moon illusion

It was 16:23 local time when the plane landed at Newark Liberty International Airport.The flight that Yun Zaye took landed at waypoint B.

After getting off the plane, Yun Zaye went to the luggage tray to pick up his luggage, and then took the airport light rail AirTrain to the NJTransit station at the airport.About 9 minutes later, Yun Zaye arrived at the NJTransit bus station, then transferred to the Northeast Corridor line of NJTransitTrain, and got off at the Princeton Junction station.Immediately afterwards, at the PrincetonJunction station, I changed to the DinkyTrain, a small train with only one carriage, and arrived at Princeton University in 5 minutes.

Princeton, which is in the temperate monsoon climate zone, still maintains a relatively high temperature in mid-August.Standing at the gate of the school, Yun Zaye couldn't help feeling secretly - the school has the most beautiful and elegant campus in the United States, with trees and grass everywhere, antique castle-like buildings, finely carved stone art, a quiet and serene environment Life, the aristocratic atmosphere shrouded in a strong cultural atmosphere, makes it favored by almost all the children of the upper class in the United States.

Among the Ivy League schools, Princeton University has the second-smallest student population, just ahead of Dartmouth College.It has only more than 500 undergraduates, and only one-third of undergraduates for graduate students.Compared with Cornell University, which has more than 7000 students, the atmosphere on the Princeton campus is much quieter and more peaceful.

The small town of Princeton, New Jersey, where it is located, is in the middle of Philadelphia and New York. It has an elegant environment and affluent life. It is one of the towns with the highest per capita income in New Jersey.Originally, before the American Revolutionary War, British Quakers and immigrants from Denmark established homes in this formerly Indian-inhabited area.The town became famous in 1777, where General Washington defeated General Korver, the first victory in the history of the American Revolutionary War.

Princeton University moved here from Newark, about 1756 kilometers to the north, in 1896. At that time, it was still called "The College of New Jersey". In this year, the "Nassau Building" was built here. It is the largest academic building in the colonial era. architecture.It was not until [-] that it officially changed its name to Princeton University.

Due to the small size of the school and the small number of graduate students, the relationship between Princeton's undergraduates and professors is better than that of the average Ivy University.Most of the basic courses are taught in a large auditorium with 150 to 15 people, but students can enjoy the "tutorial system" of Princeton University-every week, students participate in small classes of [-] to [-] people, taught by professors or It is led by the teaching assistant to review the courses learned in the past week.This system was formulated by the famous president of Princeton University at the beginning of this century and later the president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson.It is now the most popular program among Princeton undergraduates, and it was one of the reasons that attracted Yun Zaiye to come here in the first place.

Princeton is very strict about academics and rarely flexible.Students do not take courses at Princeton University, unless they have special permission, generally do not give credits; the school does not strongly encourage students to leave school to study abroad or go to other schools in the United States for further study.Undergraduate education at Princeton focuses on independent study.Therefore, at the end of every year, you can see a group of sleep-deprived and exhausted senior students struggling day and night in the library, complaining endlessly. It is said that my tutor Xu Dao also borrowed from this point, so he locked himself in the laboratory for a week .But those who have experienced it say it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of their academic career.

In addition, Princeton University is also very distinctive in other aspects.The most important part of the social life of Princeton students, especially those senior students, is Princeton's famous thirteen eating clubs.Instead of eating in the school cafeteria, third graders join one of thirteen senior clubs.These aristocratic clubs are very similar in form to fraternities and sororities in other universities in the United States.

Eight of the clubs recruit new members through lottery, and the other five select new members they think are suitable in the spring of each year.Every year at this time, Princeton sparks a debate -- students who feel they have the right to decide who they eat with, and students who are outraged by the shallowness of the club's criteria for admitting new members.The club spent three days assessing and cross-examining the candidates, asking the candidates to answer questions such as: "If you were abandoned on a desert island, which music tapes would you bring with you?"

