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ThesynonymIvyLeagueschoolgenerallyreferstotheIvyLeague

DevelopmentHistory

ThetermTheIvyLeague(TheIvyLeague)comesfromthe1950s.Theabove-mentioneduniversitieshadsocialandsportscompetitionsasearlyastheendofthe19thcentury.Theideaof​​theallianceschoolwasbrewedin1956.Whentheschoolsformulatedtherulesofsportscompetitions,theythenformulatedtherulesoftheIvyLeagueschools.Thepresidents,sportsdirectorsandsomeadministrativedirectorsoftheleagueschoolswereselectedtomeetregularlytodiscusscommonschoolenrollment,financial,aid,andadministrativeissues.

IntheearlyIvyLeague,therewereonly4universities:Harvard,Yale,ColumbiaandPrinceton.TheRomannumeralof4is"IV",plusasuffixY,itbecomes"IVY",whichmeansIvyinEnglish,soitisalsocalledtheIvyLeagueschool.Later,thefederationofthese4universitiesexpandedto8.TheinstitutehasbecometheprestigiousIvyLeagueschooltoday.

Therearetwotheoriesabouttheoriginofthename"IvyLeague".

Accordingtothefirsttheory,theoriginalnameofthe"IvyLeague"shouldbetracedbackto1937.AsportsjournalistStanleyoftheNewYorkHeraldTribune(NewYorkHeraldTribune)Mr.StanleyWoodwardcoinedthistermbecausetheoldestandmosteliteschoolbuildingsintheUnitedStatesarecoveredbyivy.

Accordingtothesecondtheory,itcomesfromthesportsassociationcalledthe"FourLeague"earlier.ItsmembersincludeColumbiaUniversity,HarvardUniversity,PrincetonUniversityandYaleUniversity.Whilemaintainingtheacademictradition,the"FourLeague"waswrittenasthe"IVLeague"inRomannumerals.WhenreadingEnglishletters,"IV"hasthesamepronunciationas"Ivy".

Nomatterwhichtheoryiscorrect,by1954,theterm"IvyLeague"(alsoknownasTheCouncilofIvyGroupPresidents)wasformallyused.

TheIvyLeagueisanallianceofcollegesanduniversitiescomposedofsevenuniversitiesandonecollegeintheUnitedStates.

TheyaretheUniversityofPennsylvaniainPennsylvania,HarvardUniversityinMassachusetts,YaleUniversityinConnecticut,ColumbiaUniversityinNewYorkState,PrincetonUniversityinNewJersey,BrownUniversityinRhodeIsland,NewYorkStateCornellUniversity,DartmouthCollege,NewHampshire.These8universitiesarethetopuniversitiesintheUnitedStates,withalonghistoryandrigorousacademicstudies.Manyfamousscientists,politicians,andbusinessgiantsallgraduatedhere.IntheUnitedStates,IvyLeaguecollegesaresynonymouswithtopschools.

ThetermIvyLeagueoriginallyreferstotheleagueofsportscollegesanduniversitiesformedbyeightuniversitiesinthenortheasternUnitedStates,including:Harvard(Harvard)wasfoundedin1636,Yale(Yale)wasfoundedin1701,Pennsylvania(Penn)wasestablishedin1740,Princetonwasestablishedin1746,Columbiawasestablishedin1754,Brownwasestablishedin1764,Dartmouthwasestablishedin1769,andCornell(Cornell)wasfoundedin1865.

Theseeightuniversitiesareallfirst-classuniversitiesintheUnitedStates.Theyhavealonghistory,rigorousscholarship,highlevelofprofessors,andgoodqualityofstudents.Therefore,IvyLeagueuniversitieshaveanexcellentreputation.Amongthem,CornellUniversitywasestablishedaftertheAmericanWarofIndependence,andtheremainingsevenuniversitieswereestablishedbeforetheAmericanWarofIndependence.BeforetheWarofIndependence,therewereeightuniversitiesintheUnitedStates,andsevenofthemjoinedtheIvyLeague.OnlytheCollegeofWilliamandMaryrefusedtojointheallianceduetogeographicallocationandoperatingmode.

Organizationmembers

HarvardUniversity

HarvardUniversityisaprivateuniversitylocatedinCambridge,Boston,Massachusetts,USA,andamemberoftheIvyLeagueOnewasestablishedin1636bytheMassachusettscolonylegislature.TheinstitutionwasnamedHarvardCollegeonMarch13,1639afterapastorJohnHarvardwhograduatedfromCambridgeUniversityinEngland.In1780,HarvardCollegewasrenamedHarvardUniversity.Untilthe19thcentury,HarvardCollege,whichwasfoundedforacenturyandahalf,wasstillbasedonthetwouniversitiesofOxfordandCambridgeintheUnitedKingdom,withthegoalofcultivatingpastors,lawyersandofficials,focusingonhumanities,andstudentscouldnotfreelychoosecourses.Atthebeginningofthe19thcentury,theclarioncallforhighereducationcurriculumreformwassoundedatHarvard,advocating"academicfreedom"and"freedomoflecture".Theoldframeof"fixedacademicyear"and"fixedcourses"hasbeenimpacted,andthesystemoffreeelectivecourseshasgraduallyemerged.

HarvardUniversityisaschoolthatenjoysthereputation,wealthandinfluenceoftopuniversitiesintheworld.ItisknownasthethinktankoftheUSgovernment,anditsbusinessschoolcaseteachingisalsowell-known.AsoneofthebestuniversitiesintheUnitedStates,itoftenranksfirstintherankingsofresearchinstitutionsintheworld.

