在美国西部荒原,有这样一所特立独行的神秘学校:学制两年,每年招收13名男生,学费生活费全免。学生一边在上千公顷、与世隔绝的牧场上耕种放牧,一边接受来自哈佛、耶鲁等顶尖名校教授的言传身教。该校学术质量得分与哈佛并列第一,招生条件苛刻,不少学子甚至放弃美国常青藤名校的录取机会,慕名前往该校。

想进这学校可知有多难,但近日重庆南开中学学生彭书涵被美国深泉学院录取,在深泉学院的历史上,仅录取过包括两名分别来自苏州和南京的男生(后者放弃就读),而彭书涵将成为第二个前往该校就读的大陆学生。彭书涵体验式面试是为期4天的荒漠牧场之旅。“杀猪、挤牛奶、骑马、喂牛、清理仓库……全是西部牛仔的工作!”

(以上中文新闻内容摘自搜狐)

【沪江小编】神秘的Deep Springs College(深泉学院/幽泉学院)近日在网络上引起了非常多的关注,有人说这是美国最神秘大学,有人说这是美国最牛学校,小编就来给大家科普下这所神秘的深泉学院!

深泉学院在哪儿?

Deep Springs is a private, alternative college in Deep Springs, California, in the United States. A two-year college, the institution currently aims for a student body size of 26, though the number is occasionally lower.
深泉学院是位于美国加州深泉的一所特殊的私立学校。这是一所两年制学院,学院目前的目标学生人数是26人,不过有时全校学生人数会少于26。

深泉学院只有男生吗?

From its inception in 1917, the college has been all-male, until its board voted, in fall 2011, that it would begin accepting female students in the summer of 2013.
深泉学院成立于1917年,学校建立之初为男校,但在2011年经过董事会投票,学校从2013年夏天开始接收女性学生。

深泉学院学费贵吗?

Tuition and board are free – each student receives a scholarship valued at about $50,000 – making this a cashless campus and one of a handful of free colleges in the US.
深泉学院的学费和生活费全免,每位学生将获得大约金额为5万美元的奖学金,这是美国为数不多的免费大学。

在深泉学院上什么课?

Scholars at Deep Springs study philosophy and international relations – but they also learn how to skin sheep and herd cattle. Students must spend at least 20 hours a week doing "labour" to keep the college-cum-ranch ticking over: cooking, cleaning, gardening, milking cows, herding cattle, moving hay, butchering chickens, wiring cables, sorting library books, fixing vehicles.
在深泉学院就读,学生们不仅需要学习哲学和国际关系,还需要学习如何牧羊放牛。学生们每周至少要花20个小时劳动才能保证学校正常运作:做饭、清扫、园艺、挤奶、放牛、种草、杀鸡、装电线、整理图书馆书籍和修车等。

从深泉学院毕业后会如何?

Deep Springs does not bestow degrees. Graduates earn academic credits that tend to knock a year off subsequent university courses back in the outside world. Most graduates end up at Ivy League schools.
深泉学院不授予学位,毕业生们在深泉就读两年获得学分,接下来将回到外面的世界继续学习,学分可以转入别的大学相当于一年的课业。大部分深泉学院的毕业生最后都去常春藤名校就读。

深泉学院校训:

Deep Springs is founded on three principles, commonly called the "three pillars": academics, labor, and self-governance.
深泉学院的办学宗旨为:学术、劳动、自治。

"The desert has a deep personality; it has a voice. Great leaders in all ages have sought the desert and heard its voice. You can hear it if you listen, but you cannot hear it while in the midst of uproar and strife for material things. Gentlemen, for what came ye into the wilderness? Not for conventional scholastic training; not for ranch life; not to become proficient in commercial or professional pursuits for personal gain. You came to prepare for a life of service, with the understanding that superior ability and generous purpose would be expected of you."-Deep Springs Founder L.L. Nunn, 1923
创始人、企业家卢西恩·卢修斯·纳恩谈创校理念:“在荒野深处存在着振聋发聩的声音,那是在熙熙攘攘、物欲横流的社会中所缺乏的,只有最卓然不群的、真正的领袖人物才会试着去亲近孤独,寻找并倾听到这个声音。绅士们,你们来到最狂野的西部沙漠深处,不仅仅为了传统的书本知识学习,不仅仅为了体验牛仔生活、成为一个男子汉,不仅仅为了个人未来的物质享受与职业追求,更重要的,是学会为一个更好的社会而贡献、效力。你们要明白,在这里,你们将获得的不仅是最顶尖的能力,也承载了最宏伟的志向——无私地运用你的能力让这个社会变得更美好。”