Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The 5 Biggest Mistakes I See on Resumes, and How to Correct Them

I've sent out hundreds of resumes over my career, applying for just about every kind of job. I've personally reviewed more than 20,000 resumes. And at Google we sometimes get more than 50,000 resumes in a single week.
I have seen A LOT of resumes.
Some are brilliant, most are just ok, many are disasters. The toughest part is that for 15 years, I've continued to see the same mistakes made again and again by candidates, any one of which can eliminate them from consideration for a job. What's most depressing is that I can tell from the resumes that many of these are good, even great, people. But in a fiercely competitive labor market, hiring managers don't need to compromise on quality. All it takes is one small mistake and a manager will reject an otherwise interesting candidate.
I know this is well-worn ground on LinkedIn, but I'm starting here because -- I promise you -- more than half of you have at least one of these mistakes on your resume. And I'd much rather see folks win jobs than get passed over.
In the interest of helping more candidates make it past that first resume screen, here are the five biggest mistakes I see on resumes.
Mistake 1: Typos. This one seems obvious, but it happens again and again. A 2013 CareerBuilder survey found that 58% of resumes have typos.
In fact, people who tweak their resumes the most carefully can be especially vulnerable to this kind of error, because they often result from going back again and again to fine tune your resume just one last time. And in doing so, a subject and verb suddenly don't match up, or a period is left in the wrong place, or a set of dates gets knocked out of alignment. I see this in MBA resumes all the time. Typos are deadly because employers interpret them as a lack of detail-orientation, as a failure to care about quality. The fix?
Read your resume from bottom to top: reversing the normal order helps you focus on each line in isolation. Or have someone else proofread closely for you.
Mistake 2: Length. A good rule of thumb is one page of resume for every ten years of work experience. Hard to fit it all in, right? But a three or four or ten page resume simply won't get read closely. As Blaise Pascal wrote, "I would have written you a shorter letter, but I did not have the time." A crisp, focused resume demonstrates an ability to synthesize, prioritize, and convey the most important information about you. Think about it this way: the *sole* purpose of a resume is to get you an interview. That's it. It's not to convince a hiring manager to say "yes" to you (that's what the interview is for) or to tell your life's story (that's what a patient spouse is for). Your resume is a tool that gets you to that first interview. Once you're in the room, the resume doesn't matter much. So cut back your resume. It's too long.
Mistake 3: Formatting. Unless you're applying for a job such as a designer or artist, your focus should be on making your resume clean and legible. At least ten point font. At least half-inch margins. White paper, black ink. Consistent spacing between lines, columns aligned, your name and contact information on every page. If you can, look at it in both Google Docs and Word, and then attach it to an email and open it as a preview. Formatting can get garbled when moving across platforms. Saving it as a PDF is a good way to go.
Mistake 4: Confidential information. I once received a resume from an applicant working at a top-three consulting firm. This firm had a strict confidentiality policy: client names were never to be shared. On the resume, the candidate wrote: "Consulted to a major software company in Redmond, Washington." Rejected! There's an inherent conflict between your employer's needs (keep business secrets confidential) and your needs (show how awesome I am so I can get a better job). So candidates often find ways to honor the letter of their confidentiality agreements but not the spirit. It's a mistake. While this candidate didn't mention Microsoft specifically, any reviewer knew that's what he meant. In a very rough audit, we found that at least 5-10% of resumes reveal confidential information. Which tells me, as an employer, that I should never hire those candidates ... unless I want my own trade secrets emailed to my competitors.
The New York Times test is helpful here: if you wouldn't want to see it on the home page of the NYT with your name attached (or if your boss wouldn't!), don't put it on your resume.
Mistake 5: Lies. This breaks my heart. Putting a lie on your resume is never, ever, ever, worth it. Everyone, up to and including CEOs, get fired for this. (Google "CEO fired for lying on resumes" and see.) People lie about their degrees (three credits shy of a college degree is not a degree), GPAs (I've seen hundreds of people "accidentally" round their GPAs up, but never have I seen one accidentally rounded down -- never), and where they went to school (sorry, but employers don't view a degree granted online for "life experience" as the same as UCLA or Seton Hall). People lie about how long they were at companies, how big their teams were, and their sales results, always goofing in their favor.
There are three big problems with lying: (1) You can easily get busted. The Internet, reference checks, and people who worked at your company in the past can all reveal your fraud. (2) Lies follow you forever. Fib on your resume and 15 years later get a big promotion and are discovered? Fired. And try explaining that in your next interview. (3) Our Moms taught us better. Seriously.
So this is how to mess up your resume. Don't do it! Hiring managers are looking for the best people they can find, but the majority of us all but guarantee that we'll get rejected.
The good news is that -- precisely because most resumes have these kinds of mistakes -- avoiding them makes you stand out.
In a future post, I'll expand beyond what not to do, and cover the things you *should* be doing to make your resume stand out from the stack.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