YaleUniversity

YaleUniversityisaprivateuniversitylocatedinNewHaven,Connecticut.School).

YalewasoriginallyaCalvinMissionSchool.In1718,Mr.ElihuYale,aseniorofficialoftheBritishEastIndiaCompany,donated9bundlesofgoodsworth562poundsand12shillingstothismissionschool.The417books,aswellastheportraitandcoatofarmsofKingGeorgeI,werenothingshortofagifttotheinfantYaleatthetime.InordertothankMr.Yaleforhisdonation,theschoolofficiallychangeditsnameto"YaleCollege",whichisthepredecessorofYaleUniversitytoday.

Fromthe1830stothe1980s,YalegraduallydevelopedfromacollegetoauniversitywiththeunremittingeffortsoftheBishopofBerkeley,ReverendStyles,andPresidentPorter.Bythebeginningofthe20thcentury,withtherapiddevelopmentofAmericaneducation,YaleUniversityhasgrowntoanastonishingscaleanditsinfluenceintheworldhasalsoreachednewheights.YaleUniversityisthethirduniversityestablishedinthehistoryoftheUnitedStates(thefirstisHarvardUniversity,andthesecondistheCollegeofWilliamandMary).Theschool’sfacultylineup,academicinnovation,curriculum,andvenuefacilitiesareamongthefirst-class.,PrincetonUniversityisequallyfamous,andhasbeencompetingforthetopthreepositionsinAmericanuniversitiesandgraduateschoolsovertheyears.HarvardUniversityisfamousforitsgraduateeducation,theCollegeofWilliamandMaryisfamousforundergraduateeducation,andYaleisfamousforwalkingonbothfeet,anditranksamongthebestintheworlduniversityrankings.

UniversityofPennsylvania

TheUniversityofPennsylvaniaisaprivateuniversityestablishedin1740undertheinitiativeofthefoundingfatheroftheUnitedStatesBenjaminFranklin.ItisoneoftheIvyLeagueuniversitiesinthenortheasternUnitedStates.ItislocatedinPhiladelphia,thecradleoftheUnitedStates.The9signatoriesoftheDeclarationofIndependenceand11signatoriesoftheU.S.Constitutionarerelatedtothisschool.Itiswell-knownintheUnitedStatesandtheworldforitsexcellentundergraduateeducation,outstandingscientificresearchresultsandexcellentgraduateprograms.

TheUniversityofPennsylvaniawasoriginallynamedPhiladelphiaCollege,anditisthefourtholdesthighereducationinstitutioninNorthAmericaafterHarvard(NewCollege),theCollegeofWilliamandMary,andYale(CollegeSchool).TheschoolembodiesBenjaminFranklin’sideaof​​establishingahuman-orientedpracticaleducationcollege.ItisdifferentfromHarvardandYale,whichwereaimedatcultivatingclergyatthetime.TheUniversityofPennsylvaniawasthefirstuniversitytointegratescience,history,mathematics,agriculture,andEnglish.TheintroductionofknowledgecoursesandpracticalcoursesintotheschoolsyllabusmarkedthebirthofanewmodelofhighereducationinNorthAmerica.Whatisvaluableisthatundertheguidanceofthisphilosophy,theUniversityofPennsylvaniadidnotexcludereligiousteaching,butplacedreligiononanequalstatuswithothersubjectswhileteaching.Pennbecamethefirstreal"university"inNorthAmerica:itwasthefirstschoolinNorthAmericatosetupbothanundergraduatecollegeandaprofessionalcollege(medicalschool,1765),breakingtheprevioussinglecollegesystem;itwasalsoThefirstschoolinNorthAmericanamed"University"(UniversityoftheStateofPennsylvania,1779),laterrenamedtheUniversityofPennsylvania(UniversityofPennsylvania).

AccordingtoFranklin'sideas,theUniversityofPennsylvaniafocusesonpracticalsubjectsincurriculumsettings,suchasmodernlanguages,publiclaw,economics,scienceandengineering,socialsciences,andbusiness.BecausetheUniversityofPennsylvaniaiscommittedtothedevelopmentofpracticalsubjects,ithasalwaysfocusedonsubjectsthatareusefulforsocialdevelopmentandhumanprogress,unlikethoseschoolsthatfocusontheologicalresearch.Itisextremelycourageousinreligioustheory,anddaredtobethefirstintheschool-runningmodel,thusleavingmany"first"honorsinthehistoryofAmericanuniversityentrepreneurship:thefirstmodernliberalartscoursewasopenedin1756;thefirstin1765Oneestablishedamedicalschool;thefirsttousechemistrytextbooksin1770;thefirsttoendthecollegemodelin1779andreplaceitwithauniversitymodel;toestablishthefirstteachinghospitalin1874;tocreatethefirstin1881Abusinessschool;thefirstuniversitymuseumwasbuiltin1887;thefirstuniversitypsychologyclinicwasestablishedin1896,andtheworld’sfirstelectroniccomputer"ENIAC"wasdevelopedin1946;Auniversitycabletelevisionstationoperatedandmanagedbystudents;thefirsthumangenetherapyinstitutewasestablishedin1992;thefirstfemalepresidentofanIvyLeagueuniversitywaselectedin1994-thefirstinthisseriesof"UniversityofPennsylvania""Therecordhasearnedmethereputationof"DaretoInnovateandDaretoDevelop"inAmericancollegesanduniversities.ThetopacademicreputationandscientificresearchresultsmakeitoneofthebestschoolsintheUnitedStates.

