1994, March.

First Saturday.

University of Chicago.

As a world-renowned private research university, it is ranked in the top 10 universities in the world for many years, and its main campus is located in the Hyde Park area of Chicago City South, with Jackson Park to the east and Washington Park to the west, and 11 kilometers from downtown Chicago.

The University of Chiba is ranked No. 1 in the world in economics for many years, and mathematics is also ranked in the top five in the United States, with nine Fields Medal winners (the highest award in mathematics, the Nobel Prize in mathematics), and famous mathematicians such as Fermi, André Wey, Vladimir Drinkfield, and of course, Chern Shiing-shen have all taught at the university.

This is also the SAT test center in Chicago!

"Katie, don't be nervous. ”

Seeing Katie Helen following her a little nervously and walking on the campus of Chiba University, Owen comforted: "It's just an SAT test, there are 7 times a year for such a test, you feel that the results are not satisfied, you can take the test again at any time, anyway, when applying to college, we can use the best SAT score as a declaration material." ”

"I know. ”

Katie nodded, taking a deep breath.

Everyone understands the truth, but if you really face it, it still depends on your personal psychological quality!

"Owen, I heard you mention, haven't you already taken the SAT once, and you have achieved a high score, it should be enough to ensure that you apply for any college, why do you still come to take the test now?"

"Yes. ”

Owen smiled and said: "I have taken the test once before, SAT1, 2222 points, SAT2, 790 points in Mathematics II, and 720 points in Physics, I feel that I have made great progress in physics recently, so I want to improve my score in physics." ”

SAT is the English abbreviation of Academic Ability Assessment Test, which is actually the college entrance examination in the United States, and it is the basic score for American high school students to apply for college!

Although the American education community has always claimed to comprehensively examine every student who declares, but each university declares tens of thousands of students every year, and the more famous the university, the more people declare, if you strictly follow the propaganda to do it, it will take several hours for a student to review, so many students who declare, the school is to invite more people, and it will not be busy.

Therefore, the SAT score is the best initial screening condition, and if you can't even meet the SAT standard, you will not be able to enter the next round of college applications.

SAT is divided into SAT1 and SAT2, SAT1 is a general-purpose test, including reading, writing, and math three parts, each part has a full score of 800 points, a total of 2400 points, which is also the SAT in a general sense!

SAT2 is a single-subject test, which is generally a key and top-level university specifically requires applicants to provide results, for example, if Owen is going to study mathematics in the future, then he must take a single subject of mathematics again, and single subject mathematics is divided into mathematics one and mathematics two.

In terms of difficulty, the mathematics in SAT1 is the easiest, the level of the exam, the first subject of mathematics is somewhat difficult, the level of the formal college entrance examination, and the second subject of mathematics is quite difficult, quasi-Olympiad level.

SAT2 generally chooses three single subject exams, but most of the key and top universities only require applicants to provide two single subject scores, Owen chooses mathematics and physics, the full score is still 800 points, and the single subject math two 790 points is already very powerful, and there is not much point in improving, but the 720 points of single physics can be top-notch with Owen's current lv5-genius intelligence.

"Irving, which university are you going to apply to, Princeton University?"

Katie asked casually.

Princeton University, which is also a world-famous private research university, is located in New Jersey and is one of the famous Ivy League schools, where Leonard's future undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees are studied, and even Princeton High School, where Leonard now graduates, is also a high school affiliated to Princeton University.

Albert Einstein, von Neumann, Hua Luogeng, Chern Shiingshen, Lee Tsung-dao, Yang Zhenning and other great mathematicians and scientists have taught here.

But what impressed Owen the most was that Princeton University was a necessary place for all kinds of crossing, rebirth, and system flow of learning tyrants, the most famous of which were the demon scholar Lu and the black technology scholar Lu......

It turns out that it makes sense that people choose to pretend to be forced here!

The Department of Mathematics at Princeton University is indeed the most powerful in the field of mathematics in the world!

At the beginning of the Big Bang Theory plot, Penny thinks that Sheldon is the kind of genius in the beautiful mind, and Sheldon recognizes it, and the male protagonist, the famous game theory master John Nash, is a professor of mathematics at Princeton and one of Sheldon's character prototypes.

Because of biographies and movies, ordinary Americans (more literate than Penny...... The recognition of Princeton University's mathematics department is also so high that Katie's first thought was that Irving was going to apply to the university.

"No!"

Owen shook his head and smiled: "I'm not going to apply to Princeton University, the mathematics department there is too competitive, with my ability, it's no problem to get admitted, but if you want to apply for a full scholarship, it's too difficult." ”

In fact, the real reason is that Leonard is at Princeton University, and once Owen and Leonard become alumni, the risk of disrupting the Big Bang Seven will increase geometrically, which is unacceptable to Owen!

"That's right. ”

Katie nodded in agreement.

None of them mentioned the reason why they should go out of their way to apply for a full scholarship, because it is not necessary, and everyone understands that studying at a university in the United States, especially a top private research university, is very expensive.

The annual tuition fee is as high as more than 40,000 US dollars, as well as accommodation, living expenses and other miscellaneous expenses, and the annual 10,000 to 20,000 US dollars cannot be afforded, and the average middle class cannot afford it at all.

Take Leonard as an example, nearly ten years after he graduated from his Ph.D., he was still saddled with a loan during his college studies, so that when he knew that Penny was doing sales and casually took more than twice his salary, and there was a financial manager who specialized in helping with financial management, the extreme sourness of 'building missiles is better than selling tea and eggs', and his face was distorted.

With Leonard's IQ of 173 (the system recognizes intelligence as lv5), he did not get a full scholarship at Princeton University, which shows how fierce the competition at Princeton University is.

"My first choice was to apply for the University. ”

Owen continued: "Others such as Harvard, New York University, Stanford, I will declare. ”

In the United States, it is a two-way choice for students to apply for college and admit students to universities, and every student can freely choose multiple universities to declare, and some students will get offers from several top universities, and then make the final choice!

"Shiba-da?"

Katie glanced at Owen in surprise, and said with a complicated expression: "Why did you choose Chiba?"

Her first choice is also Chiba University, on the one hand, because the Department of Mathematics at Chiba University is also very strong, and on the other hand, her mother is a tenured professor at Chiba University, and the power of connections is universal all over the world.