斩获剑桥等四所名校offer，学霸的申请文书到底有何不一样？

本期学霸：

小学毕业就来到了塞浦路斯上学

度过了初中和高中六年的时间

拿到了剑桥等四所名校的offer

现在在美国UCLA学习

丰富的初高中生活

大家好，我叫沈晨歆，现在就读于加州大学洛杉矶分校的应用数学专业。

小学毕业之后，我就来到了塞浦路斯上学，在这里度过了我的初中和高中生活。 我认为早点出国的话，对个人的英语学习是非常有帮助的，大的语言环境会使英语学习更容易，掌握英语后更容易跟上学校的课程。

我在American International School in Cyprus度过了初、高中时间，学校虽小，但是老师和同学们都非常的热情和友好，并给予了我许多帮助。在课余时间里还可以参加社团活动，除了关于娱乐、休闲的社团外，还有一些偏学术方面的社团也非常值得参加。高中的时候，我参加了两个学术类社团活动，其中一个社团是Stockholm Junior Water Prize，另外一个是欧洲科学机构CERN举办的Beamline for Schools比赛。这些多样化的社团活动也让我的高中生活变得更加丰富。

学校申请

我的毕业照

高中在学校负责升学的老师人很好，她在写申请文书方面非常专业，为我写申请文书提供了很大的帮助，我很喜欢她。

英国和美国的学校我都申请了，收到了剑桥、圣安、伦敦大学学院和华威大学四所学校的预offer，当时我选择了剑桥和圣安。通过剑桥面试，收到offer之后，由于我是应用数学专业，那边要求六月底我还需要参加一场STEP数学测试。

但因为我五月底才考完IB，加上各种因素导致我的考试成绩没有很理想。并且，在这同时，我收到了美国UCLA大学的录取通知，我就决定去美国读了。

加州大学洛杉矶分校简称UCLA ，位于美国洛杉矶市 ，是世界著名的公立研究型大学 ，环太平洋大学联盟成员 。UCLA在2018-19Wall Street Journal、Times Higher Education以及US News多个排名中均高居美国公立大学第一 。在2018福布斯最具价值大学排名中位列全美第一 ，是美国申请人数最多的大学 。

关于IB等课程的看法

在课程选择上面，我个人对IB有一些看法：

1、A-Level和AP可以随便选择课程；

2、但IB有六个大分支，必须得选英文课（英文文学或者英文语言&文学），二外，数学、科学类和社科类的课程，剩一门课程可以任选。

所以，IB在课程选择上会受到限制，并且个人感觉IB在美国大学申请方面，没有AP的优势大。

比如，在UCLA，你AP能拿到4分或者5分，就可以抵学分和课程，让你少上几节课。但是IB的话，只有你在high level拿到了6分以上才能抵学分，并且还不能抵课程。

（抵课程的意义是不需要重复上同一类别的课程，比如说你上了物理课你就不需要再上大学的基础物理课了，如果你想的话，你也可以选择提前毕业。而学分一般来说毕业的时候都会超过最低要求，所以意义不大。）

最后，我的建议是去美国读书选择AP，去英国的话选择A-Level更合适一些。IB可以申请更多国家的学校，包括一些其他的欧洲国家和新加坡之类的亚洲国家，但是不会特别有优势。如果你不知道大学选什么专业，IB可能会比较适合你。

经验分享

下面附上学霸小姐姐教科书级的文书申请

大家有需要的可以参考一下哦~

Last year during an IB HL Mathematics exam, I found myself staring at a problem to which I could not find a solution. This problem asked me to find the coordinates of two vertexes of a tilted square on an imaginary plane given the coordinates of the other two vertexes. I had no clue how to solve it. Knowing I had limited time, I skipped it to finish the rest of the test first and went back to this problem at the end. It still looked totally unfamiliar, and I could find no obvious hint about where to start. Frantically, I worked on the problem until time was up, desperately wanting to find a solution. But the only thing I found was the side of the square, not the angle of the tilt which was essential to solve the problem with the method I was utilizing. Unable to leave it unsolved, I continued to work on the problem after the test. But I still could not find the angle of tilt, and therefore could not reach the final solution.

