Chapter 513: Conditions for Admission
Don't look at the Americans who usually laugh and laugh, but they are very old-fashioned in many things, and they must do things according to the rules, especially this kind of university with a tradition of more than 100 years, no one dares to challenge those systems that seem to be "outdated", and there are many foreigners who always laugh at the flexibility they don't understand, but Liu Lang admires this tradition very much, because it shows that they are in awe of the law, and those countries that always want to be flexible are always changing, and finally the law is turned into a paper article that cannot be implemented.
"Professor Ding, you have done a lot of things for me, thank you so much, whether I can be admitted to Stanford University depends on whether I have the ability or not, but I have enough confidence!"
Liu Lang said with a smile.
"I also have enough confidence in you, but now, Liu Lang, you are a shareholder of Nike, you should be very rich, and Mr. Knight is also a donor of Stanford University, but there is a way for you to become a student of Stanford University without exams, this is the admissions instructions, you can take a look!"
Professor Ding Huaizhong handed Liu Lang a small manual.
"Explain!"
Liu Lang took it and flipped through a few pages, which recorded the details of Stanford University's admissions, such as how many points are scored in the annual exam, what conditions students need to meet, etc., as well as the conditions for obtaining honorary titles, what honorary bachelor's, honorary master's and honorary doctorates, and the highest honorary professors.
At the end, there are several special circumstances, the first of which is that the donor who donates $2 million can have a place to apply for undergraduate or graduate school, which also needs to be recognized by several professors of related majors, but the conditions are much more relaxed, and under normal circumstances, it is enough to achieve a degree from an ordinary university in the United States.
Again, as long as you have money in the United States, many things that ordinary people can't do can also be done, of course, this does not mean that you can do whatever you want if you have money, at least there is a certain bottom line, and this bottom line will also be guaranteed, which is also a kind of "collecting money" But even so, there are not many people who can afford to pay $2 million, and even if they can, I'm afraid there are few people who can donate to Stanford University for free, maybe only those billionaires will be indifferent to $2 million, but how many of the descendants of such billionaires can settle down and study hard? So this discount is just a write-up, and very few people can pass it every year.
"Liu Lang, if you donate two million dollars to Stanford University, plus Mr. Knight's recommendation, then you don't have any problems!"
Professor Ding Huaizhong said.
"Two million dollars? Professor Ding, these policies are prepared by Stanford University for those rich people, and I, I am not a rich person, maybe two million dollars can be raised, but that is too much to lose, I should choose this one!"
Liu Lang pointed to the next one, which is the policy on special enrollment.
Professor Ding Huaizhong nodded, in fact, Liu Lang's choice of this is still expected, after all, the other party is one of the best geniuses in the whole world, went to college at the age of three, and participated in the World Intelligence Olympics at the age of four and won the championship of three subjects in the junior group.
Every genius is extremely self-confident, not to mention that there is no opponent in Liu Lang's country, which can be described as smooth sailing, so he will skip those universities that can send students directly to challenge the top universities in the United States.
Ding Huaizhong believes that Liu Lang already has the academic ability to graduate school, but he still has no confidence that he can pass the special admissions, because this admissions process is really very difficult, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the most rigorous enrollment at Stanford University.
"Liu Lang, you are very confident, of course, you also have such strength, in fact, with your age of only six years and the results you have achieved in the Olympic Games, Stanford University is also very interested in you, but after all, rules are rules, no matter how much you have achieved, if you want to become a graduate student of Stanford, you still have to go through extremely strict examinations.
The exam is divided into two stages, the first is the basic exam, the manual is clearly written, mathematics, physics, chemistry, reading ability four subjects you have to choose at least two, of which reading ability is mandatory, these two subjects must achieve a score of A+ to qualify for the interview, with your ability, this exam should have no problems, then the most critical is the interview exam, this exam will have eleven professional professors to participate, each of them will ask you at least one question, at most three.
This kind of subjectivity is very large, first of all, although the questions asked must be within the scope of the undergraduate, but then again, even if the doctoral dissertation involves the problem, the basis is also an undergraduate course, just like studying the flight speed of the space shuttle, in the final analysis, it is still Newton's theorem, Newton's theorem will be learned in the tenth grade, but to involve the flight speed of the spacecraft, it must be a college student to do ..........
Well, I mean, for a professor at Stanford, the subjective topics are too broad, not to mention an undergraduate, even a Ph.D., and he will ask you a dumbfounded question, and of course, in the same way, he can also get you through, and even make you feel that the question you are asking belongs to the elementary school category, and it is all in his impression of you!"
Ding Huaizhong explained to Liu Lang in detail.
"Professor Ding, how do you add points to this item?"
Liu Lang pointed to a clause in the instruction manual, which stated that if the applicant could write a valuable paper, it could be a basis for judging.
"Hehe, Liu Lang, this one is even more difficult, every doctoral dissertation graduated from Stanford University is to be published in a domestic first-class journal, which can be said to have high academic value, but the vast majority of doctoral dissertations can only be regarded as barely in the eyes of those professors, you are just an undergraduate! The theoretical knowledge you have been exposed to is still too little, and the papers you write will not satisfy those demanding professors!"
Ding Huaizhong directly rejected Liu Lang's idea, Stanford University is a world-class university, and if you want to become a professor in this school, the most basic condition is to publish several first-class academic papers, and similarly, these professors' requirements for papers are also surprisingly harsh.
Seeing Ding Huaizhong's disbelieving expression, Liu Lang smiled and didn't say anything more, to be honest, for him, a time-traveler from thirty years later, this era is so old in all aspects, not only in the development of science and technology.