An American university called the Presidential University.

Many people think that the United States will have its first female president in the next century.

Who's that? Maybe you will find a clue at Yale University, which ranks first in the United States.

Isn't it? From Ford, Bush to Clinton now, they are all from Yale. This university, which has produced the most presidents in 30 years, seems to be the cradle of presidents.

Hillary Clinton, the most vocal female president, is also from Yale Law School. There must be a reason for being famous.

Here is a brave saying that can explain everything: "Students who can walk out of this door have the ability to change the world!" "

Admission handbook

School location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Website: http://www.yale.edu/

School year: 170 1

Number of employees: 3 194( 1998, the same below)

Students: 5257 undergraduates.

5,550 graduate students and college students

Ranking: According to US News and World Report.

National University:No. 1

Law School: No.65438 +0

Drama Department: No.65438 +0

Painting Department: 1

Sculpture Department: 1

Admission notice:

Admission qualification: SAT (Chinese): 680-780

SAT (mathematics): 680-760

TOEFL: Not specified.

Admission rate (1998):18% (1kloc-0/947 application, 2 100 admission)

Cost:

Tuition: US$ 23,780 (1998)

Accommodation: $7,050 (1998)

Book: $2,370 (1998)

Medical treatment: $780 (1998)

* * *: USD 33,980

Remarks:

The school provides short-term campus work, loans, grants, scholarships and other financial assistance, ranging from 100 to $27,600.

Students can take courses in any department in the first two years to decide their interests, as long as their grades are not lower than C-.

In the third year, students can choose one or two professional subjects from more than 70 majors for formal study, and even ask the school to choose subjects from multiple departments to design a major that suits them.

The school forces freshmen to live in dormitories, and arranges holidays for orientation camps to introduce university life before the start of school.

This school offers more than 70 major subjects of art and science, but history, economy, politics and biology are the most popular.

There is a non-profit organization on campus-Yali Association, which promotes Sino-US exchanges. Every summer, an activity called Experience American University (ACE) is held. High school students in Hong Kong can take this opportunity to live on the campus of Yale University for one month, and visit other universities on the East Coast through classes to prepare for further study in American universities. The total cost is $3900. Interested parties can download it from the Internet homepage of the Association (http://www.yale.edu.yalechin).

For application materials, please call: 1-203-432-0882 or fax: 1-203-432-7246 or call the New Asia College of the Chinese University.

Most graduates from Yale Law School, the top law school in America, don't want to be lawyers. A quarter of people joined the government as officials after graduation, and more people want to follow the example of Clinton and Hillary, brothers and sisters and cherish the world.

Hillary's development reflects the dreams of many students in Yale Law School. After graduation, she was favored by the legal profession, participated in the investigation of Watergate incident in the House of Representatives, worked in the group preparing for the impeachment of President Nixon, and was among the 100 outstanding lawyers in the United States.

However, her ambition is not here. When the first lady was away, when her husband Clinton's term was drawing to a close, she began to come out of his shadow and planned to run for the Senate to pave the way for the presidency.

The purpose of Yale Law School is to "create" such characters. It wants to cultivate political and economic strongmen, not just lawyers.

It's not just lawyers who are trained.

Dean A.Kronman told this reporter about the extraordinary features of the law school curriculum.

"Our biggest difference is that we not only teach legal knowledge, but also require students to study economics, sociology and anthropology ... Take the contract law I teach as an example. Other colleges have taught legal provisions and application skills, because they only train lawyers, but I ask students to look deeper and understand why the law is written like this and what is the spirit behind it. "

He said that the law schools of other universities are bent on training lawyers, so students are not allowed to choose irrelevant subjects, but Yale is different. Starting from the second semester, students can choose any subject they are interested in. So they can think outside the box of lawyers.

Because Yale Law School is famous, more than 4,000 students compete for admission every year, but only 180 students are shortlisted. Krohmann said frankly that the quality of the court can be maintained, which is related to the small number of students enrolled.