The best-paying jobs in 2014

The best-paying jobs in 2014

Be prepared to stay in school for a long time if you want one of these lucrative jobs.
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Air Traffic Controller, Surgeons working in an operating room; © Cultura RM/Koca Little Company/Getty Images; © nimon_t/Getty Images; © 4x6/Getty Images
Advanced degrees, advanced salaries
The highest paying jobs seem to go to those who paid high tuitions.
According to CareerCast’s 10 Best-Paying Jobs of 2014, seven out of 10 of the highest paid professions are in the health care industry and require advanced degrees. This means that a six-figure salary can often come at the expense of six-figure debt. For instance, general practice physicians make an average of $187,200 a year, but according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the medical school class of 2013 graduated with a median debt of $175,000, and 86% of all graduates left with some debt.
The highest paid salary on the list went to surgeons, who make an average of $233,150 a year; general practice physicians came in second. In ninth and tenth place were podiatrists at $116,440, and attorneys, at $113,530, who also face a lot of education before they can practice.
There were only two high paying jobs on the list that don’t require graduate degrees: petroleum engineers and air traffic controllers, who on average make $130,280 and $122,530 respectively. The report cautioned, though, that “for those who choose a different path [than graduate education] to attain one of the best-paying jobs, be prepared to exchange paychecks for a high level of stress.” It described air traffic controllers as dealing with “some of the most stressful working conditions.”
Despite stressful working conditions, jobs as air traffic controllers are hardly up for grabs. The industry predicts only a 1% growth outlook by 2022. Petroleum engineers, however, can look forward to a 26% growth outlook in the same period. All of the health care professions on the list anticipate growth of 14% or higher. “As baby-boomer doctors … reach retirement, there often aren’t enough new doctors,” explained CareerCast publisher Tony Lee.
Click through the gallery to see the highest paid jobs and the projected growth of each.
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247Comments
Wed 9:47 PM
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I wonder how much the out of state protesters in Missouri are making.
Sat 11:19 AM
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Best advice I received regarding career choice was find what you like/love to do and be happy. The rest will take care of itself.  Life is too short to be toiling in a miserable career choice. Money doesn't buy happiness.
Thu 10:55 AM
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So... go through med school for 7 yrs making no money, then another year of internship with no pay, rack up $300,000 in student loans - then you can start making $200,000 a year with take home pay of $100,000.  Break even after 10 or 15 years? 
Then the Democrats try to force you into taking 40% pay cuts for socialized medicine or the Dems won't allow you to see their patients.
Our Healthcare industry is doomed.
Thu 12:50 PM
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They forgot about Congress, CEOs CFO's, Wall Street traders all make much more than many of those listed here.
Sat 9:21 PM
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THIS COUNTRY HAS MADE IT TO WHERE WE THAT WILL WORK OWE THE REST OF THE LAZY, DOPE HEADS, AND THE MINORITIES A LIVING, WHAT HAPPEN TO IF YOU DON'T WORK YOU DON'T EAT OR BITCH ABOUT IT. I MYSELF AM SICK AND TIRED OF SUPPORTING THESE SORRY PIECES OF ----. THIS COUNTRY TAXES ME HALF OF WHAT I GROSS IN PAY THIS IS A DAMN SHAME.
Thu 9:58 AM
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I'm sure this article will get a lot of hopes up. Bottom line is this people. Either stand together, rise up and take our nation back from the greedy evil that has hi-jacked it, or continue to live in an ever worsening state of financial squalor. Plain and simple.
Sun 1:48 PM
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This article seems to have an agenda. With no mention of software engineers, CEOs, Wall Street Tycoons, Financial "experts," and many others, I think that MSN it trying to stir resentment against certain groups while deflecting contempt from others here. 
Thu 8:09 AM
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All will be well in Ferguson Mo. we have the corrupt  kings sidekick going to straighten it all out. Eric Holder should be investigating his own corruption, not our law enforcement.
Sun 2:59 PM
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Yaha Yaha Yaha
Thanks so much for enlightening us. BS
My Son completed his 4 year degree. Aggressively looked for work for 2 years. Nothing but Jersey Mikes to get by. Fell back on plan "B". Joined the armed services. And even K Kristofferson's Boy joined. Sorry to hear about the graduates having so much debt. But America thrives on "financial servitude". I think joining the military is a valuable experience. Maybe one day people will realize how corrupt this country is and fight to get it back.
Love my country, fear my government.
Sat 9:59 PM
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I know a lot of school administrators make high salaries. Many Superintendents make 150,000 to 200,000 +  Why are they worth that??? 
Sat 10:14 PM
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Many of those poor families have kids that enlist in the military to protect some of you selfish people and your way of life and freedoms....  They die for you. When many of the injured troops come back they do not get the care they need because the VA is short of funds, YET the VA is building big expensive inefficient facilities and many military that sat behind a desk for their careers get nice benefits. 
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They left out our politicians. They are raping the taxpayers and reaping the benefits.
Sat 1:15 PM
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By Terence P Jeffrey