CornellUniversity

CornellUniversity(CornellUniversity)wasfoundedin1865byAzraCornell.Amongall"IvyLeagueschools",Cornellistheshortestinhistory,andatthesametimeitisthelargest.Ithasmorethan13,000undergraduates,whichisfaraheadofother"IvyLeagueschools".CornellUniversityhasthebestengineeringcolleges,agriculturallifecolleges,hotelmanagementandveterinarycollegesintheIvyLeagueschools.CornellUniversityisinasmalltowninUpperNewYorkState,wherethesceneryisbeautifulandtheatmosphereisopen.Cornell’scampusislocatedonthetopofahill.Lookingoutfromthewindowofthelibrary,Icanseeavastexpanse.Thecampuscoversanareaof​​morethan3,000acres,whichisgrandiosecomparedtothemorecrowdeduniversitiesinthenortheasternUnitedStates.

Comparedwithothercompletelyprivate"IvyLeagueschools",thesystemofCornellUniversityisalsounique.Itisa"public-privatepartnership"university.Amongthesevencolleges,theCollegeofAgricultureandBiology,theCollegeofHumanEnvironment,andtheCollegeofIndustrialandLaborRelationsarepubliccollegesunderthejurisdictionoftheNewYorkStateGovernment.Theotherfourcolleges:theSchoolofArtsandSciences,theSchoolofArchitecture,ArtandPlanning,theSchoolofEngineering,andtheSchoolofHotelManagementareprivate.CornellUniversitybringstogethertheadvantagesofpublicandprivatecollegesandwelcomesstudentsfromalldirectionswithopenarms.Cornell’sHotelManagementCollegeissecondtononeintheUnitedStates.Fortrainingandlearning,Cornellsetupitsownhotel.TheCollegeofAgricultureisalsooneofthebestamongsimilaruniversitiesinthecountry.ManyofthestudentsfromherehaveenteredtheCollegeofVeterinaryMedicineforfurtherstudies,pursuingmaster'sanddoctoraldegrees.Inaddition,CornellhastheCornellNationalSupercomputerCenter,whichcosts35millionUSdollars.TheschoolcolorofCornellUniversityisbrightred,brightandenthusiastic,andunrestrained.ThepurposeoftheestablishmentofthisuniversitybyCornellSr.was"toallowanyonetolearnthesubjectstheywanttolearn".Itseemsthatanyone'syouthcanburnhereatCornell.Sinceitsbirth,CornellUniversityhasinfluencedtheentireU.S.highereducationwithitsinnovativespirit.Ithasalsocultivatedmanyinfluentialfiguresforcountriesaroundtheworld,suchasChina’sHuShi,MaoYisheng,ZhaoYuanren,RenHongjun,andYangXingfo.CelebritiessuchasDaiFanglan,TangYue,ZouBingwen,ZhangXinyi,JinShanbao,ZengWei,TangZhenxu,ZhaoZukang,TanGaosheng,etc.haveallstudiedatCornellUniversity.

41alumnioftheschoolhavewontheNobelPrize.Asof1983,18oftheschool’sgraduateshavewontheNobelPrize,includingonewinneroftheliteratureprizeandonewinnerofthepeaceprize.Thereare6physicsprizewinners,5chemistryprizewinners,and5medicineandbiologyprizewinners.WellsBiddle,whograduatedfromCornellUniversity(Ph.D.)in1931,isawell-knowngeneticistwhowontheNobelPrizeandwasalsothepresidentoftheUniversityofChicago.ThealumniofCornellUniversityundertookthecreationofStanfordUniversity.ThefirstpresidentandmorethanhalfoftheprofessorscamefromCornell,sothemaincolorofStanfordSchoolisalsosimilartoCornell's"BigRed".

ColumbiaUniversity

ColumbiaUniversity(ColumbiaUniversity)islocatedinthecenterofNewYorkCity.Itwasfoundedin1754andcelebratedits250thanniversaryin2004.Atthebeginningofitsestablishment,therewasonlyoneclassroom,oneprofessorandeightstudents.Today,sheisoneoftheeightprestigiousIvyLeagueschoolswith23,650students.BecauseitoccupiestherightplaceinNewYorkCity,thestudentscomehereadmiringly.Today,ColumbiaUniversityhas16colleges,anditscomprehensiveacademicrankinghasalwaysenjoyedaworldreputation.Itsmedicine,lawandMBAarealsooutstanding,andenjoyinternationalreputationinnaturalsciencedisciplinessuchasphysics,mathematics,chemistry,biology,andgeography.ColumbiaisthebirthplaceofthefamousManhattanProject,thefirstnuclearfissioninNorthAmerica.

TheColumbiaUniversityMBAprogramismoreflexible,andstudentscanstudyinanysemesterstartinginJanuary,May,andSeptember.ColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofEducationistheworld'slargestcomprehensivegraduateschoolinpedagogy,appliedpsychology,andmentalhealth.ItwasoncerankedfirstintheUSGraduateSchoolofEducation.Ithasnumerousresearchcentersandisoneofthebestgraduateschoolsintheabove-mentioneddisciplinesintheUnitedStates.Columbiahasaflexibletransfersystem.Overthepast250yearssincethefoundingofColumbiaUniversity,nearly254,000studentsofvarioustypeshavebeentrainedin180countriesandregions,includingtheUnitedStates.ManycelebritiesinmodernChina,suchasHuShi,MaYinchu,FengYoulan,WuWenzao,SongZiwen,JinYuelin,TangAoqing,GuWeijun,LiZhengdao,WuJianxiong,etc.allgraduatedfromColumbiaUniversity.

