一篇美国高中生申请名牌大学的优秀作文

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1、一篇美国高中生申请名牌大学的优秀作文亚洲易网类型：[转载]日期：2009-3-14责任编辑：yvonne收藏此文     人在美国，常有国内的朋友询问小孩出国留学的事。这几年，很多家庭送小孩直接到美国念大学，如何申请美国大学便成了很多人关心的事。     申请美国大学一般要求写一至二篇作文。作文是学生向学校展现自己独特魅力的机会，是学校的招生人员除了考试分数等硬指标外评价学生的最重要的依据。往往，一篇作文定终身。     下面的这篇作文是一篇极为优秀的范文，作者为LanrenAHackney，被耶鲁大学，麻省理工学院和波士顿学院同时录取。原文：I'MGOINGRUNNINGTODAY

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