在留学申请的路上，递交完申请之后的接下来重要一关就是面试的应对。大部分美国大学会在二月前后进行并完成面试。而面试的形式主要分为：群面；招生官直接面试；校友面试。
在今天的推文中，我们将就面试的内容做一个详细剖析；并邀请到了耶鲁大学中华区面试官就关键信息做一个简短点评。
1. 为什么要面试？
面试一直是美国大学对于申请人的入学录取资格的一个考量；尤其是对于中国申请人。对于招生办来说，中国的申请人可信度一直不是特别高：
文书是该申请人自己写的吗？
推荐信真的是老师写的吗？
在这种情况下，面试对招生办来说自然是一个帮助他们进行进一步判断的依据。如果能在面试中表现优异，那么面试官的这份面试报告的作用不亚于标化成绩的高分。尤其是在中国申请人的标化成绩都日趋接近的今天，能否在面试中脱颖而出就成了是否能够获得录取资格的关键。
2. 面试问什么呢？
整体来说，面试主要考察以下几个方面：
- 学识：知识潜能，专注性，热情度，积极性，创造力
- 个性：正直的品德，领导能力，独立性，自信度与价值观
- 对大学的期望：想学习什么，为什么，如何去做
- 是否了解学校
很显然，招生办希望通过面试了解到一个除了分数之外的真正的你，以及你是否具有他们希望看到的品质。
耶鲁面试官T：对我来说，我不会把重点放在申请人的标化成绩上，中国学生的标化成绩已经普遍偏高。我会对申请人的个人经历更感兴趣；如果你有与众不同的经历，那大胆的告诉我。另外，我对面试人的一个重要考量是：这位申请人是否适合我们学校、是否具有我们学校的风格。
3. 主要问题？
具体的说，面试主要会涉及到以下重要问题：
学术背景：
- 你的高中表现情况
- 你的成绩、排名和GPA
- 你的特色/强处
- 你的不足
课外活动：
- 你参加过什么课外活动？
- 哪一件课外活动对你来说最重要？
- 为什么要参加？你是什么角色？你收获了什么？
- 你准备在大学里面继续参加什么？
关于大学：
- 你为什么想要上我们这所大学？
- 你想在大学阶段学习什么？为什么？
- 你觉得你可以给我们大学带来什么？
- 为什么我们大学适合你？
- 你还申请了什么学校？最想去哪所？
耶鲁面试官T：建议申请人在参加面试之前一定要做好对学校的全方位了解，细分到专业上的特色与支持。但是申请人首先要清楚的是你申请的这个学校是有什么风格？自由还是保守？比如我说到耶鲁的school culture，你知道我们的football game tradition和handsome dan吗？另外，在申请人的课外活动上，比起参与过什么，我更注重申请人的参与角色是什么，比如有展示出领导力吗？
4. 如何回答？
在面对面试官抛出的一系列问题后，回答的基本规则是：be yourself；即，展示最真实的你。但是be yourself不等于be naive，你需要在对每个问题进行深度思考后再作回答。
比如说，问到你为什么要选择该学校时，如果你回答：Oh，因为某校是个牛校，我相信在这么牛的学校里我会得到最佳发展；那你就白白错过了机会。正确的回答方式应该是在做好对学校的了解后，结合你自身的经历，告诉面试官因为学校的哪些特色特别符合你的背景以及你对你自身未来的期望（这也是你合理插入你要学习的专业的地方）。
耶鲁面试官T：首先，一定要了解学校；其次，回答时be mature & be critical thinking。
5. 如何准备？
在上面，我们和耶鲁面试官已经反复强调过了：在准备面试时，首先要对自己过去的经历做到很熟悉，以及对你自己未来的期望要非常清晰；与此同时，做好学校的研究，做到真实的了解学校并向面试官展示你最真实的热情（passion）。
在具体的准备上，我们建议申请人对面试会出现的常见问题进行深度思考并反复练习，在此基础上进行发散性思考 & 准备。
WisdomLinked 5小时前 0条评论很多学校面试都是optional，但在要求里提到，会建议最好参加面试。
面试都问些什么问题？
总的来说面试题都不难，但是如果想给招生官留下深刻印象还真不是一件容易的事，需要同学们好好准备。一般来说面试最起码会涵盖三个话题。第一个问题是关于学术背景的。具体会涉及到学术兴趣、最喜欢的一门课、你最喜欢的老师……第二个问题一般是你为什么申请这所学校/专业/系/实验室之类的问题。这两个问题的答案你都需要事前准备好并且练习几遍。回答这两类问题的难度在于，问题的答案都很标准化，基本上所有学生的回答都差不多，不太容易让自己显得多么与众不同。那么如果你想让老师印象深刻，你就要准备一些具体事例，尤其是表达了强烈的感情和意义的细节或者具体时刻。
举个例子，面试官的问题是: Why Wesleyan?可以考虑的回答如下
Leadership matters. I first became interested in Wesleyan after browsing the course
offerings on Coursera. The president of Wesleyan, Michael Roth taught a course
on “The Modern and Postmodern”. I signed up for it and found that his lectures
were stimulating. useful and learned. It’s rare for a President to teach at
all, but for him to put his course on a MOOC demonstrates that Wesleyan is
ahead of the curve when it comes to education. I did not agree with all the
views the President has on certain thinkers like Rousseau and Kant, but then
that’s what a course should be—a challenge to my assumptions. I have now signed
up for his newest MOOC "How To Change The World". Again it’s rare
that a President would choose such a title without irony and then go on to
explore how we can as he says, "develop 'social goods' and use them to
create networks of progressive change. "I believe in his vision for
change, his vision for the future of education, and believe that his leadership
will help Wesleyan continue to be a leader in liberal arts education in the
world.
