美国大学很看重学生的个人能力。在某些情况下，即使学生的学术能力或者是英语语言能力都没有达到学校的入学标准，但是，申请者本身具备独特的才能或者开发潜力，学校也会破格录取。所以，对于留学生来说，留学申请文书就显得格外重要，这是让招生老师充分了解自己的最佳方式。下面就让我们和YJBYS一起来看一看如何写好美国留学申请文书。
1、美国留学申请文书写作技巧
(1)真情实感
真实是文书写作中非常重要的原则，美国大学对于弄虚作假的行为是极为厌恶的，一旦被发现将导致严重的后果，即便是侥幸被录取，入学后被发现申请者与描述不符的话也将面临被退学的危险。
美国大学真正想要寻找的是具备培养潜质的学生。很多家长和学生疑惑，那些被Harvard，Princeton和Yale录取的学生也并不是说各方面都非常出众，那么为什么他们能够被名校录取，他们身上或者是他们写的文书到底展现的是怎么样的自我?其实本科ESSAY并不是说文采要多出众，语言要多优美，而是这篇ESSAY是不是你个人真情实感的表达，展现的是不是你真实的自我。
(2)内容简洁
美国留学申请文书以简洁明快为好。申请文章都有字数限制，一般为250到500个词。500个词的文章，翻译成中文，也就千字左右。能用一个词的，不用两个词，能用短词的，不用长词，不要超长。
(3)风格独特
文如其人，美国留学申请文书的风格应该充分体现自己自然的风格和写作手法。总之，成功的申请文章会把一个血肉丰满的人展现在阅读者的面前。
(4)结构清晰
众所周知，录取委员会人员每天要阅读大量的申请资料，其中只有那种生动形象、重点突出的的文章才能打动招生人员。PS其实是一篇个人的广告，申请者需要在短短的一篇文章里将自己的优势展现出来，但中国申请人往往倾向于把自己的优点不分主次全都展现在PS里，这就导致录取委员会人员对申请者的整体印象的模糊。PS中什么都是重点，就等于没有重点。IDP文书专家顾问指出，PS的结果一定要做到结果框架清晰，层层深入，段落之间紧密连接。PS的写作要点就是要详略得当，有的放矢。
(5)句式多样
避免通篇使用短句，短句固然简洁清新，但用多了略显幼稚。中国学生不比美国学生，可以随意运用语言，没有人会认为美国学生不会使用长句。而中国学生使用复杂长句，更能体现其英语的熟练度。
(6)有表现力
申请文书要具有表现力，把想表达的东西展现给别人，而不是告诉别人。对以英语为外语的申请人来说，最奏效的方法是多用动词，少用形容词和口头语。“动作”永远是最具有表现力的。
(7)上网参考
为了了解美国留学文书写作，你可以在美国的网站上寻找有关美国研究生申请文书的内容。有些网站专门刊登免费的样文，都是申请成功者的杰作。
2、美国留学申请书范文
In the capacity of the former chairman of the Department of Finance and the associate dean of Business School in YYY University (P. R. China), I am writing with pleasure to recommend Ms. Sophie XXX to your esteemed graduate school.
Ms. XXX is a distinguished student in the department. I know her well through different occasions, besides teaching her a Financial Engineering course last year. I got to know her personally 2 years ago, when she was a candidate for exchange-student program of YYY University. Concerning her unspectacular academic results and her outstanding performance, she was awarded our university’s scholarship and a chance to study abroad in ZZZ University, which only one student from our department can receive every year. Her semester-long experience there turned out to be an impressive success. Ms. XXX showed great aptitude on all the courses she took and her GPA of that semester was 3.80. If you take the difficulty of the courses and strict grading into account, you will understand why her scores are among the top five. Undoubtedly, she got excellent scores on other core courses and ranked among the top 5% of her class when she got her bachelor’s degree.
Having been Ms. XXX’s director while she was completing her undergraduate thesis defense in 2008, I was greatly impressed with her skillful diagrams, and with the unified and coherent manner in which she articulated her thesis. She chose a daring topic – stock index futures arbitrage. In China, this is a very hot event. Although there are several models around the world, not one yet has been found suitable for China. She proposed a very feasible one in her thesis paper. Moreover, she also demonstrated a high level of proficiency in using statistic software in her research. Not only was the committee struck by the display of creativity at her thesis defense conference, her lucid presentation expressed clear and logic thought. Her expansive and open-minded academic perspectives really struck a chord, so it gives me a great deal of pleasure to give you my recommendation to this outstanding young lady of immense promise.
After she graduated from YYY University, she still keeps in touch with me. I feel very delighted when she told me she would like to pursue her advanced studies in your honored program. I trust her academic excellence, spirit of devotion and pleasant personality warrant your serious consideration of her application. Should there be any way in which I can be of further assistance in your deliberations, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.