assuring its continued operation. The earliest known official reference to Harvard as a "university" occurs in the new of 1780. During his 40-year tenure as Harvard president (1869–1909), Charles William Eliot radically transformed Harvard into the pattern of the modern research university. Eliot's reforms included elective courses, small classes, and entrance examinations. The Harvard model influenced American education nationally, at both college and secondary levels.

Harvard has the financial endowment of any non-profit organization (behind the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), standing at $26 billion as of September 2009

学术机构

Harvard today has nine faculties, listed below in order of foundation: [7]

The (1920)

The (1922) (1936)

In 1999, the former Radcliffe College was reorganized as the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. In February 2007, the Harvard

formally approved the Harvard Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences to become the 14th School of Harvard (Harvard School of Engineering and ).

录取

Harvard College accepted 7% of

applicants for the class of 2013, a record low for the school's entire

[84]history. The number of acceptances was lower for the class of 2013 partially because the university anticipated

increased rates of enrollment after announcing a large increase in financial aid in 2008. For the class of 2011, Harvard accepted fewer than 9% of applicants, with a yield of 80%. "America's Best Colleges 2009" ranked Harvard #2 in selectivity (in a tie with Yale,

Princeton and MIT, behind Caltech), and first in rank of the best national

[85]universities.

体育

Harvard's athletic rivalry with Yale is intense in every sport in which they meet, coming to a climax each fall in their annual football meeting, which dates back to 1875 and is usually called simply The Game. While Harvard's football team is no longer one of the country's best teams as it often was a century ago during football's early days (it won the

Rose Bowl in 1920), both it and Yale have influenced the way the game is played. Older than The Game by 23 years, the Harvard-Yale Regatta划船 was the

original source of the athletic rivalry between the two schools. It is held annually in June on the Thames River in eastern Connecticut. The Harvard crew is typically considered to be one of the top teams in the country in . Today, Harvard field’s top teams in several other sports, such as ice hockey (with a strong rivalry against Cornell), squash墙网球; 壁球, and even recently won NCAA titles in Men's and Women's Fencing击剑. Harvard also won the Intercollegiate Sailing Association National Championships in 2003.

哈佛图书馆自习室墙上的训言（快考试了，大家加油）

1.此刻打盹，你将做梦；而此刻学习，你将圆梦。

2.我荒废的今日，正是昨日殒身之人祈求的明日。

3.觉得为时已晚的时候，恰恰是最早的时候。

4.勿将今日之事拖到明日。

5.学习时的苦痛是暂时的，未学到的痛苦是终生的。

6.学习这件事，不是缺乏时间，而是缺乏努力。

7.幸福或许不排名次，但成功必排名次。

8.学习并不是人生的全部。但，既然连人生的一部分——学习也无法征服，还能做什么呢？

9.请享受无法回避的痛苦。

10.只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。

11.谁也不能随随便便成功，它来自彻底的自我管理和毅力。

12.时间在流逝。

13.现在淌的哈喇子，将成为明天的眼泪。

14.狗一样地学，绅士一样地玩。

15.今天不走，明天要跑。

16.投资未来的人是，忠于现实的人。

17.教育程度代表收入。

18.一天过完，不会再来。

19.即使现在，对手也不停地翻动书页。

20.没有艰辛，便无所获。

附上英文版：

1. This moment will nap, you will have a dream; But this moment study,you will interpret a dream.

2. I leave uncultivated today, was precisely yes

terday perishestomorrow which person of the body implored.

3. Thought is already is late, exactly is the earliest time.

4. Not matter of the today will drag tomorrow.

5. Time the study pain is temporary, has not learned the pain islife-long.

6. Studies this matter, lacks the time, but is lacks diligently.

7. Perhaps happiness does not arrange the position, but succeeds mustarrange the position.

8. The study certainly is not the life complete. But, sincecontinually life part of - studies also is unable to conquer, what butalso can make?

9. Please enjoy the pain which is unable to avo

id.

10. Only has compared to the others early, diligently diligently, canfeel the successful taste.

11. Nobody can casually succeed, it comes from the thoroughself-control and the will.

12. The time is passing.

13. Now drips the saliva, will become tomorrow the tear.

14. The dog equally study, the gentleman equally plays.

15. Today does not walk, will have to run tomorrow.

16. The investment future person will be, will be loyal to the realityperson.

17. The education level represents the income.

18. One day, has not been able again to come.

19. Even if the present, the match does not stop changes the page.

20. Has not been difficult, then does not have attains

哈佛大学的毕业生中共有六位曾当选为美国总统。他们是约翰.亚当斯(美国第二任总统)、约翰.昆西.亚当斯、拉瑟福德.海斯、西奥多.罗斯福、富兰克林.罗斯福(连任四届)和约翰.肯尼迪。

再加上现在的布什一共是七位.

John Adams

John Quincy Adams

Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Franklin D. Roosevelt

申请文件清单

一、照片、毕业证书、在读证明等证照

二、中英文对照成绩单

三、toefl成绩和 sat 成绩或者a-level 成绩

四、个人简历（cv） 五、2－4封推荐信 六、个人陈述 七、有代表性的获奖证书 八、发表过的论文 九、特殊专业所需的硬性材料 十、财产证明（3-6个月冻结期） 十一、护照

一、参加托福（TOEFL）考试

（一）考试时间：这项考试每年在中国举办4次，分别是1月16日、5月15日，8月8日和10月24日。

（二）成绩要求：美国多数大学对申请研究生的对象通常要求托福成绩在550分以上。

（三）最佳安排：最好能在大三结束、大四开始之前考托福，即参加8月8日的考试。

二、参加研究生入学资格（GRE）考试

（一）考试时间：这项考试每年在中国举办3次，分别在2月、4月和10月。

（二）考试形式：分能力考试和专业考试两种。能力考试可以安排在出国的头年，专业考试可以安排在出国的当年。

（三）成绩要求：一般都能过。

三、参加英语口语和水平（TSE）考试

考试时间：这项考试每年在中国举办4次，分别在1月、5月、8月和10月。

四、准备本科四年的成绩单

（一）因为往往是提前到大三就申请出国留学，所以一般只能取得三年的成绩单。

（二）成绩单既要中文原件，也要准备英文译件，而且两份文件要同时加盖公章封入信封，信封上还须再加盖封签章。

（三）美国各大学要求要准备一至二份成绩单，因此，如果联系的是5所大学，就要准备10份成绩单。

五、准备一份自我介绍材料（personal statement）

（一）字数：500～1000字。

（二）要求：要写出自己对本专业的很成熟和独到的看法；说明自己的精神状态以及对前途的设想；要写得有感染力。

（三）自我介绍材料必须用英文。

六、写三封推荐信

推荐信一般请大学领导、教授或知名人士来写。

七、写个人简历

个人简历包括教育背景、工作经验和自己各方面的优势与长处，要言简易赅。

八、准备一份论文或论文提纲