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1·Of course, as the nation's most selective school, Harvard is an extreme example, but the same is true at a variety of schools: scarcity rather than pure merit drives the process.

当然，作为美国筛选最严格的学校，哈佛是一个极端的例子，大事其他许多学校也是如此：稀缺性而不仅仅是成绩在掌控者整个录取过程。

2·You're smart, you have everything you possibly could do in high school, but in the committee process (that highly selective schools use) it was not quite clear that you really stood out.

你很聪明，你在高中表现的很好，但是在招生审批过程（招生非常严格挑剔的院校通常采用）中不太确定你是否脱颖而出。

3·Anglo families have a different sense of what a child's life should look like and they are really concerned about narrowing a child's life down to passing the selective school entrance test.

在对孩子应该拥有怎样生活这一问题上，英裔家庭有着不同的观点。他们非常担心把孩子的生活仅仅局限于通过精英中学入学考试。

4·Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school is, the less likely it is to do so.

不是所有的大学都会提供奖学金；一般来说，越挑剔的学校越不可能这样做。

5·Yet, she noted, many young people are especially unwilling to take risks at school afraid that one low test score or poor grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.

然而，她指出，许多年轻人尤其不愿意在学校冒险，担心考试分数低或成绩差会让他们失去进入名牌大学的机会。

6·She noted, many young people are especially risk averse at school—afraid that one low test score or mediocre grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.

她指出，许多年轻人尤其不愿意在学校冒险，担心一次考试的分数低或成绩差会让他们失去进入名牌大学的机会。

7·It's a tricky question to answer, but for a snapshot, the Wall Street Journal examined this year's freshman classes at eight highly selective colleges to find out where they went to high school.

回答这个问题是非常棘手的，但是可以简略的说一下。华尔街日报在选定的八所高等学校中调查了今年的大一新生，看看他们读的是哪所高中。

8·Admissions are selective and the decision is based on official school transcripts, records, testing and other evaluative procedures.

µ招生是有选择性和决定是基于官方学校成绩单、记录、测试和其他评价程序。

9·The school boasts one of the most respected, and selective, undergraduate business programs in the country.

沃顿商学院有美国最受人尊敬、筛选最严格的本科商业课程。

10·Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school, the less likely it is to do so.

并非所有的大学提供奖学金的，一般情况下，更有选择性的一所学校，就越有可能是这样做。