Twenty-two people only pick one.

In the fierce competition, to stand out from the crowd, students' grades are of course better, but they must also be outstanding. He gave an example: "Two years ago, we accepted a student. After graduating from Princeton University, one of the top five universities, she went to Russia to set up an oil company. With a successful career, she suddenly wanted to study law, so she signed up. We are glad that A.Kronman, dean of Yale Law School, said that they are the first in the United States because they want to cultivate a person who can change the world.

Yale students are all over the world, and when they see something unusual, they object loudly. So there are demonstrations on campus from time to time. Taft, 27th President of the United States, Yale School.

Friend, he likes listening to music in woolsey Concert Hall. It happens that he is also a big fat man, so the school specially built this extra-large seat for him.

Yale is still backward in some places. It seems that the library is not fully computerized, and sometimes it still depends on the catalog cabinets.

This is not only the educational essence of law school, but also the educational essence of other departments in Yale-paying attention to theoretical exploration rather than applied skills. This tradition has been preserved since the school was founded.

Li Siming, a Hong Kong student who came to Yale University to study graphic design, has a deep understanding of this. He said that other schools teach design and will teach students skills; Yale only teaches theory.

Only teach theory

"We design a work every week and then post it for everyone to criticize. The professor won't teach you how to draw, he will only ask you why you design like this. What is the theory behind it? They like to see from other people's comments whether your theory is getting more and more useful or untenable? "

"This teaching method doesn't seem to teach you any tricks, but it actually teaches you the truth of conquering the world. The most important thing in design is to have ideas and opinions for the world to appreciate. "

There are many design giants in Li Siming's department, such as paul rand, who made $800,000 designing a logo for IBM and UPS, and Josef Albers, who has studied color all his life and is known as the "God of Color".

Although he is a star-rated professor, he has to sit in the office for several hours every week, waiting for students to ask questions.

This church is a gymnasium.

In addition to teaching methods, Yale also adheres to the tradition in other aspects, walking around the campus and finding ancient things everywhere. But behind the ancient meaning, it contains the vitality and motivation to keep pace with the times.

/kloc-a tall Gothic ancient church in the 0/9th century. Under the spire, there were originally gymnasiums such as swimming pools, gymnasiums and stadiums!

The library is better. The altar of preaching is a place to borrow books; A telephone booth was made for the confessional, where people confessed their crimes, but they regretted it. How to speak loudly in it without fear of noise?

Yale is also an artistic place. Walking on campus, beautiful music is everywhere. As soon as I entered the dormitory, there was a pleasant piano sound and a wonderful rhyme of flute. On campus, everyone talks about music and fun when they meet. Living in Yale is like returning to an aristocratic city in medieval Europe.

Almost didn't make it into the band.

Zheng Jiaming, a Hong Kong student majoring in economics at Yale University, likes the artistic atmosphere here. He started playing the violin in the first grade of primary school and came here to apply for the famous Yale Symphony Orchestra. Unexpectedly, the numerous winners of the Hong Kong Student Musician of the Year Award almost didn't make it into the second violin of the orchestra.

"In Hong Kong, I am 1, the chief violinist of the orchestra. Everyone around me is stronger than you here! I'm no longer a favored one, and every time I can't play well, I'm immediately directed to see it. The first two months were a blow to my self-esteem! "

The tradition of the university is also full of romance, which makes Zheng, who is about to graduate, reluctant. It's like a ceremony for the choir to recruit new people-"Tap Dance Night". The senior students in each group should go to the freshmen's room to lock the door, and then sing live, hoping to attract them into their own group with wonderful songs. For a time, the groups tried their best, one song for you, one song for me, one after another, and songs resounded through the campus.

Complacency and conservatism

Sticking to tradition is a double-edged sword. It can be said that it is to avoid conformity, or it can be said that it is a self-contained.

