美国留学文书写作中，Essay写作是名校经常要求写作的一项，针对Essay写作，斯坦福大学招生办主任解析Essay写作常出现的错误，大家应该在写作中避免。Many of you have started work on your essays so we wanted to share the top 8 mistakes applicants make on their essays:

　　1、 Combining your 2 essay C's into 1 essay.

　　2、Cutting and pasting your essays from essays you've written for other schools. You risk not answering the question we're asking...and big risk of leaving the name of the other school in your Stanford essay!

　　3、 Not making Essay B specific to the GSB.

　　4、 Using too small of a font on your essays. Please use 12-point font. Remember, our readers' eyes!

　　5、 Using an alternate font for essays. Use one of the recommended fonts: Arial, Courier, and Times New Roman to avoid legibility problems when your essays are downloaded on our end.

　　6、 Choosing a topic for Essay 3A, B, C, or D that is NOT within 3 years.

　　7、Writing what you think we want to hear, instead of what you genuinely want us to know about you. Be yourself...corny but true!

　　8、Single-spacing your essays. Please double space--our readers are reading hundreds of applications.

　　For more information about the essay questions for the class entering fall 2011 visit Essays

　　Good luck with your essays,

　　Allison Davis

　　Associate Director of MBA Admissions