Otilia stared at Tommy Hawke with a pair of beautiful eyes: "Stanford University, Tommy, you want to choose Stanford University?" I don't deny that it's an excellent university, but it'...... If you like to study computer science, you can definitely choose the University of Chicago. ”

The big boys on the opposite side chose eleven universities with their own help and submitted their applications, although Harvard University and Yale University rejected Tommy without any surprises, but Otilia felt that Tommy could choose the University of Chicago, UCLA, New York University and even Cornell University, a garbage university in her eyes, which issued admission letters to Tommy.

"Stanford University gave me a full scholarship, so I don't have to worry about tuition and living expenses, and the University of Chicago scholarship is not full." Tommy smiled and sat across from Otilia and explained his reasons for deciding to choose Stanford.

He also knew the reason why Otilia tried to persuade him to change his decision, Stanford University in the 80s was barely a prestigious school, but it was really just a little bit, far from being the top school on a par with Harvard and Yale as in later generations.

In the eyes of Americans in the 80s, there are only two universities in the United States that are really called the top today, Harvard and Yale, which are probably Shaolin and Wudang in the university world, and their status has been perfected.

followed by MIT, Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, University of California, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania and other old well-known universities, occasionally ranking in the top three or even the top of the list, but compared with Harvard and Yale, there are always some obvious shortcomings or other lack of resources.

Then there are the famous junk universities in Ottilia's mouth, including Cornell University, Brown University, Dartmouth University, etc., although they are tied with Harvard as an Ivy League school, but their strength is even worse than Columbia University and Princeton University.

Stanford, on the other hand, is a new university that is ranked behind Cornell University and other prestigious universities that are not enterprising, but are constantly trying to surpass the established universities.

However, although I know that Stanford University is gradually making efforts, the university foundation and faculty can not be surpassed overnight, and at present, Stanford University does not have much advantage in terms of faculty compared with the universities just mentioned in Ortilia.

But Tommy Hawke chose Stanford not because of the faculty, nor because of how many Nobel laureates the university has.

He applied to Stanford University in his last life, and set Stanford University as his dream school to sprint, but unfortunately, it is also very realistic, Stanford University did not issue him an admission letter, and in the end he could only go to Boston University, which is guaranteed.

But he knew about this university he wanted to study in his previous life, so he knew that the state of Stanford University at this time was indeed lacking in foundation and faculty compared to those old famous schools, but it also had new thinking that those old famous schools did not have.

In May, Stanford University proposed a symbiotic system of business and scientific research, and founded the famous Stanford Industrial Park, which was later known as Silicon Valley.

Stanford University encourages students to rely on the campus to start a business, provide cheap rent, and can even open the university's laboratories for the companies that students start, and provide the school's equipment for innovation, in Stanford University, you can continue to absorb nutrients while chasing your dreams, you can be a teacher's student in the classroom, or you can hire a teacher to join your company to work for you and achieve a career when you start a business outside of class, you can take a leave of absence because of entrepreneurship, or you can continue to study after becoming famous.

This kind of symbiotic thinking of business and scientific research is the reason why Stanford, which has never been an unknown regional university in the 60s, has barely entered the top 30 by relying on microelectronics and physics, and then with the Silicon Valley wave in the 80s, it has surpassed countless old famous universities in just 40 years and is on an equal footing with Harvard and Yale.

Silicon Valley, which has been established for more than 20 years, has become famous all over the world because of the rise of the software industry and the Internet industry, and often dozens or even hundreds of multimillionaires have emerged within a month, and most of these new rich people are from Stanford University.

The school has been established for 120 years, and the first 80 years are slightly famous.

Over the next 40 years, 85 Nobel laureates and alumni founded companies with a combined market value of more than $3 trillion and 5.5 million jobs.

The success of the summer camp was the main reason why Stanford University was willing to offer Tommy Hawke an offer, and Tommy admitted in his application letter that he prefers to try his hand at entrepreneurship, put the lessons he learned in school through the entrepreneurial process, and the letter stated that he was the first generation of college students in his family.

Both Stanford University and the University of Southern California have a habit of admitting the first generation, the first person in their family to get into college, with the same grades and resumes, on the grounds that the first generation may be more resilient than others.

"Even if it's not a full scholarship, the money you earn is enough to pay for your own tuition." Otilia said a little sadly: "Stanford University is in California, too far away, but unfortunately Brown University didn't give you an admission letter, otherwise you can study in Providence like Dennis and Pam, and I can still drive to Providence after work and make an appointment to watch a movie with you." ”

The total income of the summer camp is 350,000 yuan, and after deducting the school's share of 140,000 yuan that is not subject to tax with education funds, and the remaining 210,000 yuan is paid various taxes totaling up to 44%, the remaining 116,000 yuan is divided equally with Dennis and Pam to receive 38,900 yuan each.

Yes, in the end, it was only 38,900 yuan.

Tommy Hawke crossed over and did not enjoy the benefits of low-income people, but as soon as he made some money, he understood the reason why the rich wanted to avoid taxes or tax exemptions in every possible way, which was the result of the Reagan administration's continuous introduction of tax reduction and exemption policies in order to revitalize the society, and in the first two years after the end of World War II, it is said that the rich Americans even enjoyed personal income tax treatment of up to 94%.

The higher the income, the higher the tax pay, and it is divided into federal taxes, state taxes and municipal taxes, harvesting layer by layer, in short, the more money you make, the more money the government will take from you.

This is also the reason why after winning the lottery in the United States, most of the time the prize money received after tax deduction cannot even reach half of the winning amount.

Tommy Hawk looked at Otilia and smiled, "Are you sure you're going to call Dennis to watch a movie with Pam?" ”

"No, it won't." Otilia laughed and shook her head: "Just let them concentrate on their studies at Rhode Island Community College, oh my God, the resume of applying to the community college says that he helped a Nobel Prize winner complete his thesis, and I feel sorry for that resume." ”

Tommy Hawk picked up his acceptance letter, stood up and smiled: "Miss Farrell, thank you for your help these days, I am grateful to you and have some thoughts that you shouldn't have, so if one day you are going to find a man to marry, remember to call me first and ask, maybe I just have time and enough money at that time." ”

"You're too young, but I actually like mature men." Otilia smiled and got up, reached out and hugged Tommy gently, "Go spend the best four years of your life." ”

"I'll show you my mature side as soon as possible." Tommy let go of Otilia and turned to walk out of the office.