范文
范文
SAT Essay
不一定要是历史名人甚至可以是自己的例子，你看一下 OG 的满分范文就知
道了。 Collegeboard 的 OG 上，那篇 Is deception ever justified 的那个题目的第二篇满分作文
举的第一个例子就是自己的例子，其他例子就是生活上的例子 + 逻辑推理，其实就是议论文
写作，只不过格式、内容上自由一点。本身题目的要求也就是说是从 reading, studies, experience or observation 里来的例子。没有例子肯定是不行的（事实上没有例子都很难写的
写的好也没用，写诗拿满分是中国高考的专利。
Can deception—pretending that something is true when it is not—sometimes have goo d results?
SAT Essay
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
There are two kinds of pretending. There is the bad kind, as when a person falsely promises to be your friend. But there is also a good kind, where the pretense eventually turns into the real thing.
For example, when you are not feeling particularly friendly, the best thing you can do, very often, is to act in a friendly manner. In a few minutes, you may really be feeling friendlier.
Adapted from a book by C. S. Lewis
Assignment:
Can deception—pretending that something is true when it is not—sometimes have good results? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
Deception is not necessarily lying and dishonest behaviors that are desinged for sheer personal gain and embeded with malicious motives. In fact, deception is justified in some apt situations.
In the Mahabharata, the greatest ancient war of India, the righteous Pandavas were at war with their evil cousins, the Kauravas. It seemed unlikely that good would win over evil this time; the Kauravas were employing unfair advantages to the maximum. They weren’t playing fair – they had a much larger and stronger army than the Pandavas, possessed weapons of greater strength, and had ferocious demons and giants at their command. They were evil to the extent of slaying helpless soldiers during the battle rest-time at night. In short, if things continued as they were, the
Pandavas would be doomed. Unless they played fire with fire, they would lose the war.
Bheeshmapitama, the strongest and most skilled among the Kauravas’ warriors, posed the biggest threat to the Pandavas.
So they came up with a cunning strategy. They killed an elephant having the same name as
Bheeshmapitama’s son and then sent a messenger to inform him about ‘his son’s death’. When he got the message, Bheeshmapitama grew suspicious since his son was a formidable warrior. The others assured him that the message was a ploy to weaken him emotionally; however,
Bheeshmapitama had to be sure. So he turned to Yudhisthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers, who always spoke the truth since he was the son of Dharma (God of Truth and Righteousness).
Over the din of the battlefield, Yudhisthira replied “Yes. Ashwathama, the elephant, is dead.” But

while enunciating “the elephant”, Yudhisthira deliberately lowered his volume a little so that he would not be heard. Bheeshmapitama was immediately stunned by the news of ‘his son’s death’.
Seizing the opportunity, the Pandavas felled him with a thousand arrows.
Had he not been slain, the Pandavas would have been defeated right in the early stages of the battle. They used subtle deception to avoid certain defeat at the hands of their malicious brethren. Clearly, deception was justified here.
MBA Essay 范文
What are your expectations of the MBA program? What contribution do you think you will make? How will your personal distinctiveness enrich our learning environment?
First of all, I expect that I will be presented with a challenging educational environment in your highly respected MBA program. Your MBA program offers a solid course curriculum that will allow me to build on my previous extensive business experience to give me the skills that are required in the rapidly changing international business world.
Although my business experience is important, it is not enough in the competitive business environment today to have only practical experience. I believe that through your MBA program, I can learn the theories behind successful business strategies as well as learn about other organization’s experiences through the reading of different types of case studies. Reading and understanding a wide variety of case studies will allow me to learn how to approach certain business situations as well as to learn how to avoid some business mistakes that others have made in the past.
In addition to learning in a classroom situation from my professors, I know that I will learn much more than that by gaining the life experiences of living in a foreign country. The opportunity to learn by living and experiencing life in another country will make me a more complete business person by giving me the chance to look at the business world from another country’s perspective.
An international perspective is essential to being successful in business as the different countries in the global business environment become increasingly intertwined and interdependent.
I will also expect to learn much valuable information from my classmates as we work our way through the MBA program together and become friends. Learning from the most elite students from many different cultures and developing lasting friendships with them will be another very attractive benefit of studying in your MBA program.
My contribution to this established MBA program will be that of an experienced businessperson in the most populous and rapidly developing country in the world. My previous experience working in multinational organizations has given me a very useful working knowledge and first-hand knowledge of the methods of doing business in China. I have experience with both large and small businesses in China, both as an assistant engineer and a higher level manager. I have worked with some of the world’s largest companies in China, which gives me a unique perspective and the ability to contribute not only the Chinese viewpoint but also a multinational viewpoint to classroom discussions. These diverse working experiences have given me a very broad-based, cross-functional knowledge of how to do business in China.
My unique experiences in working as an assistant engineer in the computer center of Jin Jiang
Industrial Co., Ltd. have given me a solid foundation in actual working knowledge of computer software and computer systems. As a sales representative for nearly four years with the multinational company 3M in the southwest region of China, I learned to analyze buying behavior and develop a full marketing plan for our products. I also managed a distribution network, which

involved inventory planning, marketing channel studies, incentive program development and training of new business partners.
With Xerox China Co., Ltd., I performed the duties of a high-level sales consultant. This position involved analyzing major potential clients'' needs and developing an XES (Xerox
Engineering System) solution to fit the clients'' technical specifications and budgetary needs. I also worked for three years with China Hewlett-Packard Co., Ltd. My position as a Supplies Market
Development Manager with the Consumer Business Unit required me to use my thorough understanding of all aspects of the marketing value chain, including the analysis of market dynamics and developing and implementing annual marketing plans for the entire business unit.
My current position as a Business Director for AsiaEC.com, Inc., has allowed me to take full responsibility for developing the business of an e-commerce start up company involved with
IT/office equipment and office consumable products.
As you can see from my extensive and unique business experience in China, I have much to contribute to the learning environment of your MBA program. I believe that the learning environment can be greatly enhanced by classroom participation from the students, particularly in an MBA program such as yours that involves the best students from around the world. I am eager to thoroughly involve myself at the proper times to add my real-life experiences in the rapidly changing business world of China to give an international perspective to classroom discussions. I also believe that I can learn to develop a better international vision and a sense of future business trends while adding my own experiences to your MBA program.
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