我为什么说父母不应该读他们的孩子大学Essay

声明: 我的二个孩子木有上常春藤。 如果您想要听藤爸藤妈的，请您绕道走.

Looking at the profile of all top applicants, you will see all have very high test scores, near 4.0 GPA, sports, leadership, all kind of E/C.  So, how do your kid differentiate them from that crowd - their unique essay!!!!

Using their essay, they should be able to tell the admission officer who they are and why they are the kind of students the school should have. 

Many times, the parents can't take that.  They want to use so called "50 Successful Harvard Application Essays" to mold their kids into what commonly regarding as "good".  But "good" here is not good,  "unique" here is good!!!

Hopefully by now all will agree that parents should allow kids to write whatever subject they want.  How about the language, you ask. 

It could be just me but my kids' English is way better than mine.

Here is what I would give to all parents:  By the starting of 11th grade, you the parents should know who is the best Englisg teacher at the school.  Who has most experiences in preparation of application essay.  Make sure your kid take his/her class at 12th grade.  You could then beg the teacher to help your kids. 

I learnt this from my daughter.  She made such an effort to be the "sweet heart" of their AP english teacher.  That teacher had tears in her eyes when we met at parents/teacher conference.

When my DD received her Yes package from Stanford, the admission officer wrote a note on the official letter - saying how her essay about her essay made her stand out etc. 

 

所有跟帖： 

• 这正是我反对的 -Big_Benz- ♂ (231 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 09:21:32

• 想要雇我提供包装吗？ -Big_Benz- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 09:38:25

• 4000一校？我收2000，进了再2000。如何？ -weibao- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2011 postreply 19:49:18

• UCB不就看成绩吗？ 连推荐信都不要。包装啥？ --realblue-- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 10:14:37

• 啊呀太巧了，闺女最心仪的老师后来也是写推荐的，正是英文老师，也是家长会见到， -20146- ♀ (352 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 09:30:02

• 我看你这段就哭出来了 -Accountant06- ♀ (60 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 09:49:58

• Lol. You made my day 回复：我看你这段就哭出来了 -Martinlu2003315- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 16:40:34

• Sorry -Big_Benz- ♂ (117 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 10:09:12

• why? maybe her son's topic can be 'why did i refuse Harker'. -ttmum- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 17:20:00

• 美国孩子一般不写tear jerker essay.过去流行过已成为cliche.国人写这类很容易上手, -weston- ♀ (136 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 10:53:22

• 原材料新鲜、自然 -蓝调- ♀ (53 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 11:03:23

• Fish Head Soup--my daughter's essay. -lucky8910- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 11:47:55

• 还好.加拿大的大学不用写.要写,也难不倒我闺女.写的好坏我就不知道了. -苹果梨- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 11:49:53

• 加拿大大学top专业的也要求写，还必须有数学老师和学校的2000字推荐信 -why111- ♀ (367 bytes) () 08/08/2011 postreply 13:33:42

• 我闺女到是top大学的.可能专业不top.我问问她. -苹果梨- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2011 postreply 17:45:08

• 想起来了.我朋友孩子金融专业好像要写. -苹果梨- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2011 postreply 17:48:01