Silicon Valley
v2 Chapter 394: Williams College
Williams College may not be well-known in China, but it is a prestigious school in the eyes of Americans. It is even more popular than Harvard University. It is the most famous aristocratic college in the United States! The college has a long history. It not only created a precedent for interscholastic sports confrontation, but it was also the first school in the United States to use graduation ceremonies and bachelor graduation costumes.
Henry really didn't know how much it would cost to buy a school in the United States.
As the head of the liberal arts college, Williams College must be very expensive. However, the college covers an area of 450 acres, has 315 teachers and about 2,000 students. In terms of scale, it is really small and pitiful. Harvard University has more than 6,700 undergraduates, and more than 14,000 master and doctoral students. The number of students at Harvard University exceeds that of Williams College by 10 times.
At present, the tuition fee of Williams College is: $44,920/year.
Board and lodging: $11,850/year.
The total is only 56,000 US dollars.
Enrolling about 500 students every year, then only 28 million US dollars a year.
And the 28 million US dollars has not eliminated the college’s operating costs, including teachers’ salaries, school repairs, equipment maintenance, and so on. In addition, scholarships and bursaries for students are also a huge sum of money, and Williams School will provide these "financial support" to 45% of students as much as possible. Thinking about it this way, running a school in the United States doesn't make much money! Perhaps, others don't make money by searching tuition fees, but by donating funds!
The prestigious schools in the United States provide scholarships and grants as much as possible. Many students will be grateful after graduation and give back to their alma mater from time to time. Harvard University’s endowment fund is as high as more than 30 billion U.S. dollars. Don’t you say you have money?
Schools that are based on education and do not aim to make students' money will be richer! This may be the cause and the effect...
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Henry subsequently issued a purchase request to Williams College, offering to acquire it for $1 billion.
The shareholders of a private school are called the board of directors, which constitute the school board of directors, which can make decisions about the major affairs of the school. If it was another acquisition of Williams College, it would not be possible to acquire it if it had money. Most of the directors of Williams College are keen on education, and a billion dollars may not make them move.
However, Henry is different. Cisco has established hundreds of primary and secondary schools, and Henry's reputation is also well-known in the education industry. Moreover, Henry is also a well-known novelist, scientist, and a universally recognized super genius who invented the new material of graphene! He wanted to buy Williams College and run a university, and he naturally won the support of the school board. The reason for choosing Williams College, everyone is also very clear about the reason, because the school’s name is the same as his surname.
Soon, the school board of Williams College responded and agreed to be acquired.
On February 7, the contract was signed.
On February 20th, Williams College moved from Massachusetts, USA to Williams, California.
Henry personally served as the headmaster of Williams.
Williams College originally had more than 300 teachers. Henry also dug more than 400 professors from world-renowned universities such as Harvard, MIT, Cambridge, and Oxford to expand the school's faculty and increase the graduate school. The original Williams College had only an undergraduate. However, the new Williams College is still based on the original education method and still belongs to the noble school. However, the difficulty of enrolling students has increased and it is the highest in the world!
Only 1,000 undergraduates and 500 postgraduates are enrolled each year.
Henry hopes that the students of Williams College going out are the top talents in the world!
As for the Williams city government, with the help of the Henry think tank team, it has gradually improved and is on the right track. At this time, Williams College also began the work of enrolling students, but the application conditions are: the total score of the US college entrance examination sat test is not less than 2100 points (out of 2400 points), or the score of the act test is not less than 27 points (out of 2400 points) 36 points).
These are just the prerequisites for registration. Admission or not can be decided by an interview.
As soon as the news of Williams College's enrollment spread, no mathematicians around the world signed up.
Among them, there are many students with full scores in sat and act exams. However, the top universities in the United States generally refuse to admit such students with perfect scores, thinking they are nerds.
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The weather in California in February and March does not feel cold in single clothes. The new campus of Williams College is magnificent, classical, and sci-fi. It covers an area of 6 times the original size and has 2,700 acres. Henry took off his mask and wandered around here pretending to be a Williams College student. Because his appearance has changed a lot, no one recognized him.
Henry walked to the gate of the school. At this moment, there were a lot of people, densely packed, and enrollment work was in progress. Henry sat on a big rock by the pond, enjoying the gentle spring breeze, while watching Wu Mathematics come to sign up. For a while, Henry couldn't help but miss the scene of his previous university in the world. Although it has been a long time, it is still vivid and deeply touched!
At this time, a young girl walked across to Henry and stared straight at Henry, "Hello, can I sit here?" she asked.
"Of course." Henry smiled faintly and couldn't help but looked at her. The first is a very good figure, tall and slim. Secondly, she looks very beautiful and is an extremely rare beauty. Her skin was white and red, and her long blond hair was draped over her shoulders. But what surprised Henry was that her eyes were originally blue, but for a moment, her eyes turned purple. Although it was only a flash, Henry would never think that he was wrong. , Because at that moment, his brain was extremely active!
"Thank you!" the somewhat mysterious girl whispered, and sat opposite Henry.
"Are you here for the admissions interview?"
"Yes it is."
"You're young!?"
"I just turned 16 years old!"
"I came to enroll in Williams College at the age of 16, so it seems that you are a genius!" Henry was slightly surprised.
The girl did not answer, but looked at Henry and said to herself: "I know who you are!"
Henry was surprised when he heard it, "Really? Then tell me, who am I?!"
"The owner of Williams College!" the girl replied.
"How did you guess? You know, my appearance has changed a lot!" Henry asked curiously.
"secret."
"Secret?? Well, since it's a secret, then I won't ask. But, can you tell me what your name is?"
"Diffel."
Henry smiled and said, "Hello, Miss Defil, can you keep a secret for me? You know, I don't want others to know who I am..."
Defil nodded, and replied briefly: "Okay!"
With that said, Diffel stood up and walked away~lightnovelpub.net~ As soon as Diffel walked away, a thin boy of about 18 years old walked to Henry's side, "Hey, stay away from Diffel a little!"
"Your girlfriend?" Henry said lightly, "If it is, I will!"
"Oh, God, who would dare to ask her to be a girlfriend?! She and I are only from the same school!"
"Then what do you mean?" Henry asked curiously.
"I'm telling you," the boy looked around cautiously before he said, "Diffel is an orphan, withdrawn by nature, and is very evil. Everyone who offends her is crazy, even she The dean is crazy too! That's why I warned you not to approach her!"
"Oh, it turned out to be so! But I have to tell you a bad news..."
"What bad news?"
"She is looking at you now!"
(To be continued.)