随着留美人数的逐年增加，申请美国名校的激烈程度日益加剧，仅仅想靠分数来获得学校青睐，已经变得难上加难。殊不知，名校申请者中托福成绩上100，SAT成绩上2200的人比比皆是。那么，在分数无法胜出的情况下，我们如何提高自己的录取几率?答案只有一个，让你的文书更加有吸引力。而如何写出好的essay，很大程度上取决于我们的阅读量。阅读对申请的影响——这也是我们本文讨论的重点。（在线咨询）

　　从今年秋季入学的美国大学申请文书来看，综合排名前30的学校，有近10所需要列出申请者的读书清单或描述书籍对自己的影响，如：

　　Princeton University普林斯顿大学    US News综合排名第1

　　(1) Your favorite book and its author.

　　(2) Your favorite line from a movie or book and its title.

　　Harvard University哈佛大学    US News综合排名第2

　　A list of books you have read during the past twelve months.

　　Columbia University哥伦比亚大学    US News综合排名第4

　　List the titles of the books you read for pleasure that you enjoyed most in the past year.

　　Stanford University斯坦福大学    US News综合排名第4

　　Name your favorite books, authors, films, and/or artists.

　　California Institute of Technology加州理工学院    US News综合排名第10

　　Please list three books, along with their authors, that have been particularly meaningful to you. For each book, please include a sentence explaining their influence upon you. Please note that your response is not limited to math, science or school-assigned texts.

　　Carnegie Mellon University卡耐基梅隆大学    US News综合排名第25

　　List the books (if any) you've read this year for pleasure. Choose one and in a sentence describe its impact on you.

　　University of Southern California南加州大学    US News综合排名第25

　　Favorite book.

　　Wake Forest University维克森林大学    US News综合排名第27

　　List five books you have read (with authors) that piqued your interest. Discuss an idea from one of these works that influenced you.

　　既然阅读很重要，那有没有推荐的书籍？或是美国院校希望申请者读过的书籍？为此，笔者特意搜寻了三所最受欢迎的学校，哈佛大学、加州伯克利分校和波士顿大学的相关信息。（免费咨询）

　　Harvard的推荐书籍有：

　　1491 and 1493,  by Charles C. Mann

　　Aging Well,  by George Vaillant

　　American Demographics,  published by Advertising Age magazine

　　A Mind at a Time,  by Mel Levine

　　The Anatomy of Racial Inequality,  by Glenn Loury

　　Anna Karenina,  by Leo Tolstoy. Powerfully addresses issues of gender and socioeconomic class

　　Binge: Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess,  by Barrett Seaman discusses life outside of the classroom and “what your college student won’t tell you.”

　　UC Berkeley历年推荐书籍为：

　　2014 Free Speech

　　2013 What Would Seniors Read?

　　2012 Revolutions

　　2011 Social Media

　　2010 Education Matters

　　2009 Best Books About Science

　　2008 Bio-Graphy: Writing a Life

　　2007 Survival

　　2006 Books for Future Presidents

　　2005 Great Discoveries, Voyages, and Adventures!

　　2004 Now That's Funny

　　Boston University 推荐书籍:

　　http://www.bu.edu/core/academics/core-reading-list/great-works-at-other-schools/

　　俗话说，读书破万卷，下笔如有神。阅读，不只是利于申请文书的写作，对开阔眼界、拓展思维，都是非常有帮助的。

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