From an early age, I have had a love for finding solutions welcome the challenge to solve the unsolvable. When I was in elementary school, my father taught me how to play a card game called 24. The objective of the game is to manipulate four randomly chosen integers from 1 to 10 with signs of operation to obtain the number 24. At first, I had a strong desire to win games and show my father that I was good at what he taught me. These two factors led me to try my best to find all possible ways to make 24, to solve the puzzle of the game. I soon realized, however, the joy of the game for me was finding new and different solutions, not just trying to win.

Naturally, Math quickly became my favorite subject as every class presented more problems waiting to be solved. I am currently studying IB Higher Level Mathematics with an emphasis on Statistics and Calculus. I have also participated in numerous Math competitions in Cyprus, including the Kangourou Math Competition for which I won two gold medals, and the Math Olympiad Competition for which I won one gold and two bronze medals.

I enjoy opportunities to apply problem solving approaches to different interests while also helping others. As a member of my school’s CERN Club, we worked on a proposal for CERN’s Beamline for Schools competition. From over 195 proposals submitted, our team’s proposal, which I co-authored, was selected as one of the top 30. I am also in my school’s Water Project Club, in which we are working on a proposal for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition. While working on both of these proposals, our teams encountered many problems. However, through discussion with other members and doing more research, we were able to find solutions together, and through our collaboration, achieve noteworthy results. Additionally, I am part of my school’s Math Clinic, where I tutor students who need help in Math, and I have also participated in the Duke of Edinburgh Award, Student Council, and National Honor Society.

I believe that studying Mathematics in university will allow me to find even more interesting and complex problems, and I look forward to opportunities to dig deeper into different topics of Math. My passion for problem solving will ensure my enthusiasm for learning as I prepare for a Math related career.

I realize that not all problems are easily solved, and sometimes the solution requires looking at the problem from a different perspective. When my Math teacher explained the solution to the problem I had struggled to solve, I felt enlightened; by moving the square so one of the given vertexes will be at the origin, the angle of the tilt could be found. A simple shift of perspective provided a new approach, and a solution was then easily reached. I look forward to the continued learning opportunities that your university will provide and how they will help guide and shift my approaches and understanding in the field of Math. I also anticipate the opportunity to apply my problem-solving to both local and global issues.

大学的选择

我的性格比较内向，但UCLA是一个大概有七万多人的大学校，我去了以后不能很快的融入进去；再加上疫情的影响需要回国上网课，我在学校的时间准确的说只有半年。这两点让我觉得，当时我应该选一个小学校，这样的话我会更容易融入其中。但加州的天气我实在是太喜欢了，也并不后悔选了UCLA。

所以在大学的选择上我的建议要从多方面考虑，除了考虑学校排名等硬件条件外，自己的喜好也要考虑在其中，要选择一个适合自己性格和爱好的学校会更好。

直播间提问

1、UCLA是不是必须考IB？

我当时没有把我的IB成绩报上去，拿了一个美国普通的高中课程就申请到了UCLA。所以说不是必须要考IB，在美国的话AP的课程会比较好，可以抵学分。具体的情况还是要自己去问学校。

2、塞浦路斯是要自己考AP吗？

塞浦路斯有学AP的高中，但是我的那所学校没有，我的学校只提供IB课程。

3、请问怎么同时申请美国和英国大学，要同时申请IB和A-Level吗？

我当时只学了IB，并没有硬性要求规定一定要去，只是A-Level对于英国大学更有优势一些，听说如果学历AP对STEP成绩的要求也会低一些，不过具体的还是要看每个学校的要求。

感谢学霸小姐姐分享！如果你对出国留学还在犹豫的话，塞浦路斯是一个十分合适的选择哦~

编辑：李娜