A
If you’ve applied or are currently applying to Ivy (常春藤) League schools, you’ve likely heard the phrase “Ivy Day”.
What Is Ivy day?
Ivy Day, or Ivy Admissions Day, is the day when all Ivy League schools release their regular admissions decisions online for regular decision first-year applicants. The eight Ivie—Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale—typically release their decisions at the same exact time.
Because all Ivies release their admissions notifications at the same time through their respective online portals (门户网站), and because applicants are eager to get their results as soon as possible, Ivy Day often means long loading times and a bigger chance of page crashes due to the heavy online traffic. Therefore, if you hit any major online traffic or are facing constant page crashes, it might be better to get off your computer and wait an hour or two until the traffic dies down a bit and you can check your admissions results without issue.
Top schools that are not in the Ivy League typically have different decisions release dates. In 2018, Amherst released its admissions decisions earlier than Ivy Day on March 23. Occasionally, a non-Ivy school’s decisions release date overlaps with Ivy Day; NYU, for instance, released its decisions on Ivy Day in 2018
When Is Ivy day 2020?
Unfortunately, the exact date for Ivy Day 2020 has not yet been officially confirmed by any Ivy League schools. Below is a table showing Ivy Days from previous years and their days, dates, and times:
|
Year
|
Ivy Day & Date
|
Time Decisions Released
|
|
2019
|
Thursday, March 28
|
5 pm ET
|
|
2018
|
Wednesday, March 28
|
7 pm ET
|
|
2017
|
Thursday March 30
|
5 pm ET
|
1. What do we know about Ivy Day?
A. All Ivies release their decisions on the same website.
B. Some non-Ivy schools may release decisions on this day.
C. Not all the eight Ivies release decisions on the same day.
D. Top schools always release decisions before this day.
2. When having trouble getting access to the page on Ivy day, you can ________.
A. consult your friends
B. call the admission officer
C. keep refreshing the page constantly
D. wait patiently and then access the website
3. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To tell the exact date of Ivy Day 2020.
B. To help applicants choose the ideal school.
C. To show applicants information of the Ivy Day 2020.
D. To encourage students to apply to the Ivy league schools.
【答案】1. B 2. D 3. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要给申请者介绍了2020年常春藤日的相关信息。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“Occasionally, a non-Ivy school’s decisions release date overlaps with Ivy Day; NYU, for instance, released its decisions on Ivy Day in 2018”可知，有时，非常春藤学校的决定发布日期与常春藤日重叠；例如，纽约大学在2018年常春藤日发布了决定。由此可知，一些非常青藤学校可能会在常青藤日发布决定。故选B项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Therefore, if you hit any major online traffic or are facing constant page crashes, it might be better to get off your computer and wait an hour or two until the traffic dies down a bit and you can check your admissions results without issue.”可知，因此，如果你遇到任何主要的在线流量或面临持续的页面卡住，最好离开你的电脑，等待一两个小时，直到流量稍微下降，你可以查你的招生结果而不出问题。故选D项。
3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“If you’ve applied or are currently applying to Ivy (常春藤) League schools, you’ve likely heard the phrase ‘Ivy Day’.”“What Is Ivy day?”和最后一段中的“Unfortunately, the exact date for Ivy Day 2020 has not yet been officially confirmed by any Ivy League schools.”可推知，本文的主要目的是给申请者介绍2020年常春藤日的信息。故选C项。
