剑桥大学面试“70问”！申请英国顶尖名校，都要满足哪些条件？！
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申请生可以看看自己都能用英语流畅地、有逻辑地回答上来嘛？
Are there any questions that you would have liked us to have asked you?
Describe the sound of silence.
Do you have political views?
Do you think that you are smart?
Do you think that you can cope with the heavy workload here? What gives you this confidence?
How should we measure your success at the end of your time here?
How will your experiences from your sport benefit your future studies?
How would you describe this painting on the wall to your friend over the phone?
If you could change one thing on the planet now what would you change?
If you could have dinner with anybody from history, who would it be and why?
If you could have one superpower which one would it be and why?
If you had to choose to be a character from a book, who would you want to be?
In which circumstances would you toss a coin to make a decision?
Of which life achievement are you most proud?
Should you be allowed to use your smartphone during this interview?
Studying here is very intense, how will you manage your time to deal with all of the work?
Tell me about a recent magazine article that has interested you.
Tell me about a recent news article not related to your subject that has interested you.
Tell me about your life and how it is that you have come to sit in this chair?
What are you looking forward to the least at this college/university?
What are your long term plans for life?
What are your top three skills?
What did you read this morning? Yesterday evening?
What do you expect to get out of this degree?
What do you know about the course structure?
What do you think that you could personally contribute to college life?
What have you done in the past that makes you think that you are well equipped to deal with the stresses of university life here?
What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced in your life and how did you dealt with it?
What is your biggest strength?
What is your biggest weakness?
What is your favourite colour?
What is your favourite number?
What makes you think that this university will be a good fit for you?
What makes you want to come to here given that you would almost certainly be the top student at any other university?
What was the most recent TV programme you watched?
Where do you see yourself in 10 years time? And in 20 years?
Where would you like to travel to the future in a time machine?
Which colour best represents you?
Which extracurricular activities do you enjoy?
Which international newspapers or magazines do you read?
Which living person would you most like to meet and why?
Who has had the largest influence on your life?
Who is the most influential: Barack Obama, Angela Merkel or Kanye West?
Who was your best teacher? How have they influenced you?
Why are you sitting in this chair?
Why have you chosen to apply to study at this university?
Why should anybody bother with university?
Why would you like to come to this college?
If you had to bury a time capsule, what would you put in it?
What is a lie? How do I know what you just said isn’t a lie?
Define success in one sentence.
Does human behaviour change over time?
How does a cheetah move so fast?
How many letters does the Royal Mail deliver every day?
How many petrol stations are there in England?
How many piano tuners are there in England?
How many planes are flying over England right now?
How many tennis balls could fit into a Boeing 747 plane?
How many times in a day do the hands on a clock overlap?
How much should you charge to clean all of the windows in your home town?
If you were me, would you let yourself in?
Imagine that a developing country introduces a new population control policy to address a perceived gender imbalance. If a couple have a girl, they may have another child. If they have a boy, they cannot have any more children. What will be the new ratio of boys and girls?
If you were me, would you let yourself in?
Is there such a thing as beauty?
What do you think my favourite food is? Why do you say that?
What is more important: art or science?
What is the truth?
What shape is the sky?
Who am I?
Why are manhole covers round?
Why do things have names?
Would you ever go on a one way trip to Mars? Why?
You are given 7 identical balls and another ball that looks the same as the others but is heavier than them. You can use a balance only two times. How would you identify which is the heavy ball?
Why would you like to study this subject at university level?
With which famous person would you most like to be stuck on a desert island?
Would you choose a party over an essay?
You are shrunk down so you’re the size of a matchstick and then put into a blender with metal blades. It is about to be turned on what do you do?
从上述剑桥大学的面试例题里，可以发现作为英国大学申请中不容忽视的一环，面试涉及到的问题类型各种各样，有些问题甚至没有一个准确的答案。
那招生官为什么还要这样提问呢？原因有三。
一是全面了解学生的综合素质。
面试的过程不仅仅考察学生的英语口语能力，还包括思考问题的能力、表述的逻辑性和简洁性，个人观点和价值观等诸多方面。学生能不能用流利而简洁的语言清楚的表达自己并彰显特质，这对于最终的录取结果有很大的影响。
二是核实学生的信息与申请材料是否有出入。
在录取过程中，面试官往往会先对申请材料进行审核，然后对他们感兴趣的申请者发放面试通知。这种面试叫做邀请类面试，邀请类面试要比一般面试深入得多。校方面试人在面试之前已经对申请人的材料仔细阅读和研究过。他们往往对申请材料中的某些细节有兴趣，或者对材料中的某些部分存在疑点需要核实。
三是向学生介绍学校，明确学生对学校的真正兴趣。
去哪所大学读书是一个双向选择的过程，优秀的学生往往会收到不止一份录取Offer。对于一个大学而言，如果它做出一个录取的决定，但该学生最终却没有选择这个学校，这将会影响该校的排名。因此，很多录取官在发出最后决定前，都会试图去向申请人介绍自己的学校，并且会考察学生对学校的认识和对学校的热爱程度。
而上述这些内容，又会和候选人其他的申请材料相互印证，一次来判断学生是否达到了录取门槛。
英国名校申请
需要满足的那些条件
和美国大学申请类似，英国申请同学们需要达到的门槛包括硬性条件和软性条件两方面。硬性条件包括个人学术成绩和语言能力，软性条件则诸如文书、推荐信、面试、竞赛实习等。
也就是说，硬性条件主要是学校对学生学术实力的考核，无论是语言成绩、标化成绩、在校课程，还是后面的笔试成绩表现，英国大学希望借此来确定申请学生是否有足够的学习能力来应对接下来高强度的大学课程。
软性条件则是大学要求学生提交的其他申请材料。学校希望看到申请生在学习之外的闪光点，是否对自己有规划，具有独立思考能力，而不是一个只会学习、只会考试的机器。
软性条件中最重要的就是学生个人文书，按照UCAS的要求，每个学生需要提交约4k字符的PS。申请生可以借此让学校知道自己的“过人之处”。
事实上，所有的英国大学官网都会明确给出各个专业的具体申请条件，而且不同专业、不同学院要求的分数和参考科目都稍有差异，申请条件每年都可能会有细微之处的调整。
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