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Chapter 28 Additional System Functions
The two or three families visited for two and a half days. After Beverly confirmed that Little Sheldon was going to go to college next year, she strongly recommended him to come to Princeton University.

It was only then that Locke found out that Beverly was also a professor at Princeton University, and took the opportunity to say that his target university was Princeton University, and he would visit Princeton University with Peggy in a few days.

Taking advantage of the summer vacation to go to Princeton is a long-planned itinerary.

Linda and Peggy are here to visit and consider whether to let Peggy go to college here, while Locke is to get enough letters of recommendation to ensure that he can successfully enter Princeton University.

Universities in the United States were prepared for the upper class from the beginning, so the selection rules are also very in line with the upper class aristocracy.

In the previous life, many people despised Dongguo's score-only theory, and everyone said it was a single-plank bridge crowded by thousands of troops, and they often compared it with the quality-only theory of American universities when they were admitted.

The so-called quality-only theory is not to judge heroes by scores, but anyone who really understands the situation knows that if you want to be a hero, you must either have money or power. To sum it up in a common sentence in later generations, you must have money.

Among these heroes with the ability to make money, the first-line heroes are the descendants of the super rich.

The super-rich ancestors of these first-line heroes, or the rich generation, established related funds early on, and then through these foundations, they donated money to build buildings and expensive teaching equipment to top prestigious schools, becoming the top donors of these schools.

When these first-line heroes need to go to college, even if they have done nothing, even if their grades in high school are rotten, and they are drunk all day long, they can easily enter the top prestigious schools where countless people have tried their best. A winner in people's eyes.

To use a sentence that once appeared on the Internet in the future, it means that the family business and social status accumulated by generations of people are not as good as your ten-year struggle. .

For the second-tier heroes who are not as good, their parents will donate hundreds of thousands of such 'insignificant' money to prestigious schools, and then become members of the prestigious school's donation committee.

In this way, when their children apply to the university, the admissions office of the school will give priority to these people.

At the same time, they will also arrange for their children to take college preparatory courses, honors courses, and participate in various niche sports that represent quality, such as equestrianism and sailing.

Not to mention whether these niche sports can represent quality, the key is that the vast majority of students don't even have the money to buy equipment.

After some screening, first- and second-tier heroes with superpowers successfully won, and mutant superpowers like Sheldon and Peggy had to be considered for the next spots. After all, in the United States, the rich rely on superpowers, and the poor rely on mutations.

After doing this, there are very few places that civilian students can win.

And the rest of these ordinary students have neither money ability nor mutated super IQ, so they need to do their best to take the SAT, which is the so-called academic ability assessment.

Going around like this, the result turned back to the seemingly familiar achievement-only theory, but at this time, because a large number of heroes had already reached the other side first, the number of passes for the single-plank bridge had been greatly reduced.

As an orphan in this life, Locke is naturally not a hero with money-making ability. Fortunately, he has a system plug-in, but he still needs to go through procedures and increase his chances of passing through various methods.

Participating in the Mathematics Olympiad team, joining the baseball team, and college prep are all preparations for Locke, but just to be on the safe side, he also needs a sufficient recommendation letter.

Locke, the principal and teacher of his school, has already done it. Locke even found Dr. Sturgis, but his letter of recommendation is not as good as Princeton University.

These recommendation letters are not high enough, and they are not enough for those top schools, and they cannot be finalized.

That's why he thought of going to Princeton University to get to know the professors there, especially the professors in the Department of Mathematics, and see if he could have a chance to get their recommendation letters.

The recommendation letters of the professors in this school are still very high. Even if they are valued by the professors of the Department of Mathematics, they are basically guaranteed, just like the school will always have preferential treatment for graduate studies.

In the future, we need to consider the situation of the interviewer. If there is a female interviewer, it will be even better. It was at this time that Locke felt that his charm value had not been improved in vain. It is still very useful to have a handsome face .

After meeting Little Sheldon this time, there are not many opportunities to meet often. After all, the school in Dallas is still some distance from Little Sheldon's home, and they usually communicate through the Internet.

The three of them were going to drive all the way to Princeton. The distance between the two places was more than 2000 kilometers, and it took more than 20 hours to drive. Fortunately, there were two drivers, Locke and Linda, who were driving alternately, so they would not be too tired.

Plan a one-way trip for three days, so that you have more time and you can rest well along the way.

"You have a deep understanding of mathematics. I welcome you to study at Princeton in the future. This is my letter of recommendation. In addition, I will tell a few friends about you."

In the Princeton office, a man in his 50s with some graying hair said to Locke.

"Then thank you, Dr. Gaiter."

Locke smiled and thanked the man in front of him. After coming to Princeton University, he began to contact some professors in Princeton.

Relying on Beverly's introduction, as well as her excellent performance, she managed to win the favor of these people, and got many weighty letters of recommendation.

The goal has been achieved. Based on the current situation, next year's enrollment is probably guaranteed. As for Peggy, she is traveling around with Linda.

She doesn't worry about admissions, even these top prestigious schools will beg young geniuses like her to come to school, and they come here more to visit, follow Linda to inspect the environment of Princeton, and consider whether to let Peggy come to study here next year.

After leaving Dr. Gate's office, Locke was going to visit Beverly's house. After all, thanks to Beverly this time, he was able to get acquainted with important professors at Princeton University more easily.

Especially Dr. Gate, who admired Locke very much, and hinted that Locke could go to his graduate school in the future, with an attitude of cultivating Locke as a future student.

In order to facilitate movement, Locke rented a car here, went back to the hotel to pick up the prepared gift, and went to Beverly's house.

On the way, Locke was also distracted to consider the new changes in the system. After his intelligence reached 200 points, the system added two new functions.

One of them is the necessary storage space for traversers, which is only one cubic meter small, but it can already hold a lot of things, and it can also be expanded with potential points.

Locke is considering whether to get some firearms for self-defense. Because of the existence of meditation, he doesn't need to go to the shooting range often, and Locke's gun mastering skills can be practiced constantly.

Although I didn't put too much energy into this aspect, the experience value of the intermediate level has already exceeded half. According to this progress, it will take at most one year to upgrade to the advanced level.

In the United States, you still have a gun, so you can feel more at ease.

You can also get a long sword and dagger by the way. These cold weapons are also collected by many enthusiasts in the United States, and they can also be used with the skills mastered by cold weapons on specific occasions.

As for another change, in addition to the main occupation, there is an additional column for sub-occupations.

According to the introduction, this profession cannot trigger tasks, but if you make achievements in line with the profession, achieve certain achievements, and increase your reputation, you will also be rewarded with potential points.

This is equivalent to an additional way to earn potential points. Locke's first thought was to choose a magician as his second career.

But after carefully considering the conditions for obtaining potential points, he quickly denied it. The achievement is okay, the key is fame.

Magicians in this world need to hide themselves from ordinary people, that is, they cannot spread their fame as magicians widely.

In this way, the acquisition of potential points will inevitably be greatly reduced, so it is better to consider another profession.

(End of this chapter)