ColumbiaUniversity’salumnialsoincludefivefoundingfathersoftheUnitedStates,Mundell,thefatheroftheEuro,WarrenBuffett,Dewey,themasterofpragmatismphilosophy,andCartel,Thorndike,andWuDevos.

TwoChiefJusticesoftheU.S.SupremeCourtHarlan.F.Stone(HarlanF.Stone)andCharles.EHughes(CharlesE.Hughes),andUSPresidentTheodore.RooseveltandFranklin.D.Roosevelt,fourteenmayorsofNewYorkCity,andtengovernorsofNewYorkStateareColumbiaUniversityalumni.Inaddition,the34thPresidentoftheUnitedStatesDwight.Eisenhowerwasoncethe13thpresidentofColumbiaUniversity.Alumnihave101NobelPrizewinners,rankingsecondintheworld,143academiciansoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,and28MacArthurPrizewinnersofthe"GeniusAward".

ThePulitzerPrize,thehighestjournalismawardintheUnitedStates,isawardedbytheColumbiaJournalismSchool.ThePulitzerPrizehasbecomethehighesthonorrecognizedintheUnitedStatesforjournalismpractitioners.143ofColumbiaalumnihavewontheaward.

PrincetonUniversity

PrincetonUniversity(NJ)islocatedinPrinceton,NewJersey,USA.ItisthefourthhighereducationcollegeestablishedduringtheAmericancolonialperiod.ItisthefourthuniversityestablishedintheBritishNorthAmericanpart.Althoughitwasoriginallyaneducationalinstitutionofelders,ithasnowbecomeanon-religiousuniversityanddoesnothaveanyreligiousrequirementsforstudents.Thisuniversityofferstwomainstreamundergraduatedegrees:BachelorofArtsandBachelorofEngineering.

JustlikeotherEnglishschoolsintheNorthAmericancolonies,PrincetonmaintainsastrongEuropeanstyleofeducation.Thefoundingpurposeemphasizestrainingstudentstohavecomprehensiveliteracyinhumanitiesandscience.Theultimategoalistocultivatescholarsthatthestateandthechurchareproudofthroughitsuniqueeducationalmethods.Thistraditionandtodayisstillthefocusoftheschool'semphasisandthesignificanceofshowingreligionisnolongerseen.Graduatealumniupholdthistraditionandhavemadetheirmarkinallwalksoflife,makingPrincetonfamous.Forexample,amonggraduatealumni,therearegovernorsandHollywoodstars.ThemostworthmentioningisthattwoofthealumnihaveservedasPresidentoftheUnitedStates:theyarePresidentMadison(JamesMadison,1771)andPresidentWilson(WoodrowWilson,1879).Intheacademicaspect,itisalsoduetothemutualbenefitofteaching.AmongthepreviousNobelPrizewinnersinPhysics,eightareprofessorsatUPU.ThefamousrelativitymasterAlbertEinsteinalsotaughthereandengagedinadvancedresearch.

AlthoughtheEuropeanstyleofstudyhadaprofoundinfluenceonUniversalUniversity,theWarofIndependenceignitedontheEnglishcoloniesoncemadePrincetonamajorbattlefield.Forexample,NassauHall(NassauHall),currentlyservingasanadministrativebuildingonthecampus,wasusedasabaseformilitarycampsandhospitalsbytheIndependentAlliedForcesortheBritishArmyseveraltimesduringtheWarofIndependence.In1783,theContinentalCongressoftheThirteenStateswasheldinNashaHall.AlliedleaderWashingtoncameheretopresentfiftygoldcoinstoPrincetonUniversityinrecognitionofhiscontributioninthewar.ThishistoricalimpactofEuropeancolonialismandtheWarofIndependencehasmadethestyleofstudyoftheUniversitymoreinheritedandinnovative.

BrownUniversity

BrownUniversity(BrownUniversity),knownforits"mostfree"styleofstudy,wasfoundedin1764.ItisanestablishedprivateuniversityintheUnitedStatesandanIvyLeagueschool."(IvyIeague)oneofthemembers.SheislocatedinthecapitalofRhodeIsland,asmallstateintheUnitedStates.In1998,"U.S.NewsandWorldReport"announcedtheNationalUniversityRankings,BrownUniversityranked9th,isaworld-famoustopuniversity.ThespiritoftheBrownsyllabusis:atBrownUniversity,noonewilltellyouwhatclasstotakeorhowtodo;theBrownsyllabusonlyrequiresstudentstogetagradehigherthanCinatleast30coursesbeforegraduation,andhaveacertaindegreeYoucangraduatewithwritingability.Brown’sstudentshavenorequiredcourses,noplusorminussignsforgrades,andfailinggradeswillnotshowuponthetranscript.Onlyfourcoursesarerequiredinasemester.

Incontrast,otherIvyLeagueschoolshavestricterregulations.StudentsatYaleUniversitymusttakeatleast36creditsincoursesandchoosethreecoursesineachofthefouracademicfields;Columbia’s"coresyllabus"hasverystrictrequirementsforstudentsincompulsorysubjects.Otherprestigiousuniversitiesmayhavecompulsorycoursesorcurriculumdistributionregulationstoallowstudentstodevelopascomprehensivelyaspossible.Brown'slackofrulesandregulationshasearnedittheloveandloyalsupportofatleasttwogenerationsofundergraduates.

