棕榈说:面试作为一个申请中的特殊材料,虽然很多学校并不强制要求,但是不少好大学都非常鼓励学生参与面试。
面试能够为申请起到补充说明的作用。此外,对于国际学生来说,面试还能非常好地展现英语能力,甚至可以弥补托福、雅思考试中的不足。
面试的完美表现,助她赢得藤校录取
在2018-19申请季,棕榈有一名学员收到了康奈尔大学的面试邀请。
在参加面试前,棕榈导师根据近几年面试规律,反复陪伴学生联系表述自己参与的活动,进行了多次的彩排,保证笔头和口头表述的内容完全一致且真实。
同时,因为学生参与了几个含金量比较高的学术活动,棕榈导师也建议学生在面试时带上相关的资料,能够为这段经历提供证明。
果不其然,在面试过程中面试官非常详细地问到了活动的具体内容,包括为什么会有这样的活动想法、具体都做了哪些准备等等,并详细阅读了学生带的纸质资料。
最后,这位学生成功收获了康奈尔大学的录取。
由此,我们可以发现,如果你能够在面试过程中自信地展现出你更全面的能力,能给申请加不少分。
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Top 30 大学面试要求
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* 相关信息时有变动,最新要求请以官网为准。
了解了Top 30名校面试方面的要求后,想要实现一个完美的面试,我们具体该如何做准备呢?
想把握好面试机会,你只需这4招
做好充足的准备
面试准备是一个系统工作,需要前期做好充足的准备。
1)参加面试训练营;
2)系统准备经典面试问题;
3)针对具体申请的学校、面试题库进行训练;
4)培养公共演讲中的叙事(story-telling)能力;
5)和导师进行多次模拟。
其中最重要、最耗时的是4)、5)两项。
叙事能力是传统中国学生普遍缺乏的能力,其实面试中的叙事能力,与主文书的讲故事能力如出一辙。对于想在面试中脱颖而出的同学来说,可以多借鉴棕榈大道往期文书案例分享中的讲故事策略。
面试过程中避免无意义的问题
例如:
— Does the college have fitness center?
— Is the school really that hard?
— Is it easy to make friends at this school?
— Is there a Spanish Club/ Math Club/ Video Club?
— Do students have to take any required courses?
— How many students are in the freshman class?
— Can you tell me about the study-abroad program/ exchange program?
— What are the dorm like?
着装要得体
女生
需要比较正式的服装,原则是整体感觉得体、大方。妆容上,指甲等首饰不应该太华丽,要低调;不要喷太多的香水;不要让头发遮住眼睛,同时在面试过程中不要摆弄衣服或者头发。
男生
需要穿西装、打领带,总体原则得体、大方,使个人的整体感觉自信。面试的时候一定不要穿运动鞋,这个是需要非常牢记的,中国学生爱穿牛仔裤、运动鞋,在面试的过程中要一定要避免。
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面试结束后,及时发送感谢信
面试后,建议在24小时内向面试官写一封感谢邮件。
模板如下,如果是远程面试,适当调整内容即可:
面对面招生官面试
Dear Ms. Cranston,
This note is to thank you for our interview last week. I appreciated visiting campus and seeing the grounds and buildings for myself. Everyone was very helpful. I also enjoyed meeting you; you really helped me through one of my first interviews and put me at ease. It was nice to find out someone else likes a good horror film once in a while.
I am very interested in Dinsmore College. It seems like a good fit for me, especially the small classes and personal attention students seem to get at Dinsmore. I think that kind of community atmosphere will be a good learning environment.
Thank you again. Perhaps we will meet once more if I am lucky enough to be a student at your college next fall.
Sincerely,
Janice Coombs
面对面校友面试
Dear Jamie,
It was nice of you to meet me so close to my home. Luckily, after visiting the University of Ohio campus last spring, it was helpful not to have to travel that far again. I enjoyed talking with you, and you gave me some good information about your experience at Ohio U.
I am strongly considering going to Ohio U if I am accepted. I like the feel of the campus and the diversity of people and programs it offers. Maybe I’ll even meet some of the professors you mentioned.
I hope the rest of your summer goes well.
Sincerely,
John Bouck
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