普林斯顿大学申请清单及essay命题.

　　普林斯顿大学，2010年usnews中与哈佛大学并列第一。普林斯顿大学最引以自豪的是本科生教育，学校师生比例为1/6，在全美的大学里很少见，由于学生人数不多，教师有足够的精力来关心学生的作业。普林斯顿大学本科生可以攻读两种学位：艺术学士和工程科学学士。前者授予主修人文科学、社会科学和自然科学的学生；后者授予主修工程技术专业的学生。

　　普林斯顿的录取过程极其严格。根据《大西洋月刊》(Atlantic Monthly)，普林斯顿是全美在录取上第二严格的大学，仅次于麻省理工学院。申请普林斯顿大学本科需要准备以下申请材料。

　　Required Material：

　　A completed application form. You may submit your application using online or paper-based formats by January 1. We encourage students to submit their portion of the application by December 15, if possible. We accept both the Princeton Admission Application and the Common Application.

　　A Secondary School Report (SSR) and transcript. Please ask your high school counselor or other school official to complete and submit an SSR form along with an official transcript by January 1.

　　 International students should submit the Princeton International Secondary School Report (ISSR) or the Common Application SSR with the International Supplement. These forms are available as downloadable PDFs.

　　Two teacher rerences. Please ask two of your teachers to complete and send the Teacher Rerence Forms by January 1. Choose teachers from two different areas of study. These two forms are available as part of the complete paper Admission Application or with our downloadable application PDFs

　　A mid-year school report. Please ask your high school counselor or other school official to complete and submit this form, which is available as part of the complete paper Admission Application or separately as a downloadable PDF.

　　SAT Reasoning Test or ACT. Take the SAT Reasoning Test by the January test date or take the ACT with Writing by the December date. Learn more about standardized testing for admission.

　　SAT Subject Tests. All applicants are expected to take three SAT Subject Tests by the January test date. This is in addition to the SAT Reasoning Test or ACT. If you are considering a degree in engineering (B.S.E.), your three SAT Subject Tests should include Physics or Chemistry, and Mathematics I or II. Learn more about standardized testing for admission.

　　TOEFL scores

　　Essays

　　We ask applicants to write two essays as part of the application. This is your opportunity to display your best writing as well as your ability to convey ideas in your own voice While you may want to have a parent, guidance counselor or teacher proofread your essays, it is extremely important that the essays be your own work. Intellectual integrity is a fundamental principle at Princeton. When you complete your application you are asked to sign a statement certifying that all the information on the application, including the essays, is your own work. Princeton may withdraw the application or revoke the admission of any student whose essays have been written by another source, including essays found on the Internet.

　　Personal Essay Please write an essay (250 words minimum) on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below. Please indicate your topic by checking the appropriate box. This personal essay helps us become acquainted with you as a person and student, apart from courses, grades, test scores, and other objective data. It will also demonstrate your ability to organize your thoughts and express yourself.

　　Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.

　　Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.

　　 Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.

　　Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.

　　A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an

　　experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.

　　Topic of your choice.

　　Attach your essay to the last page on a separate sheet(s) (same size please). You must put your full name, date of birth, and name of secondary school on each sheet.

　　Deadlines

　　EA 7月1日

　　RD 1月1日

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