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1、NewHorizonCollegeEnglishThirdEditionReadingandWritingBookOneUnit1FreshStartTextATowardaBrightFutureforAllBeforereadingBeforereadingTextA,youmayneedtoknowthefollowingthingstohelpyouwithabetterunderstanding.AmericanhighereducationIntheUnitedStates,studentscanchoosetogotocollegeafterhighschoo
2、l.(Theycanalsochoosetogostraighttotheworkforceafterhighschool.)Theyhavetheoptionofattendingatwo-yearcommunitycollegebeforeapplyingtoafour-yearuniversity.Admissiontocommunitycollegeiseasier,tuitionislower,andclasssizesareoftensmallerthanatauniversity.Communitycollegestudentscanearnanassocia
3、tedegreeandtransferuptotwoyearsofcoursecreditstoauniversity.Collegeanduniversitystudentsneedtopaytuition,butmanyearnscholarshipsorreceiveloans.Althoughadmissionspoliciesvaryfromoneuniversitytoanother,mostdetermineadmissionbasedonseveralcriteria,includingastudent'shighschoolcourseofstudy,hi
4、ghschoolGradePointAverage(GPA),participationinextracurricularactivities,SAT(ScholasticAssessmentTest)orACT(AmericanCollegeTesting)examscores,awrittenessay,andpossiblyapersonalinterviewwitharepresentativefromtheadmissionsoffice.MoststudentsintheUnitedStatestaketheSATReasoningTestortheACTdur
5、ingtheirfinalyearofhighschool.EachuniversitysetsaminimumSATorACTscorethatastudentmustachieveinordertogainadmission.Thesearestandardizedquantitativeexaminations.TheSATtestscriticalreading,mathematics,andwritingskills.TheACTtestsEnglish,mathematics,reading,sciencereasoning,andincludesanoptio
6、nalwritingtest.Extracurricularactivitiesmayincludescholasticclubs,athleticteams,studentgovernment,andphilanthropicclubs.Voluntaryparticipationinthesekindsofactivitiesisanindicationthatastudenthaslearnedvaluablelifelessons,suchasteamwork,leadership,orcivicresponsibility.Universitystudentspu
7、rsuingabachelor'sdegreearecalled"undergraduates";studentspursuingamaster'sordoctoraldegreearecalled"graduatestudents".Mostuniversitiesgiveundergraduatestudentsaliberaleducation,whichmeansstudentsarerequiredtotakecoursesacrossseveraldisciplinesbeforetheyspecial