BrownUniversity’sacademicstrengthsincludehistory,geology,religion,comparativeliterature,classicalliterature,modernlanguages​​andEnglishwriting.Themorepopularfieldsofsciencesubjectsincludeengineeringandpre-medicine.However,Brown’ssociology,psychology,andphilosophyarestillsubjecttoalotofcriticism.Manypeoplealsocomplainthathispowerfuleconomicdepartmentistooconservativeandbackwardtokeepupwiththepaceofthetimes.BrownUniversityattachesgreatimportancetoundergraduates.IfBrownUniversity’sexistingdepartmentdoesnothavewhattheywant,studentscandesigntheirowninterdisciplinaryprofessionalcourses;Brownalsohassomerareundergraduatemajors,suchasmarinebiology,medicalethics,Egyptianlanguage,moderncultureandmedia,AndevenBrazilianstudies,etc.,canbecalledavarietyofcategories;whethertoawardaprofessorfortenuredependsnotonlyonhisacademicachievements,butalsoonhisundergraduateteachinglevel.

BrownUniversityalsoprovidesstudentswithgoodandthoughtfulconsultingservices.Thissystemcombinesthefirststudentwithaprofessoranda"counselorofthesameage".The"housingconsultant"inthestudentdormitorywillalsohelpthestudentwhenheneedsit.AnAsianstudentsaid:"IhaveanAsianconsultant,afemalepeerconsultant,aresidentialconsultant,anethnicminorityconsultantandaconsultantteamleaderwholivesonthesamefloorofmydormitory."

ComparedwithotherIvyLeagueschools,BrownUniversityisapoorsister.Althoughitsannualalumnidonationrateisamongthemiddleofthealliedschools,theamountisthesmallest,whichisnothingcomparedtothewealthyHarvardandYale.Thealumnidonationsarebasicallyusedfortheexpenditureoftheyear.Probablybecauseofthis,whenBrownenrolled,95%ofthestudentswereadmittedwithoutregardtoincome,whilefortheremaining5%,prioritywasgiventothestrongonesbasedontheirfinancialability.Theresultsofa12-yearstudyshowthatBrown’sstudentsarequitesatisfiedwithBrown’scollegeeducationexperience.MostpeoplebelievethatBrown'scareerhasmadethebestpreparationsforhisfuture,andtheythinkthatthe"Brownsyllabus",Brown'sacademicfreedomandeducationalphilosophyareexcellent.MoreBrownpeopleevensaythatiftheyhaveachoice,theyarewillingtogotoBrowntogotocollegeagain,and92%willencouragetheirchildrentoreadBrown.

BrownUniversity’stuitionfeesarerelativelyhigh,generallyaroundUS$20,000peryear(excludingroomandboard).However,sinceitiseasytofindajobaftergraduation,withanannualsalaryofmorethantensofthousandsofyuan,thereisnodifficultyinenrollment.

DartmouthCollege

DartmouthCollegeislocatedinHanover,NewHampshire,inthenortheasternUnitedStates.ItisanIvyLeaguewiththesameTheschool’sColumbiaUniversityisjusttheopposite:ColumbiaUniversityislocatedinthedowntownareaof​​NewYork,themostprosperousmetropolisintheworld,whileDartmouthCollegeislocatedinaremotebutbeautifulnortherntown.Thegeographicaldifferencedeterminestheobviousdifferenceinthepersonalityofthestudentsattractedbythetwoschools.

ThestudentsofDartmouthCollegeareunrestrainedandcheerful.Forty-onepercentofboysand28%ofgirlsparticipatedintheschool’sShisiSistersAssociation,thehighestpercentageamongIvyLeagueschools.Itsundergraduateadmissionscompetitionisfierce,andtheundergraduateadmissionrateisonly10.9%.LikeBrownUniversity,whichisalsooneoftheIvyLeagues,oneoftheschool'sbiggestcharacteristicsisitssmallsizeandprecision.

Intoday'senvironmentofincreasingnumberofuniversities,DartmouthCollegemaintainsastrictenrollmentsystemandaveryhighentrancethreshold.Theteacher-studentratioisabout1:7,whichisasmall,high-qualityprivateinstitution.ResearchUniversities.Thereareabout4,200undergraduates,about2,000postgraduates,and1081professors.

FamousgraduatesofthiscollegeincludeAmericanpolitician,DanielWebster,whoservedtwiceasSecretaryofStateoftheUnitedStates,Dr.Seuss,authorofthefamouschildren'sbookseries"Dr.Suss",andformerVicePresidentoftheUnitedStatesNelsonRockefellerandseveralfederalministers,severalU.S.TreasurysecretariesincludingPaulsonandGeithner,theCEOofGeneralElectric,andtheformerCEOofGoldmanSachs.ChinesealumniincludePhoenixTVhostZengZimo,BentleyGroupChinaGeneralManagerZhangLichen,LenovoGroupChiefStrategyOfficerCuongDo,LinXinhe,etc.