另一个常见的问题是an activity that’s important to you。讲故事是回答这个问题的好选择，同时要注意细节。比如说你是团队的一员，你们一起做了什么，等等。不一定非要选择多么大的故事。范例：
I will always remember the email I received from Mary. I had worked with her for
a number of years in my role as a mentor at school. She struggled through
depression and getting acclimated to a new school system. She was bright but
had yet to find a way to express her creativity. I helped steer her in the
direction she’d expressed an interest in—film and photography. She started
making little films and taking gorgeous photographs, She found a teacher who
was her mentor and blossomed into a star. She’s now thinking of applying to the
top film school in the US and has won some awards for her films. Here is what
she said: “You are the most generous person I've ever seen.” I didn’t do
all that much except talk with her as a mentor but sometimes a listening ear and
a supportive set of words can change a life. Maybe changing the world isn’t
quite as hard a job as it sounds. If each of us can help one person at a time
perhaps we can change the world all around.
同学们最后需要准备的是Do you have any questions? 如果问不出来问题，招生官会觉得这位学生完全没有准备这次面试。但是，这个问题不能是浏览网站10秒就能找到答案的问题。一定要有点深度，并言之有物，不能太笼统。范例：
Harvard
and Yale just agreed to permit the famous Computer Science course at Harvard to
be taught on-line, for credit, at Yale. Nothing like this has happened between
these two schools before. Do you think this will be the beginning of more
sharing of top scores between these two schools? Do you think this is a good
idea?
下面是我们的导师总结出的一些常问的面试题，祝大家好运！
* What has been your favorite course during high school? Why? What
characteristics do you seek in your teachers?
* How would you rate your academic strengths and weaknesses? Are
you better in some areas than others? Do you know why?
* Which subjects are you studying now? Do you enjoy some more than
others? Why? Are your courses easy or challenging?
* If I were to wander into your school's faculty room and mention your
name, what reaction would I get? How would your teachers characterize
you? Do some teachers see you differently than others?
* How would you rate yourself as a writer? What was the most
challenging writing assignment you've faced?
* What subjects do you plan to study in college? Are there any new
subjects you hope to try? Do you have any dreams or goals after
graduation from college?
* Are there any specific extracurricular interests or activities that you plan or
hope to pursue in college?
* Why are these of interest?
* What have you done in these areas before? Have you participated
during high school or in your community?
* What do you gain from this interest?
* Are you a different or better person because of the time you've
committed to this interest?
* What have you done during the summers? Is there someone you share
a special interest with? Is there someone in your life who has had an
impact on your life and why?
* If the student has worked at a job: How did you get the job? Did
you enjoy it? What were the best/worst features of your job? Did
you learn anything about yourself in this job? Would you do it again?
* What might you do with a year off between high school and college?
* Tell me about your current schedule and activities.
* Why do you want to go to Wesleyan?
* What subject areas are you most interested in? Discuss a book or
project that you enjoyed.
* Have you thought about a major or area of concentration? Ideas about
your future?
* What do you look forward to most about college?
* How well do you do with independence? Give an example of a problem or
task or project you have dealt with that required you to demonstrate your
independence.
* Any questions for me?
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