美国名校招生官期待看到的是一个全面、立体的高中生,他们期待找到那些主动关怀别人、可以聪明地与别人交谈的人,愿意始终走在队伍最前面,并不断自我成长、自我完善,能够为别人指引所要走的道路,并鼓励他们和自己一同走完道路的学生群体的灵魂人物。这才是招生官所看重的领导力。

哈佛大学
Havard对优秀的申请人品质的描述:”maturity, character, leadership, self-confidence, warmth of personality, sense of humor, energy, concern for others and grace under pressure.” ( 成熟、人品、领导力、自信、温暖、幽默、充满能量、体及他人以及临危不乱 )。
耶鲁大学
“We are looking for students we can help to become the leaders of their generation in whatever they wish to pursue.” (我们寻找的是我们可以帮助其,在某个领域成为这一代人的先锋和领袖)。

普林斯顿大学
“We look for students who make a difference in their schools and communities, so tell us about your leadership activities, interests, special skills and other extracurricular involvements.” ( 我们寻找的是可以给学校和社会带来改变的人 ,所以请告诉我们你的领导力活动、兴趣、特长以及其他课外的活动)
Wesleyen文理学院

To be a “contributor” to a chess club is to be merely average; to be president of that chess club, by contrast, is to display some intangible merit. (成为象棋俱乐部的“贡献者”之一仅仅只是一般; 然而成为象棋俱乐部的主席则是无形的价值。 )

Wesleyen的招生官说道 “A 9 [out of 9] at Wesleyan…someone ‘sure to “have significant impact on campus in leadership roles”; a 7 or 6 would be assigned to someone who was “likely to be a leader in some areas, contributor to many.” (我们打分的时候,能获得9分满分的是在校园中具有领导力才能和有影响力的人;一个7分或者6分的人可能在某个特定领域有可能成为引领者,但大部分时候是一个追随者)。

Tufts 塔夫斯大学
塔夫斯大学前招生主任说到,“students should be admitted to college on the basis of their potential for future leadership and active citizenship, at whatever level of society” (学生的录取应该基于 他们无论处于社会的哪个层次都体现成为未来领袖和活跃的公民的潜质 )。

他认为领导力 “not in the sense of achieving a level of authority, but rather as making a positive, meaningful, and hopefully enduring difference to the world at some level” (不是就获取权威而言, 而是对这个世界作出积极的有意义的以及深远影响里的事情 )。