The ivies trail over the walls.

常青藤蔓延于墙上。

If she is a youngster, roses and ivies will suit her best.

如果她是一个年轻，玫瑰和常春藤适合她最好的。

This is was green at a time when other ivies had pooped out.

这株常春藤在其他常春藤已凋谢时依然青翠。

Several Ivies, including Harvard, rejected a record number of applicants this year.

几所常青藤，包括哈佛在内，今年拒绝的申请者人数创下了历史记录。

Star professors at many universities, including the Ivies, never go near undergrads.

许多大学的大牌教授（其中也包括“常春藤联盟”的）从来不与本科生近距离接触。

He even joined the school basketball team and became active in many other act ivies.

他甚至加入了学校篮球队，变得在许多其它的活动中很活跃。

All Ivies saw record applications this year (though Cornell hasn't released its final tally).

今年，常青藤盟校里每所学校的申请人数都创下新高(虽然康奈尔大学还未公布其最终数据)。

But parents who expect the Ivies to ensure their kids' success are going to be disappointed.

但是希望自己的孩子上名牌大学的父母一般会失望。

In the past five years Trinity School sent 41% of its graduates to the Ivies, MIT or Stanford.

在过去的5年内，Trinty预科学校已经把41%的毕业生送进了这些长青藤大学，麻省理工大学或斯坦福大学。

As an example, imagine that 20 years ago Ms. Uwamanzu-Nna had applied to just four of the Ivies.

举例来说，设想20年前乌瓦曼祖-纳只申请了四所藤校。

Unlike smaller private colleges, including the Ivies, state schools have an expansive population of graduates.

包括常春藤联校在内的私立学校规模较小，而州立大学的毕业生人数较多。

Date fellow graduates and faculty of the Ivies, Seven Sisters, MIT, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Accredited Medical Schools and a few others. The Right Stuff.

约会常春藤、七姐妹联盟、麻省理工，斯坦福、约翰霍普金斯，医学院等其他名校的在校和毕业生。

They may not be as competitive as the Ivies, but there's plenty of rejection to go around in the sampling of 10 major state universities examined by NEWSWEEK.

也许这些学校的竞争不比常青藤盟校，但据《新闻周刊》(Newsweek)调查，抽取的十所主要州立大学的拒收率却也相当高。

If you go from high school you will apply to the college, not to the university which is for graduate schools. These Ivies are liberal arts colleges and part of a university.

如果你是一个高中申请者，那么你申请的对象就是这些学院，而不是代表研究生院的大学。