Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Fishville's Notes: In virtually every civilization, a dream for many parents to have is to witness our kids who grew up in our humble household to become a contributing member in the society. We have a few of these moments so far after our son graduated from college. Now we would like to share an example as he participated in a talk show on Ivy League colleges. This was part of his professional duties from his first job when he worked as an entry-level consultant for a San Francisco based college consulting company. He left there in the spring of this year to pursue his "real" career down the road. We have to confess that we were excited initially to watch this conversation on screen because it demonstrated a kid who usually running inside the house is not a child anymore. The general description on Ivy League's culture would be valuable for some of the high school students who may have a dream to go there. In that sense, we are deeply appreciated Michael, who is in the middle of his GRE preparation, to voluntarily make efforts to document the whole conversation into the written script containing both Chinese and English. It was for sure a tedious job for Michael to accomplish which we wish his efforts paid off. If there were typos or errors, it should be due to my proof reading.

有关常春藤盟校的访谈

M (Marian): 各位观众大家好，欢迎来到今天的《智胜看教育》节目，我是节目主持人Marian You——智胜教育的升学顾问. 今天来到我们节目当中的是我们智胜教育新加入智胜顾问团队的一位顾问，名叫Jason Wu。Hi, Jason!

J (Jason): Hi, Marian! Thanks for introducing me! My name is Jason. I graduated recently from Yale with a BA in English and I will be talking today about Ivy League schools.

Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Photo Courtesy: Fishville

Fishville's Notes: In response to the state budget crisis, one of the strategies is to increase the share of out-of-state college students because they were obligated to pay a few times more than in-state students. For instance, the in-state tuition at University of Michigan is around $12K while its out-of-state students have to pay over $37K per year. Michigan's out-of-state students are 40% now, almost like a private university as you might be aware that approximately 50% of student body at Stanford University were from California. Is that possible for out-of-state students being converted to in-state status after their freshman year? The answer is very difficult to change the residency status these days as state legislatures were busy to create new laws to prohibit this from happening. But there are some consortium programs available for the neighboring states, for example students from Minnesota would pay less than students from Missouri to attend University of Wisconsin at Madison.

The Latest (Shhhh! --Secret) College Admissions Trend

Steve Cohen, Contributor, 8/29/2011, The Forbes

Co-author of the best-selling college admissions book, Getting In!

The college admission season is gearing up in full- force, and it promises to be just as crazily competitive as last year.  Understandably, families are searching for any small edge they can find.  One of best-kept secrets in college admissions this coming year is that many top state universities will be admitting more out-of-state applicants than they ever have.

This opens up a whole new group of schools that were formerly much more difficult to get into.  We’re talking about great schools , sometimes lots more openings, and for a few campuses, slightly easier academic standards!