• This is what history consists of. It's the sum total of all the things they aren't telling us. -Don DeLillo, Libra. What is history, who are "they," and what aren't they telling us?
  • What contemporary issue or trend relating to politics, culture, and society, or foreign policy particularly concerns you and why?

解析:我们每个人都有自己的特定世界观和人生观。对于生活中的某个事件,均会有既有的立场和看法。对于此类文书题目,学生需要带着镣铐跳舞,把自己还相对不很成熟的直觉用严谨丰满的学术英语清楚有力的说明。这类文书往往是为接受过美国本土中学教育的申请者而预设的。作为国际学生,往往需要尝试从他们在美国的同侪的角度出发,才能较好的理解题目本身用意并有针对性的作答。但另一方面,这点运用得当的话,也能通过独特的精妙思维来给国际学生