2026Fall的美本申请季即将开启！近段时间，美国各大院校也开始官宣各项招生政策。
芝加哥大学、普渡大学、佐治亚大学、圣母大学等校率先更新文书题目，一起来看看今年的文书题目，又有哪些新“挑战”~
芝加哥大学
2025-2026文书题目
芝加哥大学今年在各大榜单排名中表现强劲。
在U.S.News综排位居Top 11，在QS世界大学排名中则取得了历史最佳Top 13！
按照今年的排名，本就困难的芝大，今年竞争可能更加激烈。同时，芝大的文书题目更是以极具创意性且烧脑著称。
芝加哥大学通常是一个必选补充文书（即why school），七个可选补充文书，七选一（去年是六个，今年又恢复回来了）。
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问题1（必选)
How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.
根据你现在的了解，芝加哥大学如何满足你对特定类型的学习、社区和未来的渴望？请具体说明自己的愿望以及它们与芝加哥大学的关系。
这是一篇是所有申请者都必须要提交的文书，属于典型的why school，还比较容易写。
问题2（拓展文书，必答，七选一)
Essay Option 1
In an ideal world where inter-species telepathic communication exists, which species would you choose to have a conversation with, and what would you want to learn from them? Would you ask beavers for architectural advice? Octopuses about cognition? Pigeons about navigation? Ants about governance? Make your case—both for the species and the question.
– Inspired by Yvan Sugira, Class of 2029
如果在一个理想世界中，不同物种之间可以进行心灵感应式的交流，你会选择与哪种动物对话？你想从它们那里学到什么？
你会向海狸请教建筑知识？向章鱼探究认知能力？向鸽子了解导航原理？或向蚂蚁请教治理模式？
请为你的选择进行论证——既论证你选择的物种，也论证你想提出的问题。
Essay Option 2
If you could uninvent one thing, what would it be — and what would unravel as a result?
– Inspired by Eitan Fischer, Class of 2027
如果你可以“取消发明”某样东西，那会是什么？这一取消会引发哪些连锁反应？
Essay Option 3
"Left" can mean remaining or departed. "Dust" can mean to add fine particles or to remove them. "Fast" can mean moving quickly or fixed firmly in place.
These contronyms—words that are their own antonyms—somehow hold opposing meanings in perfect tension.
Explore a contronym: a role, identity, or experience in your life that has contained its own opposite.
– Inspired by Kristin Yi, Class of 2029
“Left”可以表示留下，也可以表示离开；“Dust”可以指撒上灰尘，也可以指清除灰尘；“Fast”既可以表示快速，也可以表示牢固不动。
这些“矛盾词”同时具备相反的含义，却又奇妙地保持了张力和平衡。
请你探讨一个“矛盾词”式的角色、身份或人生经历：一个既包含自身反面，又内在统一的个人体验。
Essay Option 4
The penny is on its way out—too small to matter, too costly to keep. But not everything small should disappear. What’s one object the world is phasing out that you think we can’t afford to lose, and why?
– Ella Somaiya, Class of 2028
一美分硬币即将退出历史舞台——它微不足道，却维护成本高。但并不是所有“小东西”都该被淘汰。请谈谈你认为当前世界正在逐步淘汰、但我们绝不能失去的一件“小物件”，并说明原因。
Essay Option 5
From Michelin Tires creating the Michelin Guide, to the audio equipment company Audio-Technica becoming one of the world’s largest manufacturers of sushi robots, brand identity can turn out to be a lot more flexible than we think.
Choose an existing brand, company, or institution and propose an unexpected but strangely logical new product or service for them to launch. Why is this unlikely extension exactly what the world (or the brand) needs right now?
– Inspired by Julia Nieberg, Class of 2029
从米其林轮胎推出《米其林指南》，到音响设备品牌铁三角成为全球最大寿司机器人制造商之一——品牌的身份定位往往比我们想象得更具弹性。
请你选择一个现有品牌、公司或机构，提出一个出人意料但又逻辑自洽的新产品或服务方案。为什么这个看似“跨界”的扩展，正是这个品牌或世界现在所需要的？
Essay Option 6
Statistically speaking, ice cream doesn’t cause shark attacks, pet spending doesn’t drive the number of lawyers in California, and margarine consumption isn’t responsible for Maine’s divorce rate—at least, not according to conventional wisdom.