109,631,000 Americans lived in households that received benefits from one or more federally funded "means-tested programs" — also known as welfare — as of the fourth quarter of 2012, according to data released yesterday by the Census Bureau.
The Census Bureau has not yet reported how many were on welfare in 2013 or the first two quarters of 2014.
But the 109,631,000 living in households taking federal welfare benefits as of the end of 2012, according to the Census Bureau, equaled 35.4 percent of all 309,467,000 people living in the United States at that time.
When those receiving benefits from non-means-tested federal programs — such as Social Security, Medicare, unemployment and veterans benefits — were added to those taking welfare benefits, it turned out that 153,323,000 people were getting federal benefits of some type at the end of 2012.
Subtract the 3,297,000 who were receiving veterans' benefits from the total, and that leaves 150,026,000 people receiving non-veterans' benefits.
The 153,323,000 total benefit-takers at the end of 2012, said the Census Bureau, equaled 49.5 percent of the population. The 150,026,000 taking benefits other than veterans' benefits equaled about 48.5 percent of the population.
When America re-elected President Barack Obama in 2012, we had not quite reached the point where more than half the country was taking benefits from the federal government.
It is a reasonable bet, however, that with the implementation of Obamacare — with its provisions expanding Medicaid and providing health-insurance subsidies to people earning up to 400 percent of poverty — that if we have not already surpassed that point (not counting those getting veterans benefits) we soon will.
What did taxpayers give to the 109,631,000 — the 35.4 percent of the nation — getting welfare benefits at the end of 2012?
82,679,000 of the welfare-takers lived in households where people were on Medicaid, said the Census Bureau. 51,471,000 were in households on food stamps. 22,526,000 were in the Women, Infants and Children program. 20,355,000 were in household on Supplemental Security Income. 13,267,000 lived in public housing or got housing subsidies. 5,442,000 got Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. 4,517,000 received other forms of federal cash assistance.
How do you put in perspective the 109,631,000 people taking welfare, or the 150,026,000 getting some type of federal benefit other than veterans' benefits?
Well, the CIA World Factbook says there are 142,470,272 people in Russia. So, the 150,026,000 people getting non-veterans federal benefits in the United States at the end of 2012 outnumbered all the people in Russia.
63,742,977 people live in the United Kingdom and 44,291,413 live in the Ukraine, says the CIA. So, the combined 108,034,390 people in these two nations was about 1,596,610 less than 109,631,000 collecting welfare in the United States..........
Sun 2:15 PM
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Many med students getting ready to graduate this year will find a tougher job market out there, and lower wages. Very few if any will have any chance of opening their own office, and most will find work at hospitals. The thing about hospitals is they now expect the physician who is also a employee to generate income, whether it is through surgery's, lab or other diagnostic tests, or just seeing patients. Gone are the days when the physician was worshiped by adoring administrative officials, and nurses alike. Today it's all about the money, and how much did you make for the business today. Under performers are whisked away, and must start their search all over again. 
Sat 10:05 PM
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Whine whine, 62 percent of the people on food stamps are working families. They work full-time and still do not make above poverty level wages. You want to trade places with them, since you think they have it so great!!!
Sun 5:10 PM
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dont forget heavy equipment operators. my base salary is 130000 a year outside of o t . i work in downtown boston. dont believe me look it up. 
Thu 10:53 AM
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How dare there be such a salary descrepancy between these jobs and the Wal-mart greeters.  How is that fair.  How do you expect the Wal-mart greeters and burger flippers to live when these people are making such excessive wages?  Shouldn't they be limited to a certain multiple of the Wal-mart greeters wages? 

