In fact, famous schools are indeed the main donors of the rich. Moreover, if I have money, I also want to donate to a famous American school.
Why?
You must first understand the essence of famous American schools.
/kloc-in the 0 th and 9 th centuries, the American economy developed rapidly, and white new wealth emerged constantly. They need some universities to let their children get to know each other and get in touch with each other. Therefore, the requirement for college entrance is to know Greek and Latin. Obviously, these things are not taught in public high schools at all, so there is no chance for civilian children.
Most of these prestigious schools are private and belong to the American elite. They spend money to establish or sponsor famous schools, let their children go to college here, and then inherit their own companies.
So, it's hard to say anything.
Later, with the development of the times and the change of the situation, the admission criteria of American famous schools have been changing, but his bottom line has not changed, that is, to maintain the admission ratio of elite children.
In fact, the famous American schools are still the positions of the rich second generation. For example, at Harvard, 60% of parents earn more than $6,543.8+0.8 million, equivalent to RMB 6,543.8+0./kloc-0.5 million, while at Stanford, nearly half of students' families earn more than $300,000, equivalent to RMB 6,543.8+0.9/kloc-0.5 million, which is a moderately wealthy person.
Therefore, the famous private schools in the United States have never served the whole people, but the understanding of the upper class.
Have you ever heard of the real bear in the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008?
This is John Paulson. He earned tens of billions of dollars by shorting, and later donated 400 million dollars to the School of Engineering and Applied Science of Harvard University. Guess what? Now the name of this college is John Paulson College of Engineering and Applied Science. Faced with the highest alumni donation in history, Harvard can't resist.
Finally, look at the real admission criteria of Yale University.
1, genius or top talent, is to have outstanding achievements in some aspects, such as those national or international awards. This is to raise the upper limit of prestigious schools and maintain the leading position of prestigious schools from the academic cover.
2, all-rounder. Good grades in various courses, participating in various extracurricular activities and reading letters of recommendation are all-round development. This is the lower limit to ensure a prestigious school. Even if it's not so good, it's not too bad. It's quite satisfactory.
3. Children of huge donors will be admitted.
Therefore, if Zhang Lei's children go to Yale ten years later, don't sigh too early. Like father, like son, the whole family is high flyers. Think more about this article I wrote today.
My child doesn't look like a genius, and it is difficult to develop in an all-round way under the system of exam-oriented education. If I really have money, I will donate hundreds of millions to choose any Ivy League school. I think I will be much more relaxed now, and my children will grow up happily.
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