达特茅斯的面试报告

Sawyer 是一名被Dartmouth College录取为大一新生(freshman)的男孩，录取前他接受过一次校友面试，由Connor(Dartmouth 61级学生)、Alexander(Dartmouth 80级学生)和Jim(Dartmouth 84级学生)三人主持。他们在面试后撰写的报告中分析了Sawyer的各方面特点和品质，我们摘录了其中两段：

1. Intellectual Engagement and CuriositySawyer scored 1410 on his SAT exams and is in the top 10% of the most academically competitive school in Greensburg. He plans to follow a career in engineering/computer-science, but on his own initiative reads Shakespeare and quality Sci-Fi. He is also a finalist for the University of North Carolina’s Morehead Scholarship- the highest award North Carolina can give a high schools student.

2. Commitment and Personal Motivation in ActivitiesSawyer swims for his high School and also finds time to work every Saturday afternoon at The Greensburg Medical Center as a volunteer. He currently teaches computer science at local King’s College to “gifted and talented” high school students in the area. As the Student Body President, Sawyer was awarded the school’s Junior Leadership Award. By far the most impressive and unusual achievement of this candidate is the operation and ownership of a financially successful computer business. He is paid to program, consult, and teach for small businesses in Greensburg!”

译文：

1. 智力水平与求知欲Sawyer在SAT测试中得了1410分(满分1600)，在格林斯堡具竞争力的学校中名列前10%。他打算从事工程与计算机科学的职业领域，虽然这只是阅读莎士比亚和科幻小说而萌生的念头。在北卡罗来纳大学Morehead奖学金评选中，他已经入围了决赛，这是北卡罗来纳州的高中生可以获得的高奖项。

2. 社会活动的参与动机与奉献Sawyer效力于校游泳队，同时每周六下午还到格林斯堡医疗中心做义工。现在他执教于当地的国王学院，向‘天才班’的高中生讲授计算机课程。作为学生会主席，Sawyer曾经被授予‘高一学生领导奖’。到现在为止，这名候选人引人注目、不同寻常的成就是拥有并运营一家获利丰厚的电脑公司。他向格林斯堡的小型企业提供有偿的电脑编程、咨询和培训服务。”

相信任何一个人在看到上面的评论都会认为Sawyer是个杰出的学生！

直到今天，很多很多的高中生、大学生总会问我，以往申请到MIT、哈佛的学生是什么样子的？他们是因为什么被录取的？

我为这个问题抓狂。

的人突出的地方各有特点，但在大的层面上都是相似的：学习好，会玩，会领导。他们总能够吸引众人的目光，并且影响身边的人和。应了一句名言：“活着就是为了改变”。

Sawyer在国王学院的“天才班”授课和他开办电脑技术公司对格林斯堡的很多人产生了影响，他创造了一些特别的益处带给别人。

Hillary Kiline也是一名被Dartmouth College录取的本科新生，她的面试官写的报告里同样有关于领导力的一段：

Commitment and Personal Motivation in ActivitiesHillary is a thoughtful and strongly optimistic young woman. She has been President of her class for four years and enjoys the responsibilities and opportunities afforded her as a class leader. She is captain of the soccer team for the second year in a row. Her team reached the third round of the state championship this year before being eliminated by the team that went on to win the championship. She was also a member of the all-star district team.

She recently played an integral role as part of a team applying for a Venture Capital Grant to benefit her high school. She, the principal, the Superintendent and a teacher were interviewed in the state competition. She noted that her school was the only one competing that included a student on its team. Their school also won the competition and the Grant. The money will be used to develop and support a mentoring program which she helped design.

译文：

社会活动的参与动机与奉献Hillary是一位有思想、很乐观的姑娘，她已经担任了4年的班长，十分珍惜作为班级领导能够承担的义务和发展机会。从10年级开始她连续担任足球队长，今年率队闯入州冠军赛的第三轮，负于了冠军队。同时她也是“全明星队”的一员。

近她在申请一笔用于建设学校的投资基金的小组中起到了至关重要的作用。Hillary、校长、教学主任还有一名教师一起参加了州里的竞赛。她发现本校的小组是所有含学生代表的参赛组中有竞争力的一个。她所在的学校也赢得了那笔基金，这笔钱将用于支持和发展一个她参与设计的教育指导项目。

Hillary的影响力更是显而易见，她像节里提到的戴文渊一样，带领一个团队取得了瞩目的成就，并且参与了“大人”的事情，和校长、老师一起为学校争取了一笔资金，用于帮助身边的同学。

影响力是始终伴随强者的“影子”，能看到影响力，就能看到一个人的地方。

在化学上有个概念叫“凝结核”，是指在凝结过程中起凝结核心作用的物质，比如贝壳形成珍珠时候的沙粒、人工降雨中的碘化银。的人能在人群中起到“凝结核”的作用，将团体的力量发挥到大。

美国的名校在录取候选人的时候，由于海量的申请很难做到逐一和候选者见面，但他们仍然希望至少看到候选者的“影子”。比如耶鲁商学院的录取短文有一篇：

Describe a professional accomplishment that exhibits your leadership style. The accomplishment should include evidence of your leadership skills, a description of the actions you took, as well as the impact you had on your organization. (500 words maximum)译文：

请描述职业上的一项成就以展示你的领导风格。这项成就要能够证明你的领导技巧、描述你采取过的行动，并说明你对所在组织造成的影响。(限500字以内)加利福尼亚州着名的文理学院—— 克莱蒙特—— 麦肯纳学院(Claremont McKenna College)，在录取短文(essay)中作这样的要求：

Leadership is a constant theme and emphasis at CMC. In fact, one of the ways we describe CMC students is ‘Leaders in the Making’. Choose someone, fictional or nonfictional, historical or contemporary, whom you consider to be a leader. Suppose you are this person’s primary advisor. How would you advise this person and why?

译文：

在克莱蒙特—— 麦肯纳学院，领导力是一个永恒的主题和重点。事实上，我们给克莱蒙特—— 麦肯纳学院学生的称呼之一就是“成长中的领袖”。请选择一个你认为称得上领袖的人，虚构的或现实的、历史上的或当代的都可以；假想你是这个人的导师，你将如何指导他？为什么？

虽然我们不至于为了迎合学校选拔标准而改变自己，但“影响的魅力”确实是者必备的品质。

想一想，你曾为身边的人做过什么？