Now how is this all related to the events in MO?
1) Through the growth of the dependency class and the politicians that cater to their needs require increased taxes to pay for this dependency. Increases in the minimum wage violates the laws of supply and demand and over inflates the cost of unskilled labor and drives up the cost of skilled labor because of the inflated prices of other goods and services.
2) The same decline of moral values that leads to looting and destruction of property and leads also to the loss belief in self responsibility and a need to depend on the federal government for economic and social solution as opposed to family and neighbors.  It allows people to exist in a state of contentment without having to work, or improve their skillset.
3) The creation of a special class within US society has led to people that believe they are above the law. This balkanization is facilitated by the federal government treating people differently under the law based on such qualities as race, sex, age, national origin, sexual preference, marital status, and income. Why should any one US citizen be treated differently under the law than any other US citizen? What should be the basis of this treatment difference?
Thu 12:22 AM
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My sister in law is a lawyer at a well known firm in Rhode Island and she makes less then what it said in the slideshow. I believe salaries has always ranged by states MSN.
Thu 5:55 PM
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Go for Medical Technologist (Clinical Lab Scientist) if you are interested in biology and chemistry. I graduated with a Biology degree and found out that the job market is tough for a college graduate first hand. Took a couple more years of college to finally get the MLS certification and a decent paying job. I wanted to be able to help people but didn't want to deal with the constant patient interaction that a nurse deals with. 

Albeit the pay can be considered low (starts at 18-24 dollars an hour in most areas) for the amount of work that you have to deal with but the ability to move inbetween different laboratories and the chances of becoming a lead tech/manager really makes the field seem great. The interaction between analyzer and hands-on work interaction also means that you will be busy and that the day flies by. Additionally, clinical lab scientists should be in higher demand (there is already close to 100% placement for graduates) in the future as the current work force trends towards an older employee base.

That's my recommendation for people interested in healthcare but don't really want to deal with patients 24/7. You have to start somewhere and with a high demand for employees it's hard to beat this job and I consider myself fortunate to be able to help cancer patients on a daily basis in a job that I truly enjoy.


Thu 11:37 AM
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Panhandler, No student loans, no overhead safe a piece of cardboard and felt tip pen and your protected under the first amendment because charities and Washington lobbyists do it all the time and I live in a van down by the river so no debt. I'm going to start my own think tank which will make me a small business owner maybe a small business loan or better yet a government contract. I'll need crowd source funding for my start up? Let's run this up the flag pole and see how she waves what do say gang.    

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Has Loyalty Become a Curse?

