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在1946年,一个18岁的白人男学生，迈克尔，从位于洛杉矶的约翰马歇尔高中毕业了，进入了同样位于洛杉矶的加利福利亚大学。他在高中的表现非常优异，所以对于他来说进入自己理想的加利福利亚大学没什么困难。他面临的唯一挑战或许就是美国的高考了。在1946年，高考中的段落阅读已经从语文部分删除了，取而代之的是阅读理解，双重定义的问题已经被句子拓展所取代。但是，第二次世界大战结束，德国和日本宣布无条件投降后的一年，世界和平仅仅是暂时的。如果战争持续下去的话，迈克尔或许会像其他人一样考虑参军。但是，由于战争结束，他最终决定进入大学进行学习。

迈克尔选择加利福利亚大学的原因有3个：（1）他在洛杉矶出生，从小生活在洛杉矶，除此之外，他的家人以及大部分亲属都在洛杉矶。他热爱家庭，不想离家太远。（2）与其他著名大学相比，加利福利亚大学是一所很年轻，这正符合年轻人的口味。他好不否认其他历史悠久的大学的伟大之处，但是他无法抵御这样一所充满激情和能量的新生大学的诱惑。（3）他已经成功获得了全额奖学金，这样他的经济负担就很小。

In the year 1946, graduating from John Marshall High School, Los Angeles, an 18-year old white male student, Michael, entered University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA. The word 'at' was officially replaced by a comma in 1958, in line with other UC campuses). He had done really well in his high school, so he had faced few problems when trying to enter his dream university, UCLA. The only challenge might be the change of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT): paragraph reading was eliminated from the verbal portion of the SAT in 1946, and replaced with reading comprehension, and 'double definition' questions were replaced with sentence completions. However, peace just temporarily came back to the world in the past year, in which Germany and Japan unconditionally surrendered and World War II ended. If the war continued, he might consider joining the army like many other young men. However, he finally decided to enter college because the war had finished.

Michael chose UCLA, because: (1) He was born and lived in Los Angeles, and moreover, his families and most of his relatives were in the same city. He loved his home and did not want to leave it far; (2) compared with other great colleges and universities, UCLA was so young that it was in line with this young man's taste. He did not deny the greatness of those older colleges and universities, but he could not resist this fresh campus which was full of energy and passion; and (3) he got his permission with full scholarship, so he could learn what he wanted to with low economic burden.

Since UCLA was his dream university, and he was a native, Michael was very familiar with this university. In 1881, as required by local residents, the California State Legislature authorized the creation of a southern branch of the California State Normal School (later became San Jose State University) in downtown Los Angeles to train teachers for the growing Educational demand of Southern California. Opening in the next year, it became known as the Los Angeles State Normal School in 1887. In 1914, the school moved to a new campus on Vermont Avenue in Hollywood. On May 23, 1919, the campus was turned into the Southern Branch of the University of California and added its general undergraduate program, the College of Letters and Science. The Southern Branch campus opened on September 15 of that year, offering two-year undergraduate programs to 250 Letters and Science students and 1,250 students in the Teachers College, under Moore's continued direction. University of California President William Wallace Campbell saw enrollment at the Southern Branch expanded so rapidly that by the mid-1920s the institution was outgrowing the 25 acre Vermont Avenue location. The Regents conducted a search for a new location and announced their selection of the so-called 'Beverly Site' -just west of Beverly Hills-on March 21, 1925. After the athletic teams entered the Pacific C本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。