WhenintroducingAmericanuniversitiessomeofthefirstinstitutionstomentionaretheIvyLeagueschools.OriginallytheIvyLeaguewasanathleticconferencemadeupof8privateinstitutesofhigherlearninginnortheasternUnitedStat
WhenintroducingAmericanuniversitiessomeofthefirstinstitutionstomentionaretheIvyLeagueschools.OriginallytheIvyLeaguewasanathleticconferencemadeupof8privateinstitutesofhigherlearninginnortheasternUnitedStates.Howeverastimewentontheseschoolsalsobecameknownfortheirexcellenceinacademicsbesidesathletics.IncludedintheIvyLeagueschoolsareBrownUniversityColumbiaUniversityCornellUniversityDartmouthCollegePrincetonUniversityUniversityofPennsylvaniaYaleUniversityandHarvardUniversity.These8schoolshavebeenrecognizedassomeofthebestcollegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStates.
HarvardUniversityisaprivateinstitutionlocatedinCambridgeMassachusetts.Theuniversityincludesanumberofgraduateandprofessionalschoolsaswellasacollegeforundergraduates.In2012HarvardrankednumberoneinUSNews’rankingofnationaluniversitiesagain.Foundedin1636HarvardistheoldestinstituteofhighereducationintheUnitedStates.ItcanbesaidthatfirsttherewasHarvardthentheUnitedStatesofAmerica.AlsoHarvard’slibrarycontainstheoldestcollectionofbooksintheUnitedStatesaswellasthelargestprivatecollectionintheworld.HarvardhasalsobeendescribedbyForbesMagazineasoneofthe“billionaireuniversities”asoftheirrecentlistof469billionaires50receivedadegreefromHarvard.
HarvardCollege(theinstituteforundergraduatestudents)isoneofthemostfamousschoolsintheUnitedStates.Itoffersover40undergraduatefieldsofstudyincludingastrophysicsmathematicsneurobiology(神经生物学)etc.Andthefinancialaidprogramthereisamazing.Eventhoughthetuitionisabout37576andthereareotherexpensesthroughouttheyearabout70%ofundergraduatestudentsreceivedfinancialaid.Outofthosestudentsover90%ofthemhadtheirfullneedmet.AndthepoliciesforinternationalstudentsarethesameforU.S.citizens.
HarvardCollegeisveryselectiveasitonlyadmitsabout6%oftheirapplicants.ForadmissionintoHarvardCollegeitisrequiredthatstudentstaketheSATortheACTaswellas2SATSubjectTests.HarvardwillalsolookatotherfactorsduringadmissionsuchasyourapplicationessayhighschooltranscriptworkexperienceGPA(GradePointAverage)y