哈佛:“Harvard welcomes students from across the country and all over the world,with diverse backgrounds and far-ranging talents and interests.”(哈佛歡迎世界各地的有不同背景、才能、興趣的學生)
耶魯:也提到雖然他們收到的75%的申請者在學術上都是滿足要求的,但是“the great majority of students who are admitted[are those who]stand out from the rest.”(被錄取的絕大多數學生是能在人群中脫穎而出的)
普林斯頓:“It is our mission at Princeton to ensure that our community is as diverse and intellectually stimulating as possible.”(我們的任務是確保普林斯頓的學生群體盡可能保持多樣化、能激發智力和思維的發展)
斯坦福:“We believe that the best education can develop only in a vibrant,diverse community that actively affirms both the differences among its members and their numerous points of connection.”(我們堅信只在有一個充滿生機的、多樣化的群體中,教育才能發展。這樣的群體既要有互不相同的成員,成員之間也要有多樣的連接點。)
哥倫比亞大學:“Columbia is committed to creating and supporting a community diverse in every way”(哥倫比亞致力于創造并支持一個在每種意義上都具有多樣性的群體)