1. Of course, as the nation's most selectiveschool, Harvard is an extreme example, but the same is true at a variety of schools: scarcity rather than pure merit drives the process.
2. You're smart, you have everything you possibly could do in high school, but in the committee process (that highly selectiveschools use) it was not quite clear that you really stood out.
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 selectiveschool entrance test.
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。
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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.
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.
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.
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。
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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。
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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。
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11. Cancer Research UK's Andreas Schatzlein, based at the School of Pharmacy in London, said it was the first time that nanoparticles had been shown to target tumors in such a selective way.