Ian Collopy

One only has to trawl through LinkedIn to see that these days many people in many different industries frequently leave their jobs to join another organisation. I noticed it increasingly happening during my twelve years at my previous permanent job with Acxiom Australia, a marketing data services company. Many people circulated amongst the main competitors which included Experian, Veda, Salmat, Global Red etc. They would spend about two years at company A, plotting how to take market share from company B only to then join company B and start plotting to take market share from their former friends at company A.
Many times at Acxiom Australia positions would be filled by people with track records of frequent job hopping and then when they inevitably hopped away again the whole process of finding a replacement would have to be undertaken yet again, causing much angst for those affected.
The question must be asked - why are these job hopping people so readily hired? Is there a perception that they have a broader range of experience gained from working for many different organisations? Many of them could be 'jacks of many trades but masters of none'. If the latter were true it would explain to some extent why organisations might not offer a lot more pay to try to retain them.
Since being made redundant last year I have been unable to secure another permanent job and many people have told me I'm disadvantaged by having stayed with the same company for too long (12.5 years). Several other loyal and talented 12 year plus people were made redundant by Acxiom the previous year and some of them have also struggled to find permanent employment. Some of them had some temporary work but are now out of work again.
Presumably the motivation for job hopping is to get a higher rate of pay at the new organisation but of course there is some risk that things won't work out and they could be out of work in a short time. It is for this reason that parents are probably less likely to engage in job hopping than their carefree bachelor and spinster colleagues. That was certainly the case with me. By staying in what I thought was a safe and steady job I was able to ensure we could continue to live in a good suburb and our son could keep attending a good school. As the average age for having children continues to increase then the proportion of these successful job hoppers will also increase but eventually many of them will also become parents and tend to stay in a job longer, possibly even suffering the same fate as me and some of my former colleagues.

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Fintan Guihen
Database Administrator at RCSI
The key here is to ensure you are growing and learning all the time. There are a lot of "loyal" people in roles for 5 years or more that don't actually have 5 years experience, they have 1 years experience 5 times over. A good recruiter or interviewer will see this quickly, and so by staying and being loyal, you are limiting your career progression/choices. If you find a company where you are challenged daily, so the job stays fresh and you are increasing your experience all the time then yes, stay put for 5/10 or more years, be loyal. The company is being loyal to you by giving you a job you are gaining new experience in all the time. Loyalty is great, as long as it is reciprocated and you feel you are getting real experience, not just coming in and doing the same thing over and over and over for years, without really growing and learning.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

美国大学校训及优势专业列表


1. Harvard university 哈佛大学
校训:let plato be your friend, and aristotle, but more let your friend be truth.(与亚里士多德为友,与柏拉图为友, 更与真理为友)   
优势专业:历史学、工商管理、数学、经济学、英语学、物理学、心理学、社会学、生理学、政治学、生物化学、化学、地球科学等   
2. Princeton university 普林斯顿大学
校训:in the nation's service and in the service of all nations (为国家服务,为世界服务)   
优势专业:政治与政府学、公共政策、计算机科学、航天工程、机械工程、电子工程、化学工程等。
3. Yale university 耶鲁大学   
校训:lux et veritas(光明与真知)   
优势专业:社会科学、人文科学、生命科学  
 
4. Massachusetts institute of technology 麻省理工学院
校训:mens et manus (既要学会动脑,也要学会动手)   
优势专业:电子工程、机械工程、物理学、化学、经济学、哲学、政治学  
 
5. Stanford university 斯坦福大学   
校训:the wind of freedom blows (让自由之风吹拂心灵)   
优势专业:企业管理、法律、英语、心理学、政治、历史   
6. California institute of technology 加州理工学院
校训:the truth shall make you free (真理使人自由)   
优势专业:物理、工程、化学、生物、天文学、地质学、经济与政治学  
 
7. University of pennsylvania 宾夕法尼亚大学
校训:leges sine moribus vanae (法无德不立)  优势专业:人类学、经济学、艺术史、语言学、心理学、音乐和拉丁语
  
8. Columbia university 哥伦比亚大学
校训:in lumine tuo videbimus lumen (在你的光明中看到光明)   
优势专业:建筑学、mba、金融、艺术史、天文、生物科学、化学、计算机科学、数学、物理、地质、心理学、社会学、哲学、政治学、宗教、电影、历史、经济学、英语、法语、西班牙语及东亚和中亚语言文学系等。
  
