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1、Towardabrighterfutureforall2015.101,BackgroundinformationAmericanhighereducationIntheUnitedStates,studentscanchoosetogototheuniversityormoveintothesociety.Ameriaissaidtohavethebesthighereducationintheworld.AlsothenumberofAmericancollegesisthebiggest.CategoriesThebeginningofhighere

2、ducation—thefoundingofHarvardCollegein1636abigenterprisewithacomplexsystemFourcategoriesofinstitutions:theuniversitythefour-yearundergraduateinstitution—thecollegetechnicaltraininginstitutiontwo-yearcommunitycollegeCollege—undergraduateinstitutionconferringaBachelorofArts(B.A.)ora

3、BachelorofSciences(B.S.)degree(大学本科）University—agroupofcolleges,eachservingaspecialpurpose（综合性大学）juniorcollege---offerthefirsttwoyearsofcollegeonly（两年制学院，又称为社区学院）TestsSAT:ScholasticAssessmentTest学术评价测验ScholasticAptitudeTest学术性向测验ACT:AmericanCollegeTestingGRE:GraduateRecordExaminat

4、ion美国研究生入学考试Aftercompletingfouracademicyearswithacceptablegradesinanapprovedcourseofstudy,thestudentearnsBachelorofArts（文学士学位）orBachelorofScience（理学士学位）degree.Amaster’sdegreecanbeearnedbyoneortwoacademicyearsofstudybeyondthebachelor’sdegree.APh.D.degreeusuallytakesatleastthreeyear

5、sbeyondthemaster’s.DegreesCollegegradesfromhighesttolowest,runA,B,C,D,F.Fisafailinggrade.AstudentdoesnotgetcreditforhavingtakenaparticularcourseifhereceivesanFinthatcourse.CollegestudentsmustmaintainatleastalowCaverageinordertoremaininschool.AdmissionNoannualcollegeentranceexamina

6、tion;applicantsarechosenonthebasisofthefollowing4aspects:1highschoolrecords2highschoolteachers’recommendations3theimpressiontheymakeduringinterviewsattheuniversity4scoresontheScholasticAptitudeTest(SAT)WhatisIvyLeague？IvyLeague就是“美国常春藤联盟”。Ivy的来源是这样的：最初常春藤联盟只包括哈佛、耶鲁、哥伦比亚和普林斯顿4所大学，而

7、4的罗马数字恰好为“IV”，在其后加一个y即成Ivy，意思就是常春藤，因此“常春藤联盟”由此而来。HarvardUniversityHarvardCollegewasestablishedin1636.Itwasnamedforitsfirstbenefactor,JohnHarvardofCharlestown,ayoungministerwhouponhisdeath,lefthislibraryandhalfhisestatetothenewinstitution.ColumbiaUniversity哥伦比亚大学(1754)。7.Princeto

8、nUniv.普林斯顿大学(1746)知道爱因斯坦的人一定知道普林