常青藤联盟成员：

Brown University 布朗大学(founded 1764)

Columbia University 哥伦比亚大学 (founded 1754)

Cornell University 康奈尔大学(founded 1865)

Dartmouth College 达特茅斯学院(founded 1769)

Harvard University 哈佛大学(founded 1636)

University of Pennsylvania,宾夕法尼亚大学(founded 1740)

Princeton University 普林斯顿大学(founded 1746)

Yale University 耶鲁大学(founded 1701)

以下描述均来自与学校官网。

Brown University

We will consider how your unique talents, accomplishments, energy, curiosity, perspective and identity might weave into the ever-changing tapestry that is Brown University. 

才华，成就，能量，好奇心（学生感兴趣的领域）

How does Brown evaluate my high school record?

The most important consideration in the admission process is your high school performance and preparedness. When it comes to assessing performance, we look beyond your grades to also consider how well you have mastered certain skills associated with learning. We review your teacher recommendations to get a sense of your curiosity, problem-solving abilities, openness to different points of view, ability to express yourself orally and in writing, work ethic, etc. To assess preparedness, we review the depth and breadth of the academic learning you have undertaken thus far. We want to know whether you have taken advantage of the courses available to you in your school, whether you have challenged yourself in advanced classes, and whether you have stretched yourself with outside-of-school educational opportunities.

最重要的是高中阶段的表现和准备。“表现”除了成绩之外同等重要的是学生的学习能力。这些能力包括对知识的探索欲，对不同观点的开放态度，以及表达自己观点的能力（口头，书面），以及学术诚信。“准备”又包括了是否合理利用学校资源，是否挑战更高难度的课程，以及是否争取校外教育资源。

Columbia University

Columbia-Specific Application Questions

Columbia-specific questions, also known as the writing supplement, tell the Committee on Admissions more about your academic, extracurricular and intellectual interests. These questions provide insight to your intellectual curiosity, habits of mind, love of learning and sense of self. They also allow the Committee on Admissions to learn more about you in your current community and why you feel Columbia’s distinctive experiences in and out of the classroom would be a good fit for your undergraduate education. We review your responses to these questions as an essential part of our holistic and contextual review, in order to get a fuller sense of you as a unique individual beyond the standard parts of the application.

学术表现，课外活动，对知识的求知欲，自我认知，兴趣爱好，自己在社区中的贡献

Cornell University

What is Cornell looking for?

There’s no magical formula of grade-point average and standardized test scores that guarantees admission into Cornell. Cornell’s admissions committees review each student's academic transcript, and are interested in the strength of their curriculum and test scores, but there is so much more that is evaluated.

What the admissions team is looking for beyond the numbers is intellectual potential, strength of character, and love of learning. They want to know about each student's ability, achievements, motivation, leadership, diligence, and integrity; their sense of fairness and compassion. All of this and more can be revealed through the required application essays and recommendations, and is reflected in an applicant's extracurricular activities, hobbies, after-school and summer jobs, and volunteer work.

课程优势与成绩。通过课外活动，兴趣还好，校外项目，志愿者活动来了解学生的学术潜力，对学习的热爱，以及品格优势比如学生的能力，成就，内在驱动力，领导力，勤勉，正直，同理心，包括对于公平认识。

Dartmouth College

Q. How important are the applicant's grades when being considered for admission?

A student's grades are important and are looked at in the application process in several main ways:

• Predictive ability of grades.

A top secondary school GPA is an indicator that a candidate is likely to do well in college. However, this is only part of the way we look at a student's GPA in the application process.

• Grade trends.

We look at grade trends that will help us understand a student's academic trajectory in their secondary school. We use the rest of the application to try to fill in WHY the trend looks the way it does. 

• Rigor of curriculum.

Our Admissions Committee will also look at the candidate's curriculum within the context of what is available at their school. Typically, our applicants pursue the most rigorous coursework available to them, particularly in their areas of greatest interest.

成绩的考察维度：GPA，成绩发展趋势，科目难度以及方向

Q. Is it important for students to pursue the same activities for all four years or is it okay for them to stop some activities and start new ones later in high school?

We are interested in learning about the activities that are truly meaningful to the applicant. These may be activities that the applicant has been doing for many years, or they may be activities that are relatively new endeavors. We often see activities that students have been doing throughout high school, and generally, this makes sense within a student's areas of greatest interest, commitment, and accomplishment. However, longevity does not necessarily equal importance and there are many cases where an applicant discovers an area of interest later in their high school career that turns out to be their most meaningful pursuit.

活动应该是学生真正感兴趣的领域，并且对学生实现个人目标具有意义。在这些活动中学生应该体现出其强烈的兴趣，参与度以及一定的成就。

Harvard University

What admissions criteria do you use?

