According to Newsweek, the best university in the world is Harvard University. You probably know its name, but do you know much about the school itself? Do you know what hobby could help you get into Harvard?

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Harvard was founded in 1636. It was initially called New College but was renamed Harvard College in 1639 after a young clergyman named John Harvard. It was not called a university until 1780.

Between 1869 and 1909, Harvard's president was Charles William Eliot. He changed Harvard and made it the first modern American university with elective courses, small classes, and entrance examinations for all students.

Today, Harvard has about 2,400 professors, 6,700 undergraduate students, and 15,250 postgraduate students. It is more difficult to get into Harvard than any other university in the United States. In 2018, the school accepted only 4.59 percent of the people who applied, the lowest acceptance rate in its history.

Harvard's library system is made up of about 80 individual libraries. With over 18 million books, Harvard's library is the largest academic library in the United States and the fourth largest library in the world.

A huge library is useful because extensive reading is how you can greatly increase your vocabulary and improve your writing skills. A massive amount of reading is an essential part of a Harvard education. Being a highly skilled reader is the key to becoming successful in the Information Age. If you want to attend Harvard or some other famous university, your main hobby should be reading.

One hundred and fifty-seven Nobel Prize winners are affiliated with Harvard. Since the beginning of the 20th century, 124 Nobel Prize winners and 43 winners of the American Pulitzer Prize have served on the Harvard faculty. Some of Harvard’s most famous graduates include Presidents John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, as well as author Michael Crichton and poet T. S. Eliot.

根據《新聞週刊》的報導，全世界最好的大學是哈佛大學。你可能聽過哈佛大學，但你對這個學校了解多少？你知道什麼樣的嗜好可以幫助你進入哈佛嗎？

哈佛大學是位於麻州劍橋的一所私立大學，也是美國最古老的高等學府。哈佛成立於1636年，一開始它被稱為新學院，1639年時，以約翰．哈佛這位年輕的牧師為名，改名為哈佛學院。直到1780年才改制為大學。

在1869年到1909年間，查爾斯．威廉．艾略特擔任哈佛校長。他建立選修課程、小班制，和一律以入學考試來錄取學生的制度，使哈佛煥然一新，成為第一所現代化的美國大學。

現在，哈佛擁有約2,400位教授，6,700位大學生，以及15,250名研究生。要進入哈佛比進入美國的其他大學來得困難。2018 年，哈佛大學的錄取率僅4.59%，為其史上新低錄取率。

哈佛大學的圖書館系統一共有約80所獨立的圖書館，擁有超過1,800萬冊的藏書。哈佛的圖書館是全美最大的學術圖書館，也是全世界第四大的圖書館。

大型的圖書館是非常有益的，因為廣泛的閱讀是你能大量增進字彙與改善寫作技巧的方法。大量閱讀是哈佛教育的重要一環。成為具有優異閱讀技巧的讀者，是在知識時代成功的關鍵。如果你想進入哈佛或其他名校，你的主要嗜好就必須是「閱讀」。

157位諾貝爾獎得主與哈佛大學密切合作。從20世紀初，共有124位諾貝爾獎得主與43名普立茲獎得主，陸續在哈佛擔任教職。哈佛大學研究生畢業的名人，包括美國總統約翰．甘迺迪、喬治．布希和歐巴馬，另外還有作家麥克．克萊頓以及詩人艾略特。