2026
以上就是芝加哥大學的2024-2025最新文書題目了,不得不說是真的高能且燒腦!如果大家對此感興趣,一定要打開思維,大膽想象,不要被條條框框所限制。
學術殿堂——芝加哥大學
芝加哥大學(The University of Chicago,簡稱UChicago、“芝大”)由石油大王約翰·洛克菲勒于1890年創(chuàng)辦,坐落于美國伊利諾伊州芝加哥市,一所私立研究型大學,屬于全球大學校長論壇成員,入選英國政府“高潛力人才簽證計劃”。

作為20世紀以來全球學術發(fā)展的重鎮(zhèn),芝加哥大學不僅孕育了諸如"芝加哥經濟學派"、"芝加哥社會學派"等多個具有里程碑意義的學術流派,更是無數科學發(fā)現(xiàn)和理論創(chuàng)新的策源地。
截止至2020年10月,芝加哥大學共產生了100位諾獎得主、位列世界第四,另有10位菲爾茲獎得主(世界第六)、4位圖靈獎得主及25位普利策獎得主。華人諾貝爾物理學獎得主楊振寧、李政道、崔琦均在芝加哥大學取得物理學博士學位。
U.S.News發(fā)布了SAT分數最高的35所大學,芝大更是連續(xù)兩年蟬聯(lián)第一,以1545分的SAT平均成績領跑,力壓一眾藤校、斯坦福、MIT。

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所以對于以后想專心走學術道路的同學來說,芝加哥大學無疑是心頭的白月光!
芝加哥大學本科申請條件
◾ 語言成績要求:
TOEFL總分不低于100分,無單項分數要求。
IELTS總分不低于7.0,單項成績不低于7.0分。
PTE:總分不低于70分,無單項分數要求。
◾ SAT與ACT:
SAT為1510-1560分;
ACT為33-35分。
◾ AP、IB與A-Level:
芝大認可多種國際課程,如AP等,申請者若獲得4或5級分數,可用于抵免部分學分。
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