Schoolapplication

Admissionstatus

Ingeneral,thosewhocanattendtheseschoolsarestudentswhoaregoodatlearning,independent,andtalented.Generallyspeaking,studentswhoapplytoIvyLeagueuniversitiesintheUnitedStateshaveexcellentSATscores(commonlyknownastheAmericanCollegeEntranceExamination,whichisintherangeof2100-2300).Atthesametime,manyhavewonnationalandeveninternationalawardsforoutstandingstudents.Theintensityofhighschoolcoursesisamongthetopintheschool,andtheyhavevariousexpertiseandleadershipskills.However,academicperformanceisnottheonlyfactorinadmittingstudentstotheseschools.Whetherstudentshaveanindependentspiritandwhethertheycanadapttothestressfulandstressfullifeoffreshmenintheschoolisalsoanimportantfactorforthemtoconsider.Theseschoolsalladoptaprincipleof"onlymeritadmission,regardlessoffamilyincome".Theadmissionsofficecanadmitcandidatesbasedontheirowncircumstances,withoutconsideringthestudent'sfamily'sabilitytopaytuition.Theschoolhasstrongfinancialresourcesandwillnaturallyfillintheshortfall,benefitingmanyoutstandingchildrenfrompoorfamilies.Itissuchstrictadmissionprinciplesandperfectfundingpoliciesthathaveensuredtheprosperityoftheseprestigiousschoolsforhundredsofyears.However,eachyeartheeightIvyLeagueschoolsenrollnomorethan80studentsofChinesenationality,includingstudentsstudyinginhighschoolsintheUnitedStatesandSingapore.

TheIvyLeagueschoolhasplayedanimportantroleintheacademichistoryofthecontemporaryworld.ItisalsoaleaderinthescientificresearchandeducationsystemoftheentireWesternworld.Ithasbecomeaculturalsymbol.InthedevelopmentofcontemporaryWesternscienceandtechnologycivilization,ithasmadeoutstandingcontributionsthatnoothereducationgroupcanreplace.FromthepointofviewofthenumberofNobelPrizewinnersithascultivated,itisenoughtodominatetheentireworld.

Applicationrequirements

1.Studentsandgraduatesoffamousdomestichighschoolsanduniversities.

2.Thedomesticaveragescoreis90-95orabove,ortheGPAisabove3.55,TOP10studentsintheschoolandtheregion.

3.Englishscore,TOEFL100pointsormore,SAT1200pointsormore.

4.Domesticarts,sports,andmathematicsarepreferred.

5.Prioritywillbegiventoawardsinrelatedcompetitionsandinternationalcompetitions.

HarvardUniversityApplicationRequirements

TOEFL(InternetTest)GPA

GREGMAT

SAT:math750,verbal750

TotalSATscore:1500act30-34

Admissionratio11.38%

PrincetonUniversityapplicationrequirements

TOEFL(InternetTest)GPA3.83

GREGMAT

SAT:math740,verbal730

SATtotalscore:1470act33

Acceptanceratioof12.65%

YaleUniversityApplicationRequirements

TOEFL(InternetTest)GPA

GREGMAT

SAT:math740,verbal740

TotalSATscore:1500act32

Acceptanceratio9.94%

UniversityofPennsylvaniaApplicationRequirements

TOEFL(InternetTest)GPA

GREGMAT

SAT:math670,verbal670

SATtotalscore:1340act29

Acceptanceratio20.78%

CornellUniversityapplicationrequirements

TOEFL(Internettest)GPA

GREGMAT

SAT:math690,verbal660

TotalSATscore:1350act

BrownUniversityApplicationrequirements

TOEFL(Internettest)GPA3.00

GREGMAT

SAT:math700,verbal690

SATtotalscore:1390act28-32

Admissionratio16.43%

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PublicIvy

Originofthename

ThiswordwasfirstusedbyProfessorRichardMolloftheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruzinhisbook"CreatedinPublicIvy:AGuidetoAmerica’sBestPublicUndergraduateUniversities(1985).MollisthedirectoroftheadmissionscommitteeoftheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz.Hehastraveledacrossthecountrytoexaminethequalityofhighereducation.Hefeelsthatmanypublicuniversities"provideIvyLeagueeducationatthepriceofpublicschools",butmanypeopledonotknowthis.alittle.

Mollnamedthesetoppublicuniversities"PublicIvies"andpublishedamonographin1985.Inparticular,hepointedouteightpublicschools(thesameasthenumberofIvyLeagueschools)thatheconsiderstobethesamepublicschoolsastheIvyLeagueschoolsfromtheoutsidetotheconnotation.

Itmustbenotedthattheuniversitiesandtheshortlistofcandidatesthatwereselectedthatyearwereallfirst-classuniversitiesintheUnitedStatesaccreditedbytheAssociationofAmericanUniversities(AAU).

Listofmembers

RichardMoore’spublicivylist:

  1. UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley

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  2. UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor:AprestigiouspublicschoolintheGreatLakesregion,withalong-standingdegreeinscience,business,engineeringandliterature,andoneofthetopthreepublicuniversities.

  3. TheCollegeofWilliamandMary:ThesecondoldestschoolintheUnitedStatesafterHarvardUniversity.ItisknownasthefirstschoolintheSouth.Itisnotverylargebutsmallandsophisticated.Onceaprivateuniversity,itwastakenoverbytheVirginiastategovernmentintheearlytwentiethcentury.PrincetonUniversityisregardedasasubsidiaryoftheCollegeofWilliamandMary.

  4. UniversityofVirginia

  5. UniversityofTexasatAustin

  6. NorthCarolinaUniversityofChapelHill

  7. UniversityofVermont

  8. UniversityofMiami(Oxford)

Waitinglist

RichardMoorealsolistedasecond-tierpublicIvyLeaguelistinthebook,including9schools:

  1. UniversityofColoradoatBoulder

  2. GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology

  3. UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign:MiddleTheprestigiousnorthernuniversity,goodatcomputer,engineeringandbusiness,isthecoreuniversityofthestateuniversitysysteminthestate.