There is no formula for gaining admission to Harvard. Academic accomplishment in high school is important, but the Admissions Committee also considers many other criteria, such as community involvement, leadership and distinction in extracurricular activities, and personal qualities and character. We rely on teachers, counselors, and alumni to share information with us about an applicant's strength of character, their ability to overcome adversity, and other personal qualities.

学术成绩，社区参与度，课外活动的领导力和贡献以及个人品质都会影响录取结果。学校希望通过推荐信和相关文书了解到学生的品质优势，例如，克服困难的能力等。

University of Pennsylvania

we use standardized testing to gain more insight into the academic preparation of our applicants. These tests represent only one component in our admissions process in conjunction with other academic and non-academic factors.

The Penn application process includes a personal essay as well as supplemental short answer prompts. We read your words carefully, as they are yet another window into how you think, what you value, and how you see the world. Through your writing, we get a glimpse of what you might bring to our community, including your voice and creativity.

The Activities section of your application offers our Admissions Committee a glimpse into what excites you, what you’re passionate about, what responsibilities you have at home, and some of the ways you’re contributing to your community.

通过标化成绩看学生的学术准备是否充足；

通过Essay来了解学生是如何思考的，学生的价值观，世界观，同时来了解学生的观点和创造力，以及学生可以给社区带来什么影响；

通过课外活动的参与情况来看学生的兴趣所在，在家庭中所承担的责任，为社区做出的贡献。

Princeton University

We look for students with intellectual curiosity, who have pursued and achieved academic excellence. We also look for students with strong personal and extracurricular accomplishments.

学术成就和热情+课外活动成就

As you prepare your application, help us to appreciate your talents, academic accomplishments and personal achievements. Tell us how you would seize the academic and nonacademic opportunities at Princeton and contribute to the Princeton community.

个人才能，学术成就，个人（课外）成就

如何利用普林斯顿的资源实现自己的目标

如何为普林斯顿做出贡献

We look for students who make a difference in their schools and communities, so tell us about your leadership activities, interests, special skills and other extracurricular involvements. Tell us if you’ve had a job or a responsibility in your home. Most Princeton students were academic standouts in high school. Most of them also invested their energy and talents in significant ways outside the classroom. We want to know what you care about, what commitments you have made and what you’ve done to act on those commitments.Above all, please write in a style that reflects your own voice.

普林斯顿希望可以找到可以改变学校，社会的申请者，所以学校希望看到学生的领导力，兴趣，个人的优势，和一些课外活动的贡献。

普林斯顿的学生不仅在学术领域表现出色，同时也将他们的热情与才能投入在课外活动中。

普林斯顿想要看到申请者关心什么，他们的想法是什么，基于这些想法又有什么行动。

同时强调，用自己的声音表达很重要。

Yale University

Many years ago, former Yale President Kingman Brewster wrote that selecting future Yale students was a combination of looking for those who would make the most of the extraordinary resources assembled here, those with a zest to stretch the limits of their talents, and those with an outstanding public motivation – in other words, applicants with a concern for something larger than themselves. He said, “We have to make the hunchy judgment as to whether or not with Yale’s help the candidate is likely to be a leader in whatever he* ends up doing.” Our goals remain the same today. Decade after decade, Yalies have set out to make our world better. We are looking for students we can help to become the leaders of their generation in whatever they wish to pursue.

可以整合学校资源，想要挑战自己才华的极限，关心整个社会的发展进步。耶鲁旨在培养学生所感兴趣领域的行业领袖。

As we carefully and respectfully review every application, two questions guide our admissions team: “Who is likely to make the most of Yale’s resources?” and “Who will contribute most significantly to the Yale community?”

可以最大程度利用耶鲁的资源，可以伟业路做出贡献。

Yale is above all an academic institution. This means academic strength is our first consideration in evaluating any candidate. The single most important document in your application is your high school transcript, which tells us a great deal about your academic drive and performance over time. We look for students who have consistently taken a broad range of challenging courses in high school and have done well. Your high school teachers can provide extremely helpful information in their evaluations. Not only do they discuss your performance in their particular class or classes, but often they write about such things as your intellectual curiosity, energy, relationships with classmates, and impact on the classroom environment. Obviously it is important to ask for recommendations from teachers who know you well.

通过成绩单和老师的推荐信，耶鲁想要看到学生在高中期间课程的广度以及完成情况，除此之外，学校也想要了解学生的学习热情，和同学的关系，对学校环境的贡献。

The Yale application tries to get at the personal side of the applicant through the use of several short essays whose scope is broad enough to accommodate most writers. We encourage you to take the writing of the essays seriously and to write openly and honestly about activities, interests, or experiences that have been meaningful to you. What is most important is that you write in your own voice. 

学校希望通过学生个性化的文书了解到对学生有意义的活动，兴趣，经验。