3月和4月對高三的學(xué)生來說，是困難的時間，尤其是當(dāng)他們知道他們的申請結(jié)果以后。大學(xué)是怎么決定的呢？接受，等待還是拒絕。5月1日意味著學(xué)生必須做出決定，需要寄押金了。我敢離開家那么遠(yuǎn)么？我交了押金以后，可以放棄學(xué)校么？我可以拿回我的錢么？你應(yīng)該知道大學(xué)申請不會比今年更具有競爭性了。一些大學(xué)的競爭性上升了25%，很多院校比往年多收了上千份申請，但是他們的新生數(shù)量和床位數(shù)是一樣的。

March and April are tough times for senior 3’s and their families - the time when they learn the results of their college applications. What did the colleges decide? Accept, wait or deny? May 1 means that a decision must be made by the student - a deposit sent in. "Will I dare go that far away from home? What if I get off a wait list after I deposit? Will I get my money back? You should know that college applications have never been more competitive than this year. Some colleges are up over 25%, colleges received thousands more applications than last year, and yet their freshman class and numbers of beds in the dorms remains the same.

 

杜克大學(xué)拒掉了半數(shù)SAT分?jǐn)?shù)超過2200甚至更高的學(xué)生，哥倫比亞從申請者中錄取了不到7%的人。我們?nèi)匀豢梢杂靡环N樂觀的方式看統(tǒng)計數(shù)字：大學(xué)錄取了很多分?jǐn)?shù)比較低的學(xué)生。因為他們在尋找比拿高分和成績?nèi)獳更精彩的學(xué)生。他們在尋找不尋常的學(xué)生，有獨特地區(qū)技巧和生活方式的

Duke turned down half of those students who apply with College Board scores of 2200 and higher. Columbia accepted less than 7% of their applicants from the class of 2012. But then there's a brighter way to look at those statistics: Colleges take many students with lower test scores because they are looking for more than all A's and top scores. They are looking for someone unusual. Someone from mainland China who has a special regional skill or way of life.

 

假設(shè)你接到了兩所大學(xué)的offer，被4所大學(xué)拒了，在埃默里大學(xué)和約翰霍普金斯大學(xué)的候補訂單上。還有什么事情是你可以做的么？肯定有的。在5月1日以前寫一封郵件，給出你喜歡埃默里大學(xué)和約翰霍普金斯大學(xué)的學(xué)術(shù)上的理由（除了你喜歡他們所在的地點和你的朋友在那里）。在你的需要寄回的卡片上寫一些學(xué)校不知道的關(guān)于你的事情—傳真一份按年級分的不錯的英語試卷。寄送一份你發(fā)在校報上的的短詩或者小故事。你會失去你的押金，如果你決定取消候補名單并且去那里上學(xué)。

Let's say that you are accepted at two of your colleges, denied at four and waitlisted at Emory and Johns Hopkins. Is there anything you can do about it? You bet there is! Along with the card that you returned, write an email before May l. Give an academic reason why you are still in interested in Emory and Johns Hopkins (something other than you love the location or your best friend goes there). Add something new that the college doesn't know about you -- fax a great English paper that was graded. Email or scan and send a poem or short story or science project or school newspaper article that you wrote.   And yes, you will lose your May 1 deposit if you get off a waitlist and decide to go there.

 

你們中的很多人都會接收一所已經(jīng)決定接收你的院校，忘記候補名單吧。其他人會取消候補，也不會拿到offer。無論你做出什么決定，你都必須在5月1日之前讓大學(xué)知道你打算去上學(xué)，即使你不知道繼續(xù)等待會發(fā)生什么？是的，如果你沒去，你會失去你的押金。

Many of you will decide to accept a college that accepted you, and forget about the waitlist. Others will get off a waitlist and not take the offer. No matter what you decide, you have to let some college know by May l that you plan to attend, even though you may not know what is going to happen on a waitlist. And yes, you will lose the deposit if you don’t attend.

 

千萬不要考慮給兩個不同的大學(xué)寄兩份不同的押金。很多中國學(xué)生告訴我，他們無法決定，所以，他們給兩所或者3所大學(xué)寄了押金，這是簽訂協(xié)議去上兩所大學(xué)。這是違反規(guī)則的。這表明大學(xué)認(rèn)為你沒有榮譽感，沒有道德，因為你不介意破壞他們的規(guī)則。美國大學(xué)跟其他院校分享了它們的押金名單，如果他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個學(xué)生給兩所大學(xué)寄送了押金他們會寫信給學(xué)生，取消offer。如果你是這樣的，那么要當(dāng)心了。美國大學(xué)不想要一個沒有道德的學(xué)生。

Don’t even think of sending in two deposits to two different universities! Many Chinese students have told me that they can’t decide and so they send in two or three deposits, signing an agreement that they will attend two universities. That is against all of the rules and regulations. It also shows the college that you have no honor – you have no morals because you don’t care if you are breaking their rules. U.S. colleges share their lists of deposits with each other and if they find a student who has deposited in two or more universities, they write the student and withdraw the acceptance. And so if you are a person with no morals who breaks the rules, then beware! The acceptance will be withdrawn because the student does not want an immoral student on their campus.

 

直到5月1日，試著通過給在那個大學(xué)就讀的學(xué)生發(fā)email去了解更多關(guān)于大學(xué)的事情。記住要誠實一點。就像你比分?jǐn)?shù)更精彩一樣，大學(xué)比排名更精彩。很多學(xué)生知道了學(xué)長們的想法后會改變他們想要的東西。不管你在哪里上大學(xué)，你都會遇到新人，結(jié)交新朋友，新的教授，新的可以探索的世界。到春節(jié)的時候，無論是哪里，你都是會愛上它的。

Until May 1, keep learning more about the college by emailing students at the college to ask what the college is like. Be honest with yourself about what you are looking for. Just as you are more than your test score, a university is much more than their ranking. Many students change what they want after they know their options. No matter where you go to　college, there will be new people to meet, new friends to make, new professors to learn from, and a whole new world to explore. By Spring Festival, you will love wherever it is!