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来自柴振明的问题

　　“Whichcollegeareyougoingto?”Manyhighschoolstudentsareoftenaskedthisquestion.ForsometheanswerisHarvardStanfordPrincetonoranotherfamousuniversity.ForothersitmightbeStateUasmallliberalartcollegeorevenacommunitycollege.Whetherhighschoolstudents’answerisaprivatetopcollegeoralargepublicuniversityitshouldbetheirbest-fitchoice.

　　Admissionratestosomeofthecountry’stopuniversityhavebeendroppingforyearsnowwithmanyadmittinglessthan10percentofapplicants.Thismakesthesecollegesallthemoredesirabletosomeapplicantsbecausetheythinkbeingadmittedtooneofthesehighlyselectivecollegesguaranteessuccess.

　　Thetruthisthatnamebranddoesn’tmakeacollegeagoodchoiceforyou.JustaskoneofthestudentswhowereadmittedtoalleightIvyLeaguecolleges(常春藤名牌大学)thisyear.HeturnedthemalldowntoattendtheUniversityofAlabamawhichbestmethisfinancialandacademicneeds.

　　Justlikeanythingelseinlifewhensomethingisgoodfititworks.Studentsthatattendcollegesthatmatchtheiracademicsocialandfinancialneedswhilestillprovidinganacademicallychallengingenvironmentaremorelikelytograduateontime.Ontheotherhandstudentswhoattendcollegesthatarenotgoodfitaremorelikelytostrugglefeelanxietyandstressandfailtogetoutinfouryears.Infactsomeofthecollegeswiththehighestgraduationratesaren’tintheIvyLeague.

　　It’sgoodfitthatleadstogoodoutcomes—notthenameofaschool.Justlookatsomeofthecollegeswiththehigheststartingsalaries.CollegeslikeMontanaTechandOregonHealthandScienceUniversityareamongthetop10collegeswiththehighestearly-careersalaries---withStanfordandtheIvyLeaguesbarelymakingthetop25.

　　NosinglecollegeisgoingtobeagreatfitforeverystudentandthisespeciallyappliestotheIvyLeaguesandotherwell-knowncolleges.Thatacollegejusthasafamousnamedoesn’tmeanit’sgoingtoguaranteesuccessincollegeoryourcareer.

　　24.WhatisimpliedintheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph2?

　　A.Universitiesadmitfewerandfewerstudentsnow.

　　B.It’smorechallengingforstudentstoentertopuniversitiesnow.

　　C.It’smorechallengingfortopuniversities