Many students criticize that the subjects here are too old. For example, those who study economics only take one exam, finance and psychology, and rarely mention women and homosexuality. It's called an ordinary university, and there is no journalism department or civil engineering department. It's incredible.

Even MPPM, the master of management, has only recently changed its name to the more popular MBA. Does this mean that this noble can't stop the trend of the times and wants to get out of the castle and join the WTO?

Nobles in slums

Who would have thought that this medieval aristocrat was in a slum!

It turns out that New Haven, where Yale is located, is one of the poorest places in America. Out of the university town, mean streets is everywhere.

Although Yale is a cultural institution, there is only one small theater in New Haven. The hotel where the reporter lives is just across the street from the student dormitory, but it is already a "pink area". Students told reporters not to go out after 10 at night, because there are many people selling white powder and fighting.

About 30 years ago in New Haven, the economy began to deteriorate. The rich families moved away, leaving most of them in the lower class. Originally, the public expected Yale's generous support, but it happened that Yale had a tradition of not paying taxes to the city government. So the citizens of New Haven have a lot of complaints about this rich man who doesn't have to pay rent. In addition, in the past, Yale students were either rich or expensive, and the friction between rich children and poor residents became daily.

The most obvious example is campus security. Because there are no fences and pillars on campus, many rats and thieves have no place to stay in the city, so they simply cross several streets into the campus to commit crimes. Some Hong Kong students tried to steal their bikes in the street during the day.

Although public security has improved in recent years, the school still reminds students to be careful. Students who return to school at night will be picked up by the school as long as they make a phone call farther away; You can find two-walk nearby, and someone will accompany you back to the dormitory. Becoming an aristocrat comes at a price.

Britain has ox knives, and America has hay.

There are Oxford and Cambridge in Britain and Yale and Harvard in the United States. Britain and the United States, two deadly rivals, not only love boating and sports, but also never let each other go whenever they have time on weekdays.

At the end of the 17th century, the upsurge of religious reform swept across Europe, and even Harvard, which was far away across the Atlantic, followed suit and began to allow Protestants to teach and study. This aroused the dissatisfaction of a group of Puritans who adhered to the tradition. With the support of Yale, a wealthy British businessman, they established Yale in 170 1.

Dissatisfied with Harvard, Yale deliberately chose another road. Harvard's entry into WTO and Yale's return to tradition. It seems that early students had to take classical subjects such as arithmetic and astronomy, while Greek didn't need to be studied until the beginning of this century.

Yale students always like to tease Harvard. As soon as they mentioned this old enemy, they immediately pointed their finger at Harvard, and even the T-shirts sold in the store joined in the fun. There is a big thorn in the front that says "Harvard" and the back that says "Because they can't get into Yale!"

Secret society

Ancient universities always have many interesting traditions, and Yale is no exception. The most distinctive is the secret society.

As the name implies, associations are not only secret, but also their membership cannot be made public. Although the venue of the party is as big as teaching, there are only a few pairs of small windows, and the door is locked on weekdays; Even if everyone knows that they are having a meeting inside, who knows what is going on inside!

The appearance of dangerous forest, together with the mysterious veil, gave the club a chilling nickname-tomb. But many people are proud to join the club. Because all the people who are selected to join the club are celebrities, not celebrities, rich people or extraordinary talents. Like former President Bush, he is also a member of skull and bones.

Why do they pretend to be mysterious? In addition to being innovative, it is also a reason to "invade" you to play this mountainism. A prestigious school like Yale is also naive.

Yale who's who

Nobel Prize winner:

Economy 2, chemistry 2, medicine 1 1.

Politics:

William taft (former president of the United States)

Ford (former US President)

George W. Bush (son of Bush, now governor of Texas)

Bush (former president of the United States)

Clinton (current president of the United States)

Hillary Clinton (wife of the current president of the United States)

Locke (Governor of Washington)

Liangchou Li (Federal Minister of Justice)