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,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,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 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 the 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;and 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(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:entrepreneur,*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 banks,heck,even the offices of,FORTUNE,are,stuffed,with,Ivy Leaguers,.,*It also true that if you want to a career at what,passes for,the American,establishment,a,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-edged 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 Pennsylvania,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 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 that 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 Question:,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 students 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,recommendations,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 Students,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 will consider several aspects.,They t
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