Chapter 28 Extra System Functions
After two and a half days of visits by the two or three families, Beverly strongly recommended Sheldon Jr. to come to Princeton after confirming that he was going to college next year.
Locke learned that Beverly was also a professor at Princeton University, and took the opportunity to say that his target university was Princeton University, and that he would visit Princeton University with Peggy in a few days.
Taking advantage of the summer vacation to go to Princeton is a long-planned itinerary.
Linda and Peggy are here to visit, considering whether to let Peggy go to college here, while Rock is trying to get enough letters of recommendation to make sure she can get into Princeton University.
The colleges and universities in the United States were prepared for the upper class from the beginning, so the rules for selection were also very much in line with the atmosphere of the upper class.
In my previous life, many people despised the meritocracy of the Eastern Kingdom, and they all said that it was a single-plank bridge crowded by thousands of troops, and they often compared it with the meritocracy when they were admitted to the University of the United States.
The so-called quality-only theory is not to judge heroes by scores, but people who really understand the situation know that if you want to become a hero, you must either have money or power, to summarize it in a common sentence in later generations, that is, to have the ability to make money.
These heroes with the ability to make money, among which the heroes on the front line are the descendants of those who are super-rich.
The super-rich ancestors of these first-line heroes, or the rich generation, established relevant funds early, and then through these foundations, donated money to top schools to build buildings, donated expensive teaching equipment, and became the top donors of these schools.
When these front-line heroes need to go to college, even if they don't do anything, even if their grades in high school are rotten, and they are drunk and dreaming of death all day long, they can easily enter countless people who can't get into top schools with all their might, and become winners in life in the eyes of people.
In the words that once appeared on the Internet in the future, it is the family business and social status that people have worked hard to accumulate for several generations, is it not as good as your more than ten years of struggle, which can be described as a typical example of the starting point of others who have struggled for a lifetime.
Slightly worse second-tier heroes, their parents will donate hundreds of thousands of such 'insignificant' money to a prestigious school, and then become a member of the school's endowment committee.
That way, when it comes time for their children to apply to the university, the school's admissions office will prioritize admitting them.
At the same time, they will also arrange for their children to attend college preparatory courses, honor courses, and participate in various niche sports that represent qualities, such as equestrian and sailing.
Not to mention whether these niche sports can represent quality, the key is that the vast majority of students do not even have the money to buy equipment.
After some screening, the first- and second-tier banknote ability heroes successfully won, and the next places also need to consider mutated superpowers like Sheldon and Peggy, after all, in the United States, the rich rely on money ability, and the poor rely on mutation.
As a result, there are very few places that civilian students can compete for.
The rest of these civilian students, who have neither the ability to make money nor the super-IQ after mutation, need to do their best to take the SAT, which is the so-called academic ability assessment.
After going around and around like this, it turned back to what seemed to be a bit familiar, but at this time, because a large number of heroes had already arrived on the other side first, the number of passes for the single-plank bridge had been greatly reduced.
As an orphan in this life, Locke is naturally not a hero with the ability to make money, fortunately, he has a system plug-in, but he still needs to go through the program to increase his chances of passing through various methods.
Participating in the math Olympiad team, joining the baseball team, and college preparation are all things that Rock has prepared for this, but for insurance purposes, you also need a good number of letters of recommendation.
Locke, the principal and teacher of his school, had already done it, and even Locke had found Dr. Sturgis, but his letter of recommendation was a little short of Princeton.
These letters of recommendation are not high enough, and they do not carry enough weight for those top schools, and they cannot be defined.
That's why he thought about going to Princeton University to get to know the professors, especially those in the mathematics department, and see if he could get a chance to get their letters of recommendation.
The weight of the recommendation letter from the professors of this school is still very high, and even if it is valued by the professors of the Department of Mathematics, it is basically nine out of ten, as if the school will always have preferential treatment.
In the future, we also have to take into account the situation of the interviewer, if there is a female interviewer, it will be even better, and it is at this time that Locke feels that his charm value has not been improved in vain, and it is still very useful to have a handsome face.
After meeting Sheldon Jr. this time, there are not many opportunities to meet often, after all, the school in Dallas is still some distance away from Sheldon Jr.'s house, and they usually contact each other through the Internet.
The three of them were going to drive all the way to Princeton, the distance between the two places was more than 2,000 kilometers, and it took more than 20 hours to drive, but fortunately, there were two drivers, Locke and Linda, who were going to change and not be too tired.
Plan for three days each way, so you can have plenty of time and have a good rest along the way.
"You have a deep understanding of mathematics, and I would welcome you to study at Princeton in the future, this is my letter of recommendation, and I will also talk to a few friends about you."
In Princeton's office, a man in his fifties with some gray hair said to Locke.
"Then thank you, Dr. Gate."
Locke smiled and thanked the man in front of him, and after coming to Princeton University, he began to contact some professors in Princeton.
Relying on Beverly's introduction and her own excellent performance, she successfully won the favor of these people and got a number of weighty recommendation letters.
The goal is achieved, with the current situation, most of the enrollment next year will be nine out of ten, and as for Peggy, she will follow Linda to visit everywhere.
She doesn't worry about admission, and even these top schools will beg a young genius like her to come to school, and it's more to visit here, follow Linda to inspect the environment of Princeton, and consider whether to let Peggy come here next year.
Leaving Dr. Gate's office, Locke prepares to visit Beverly's house, after all, thanks to Beverly, he will be able to meet influential professors at Princeton University more easily.
Dr. Gate, in particular, admires Locke very much, and hints that Locke can go to his graduate school in the future, with an attitude of cultivating Locke as a future student.
In order to facilitate his movements, Locke rented a car here, went back to the hotel to get the prepared gifts, and then went to Beverly's house.
On the way, Locke also distracted himself from thinking about the new changes in the system, and after reaching 200 points of intelligence, the system has two new functions.
One of them is the necessary storage space for the traverser, which is only a cubic meter small, but it can already hold a lot of things, and it can also be expanded with potential points.
Locke was thinking about whether to get some self-defense firearms, because of the existence of meditation methods, he didn't have to go to the shooting range often, and Locke's firearm mastery skills could be practiced continuously.
Although I didn't put too much effort into this area, the experience points of the intermediate level were already halfway through, and at this rate, it would only take a year at most to reach the advanced level.
In the United States, there is still a gun on the body, so you can feel more at ease.
You can also get a long sword and dagger by the way, these cold weapons are also collected by many enthusiasts in the United States, and they can also be used on specific occasions with the skills mastered by cold weapons.
As for another change, in addition to the main profession, there is an additional column for the secondary profession.
According to the introduction, this profession cannot trigger quests, but if it is made in line with the achievements of the profession, achieving certain achievements, and increasing fame, there will also be potential point rewards.
This is equivalent to one more way to farm potential points, and Locke's first thought was to choose magicians as his second career.
But after carefully considering the conditions for obtaining potential points, he quickly denied it, and the achievement is better to say, the key is fame.
The magicians of this world need to hide themselves from ordinary people, that is, they cannot make their fame as a magician spread.
In this way, the acquisition of potential points will inevitably be greatly reduced, and it is better to consider another profession.