It is worth mentioning that the two oldest clubs in Princeton, "Tiger Hotel" and "Ivy", did not allow girls to join until the 90s.More people accused these clubs of invisibly creating a divide between upperclassmen and younger students.But for all its flaws, eating clubs do provide Princeton students with a sense of belonging and close friends.This is also undeniable.

Princeton, on the other hand, is unquestionably a major research university, ranked among the best in both academics and resources.For several years, in the most authoritative university ranking list of "U.S. News & World Report", its ranking has been steadily maintained in the top three, and the admission rate has been below 17.00%. In the 1998 university rankings released by "US News and World Report", Princeton University and Harvard University tied for the first place. For Princeton, this is well deserved.It has famous professors and scholars, the top five alumni donations in the country, the world's leading nuclear energy laboratory and engineering school, and a collection of more than 450 million books.

Students say it's hard to figure out which departments at Princeton aren't good enough.Its mathematics, philosophy and physics departments are particularly renowned, and its history, English, politics and economics departments are all well respected in academic circles.In addition, Princeton's writing program is also very good. The winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, the black female writer Toni Morrison, and the famous female writer Joyce Carol Oates (Joyce Carol Oates), who has been active in the American literary world since the 50s, are both Princeton The pride of the English Department.Young people who love literature and writing will benefit a lot if they become their students.

Yun Zaiye took out his mobile phone, took a picture of the Fitz Randolph gate of Princeton University and sent it to his parents, and then walked to the campus after reporting his safety.Before coming here, Yun Zaiye had heard the story of Fitz Randolph Gate——

The main entrance to the campus of Princeton University - Fitz Randolph Gate.

Because the school is not fortified, the school gate is just a sign, so there is no security guard at the school gate, and outsiders can come in and out freely.It has become a school tradition for freshmen to enter the school and graduates to leave from here every year.It is said that except for these two times, students are not allowed to go in and out of this gate during school, otherwise they will not be able to graduate.

Walking inward, you can see Nassau Hall, the oldest and most famous building in Princeton University.There are two bronze statues of tigers at the main entrance of the building, which are said to be the mascot of the school.

After two more steps, you will arrive at the Baroque-style Alexandria Hall of Princeton University. Inside the hall is a concert hall.

Go to the fork on the right and see the famous Blair Arch of Princeton University, a stone building in the 19th century.Next to it is the main library of Princeton University, the Flint Library.

Going forward, the number of people in front suddenly increased, and there were still many people watching.Yun Zaiye dragged his suitcase and walked forward. It turned out that a couple had their wedding ceremony at the Princeton University Chapel.Of course, one day in the future, Yun Zaiye will also dress up here, after all, the annual graduation ceremony is held here.

Unknowingly, Yun Zaiye walked downstairs to the graduate students' dormitory.After a friendly greeting with a few classmates who were out, Yun Zaye took out his mobile phone and dialed the teacher he had contacted before.

After a while, an amiable-looking teacher ran over to Yun Zaiye.

"Aiden?"

"Yes, it's me."

"My dearboy, nice tomeet you. I'm Mark. Now come with me, I'll show you your dormitory."

Yun Zaye nodded, carrying his luggage and quickly followed the teacher to find his dormitory.

"This is your dormitory. Your roommate is also a child from China. His name is Adam." Then, the teacher opened the door and handed the key to Yun Zaiye, "He should come later, you can contact meif you need anything."

"Ok, thank you." After greeting the teacher, Yun Zaye closed the door of the dormitory.

As expected of an aristocratic school, the dormitory for two is bigger than the room for four in Nanchuan University.

The cleanliness young master Yun took out the alcohol he had just bought off-campus from his backpack, and carefully wiped the bookshelf and wardrobe from top to bottom with wet wipes, until it reached the cleanliness standard of young master Yun, an hour had passed .

The next step is to open the suitcase and arrange the clothes, books and some daily necessities properly.After making the bed, Yun Zaye picked up the towel and nightgown and walked to the bathroom.

After I go out and look at the surrounding environment, I will start preparing for an in-depth and friendly relationship with this city tomorrow...