真正打动招生官的地方不是我的优秀成绩与领导才能,而是我身上那种近乎“白手起家”的努力,那种想改变自己命运的强大渴望。1我上高一那年,一位升学辅导老师例行公事般为我们讲解了申请大学的流程。最后,她顺便提了一下:除了加拿大的大学之外,还存在一种所谓的美国常春藤大学,诸如哈佛和耶鲁。不过,她并不认为会有任何在场的人需要去申请常春藤大学,因为那是为美国的“社会精英”所准备的。说者无心,听者有意。当时我几乎立刻就意识到, What really impresses on the admissions officer is not my outstanding achievements and leadership skills, but my near “self-made” effort, the strong desire to change my own destiny. 1 I went to High School that year, a counselor as a routine school for us to explain the process of applying for the university. Finally, she said by the way: In addition to the Canadian universities, there is a so-called American ivy university, such as Harvard and Yale. However, she did not think anybody present would need to apply for the Ivy League as it was prepared for America’s “social elite.” He does not mean that. I realized almost immediately,