9. Duke university 杜克大学
校训:eruditio et religio (知识和虔诚)
优势专业:政治学、公共政策、历史、化学、电子工程和生物医学工程   
10. University of chicago 芝加哥大学
校训:crescat scientia; vita excolatur (益智厚生) 优势专业:人类学、天文学、地球科学、经济学、地理学、历史学、语言学、物理学、统计学、社会学、神学
11. Dartmouth college 达特茅斯学院
校训:vox clamantis in deserto (空谷足音)   优势专业:生物,计算机,工程,经济,外语,心理学   
12. Northwestern university 西北大学
校训:quaecumque sunt vera (凡事求真)
优势专业:新闻学院、法学院、商学院  
 
13. Washington university in st. louis 圣路易斯华盛顿大学   
校训:strength through truth (力量借助于真理) 优势专业:本科:历史、经济学、医科预备课程、工程、建筑和商科等   研究生:计算机科学、地理学、数学、微生物学、分子生物学、心理学、政治学、统计学、社会学、动物学等   
14. Cornell university 康奈尔大学   
校训:i would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study. (我要创立一个学校,在这里任何人都可以找到任何学科的指导)
优势专业:农学院、 化学系、 数学系和酒店管理系   
15.Johns hopkins university 约翰霍普金斯大学  
校训:the truth shall make you free (真理使你们自由)   
优势专业:医科和工科、社会科学和人文学科  
16. Brown university 布朗大学   
校训:in deo speramus (我们信赖上帝)
优势专业:本科:计算机科学、宗教、应用数学 研究生:应用数学、古典文学、机械工程、比较文学、哲学、美术史、俄语、数学、英语、西班牙语、历史、土木工程、经济、地质科学、计算机科学、法语、物质科学、语言学、德语、心理学
  
17. Rice university 莱斯大学   
校训:letters, science, art   
优势专业:工程、管理、科学、艺术、人类学
18. Emory university 埃默里大学   
校训:the prudent heart will possess knowledge (聪明人的心得知识)   
优势专业:医学、牙医学、法律、化学、心理学、历史、哲学、数学、英语等
  
19. University of notre dame 圣母大学
校训:vita, dulcedo, spes (生命,甜蜜,希望) 优势专业:商科  
 
20. Vanderbilt university 范德堡大学
校训:education, a debt due from present to future generations (教育是从这一代到下一代的责任) 优势专业:医学预科,工程,数学,社会学,心理学,教育学   
21. University of california-berkeley 加州大学伯克利分校   
校训:fiat lux (愿知识之光普照大地)   
优势专业:人类学、化学、工程、历史、音乐、统计和生物统计  
 
22. Carnegie mellon university 卡内基美隆大学
校训:my heart is in the work (我心在工作)   优势专业:软件工程、计算机、机器人科学、理学、美术及工业管理   
23. Georgetown university 乔治城大学
校训:utraque unum (合而为一)   
优势专业:美国研究、历史、外交事务、政府和神学   
24. University of virginia 弗吉尼亚大学
校训:that i may serve   
优势专业:商学院  
 
25. University of california-los angeles 加州大学洛杉矶分校   
校训:fiat lux (愿知识之光普照大地)   
优势专业:逻辑学、等离子学、应用数学、金融学、分析学、微生物学、国际商业管理
  
26. University of michigan-ann arbor密西根大学-安娜堡分校   
校训:artes, scientia, veritas(艺术,知识,真理) 优势专业:商学、工程、医学、护理、法律、公共事务、心理学、社会学和历史
27. University of southern california 南加州大学
校训:palmam qui meruit ferat (有功受奖)   
优势专业:会计、企业管理、石油工程、古生物学、国际商业管理、地球物理学和地震学、计算机工程、电子工程、人工智能   
28. Tufts university 塔夫斯大学   
校训:peace and light (和平与光明)   
优势专业:医科、牙科、法律、外交、职业治疗学   
29. Wake forest university 维克森林大学   
校训:for humanity (为了博爱)   
优势专业:商科、经济学、英语、生物学和心理学   
30. University of north carolina-chapel hill 北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校
校训:lux libertas (光明自由)   
优势专业:古典文学、英文历史、政治学和社会学   
31. Brandeis university 布兰迪斯大学
校训:emet (真理)   
优势专业:生物化学、物理、化学、生物、计算机科学、英文、历史、政治科学和经济  
 