  4. UniversityofMissouri-Columbia:aprestigiousschoolintheMidwest,thealmamaterofthefamousAmericanPresidentTruman,hastheworld'sfirstschoolofjournalism.Itistheonly"doctoralresearch/horizontalresearchuniversity"inthestatethatisalsoamemberoftheAmericanAssociationofUniversitiesandtheCarnegieCouncilforHigherEducation.Therearenomorethan30universitiesinthecountrywiththesamedualtitles.

  5. PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

  6. UniversityofPittsburgh:astate-linkedpublicuniversityfamousforphilosophyandmedicine,withalonghistoryandagreatreputationWell,itformsalargeuniversitycampusinPittsburghwithCarnegieMellonUniversityinthesamecity.

  7. StateUniversityofNewYorkatBinghamton

  8. UniversityofWashington,Seattle

  9. UniversityofWisconsin-Madison:AnestablishedschoolintheGreatLakesregion,goodinnaturalsciencesandsocialsciences.Oneofthetopfourpublicuniversities.

Collegedistrict

Region

Schools

Northeast

PennsylvaniaStateUniversity(Parker)

NewJerseyStateRutgersUniversity(NewBrunswick)

TheStateUniversityofNewYork(BinghamWashington)

UniversityofConnecticut(Storrs)

CentralEastCoast

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UniversityofDelaware(Newark)

UniversityofMaryland(ColridgePark)

CollegeofWilliamandMary

UniversityofVirginia

Southern

UniversityofFlorida(Gainesville)

UniversityofGeorgia

UniversityofNorthCarolina(ChapelHill)

TexasUniversity(Austin)

Western

UniversityofArizona(Tucson)

UniversityofColorado(Boulder)

UniversityofWashington,Seattle

UniversityofCalifornia(Berkeley,LosAngeles,DaiWest,Irvine,SanDiego,SantaBarbara)

GreatLakesandMidwest

UniversityofMissouri(Columbia)

IndianaUniversity(Bloomington)

MiamiUniversity(Oxford))

MichiganStateUniversity

OhioStateUniversity(Columbus)

UniversityofIllinois(Urbana-Champaign)

NebUniversityofLasVegas(Lincoln)

UniversityofIowa

UniversityofMichigan(AnnArbor)

UniversityofMinnesota(TwinCities)

UniversityofWisconsin(Madison)

Remarks

GeorgiaInstituteofTechnologyandtheUniversityofMassachusettsarealsotraditionallycountedaspublicIvyLeagues.

LittleIvy

LittleIviesisaseriesoftopliberalartscollegesontheEastCoastoftheUnitedStates.ThetitleoriginatedfromtheNewEnglandSmallCollegeAthleticConference(NESCAC)establishedin1971.

SimilartotheeightIvyLeagueschools,NESCACmemberschoolshavealonghistory,topacademicreputation,elitebackgroundandstrongfinancialstrength,sotheyarecalled"littleivy."The11schoolsintheallianceinclude:

LittleIvyList

schoolname

Location

WilliamsCollege

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Massachusetts

AmerAmherstCollege

Massachusetts

WesleyanUniversity

Connecticut

MiddleburyCollege(MiddleburyCollege)

Vermont

BowdoinCollege

Maine

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ColbyCollege(ColbyCollege)

Maine

BatesCollege(BatesCollege)

Maine

HamiltonCollege(HamiltonCollege)

NewYorkState

TrinityCollege

Connecticut

ConnecticutCollege(ConnecticutCollege)

Connecticut

TuftsUniversity(TuftsUniversity)

Massachusetts

(TuftsUniversityin1955Fromaliberalartscollegetoacomprehensiveuniversity)

ThefoundingmembersoftheallianceareWilliamsCollege,AmherstCollege,WeissUniversityandBowdoinCollege.Thefirstthreearecollectivelycalled"LittleThree"(LittleThree),echoingthe"BigThree":Harvard,Yale,andPrinceton.

Latertherewasapublication"HiddenIvies"introducingalargenumberofliberalartscolleges,andthe"littleivy"wasofficiallyexpandedintoacollectionof14EastCoastliberalartscolleges:

  • WilliamsCollege

  • AmherstCollege

  • SwarthmoreCollege

  • WesleyanUniversity

  • MingdeCollege

  • BaoCollege

  • ColbyCollege

  • BatesCollege

  • HaverfordCollege

  • VasaCollege

  • HamiltonCollege

  • ColgateUniversity

  • TrinityCollege

  • ConnecticutCollege

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    HiddenIvy

    In"Thehiddenivies:thirtycollegesofexcellence"publishedin2000,educationexpertsMatthewGreenandHowardGreen(theyaretheexpansionoftheMoorePublicIvyThetwopeopleonthelist)proposedtheideaof​​"hidingtheivy."Later,in2009and2016,theypublishedthesecondeditionofGreenes'GuidestoEducationalPlanning:TheHiddenIvies:50TopColleges-fromAmherstToWilliams-thatRivaltheIvyLeagueandthethirdedition.EditionTheHiddenIvies,3rdEdition:63ofAmerica'sTopLiberalArtsCollegesandUniversities.The63schoolsinthethirdeditionprovidefirst-classliberalartseducation.

