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1、Is Harvard Worth It?,What is this passage concerned? Q: This article deals with a popular issue in the United Statescollege cost, to be more exact, the correlation between college selectivity and future income of college graduates.,Para 1: Arousing the question Q: What question does the author raise
2、 here? A: Whether it is worth paying $125,000 to give children an education at an elite private University? Whats your choice? Why? *Thats when colleges flood the postal system with news of who has won a place in next falls freshman class. flood fill sth in large quantity, crowd.,Para 2: Answering t
3、he question Certainly many neurotic boomer parentsand their stressed out, resume-building teenagersassume that it is always better to choose Harvard over Big State U. Q: Why do they make such a choice? A: According to conventional wisdom superior educational environment; better alumni connections; a
4、nd more lucrative on-campus recruiting opportunities.,*boomer parents: “boom baby” , “boomer” for short. *Babyboom Generation (Boom Generation) 1946-1966 Hippies (20 century late 60s): (flower children / people ) Yuppies Generation *Missionary Generation: (born in 19 century 60s) * Lost Generation (
5、popular in 20century 20s) *GI Generation (born in 1901-1924): （GI: government issue） *Silent / Silence Generation,*Beat Generation (popular in 20 century late 50s) Millennial Generation (born after 1981): *Me Generation *Sandwich Generation *Generation X: (born in 1961-1981) *Generation E （E: entrep
6、reneur） *Generation Y (born in 20 century 70s) *wireless Generation (Generation W) *Generation XXL,Para 3. supporting and counter evidence,supporting evidence: *Its true that big law firms, major teaching hospitals, and investment banksheck, even the offices of FORTUNE are stuffed with Ivy Leaguers.
7、 *It also true that if you want to a career at what passes for the American establishmenta gilt-edged diploma is a distinct advantage. heck is the euphemism of Fortune Ranking Chart: The Fortune 500; The Fortune 500 Outside the U.S stuff withto fill tightly, crowd sth to into. Establishment gilt-edg
8、ed diploma:,counterevidence: anecdotal evidence Steve Jobs; Jack Welch; Warren Buffett The majority of top CEOs surveyed by FORTUNE in 1990 did not attend an elite college. Ivy League: Brown University Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Harvard University University of Pennsylv
9、ania Princeton University Yale University,Better University / Greater investment whether worth it: dilemma,Para 4: return investment ? Concrete figure: income return125,000 investment ? The academic evidence is murky. Basic conclusion ? college pays. On average, a person with an undergraduate degree
10、 now earns almost twice as much as someone with only a high school diploma, up from 1.5 times in1975.,Para 5: elite college-better college ? Correlation: higher future earningsattendance at a college with high SAT scores. SAT: the Scholastic Aptitude Test Conclusion Most of the research concluded th
11、at for each 100-point increase in the average SAT score, a graduate could expect a 3% to 7% increase in lifetime earnings.,Para 6: Research limitations: The studies (para 5) do not measure how an individuals earnings are affected by the choice of college. *selective schools Supposed Research Questio
12、n: If student X gets into, say, Amherst and Michigan State, and choose to go to Michigan State, will X be shut out of Amherst-style earning potential? Related research: looking at students with similar SAT scores who attended different kinds of schools.,Conclusion: Researchers found that the student
13、s with the similar SAT score who went to the more prestigious schools reported higher earnings. Research limitation: Para 7 A student integrated ability should not be reflected only by SAT score but also the “unobserved” traits. “unobserved” characteristics? grades, extracurricular activities, recom
14、mendations, essays, interviews.,Lets see a video clip,Whether he has cracked the secret code of getting in the top universities? View 1: Whether is there a Secret Formula to get in top universities? View 2: Whats the point of admission process from colleges point of view? View 3: The Advice for Stud
15、ents? View 4: The Advice for Parents? View 1: There is no Secret Formula get in some top (hard) course even you get a “B” extracurricular activities do well in a couple of activities (for a long time, be the leader) rather than take in different activities every semester.,View 2: The Universities wi
16、ll consider several aspects. They try to raise medium SAT score. Try to raise the proportion of minority students (Liberal Education), although they have low SAT scores. View 3: Be yourself Take the hardest course in the school Take activities and stick with them Use your essay to let them get to know you View 4: Relax, there is little the parents can do.,Complete the form below (para 8-13),Research conducted by Krueger and Dale,1.1Subject Para 8 the 1976 freshman