32. College of william and mary 威廉玛丽学院
校训:hark upon the gale 倾听呼啸的大风
优势专业:殖民史,会计,历史学,公共事务,生物,物理,法学,商学。  
 
33. New york university 纽约大学   
校训:perstare et praestare (坚持和超越)   
优势专业:mba、会计、金融、国际贸易、化学、数学、生物、教育、卫生、法律、医药、通信、公共服务、艺术、电影、电视、戏剧、音乐和表演艺术   
34. Boston college 波士顿学院   
校训:αιεναριστευειν (不断超越)   
优势专业:生物工程,非洲历史,法学院
  
35. Georgia institute of technology乔治亚理工学院   
校训:progress and service (前进和服务)   
优势专业:工业工程、生物医学工程、航天工程、土木工程、计算机工程、电子工程、环境工程、机械工程、计算机科学
36. Lehigh university 里海大学   
校训:man, the servant and interpreter of nature (人类是大自然的理解者和仆人)
优势专业:工业工程、制造工程、材料工程、土木工程、会计,财务和经济学、建筑,心理学、政府,新闻系   
37. University of california-san diego 加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校   
校训:fiat lux (愿知识之光普照大地)   
优势专业:化学、语言学、微生物学、西班牙语、物理学、心理学   
38. University of rochester 罗切斯特大学   
校训:meliora (做得更好)   
优势专业:英语、音乐、历史、政治学、心理学、数学和光学   
39. University of wisconsin-madison 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校   
校训:the divine within the universe, however manifested, is my light or god, our light   
优势专业:教育、地理、历史、商和社会学
  
40. University of illinois-urbana-champaign 伊利诺伊大学厄本那香槟分校   
校训:learning and labor (学习和劳动)
优势专业:物理学, 化学, 心理学, 会计学, 大众传播学、教育、人文、艺术、法律、工程学  
 
41. Case western reserve university 凯斯西储大学   
校训:veritas (真理)   
优势专业:生物医学工程、管理、护理学、药学、法学   
42. Rensselaer polytechnic institute 伦斯勒理工学院   
校训:knowledge and thoroughness (知识与严谨)   
优势专业:照明、多媒体/视觉、核工程、材料工程、计算机工程、电子通信工程、制造工程、机械工程、应用数学、城市规划、生物工程、航天工程、环境工程、化工   
43. University of washington 华盛顿大学   
校训:let there be light (让光明到来)
优势专业:护理、生物工程、核物理、统计学、计算机科学、计算机工程、电子工程、航空航天、土木工程、环境工程、应用数学、社会学、公共管理   
44. University of california-davis加州大学戴维斯分校   
校训:fiat lux (愿知识之光普照大地)   
优势专业:植物科学,动物科学,兽医科学以及农业经济和管理科学  
 
45. University of california-irvine 加州大学欧文分校   
校训:fiat lux (愿知识之光普照大地)   
优势专业:管理、人文、美术、信息系统、地球科学、生物、经济学、生物科学、社会科学
  
46. University of california-santa barbara 加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校   
校训:fiat lux (愿知识之光普照大地)   
优势专业:生物 商业经济 心理学 政治科学 通讯 电脑科学 英语 电机工程学 法律及社会 电脑工程学   
47. Pennsylvania state university-university park 宾州州立大学   
校训:making life better (使生活更好)
优势专业:原子分子光学、高分子物理、生物科学   
48. University of texas-austin德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校   
校训:disciplina praesidium civitatis(教育,社会的保卫者)   
优势专业:新闻传媒、计算机、地质学、物理、教育、法学   
49. University of florida佛罗里达大学   
校训:civium in moribus rei publicae salus (国家的利益取决于其人民的道德)
优势专业:商科,管理,营销,社会科学,工程,交流学,新闻学,健康管理和其他临床医学
50. Yeshiva university 叶史瓦大学   
校训:不详   
优势专业:生物