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Harvard University
☞ Recommended Movie: The Social Network
According to Lischen Study Abroad 360, the background in the movie is the Harvard campus. The film tells the story of Mark Zuckerberg, a second-year harvard student, who founded Facebook in his college dorm room. The film won four awards at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Music. Well worth a look.
Films related to Harvard University also include: "Love Story", "Strive to Be Upstream", "The Great Debater", "MindCatcher", "Legal Lady", "Wind and Rain Harvard Road", "Heaven Helps Me", "Black Giant Enterprise", "Mindcatcher", "Magic Smoke", "Gangster Hunting Order", "High to Harvard" and so on.
About Harvard University
Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, is a world-renowned private research university, is a well-known Ivy League member; here out of the 8 Presidents of the United States of America, hundreds of Nobel laureates have worked and studied here, in literature, medicine, law, business and other fields have a lofty academic status and wide influence, is recognized as one of the world's top higher education institutions.
University of Southern California
☞ Recommended movies: "Forrest Gump", "Kim Fayu", "Girl Next Door", "Devil's Nemesis", "Castle Quest", "Graduate" and so on.
USC is very close to Hollywood, and its campus has historic brick buildings and Ivy League-like landscaping, so THE USC campus scene is often used in thousands of movies, television, commercials, mV, and is the most commonly used by film producers to "play" other university locations, such as Harvard University and Oxford University in film and television.
About the University of Southern California
University of Southern California, located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by the Board of Governors, it is the oldest private research university in California and a world-renowned institution of higher learning. It is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as an "exceptionally high research university" with world-class research and teaching standards. The school has a large alumni network around the world, the Trojan family, which includes many famous people in politics, business, technology, art and other fields. At the same time, it is also a school full of movie stars and sports stars, and over the past 100 years, USC alumni have won more than 280 Olympic Games medals, ranking first among universities in the world.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bunker Hill Community College
☞ Recommended Movie: Mindcatcher
Mindcatcher is a 1997 film directed by Gus Van Sant that tells the story of an MIT cleaner named Will Hunting. The film was filmed in three boston colleges: havard university, the massachusetts institute of technology, and bunker hill community college.
Introduction to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT is a research-private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Massachusetts). MIT has a very important influence in both the United States and the world, has produced many people who have made an impact on the world, and is a pioneer in global high-tech and advanced research. Its physical sciences and engineering enjoy an excellent reputation in the world, as well as management, economics, philosophy, political science, and linguistics.
Princeton University princeton university
☞ Recommended Movie: "A Beautiful Mind"
The famous mathematician John Nash, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics, spent most of his time at Princeton University, and the Hollywood blockbuster "A Beautiful Mind" was based on him.
About Princeton University
Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, is a well-known private research university in the United States, one of the eight Ivy League universities. The Gothic campus crawling with ivy, telling the story of a beautiful mind. It is the cradle of American politicians, from which came two presidents and 44 American governors; it is the driving force behind the progress of mankind, 33 Nobel Laureates and many Chinese academic elites, here injected heavyweight capital into human civilization. Princeton students are required to follow a policy of academic integrity known as the Honor Code, so the school's exams are not invigilated by staff.
Indiana University
☞ Recommended Movie: "Farewell to Yesterday"
The story takes place in Indiana, where four good friends from humble backgrounds have just graduated from high school. Growing up in a mining farm, they are faced with life choices such as going to college, finding a job, joining the military, and facing a real society that is completely different from the campus, they feel at a loss – where do they want to go in the future? The four had to say goodbye to the traditional way of life of their fathers and reconsider their future.
About Indiana University
Founded in 1820, Indiana University is one of the oldest universities in the western Appalasian Mountains of the United States, with eight campuses nationwide. As a prestigious star university, Indiana University is widely recognized by all sectors of society in the United States. Currently, Indiana University ranks in the top 100 in the overall ranking of world universities.
University of Notre Dame
☞ Recommended Movie: "Chasing Dreams and Pure Hearts"
This is a film based on a true story, from which you can feel the atmosphere of Notre Dame University as a sports school.
About the University of Notre Dame
Founded in the mid-19th century, the University of Notre Dame has experienced more than a century of glory and is known throughout the United States as a private Catholic university and research university. As an aristocratic model among the elite universities in the United States, the university ranks among the top 20 universities in the United States for undergraduate education. In its annual college evaluation conducted by U.S. News and World Report from 2001 to 2009, Notre Dame University ranked 18th among all universities in the United States for undergraduate education, giving it the highest academic rating of five stars by the New York Times.
Wellesley College
☞ Recommended Movie: Lolita
The plot depicts British professor Han Pu (James Mason) who goes to teach at an American university and lives in the home of widow Charlotte (Shelly Winters), but unexpectedly falls in love with her daughter Lolita. Later, TV writer Quiddi lures Lolita away from the Professor, but does not give her a good life, and the Professor decides to kill him to avenge him.
Movie: The Simpsons, The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an animated sitcom by Fox Broadcasting in the United States, written by Matt Gröning. By showing the lives of Homer, Maggie, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie's family of five, the show satirizes the lifestyles of people living in the heart of America. The film is a humorous mockery of American culture and society, human conditions, and television itself from many perspectives. Lisa, the daughter of the play, who has super high standards for herself and others, attends Wellesley College.
Registered as a private university in 1870 by the local squire Durant couple, Wellesley College is a special institution of higher learning in Massachusetts, USA. It is one of the famous "Seven Sisters Women's Colleges", one of the best women's colleges in the United States, and ranked 7th in the national liberal arts colleges in the 2014 U.S. news rankings. Wellesley University is committed to cultivating outstanding women, and many famous women have come out of here, including Hillary Clinton, Song Meiling, Bing Xin and so on.