2026Fall的美本申請季即將開啟！近段時間，美國各大院校也開始官宣各項招生政策。
芝加哥大學、普渡大學、佐治亞大學、圣母大學等校率先更新文書題目，一起來看看今年的文書題目，又有哪些新“挑戰”~
芝加哥大學
2025-2026文書題目
芝加哥大學今年在各大榜單排名中表現強勁。
在U.S.News綜排位居Top 11，在QS世界大學排名中則取得了歷史最佳Top 13！
按照今年的排名，本就困難的芝大，今年競爭可能更加激烈。同時，芝大的文書題目更是以極具創意性且燒腦著稱。
芝加哥大學通常是一個必選補充文書（即why school），七個可選補充文書，七選一（去年是六個，今年又恢復回來了）。
圖源：芝大官網
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.
根據你現在的了解，芝加哥大學如何滿足你對特定類型的學習、社區和未來的渴望？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，必答，七選一)
Essay Option 1
In an ideal world where inter-species telepathic communication exists, which species would you choose to have a conversation with, and what would you want to learn from them? Would you ask beavers for architectural advice? Octopuses about cognition? Pigeons about navigation? Ants about governance? Make your case—both for the species and the question.
– Inspired by Yvan Sugira, Class of 2029
如果在一個理想世界中，不同物種之間可以進行心靈感應式的交流，你會選擇與哪種動物對話？你想從它們那里學到什么？
你會向海貍請教建筑知識？向章魚探究認知能力？向鴿子了解導航原理？或向螞蟻請教治理模式？
請為你的選擇進行論證——既論證你選擇的物種，也論證你想提出的問題。
Essay Option 2
If you could uninvent one thing, what would it be — and what would unravel as a result?
– Inspired by Eitan Fischer, Class of 2027
如果你可以“取消發明”某樣東西，那會是什么？這一取消會引發哪些連鎖反應？
Essay Option 3
"Left" can mean remaining or departed. "Dust" can mean to add fine particles or to remove them. "Fast" can mean moving quickly or fixed firmly in place.
These contronyms—words that are their own antonyms—somehow hold opposing meanings in perfect tension.
Explore a contronym: a role, identity, or experience in your life that has contained its own opposite.
– Inspired by Kristin Yi, Class of 2029
“Left”可以表示留下，也可以表示離開；“Dust”可以指撒上灰塵，也可以指清除灰塵；“Fast”既可以表示快速，也可以表示牢固不動。
這些“矛盾詞”同時具備相反的含義，卻又奇妙地保持了張力和平衡。
請你探討一個“矛盾詞”式的角色、身份或人生經歷：一個既包含自身反面，又內在統一的個人體驗。
Essay Option 4
The penny is on its way out—too small to matter, too costly to keep. But not everything small should disappear. What’s one object the world is phasing out that you think we can’t afford to lose, and why?
– Ella Somaiya, Class of 2028
一美分硬幣即將退出歷史舞臺——它微不足道，卻維護成本高。但并不是所有“小東西”都該被淘汰。請談談你認為當前世界正在逐步淘汰、但我們絕不能失去的一件“小物件”，并說明原因。
Essay Option 5
From Michelin Tires creating the Michelin Guide, to the audio equipment company Audio-Technica becoming one of the world’s largest manufacturers of sushi robots, brand identity can turn out to be a lot more flexible than we think.
Choose an existing brand, company, or institution and propose an unexpected but strangely logical new product or service for them to launch. Why is this unlikely extension exactly what the world (or the brand) needs right now?
– Inspired by Julia Nieberg, Class of 2029
從米其林輪胎推出《米其林指南》，到音響設備品牌鐵三角成為全球最大壽司機器人制造商之一——品牌的身份定位往往比我們想象得更具彈性。
請你選擇一個現有品牌、公司或機構，提出一個出人意料但又邏輯自洽的新產品或服務方案。為什么這個看似“跨界”的擴展，正是這個品牌或世界現在所需要的？
Essay Option 6
Statistically speaking, ice cream doesn’t cause shark attacks, pet spending doesn’t drive the number of lawyers in California, and margarine consumption isn’t responsible for Maine’s divorce rate—at least, not according to conventional wisdom.
But what if the statisticians got it wrong? Choose your favorite spurious correlation and make the case for why it might actually reveal a deeper, causative truth.
– Inspired by Adam DiMascio, Class of 2025
從統計學角度來看，吃冰淇淋不會導致鯊魚襲擊，寵物消費不會引發加州律師人數上漲，人造黃油的消費量也不會影響緬因州的離婚率——至少根據常識是這樣的。
但如果統計學家錯了呢？請選擇一個你最喜歡的“偽相關性”，論證它為何可能揭示了某種更深層的因果關系。
Essay Option 7
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）。請保持原創性、創造性，并發人深省。
發揮你作為一個作家、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！
以上就是芝加哥大學的最新文書題目了，不得不說是真的腦洞大開，同學們準備好開始“燒腦”了嗎！
普渡 / 佐治亞 / 圣母大學
2025-2026文書題目
普渡大學文書要求
用不多于250字回答以下問題：
1. How will opportunities at Purdue support your interests, both in and out of the classroom?
普渡有哪些資源和機會幫助你探索和進行課堂內外的興趣？
2.Briefly discuss your reasons for pursuing the major you have selected.
簡要分享你選擇該專業的原因。
佐治亞大學文書要求
The transition from middle to high school is a key time for students as they reach new levels of both academic and personal discovery. Please share a book (novel, non-fiction, etc.) that had a serious impact on you during this time.
Please focus more on why this book made an impact on you and less on the plot/theme of the book itself (we are not looking for a book report).
請用200 - 300字來回應以下問題。
初中升入高中，是學生成長歷程中的關鍵轉折點，無論是在學業方面，還是在個人成長上，都意味著踏入了一個全新的階段。
請分享一本在這個時期對你有著深遠影響的書籍，類型不限，小說、非虛構類作品等均可。
圣母大學文書要求
Short Essay（必答）
Please provide a response to the following question. The word count is a maximum of 150 words.
Everyone has different priorities when considering their higher education options and building their college or university list. Tell us about your “non-negotiable” factor(s) when searching for your future college home.
請針對以下問題作答，字數需控制在150字以內。
每個人在權衡高等教育選項、擬定大學申請清單時，所看重的因素存在差異。請說說你在挑選未來就讀的大學時，有哪些是“絕不能妥協”的條件。
Short Answer（5選3）
Please choose three questions from the options below. Your response to each short-answer question should be between 50-100 words.
● How does faith influence the decisions you make?
● What is distinctive about your personal experiences and development (eg, family support, culture, disability, personal background, community, etc)? Why are these experiences important to you and how will you enrich the Notre Dame community?
● Notre Dame’s undergraduate experience is characterized by a collective sense of care for every person. How do you foster service to others in your community?
● What compliment are you most proud of receiving, and why does it mean so much to you?
● What would you fight for?
請從以下問題里挑選三個進行回答。每個簡答題的答案篇幅應在50 - 100字之間。
● 信仰如何影響你做出的決定？
● 你的個人經歷和成長經歷有哪些獨特之處？例如，家庭支持、文化、殘疾、個人背景、社區等等。為什么這些經歷對你很重要？你將如何豐富圣母大學社區？
● 圣母大學的本科經歷以對每個人的集體關懷為特色。你如何在社區中培養服務他人的意識？
● 你最自豪收到的贊美是什么？為什么它對您來說如此重要？
● 你會為何而戰？
以上就是本次四所大學更新的文書題目，準備2025-2026申請留學的同學們，現在要準備起來啦！
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