高中大學輔導員的無情一擊不但沒有摧毀米歇爾的自信心华匾,反而成為她前進的動力。下面這一段很顯然是她走出輔導員辦公室之后的心情記錄问顷。
That day I left the college counselor’s office at Whitney Young, I was fuming, my ego bruised more than anything. My only thought, in the moment, was I’ll show you.
走出學校大學申請輔導員辦公室嘴纺,我憤怒至極看峻。從來沒有人如此無情地打擊過我的自尊心邓深。在那個時刻未桥,我暗自堅定,我一定會做給你看芥备。
她是怎么做的呢冬耿?秘訣又是什么昵?請看下一段萌壳。
I never thought getting into college is easy, but I was learning to focus and have faith in my own story. 她說淆党,我從沒覺得考入大學是件容易的事情。在整個過程中讶凉,我學習專心,同時也學習對自己所講的故事有信心山孔。
下面這一段可以作為申請北美大學入學申請書的寫作指南:
I tried to tell the whole thing in my college essay. Rather than pretending that I was madly intellectual and thought I’d rightly fit in into the ivy-strewn walls of Princeton, I wrote about my father’s MS and my family’s lack of experience with higher education. I owned the fact that I was reaching. Given my background, reaching was really all I could do.
我嘗試著在入學申請書中把我自己的故事完整地表達出來懂讯。我并不自認為自己絕頂聰明,可以完全融入普林斯頓長春藤的圍墻內(nèi)台颠。在入學申請書中褐望,我提到父親的病情,講述我們家庭沒有什么人有讀過大學串前。我知道瘫里,以我的家庭背景,我唯一可以做的就是努力前行荡碾。
看過這一段之后谨读,我們可以這么總結她的申請秘訣:首先要真實。讓錄取的老師看到一個真實的個體坛吁。其次是頑強的斗志劳殖。
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