But what if the statisticians got it wrong? Choose your favorite spurious correlation and make the case for why it might actually reveal a deeper, causative truth.
– Inspired by Adam DiMascio, Class of 2025
从统计学角度来看，吃冰淇淋不会导致鲨鱼袭击，宠物消费不会引发加州律师人数上涨，人造黄油的消费量也不会影响缅因州的离婚率——至少根据常识是这样的。
但如果统计学家错了呢？请选择一个你最喜欢的“伪相关性”，论证它为何可能揭示了某种更深层的因果关系。
Essay Option 7
And, as always… the classic choose your own adventure option! In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, choose one of our past prompts (or create a question of your own). Be original, creative, thought provoking.
Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun!
一如既往……经典的自选冒险选项！在充满冒险精神的探索精神中，请选择一个芝大过去给出的提示（或自己提出一个问题）。请保持原创性、创造性，并发人深省。
发挥你作为一个作家、思想家、梦想家、社会评论家、智者、世界公民或未来芝加哥大学公民的最佳品质；冒一点小险，享受其中的乐趣吧！
以上就是芝加哥大学的最新文书题目了，不得不说是真的脑洞大开，同学们准备好开始“烧脑”了吗！
普渡 / 佐治亚 / 圣母大学
2025-2026文书题目
普渡大学文书要求
用不多于250字回答以下问题：
1. How will opportunities at Purdue support your interests, both in and out of the classroom?
普渡有哪些资源和机会帮助你探索和进行课堂内外的兴趣？
2.Briefly discuss your reasons for pursuing the major you have selected.
简要分享你选择该专业的原因。
佐治亚大学文书要求
The transition from middle to high school is a key time for students as they reach new levels of both academic and personal discovery. Please share a book (novel, non-fiction, etc.) that had a serious impact on you during this time.
Please focus more on why this book made an impact on you and less on the plot/theme of the book itself (we are not looking for a book report).
请用200 - 300字来回应以下问题。
初中升入高中，是学生成长历程中的关键转折点，无论是在学业方面，还是在个人成长上，都意味着踏入了一个全新的阶段。
请分享一本在这个时期对你有着深远影响的书籍，类型不限，小说、非虚构类作品等均可。
圣母大学文书要求
Short Essay（必答）
Please provide a response to the following question. The word count is a maximum of 150 words.
Everyone has different priorities when considering their higher education options and building their college or university list. Tell us about your “non-negotiable” factor(s) when searching for your future college home.
请针对以下问题作答，字数需控制在150字以内。
每个人在权衡高等教育选项、拟定大学申请清单时，所看重的因素存在差异。请说说你在挑选未来就读的大学时，有哪些是“绝不能妥协”的条件。
Short Answer（5选3）
Please choose three questions from the options below. Your response to each short-answer question should be between 50-100 words.
● How does faith influence the decisions you make?
● What is distinctive about your personal experiences and development (eg, family support, culture, disability, personal background, community, etc)? Why are these experiences important to you and how will you enrich the Notre Dame community?
● Notre Dame’s undergraduate experience is characterized by a collective sense of care for every person. How do you foster service to others in your community?
● What compliment are you most proud of receiving, and why does it mean so much to you?
● What would you fight for?
请从以下问题里挑选三个进行回答。每个简答题的答案篇幅应在50 - 100字之间。
● 信仰如何影响你做出的决定？
● 你的个人经历和成长经历有哪些独特之处？例如，家庭支持、文化、残疾、个人背景、社区等等。为什么这些经历对你很重要？你将如何丰富圣母大学社区？
● 圣母大学的本科经历以对每个人的集体关怀为特色。你如何在社区中培养服务他人的意识？
● 你最自豪收到的赞美是什么？为什么它对您来说如此重要？
● 你会为何而战？
以上就是本次四所大学更新的文书题目，准备2025-2026申请留学的同学们，现在要准备起来啦！
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