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一起来围观这些史上最weird文书问题，同学们也可以想一想，如果自己遇到这种问题该怎么应对？
The Most Ridiculous College Application Questions
留学申请中最稀奇古怪的问题
Tufts University received some attention for its '#YOLO-based' application essay prompt:
塔夫茨大学因为一篇“YOLO”(你只能活一次)主题的留学申请作文而备受关注：
The ancient Romans started it when they coined the phrase "Carpe diem." Jonathan Larson proclaimed "No day but today!" and most recently, Drake explained You Only Live Once (YOLO). Have you ever seized the day? Lived like there was no tomorrow? Or perhaps you plan to shout YOLO while jumping into something in the future. What does #YOLO mean to you?
古罗马人最先提出“及时行乐”。乔纳森·拉森宣称“没有一天会和今天一样！”近期，杜雷克提出“你只能活一次（YOLO）”。你有没有好好把握每一天？每天就像明天不会到来一样去生活？还是当你会在未来才感受到YOLO。YOLO对你来说意味着什么？
This, however was far from the first time a college has asked students to think outside the box.
然而这绝不是有大学第一次要求学生在申请文书中打破常规思维。
While Tufts and the University of Chicago may be the two schools most well known for their unorthodox essays, many colleges have slipped in quirky questions to shake up potential applicants. Topics have ranged from autobiographical to flat out insane, but all the prompts - in theory - should tell a school something about yourself.
尽管塔夫茨大学和芝加哥大学可能是最出名的两所会提出其非正统申请问题的学校，许多高校都用很多稀奇古怪的问题难倒了申请者。这些问题的主题有自传，也会一些疯狂的话题。但不论是什么样的问题，你都应该告诉学校关于你自己的东西。
We've compiled some of our favorites for you to ponder.
我们整理了一些有趣的问题供大家参考。
University of Chicago
"Have you ever walked through the aisles of a warehouse store like Costco or Sam's Club and wondered who would buy a jar of mustard a foot and a half tall? We've bought it, but it didn't stop us from wondering about other things, like absurd eating contests, impulse buys, excess, unimagined uses for mustard, storage, preservatives, notions of bigness…and dozens of other ideas both silly and serious. Write an essay somehow inspired by super-huge mustard."
芝加哥大学
“你有没有曾经路过一家像Costco的或Sam's Club的仓储商店，而好奇谁会买一罐一英尺的芥末。即使我们买下了芥末，但我们还是会对其他东西好奇，比如荒唐的吃东西比赛，冲动购买，稀奇古怪的芥末的用途，存储，防腐剂，一些伟大的概念…总之会有许多其他既愚蠢又有些正经的想法。请写一篇短文介绍一下如此大容量的芥末是如何启发你的。”
Brandeis University
"If you could choose to be raised by robots, dinosaurs, or aliens, who would you pick? Why?"
布兰代斯大学
“如果你可以选择机器人，恐龙，或者外星人来抚养你，你会挑谁？为什么？”
University of Virginia
"Make a bold prediction about something in the year 2020 that no one else has made a bold prediction about."
弗吉尼亚大学
“大胆的预测一下2020年会发生的事，并且要是别人没有预测过的。”
University of Pennsylvania
"You have just finished your three hundred page autobiography. Please submit page 217."
宾夕法尼亚大学
“假设你刚刚写完了你的三百页的自传，请说说第217页的内容。”
Johns Hopkins University
"Using a piece of wire, a Hopkins car window sticker, an egg carton, and any inexpensive hardware store item, create something that would solve a problem. Tell us about your creation, but don't worry; we won't require proof that it works!"
约翰霍普金斯大学
“用一块丝，霍普金斯车窗贴纸，一个鸡蛋纸箱，以及任何廉价的商店产品，做一个可以解决实际问题的发明，和我们分享你的发明，但是别担心，我们不会要求你证明这个发明是怎么运作的！”
Santa Clara University
"Tell us about the most embarrassing moment of your life."
圣塔克拉拉大学
“告诉我们你一生中最尴尬的时刻。”
University of Chicago
"So where is Waldo, really?"
芝加哥大学
“沃利藏在哪了，是真的吗？” （注：沃利是英国插画家Martin Handford创作的儿童书籍《聪明的沃利》的一个特定人物）
Tufts University
"Create a short story using one of these topics: "The End of MTV","Confessions of a Middle School Bully","The Professor Disappeared"or "The Mysterious Lab"
塔夫茨大学
“在以下的主题中选择一个创作一个小故事：“MTV的终结”，“一个中学小霸王的自白”，“教授消失了”或“神秘的实验室”。
St. Mary's College of Maryland
"St. Mary's College is casting for the incoming class. Send us your audition tape via the Web or DVD. Please provide us with the site for posting. Selection of this option will stand as your college essay. Consider your audience."
马里兰州圣玛丽学院
“圣玛丽学院正在招新生。通过Web或DVD向我们发送你的试听带。请向我们提供发布的网站。你的选择将会代表你的学院论文。请考虑你的听众。”
Amherst College
"Sartre said, 'Hell is other people,' but Streisand sang, 'People who need people/Are the luckiest people in the world.' With whom do you agree and why?"
艾姆赫斯特学院
萨特说：“他人即地狱”，但史翠珊倡导：“需要别人的人是世界上最幸福的人”。你同意谁的观点，为什么？
University of Chicago
"Modern improvisational comedy had its start with the Compass Players, a group of University of Chicago students who later formed the Second City comedy troupe. Here is a chance to play along. Improvise a story, essay, or script that meets all of the following requirements:
It must include the line "And yes I said yes I will Yes" (Ulysses, by James Joyce).
Its characters may not have superpowers.
Your work has to mention the University of Chicago, but please, no accounts of a high school student applying to the University-this is fiction, not autobiography.
Your work must include at least four of the following elements: a paper airplane, a transformation, a shoe, the invisible hand, two doors, pointillism, a fanciful explanation of the Pythagorean Theorem, a ventriloquist or ventriloquism, the periodic table of the elements, the concept of jeong, number two pencils."
芝加哥大学
“现代即兴喜剧起源于一群指南针玩家，他们是芝加哥大学的学生，他们后来组成了第二城市喜剧团。现在给你一个机会展示一下。创作一个故事，散文或者剧本，要求符合下列所有要求：
必须包括《尤利西斯》中詹姆斯·乔伊斯的这句话：“And yes I said yes I will Yes”。
字句中不能出现超级大国。
你的创作中需要提到芝加哥大学，但别包括高中学生申请大学，因为这是小说，不是自传。
你的创作必须包括至少四个以下元素：一个纸飞机，转型，鞋，看不见的手，两扇门，点画，勾股定理，口技或元素周期表中的一个奇特的解释元素，Jeong的概念，二号铅笔。
Kalamazoo College
"What invention would the world be better off without, and why?"
卡拉马祖学院
“没有了哪个发明世界会变得更好，为什么？”
Hamilton College
"If you were reduced to living on a flat plane, what would be your greatest problems? Opportunities?"
汉密尔顿学院
“如果你被迫要居住在一个压扁的废弃飞机上，你生存的最大问题是什么？机会是什么？”
Tufts University
"Kermit the Frog famously lamented, 'It's not easy being green.' Do you agree?"
塔夫茨大学
青蛙克米特有一句很有名的话：成为绿色的并不容易。你同意吗？
University of Notre Dame
"You have 150 words. Take a risk."
圣母大学
“你只能说150个字，试一试。”
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