Two US Ivy League universities saw application numbers drop this semester, with the reasons ranging from scandal to demographic changes, to a decline in the number of high school graduates in recent years.
在今年的申请中，美国的两所常青藤联盟的大学申请人数有所减少，原因有很多方面，有学校传出的丑闻，也有近几年高中毕业生减少的原因。
Dartmouth saw a steep drop in applications, which fell to 14 per cent at 19,235 – the biggest decline in 21 years, according to a university spokesman cited by Bloomberg.
据一位大学的发言人在Bloomberg说的情况，申请达特茅斯学院的人数减少了，
减少了14%只有19235的申请人——这是学校21年来下滑最严重的一次。The figures come after a year in which Dartmouth, based in New Hampshire, sought to clean up its image following reports of fraternity hazing, complaints about the failure to address sexual harassment, and allegations of gender-based discrimination on campus. Faculty have also protested the university’s Greek fraternity system, which they say promoted violence and binge drinking.
位于新罕布什尔州的达特茅斯学院，在友好关系的学校被爆出丑闻之后迅速恢复形象，同时处理性骚扰事件不成功以及校园内的性别歧视言论使得学校的申请人数下跌。学院老师也在抗议学校的Greek体系，其维护暴力行为和宾格酒。
Dartmouth spokesman Tommy Bruce said the university was taking the decline in applications “seriously” and were “investigating the causes”, the report said.
达特茅斯学院Tommy Bruce说学校把申请减少这件事看得很重要并且在探究原因。
The university has also decided to stop crediting high-school Advanced Placement courses – a move that could also impact future admissions as many applicants take AP courses.
达特茅斯学院决定不依托高中的高等课程——申请AP课程的人多了就会影响学校有更多的人申请。
Meanwhile, applications to Harvard University fell by 2.1 per cent, from 35,023 last year to just 34,295 this year.
与此同时，申请哈佛大学的人数与去年相比减少了2.1%,从去年的35023人减少到今年的34295人。
The university attributed the decrease to the “contraction in the number of US high school graduates” over the past two years.
哈佛大学认为这是在过去两年里高中毕业生减少的原因造成的。
The number of US high school graduates began to fall with the Class of 2012, according to a report last year by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Bloomberg reported.
Other Ivy League schools, however, such as Princeton, Yale and Brown universities and the University of Pennsylvania, saw upticks in applications. Columbia and Cornell universities have yet to release data.
然而，在其他常青藤联盟的高校如普林斯顿大学，耶鲁大学和布朗大学还有宾夕法尼亚大学，申请人数都有所增加。哥伦比亚大学和康奈尔大学还未公布数据。
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