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    Hiddenivylist

    AmherstCollege

    BarnardCollege

    BatesCollege

    BostonCollege

    BowdenCollege

    BrandeisUniversity

    BrynmoreCollege

    BucknellUniversity

    CarletonCollege

    CaseWesternReserveUniversity

    ClaremontMcKennaCollege

    ColbyCollege

    ColgateSpecialUniversity

    HolyCrossCollege

    ColoradoCollege

    DavidsonCollege

    DenisonUniversity

    DickinsonCollege

    DukeUniversity

    EmoryUniversity

    FordhamUniversity

    FranklinandMarshallCollege

    GeorgetownUniversity

    GrinellCollege

    HamiltonCollege

    HaverfordCollege

    JohnsHopkinsUniversity

    KenyangCollege

    LafayetteCollege

    LehighUniversity

    MacalesterCollege

    MiddleburyCollege

    MontHolyokeCollege

    NorthwesternUniversity

    OberlinCollege

    PomonaCollege

    ReedCollege

    RiceUniversity

    SkidmoreCollege

    SmithCollege

    SouthernMethodistUniversity

    StanfordUniversity

    SwarthMoreCollege

    TrinityCollege

    TuftsUniversity

    TulaneUniversity

    UnionCollege

    UniversityofChicago

    UniversityofNotreDame

    UniversityofRichmond

    UniversityofRochester

    UniversityofSouthernCalifornia

    SivonSouthernUniversity

    VanderbiltUniversity

    VasaCollege

    VillanovaUniversity

    WakeForestUniversity

    WashingtonandLeeUniversity

    WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis

    WellesleyCollege

    WaysitUniversity

    WilliamsCollege

    ConnecticutCollege

    IvyPlus

    Manypeopleusetheterm"IvyPlus"(IvyPlus)torefertoIvyandafewequallyprestigiousschools(mainlyStanfordUniversity,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,UniversityofChicagoandDukeUniversity).However,somelistsalsoincludeNorthwesternUniversity,JohnsHopkinsUniversity,andCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.

    Theseschools,likeIvyLeagueschools,usuallyhaveanadmissionrateoflessthan10%andhightuitionfees.

    ListofIvyPlus

    BrownUniversity

    ColumbiaUniversity

    CornellUniversity

    DartmouthCollege

    DukeUniversity

    HarvardUniversity

    MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology

    PrincetonUniversity

    StanfordUniversity

    UniversityofChicago

    UniversityofPennsylvania

    YaleUniversity

    NewIvy

    NewIvy,orpan-ivy,referstoItisatopuniversityorliberalartscollegeintheUnitedStatesinadditiontotheeightschoolsmentionedabove.TheyhavethesameorevenbetterresearchandteachingcapabilitiesthantheeightIvyLeagueschools.TheirstudentsandprofessorsarenotinferiortotheIvyLeagueuniversities,andtheyareevenbetterthantheIvyLeagueintermsofNobelawardsandthequalityofalumni.Therefore,theseuniversitiesarecalledtheNewIvyLeagueandenjoythesameinternationalreputationastheabove-mentionedeightuniversities.

    In2006,Newsweekcoinedtheterm"NewIvy."Theseschoolsareamongthebestinacademicandfaculty,eveniftheydonotreachthesizeofIvyLeaguedonationsorelitestatus.Newsweek’slistincludespublicandprivateschools.Unlikeivy,newivyisspreadalloverthecountry.

    ThelistofnewIvyLeaguesisasfollows:

    Privateuniversities:BostonCollege,CarnegieMellonUniversity,EmoryUniversity,NewYorkUniversity,UniversityofNotreDame,RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,University,UniversityofRochester,TuftsUniversity,VanderbiltUniversity,WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis

    Publicuniversities:UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,NorthCarolinaUniversityChapelHill

    CollegeofArtsandSciences:BowdoinCollege,HarveyMuddCollege,PomonaCollege,ColbyCollege,ColgateUniversity,DavidsonCollege,KenyonCollege,MaiCallisterCollege,FranklinOlinSchoolofEngineering,ReedCollege,SkidmoreCollege

    BlackIvy

    ThemosteliteblackcollegesanduniversitiesinhistoryarealsoItiscomparedwithivy,andisoftencalled"BlackIvies"(BlackIvies).Theseschoolsfirstappearedinthebook(BlacksinColleges)publishedbyBarnardCollegepsychologyprofessorJacquelineFlemingin1984.

    BlackIvyincludes:

    • DillardUniversity

    • FiskeUniversity

    • HamptonUniversity

    • HowardUniversity

    • MorehouseCollege

    • SpellmanCollege

    • TuskegeeUniversity

    SouthernIvy

    In1954,wheneightnortheasterneliteuniversitiesintheUnitedStatesjoinedtheIvyLeagueathleticconference,SouthernUniversitytriedtobuildarivalleagueagainstit:MagnoliaConference.MagnoliaConferenceaimstocompetewiththeIvyLeagueformorethanjustsports.

    Althoughtheleaguewasneverheldlater,thesefamoussouthernschoolsaresometimesstillcalled"SouthernIvies".

    ListofSouthernIvy

    DavidsonCollege

    DukeUniversity

    EmoryUniversity

    RiceUniversity

    SouthernMethodistUniversity

    TulaneUniversity

    UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill

    UniversityofTexasatAustin

    UniversityofVirginia

    VanderbiltUniversity

    WakeForestUniversity

    TheCollegeofWilliamandMary

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