美国学霸四胞胎兄弟拒绝多所名校 最终选择耶鲁大学
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Now the Wade 1 quadruplets of Ohio, are set to study together at the same college after getting offers from dozens of institutions across the country.
在共收到了全国几十所大学的录取通知书之后,俄亥俄州韦德家的四胞胎于日前选择了去同一所大学。
The brothers from Liberty 2 Township, near Cincinnati, were all accepted for Harvard and Yale. After a lot of thought, they decided 3 they would continue to stick together by all taking the offer from Yale.
这四胞胎来自辛辛那提市的自由镇,他们同时被哈佛大学和耶鲁大学所录取。在经过认真思考之后,他们决定接受耶鲁大学的录取通知书,继续在一起。
NBC News said it had been an easy decision for 18-year-old Nick, Zach and Nigel Wade. "The school treated us like family," Nigel said the night the deadline for deciding which college to attend.
据美国国家广播公司报道,尼克、扎卡利和尼格尔很容易就做出了去耶鲁大学的决定。在决定去哪所大学的截止日当晚,尼格尔说:“耶鲁大学把我们当作家人。”
美国学霸四胞胎兄弟拒绝多所名校 最终选择耶鲁大学
But Aaron Wade, who was also accepted to Stanford University, was reportedly much less certain - especially after he visited Stanford's campus 4 in California.
但是还收到了斯坦福大学的录取通知书的亚伦却有些拿不准主意了,尤其是在他参观完位于加利福尼亚州的斯坦福大学之后。
"There was a part of me that didn't want to like the school because it would make my decision easy," he said. "Alas 5, that didn't happen. I loved it as well."
“真希望自己能有一点讨厌斯坦福大学,这样我就能更容易地做出选择了。”亚伦说:“唉,可是我真的太喜欢这所学校了。”
He added: "But at the end of the day, Yale made sense logistically, and it's an amazing school. I don't regret my decision even though right now it kind of feels like a sacrifice."
他补充说道:“但是在截止日那天,我还是选择了耶鲁大学,耶鲁大学太棒了。虽然现在感觉有点不甘,但我不会后悔自己的决定。”
The news channel said the four brothers decided on Yale after receiving an "extraordinary" financial aid package, which no other college could beat.
据该新闻频道报道,在收到耶鲁大学提供的丰厚的大学助学金--这是其他学校完全无法比拟的之后,这四兄弟做出了该决定。
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