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Which MBA could be more prestigious: U. Massachusetts-Amherst, Texas A&M-Commerce or Florida State University?
Question:
I want to study an MBA and I do not have much money, so I want to get the best from the money I can spend. I know that the mentioned universities are not top MBA universities but which one do you think is more prestigious and can help get a good job with good salary.
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Commerce is an offshoot school of the main university, which is located in College Station.
Amherst is the flagship school, an MBA from there would be respected.
Florida State is the most recognizable name of the three, just being a good Football school helps that.
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Why does Georgie Bush have a West Texas Accent when hes from New England?
Question:
Bush was born in conneticut and spent the majority of his early live their. Bush then was educated in Amherst which is in Mass. then he went to Yale for college. He did spend some time in Texas but he was in Houston mostly and they don't have West Texas accents their. How could he have picked up an accent so quickly from that litle bit of time he spent in Midland. His parents don't have West Tex. Accents. Could it be its just a Character he is playing?
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George bush is a puzzle from how did he really get elected? to why is he still there? what is known about him is that he is no cowboy and is a compulsive liar that lives his life in a delusion that he is correct and the rest of the world is wrong/ we should be glad that screwball is leaving soon and make damn sure no one continues his insane fantasies
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How safe is it where you live..? Do you agree with the list of the first 25 cities listed in the survey...?
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(Oct. 30) - A list of the safest and most dangerous cities overall, as compiled by Morgan Quitno Press, which bases the rankings on FBI figures. The list starts with the safest cities and ends with the most dangerous.
Only cities that reported crime rates were included in the list. For example, New Orleans was not included this year because its police department did not report figures.
1. Brick, N.J.
2. Amherst, N.Y.
3. Mission Viejo, Calif.
4. Newton, Mass.
5. Troy, Mich.
6. Colonie, N.Y.
7. Irvine, Calif.
8. Cary, N.C.
9. Greece, N.Y.
10. Coral Springs, Fla.
11. Thousand Oaks, Calif.
12. Orem, Utah
13. Round Rock, Texas
14. Dover, N.J.
15. Lake Forest, Calif.
16. Sterling Heights, Mich.
17. Simi Valley, Calif.
18. Roswell, Ga.
19. Lee's Summit, Mo.
20. Broken Arrow, Okla.
21. Chino Hills, Calif.
22. Gilbert, Ariz.
23. Edison, N.J.
24. Cranston, R.I.
25. Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Answer:
No matter what the crime rate is where you live, you should never consider yourself to be completely safe. I have known people who live in gated communities who have been robbed and beaten. Just because you live behind a gate doesn't insure your safety.
I looked at that list and didn't see a single city within 100 miles of where I lived and I looked at the whole thing! I guess some of us just live out where most of America doesn't see us!
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Mashed O Ranch?
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I am looking for any pictures or information about the Mashed O Ranch, located in Lamb and Bailey counties in Texas. Also, based around the towns Earth, Amherst, and Muleshoe. Ranch was also known as the Spring Lake Ranch. Owned by a man named Halsell
Answer:
WHY?
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what do you think about these schools?
Question:
Amherst College
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Clark University
Emerson College
Fordham University
Hampshire College
New York University
Penn State
Trinity College (Connecticut)
University of Texas
Williams College
anny comments or concerns are welcolme!!
Answer:
the most prestigious on this list are amherst and williams, they are small liberal arts schools in the northeast that have served many generations of new england's elite.
texas and penn state are huge public institutions. texas is the more selective of the two.
NYU is the most popular school in new york, and is one of the largest private universities in the nation. it has great film and arts programs.
boston u and boston college are breeding grounds for future yuppies of america. both are very good schools.
brandeis has a lot of jewish students.
if your academic credentials are top notch, i would decide first if you want a small liberal arts college environment (amherst), a midsize university (boston college), or a big university (texas). then narrow it down.
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Did Democrat's forget about Terrorism attacks in the United States?
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1980s
• 1980 March 15 Armed members of FALN raided the campaign headquarters of President Jimmy Carter in Chicago and the campaign headquarters of George H. W. Bush in New York City. Seven people in Chicago and ten people in New York were tied up as the offices were vandalized before the FALN members fled. A few days later, Carter delegates in Chicago received threatening letters from FALN.
• 1980 June 3: Bombing of the Statue of Liberty. At 7:30 PM, a time delayed explosive device detonated in the Statue of Liberty's Story Room. Detonated after business hours, the bomb did not injure anyone, but cause $18,000 in damage, destroying many of the exhibits. The room was sealed off and left unrepaired until the Statue of Liberty restoration project that began years later. FBI investigators believed the perpetrators were Croatian terrorists seeking independence for Croatia from Yugoslavia, though no arrests were made.
• 1980 July 22: Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian exile and critic of Ayatollah Khomeni, was shot in his Bethesda, Maryland home. Dawud Salahuddin, an American Muslim convert, was apparently paid by Iranians to kill Tabatabai.[14]
• 1981: Michael Donald was randomly selected to be lynched by two Ku Klux Klan members. He was beaten, had his throat slit, and was hung.
• 1982 January 28: Kemal Arikan, the Turkish Consul-General in Los Angeles, is killed by members of the Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide.
• 1982 May 4: Turkish Honorary Consul Orhan Gunduz was assassinated in his car in Somerville, Massachusetts by the Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide.
•1983 November 7: U.S. Senate bombing. The Armed Resistance Unit, a militant leftist group, bombs the U.S. Capitol in response to the U.S. invasion of Grenada.
• 1984 In what is believed to be the first incident of bioterrorism in the United States the Rajneeshee cult spreads salmonella in salad bars at 10 restaurants in The Dalles, Ore., to influence a local election. Health officials say that 751 people were sickened and more than 40 hospitalized.[15]
• 1985 October 11: Alex Odeh, a prominent Arab-American, was killed by a bomb in his office in Santa Ana, California. The case is unsolved, but it is thought the Jewish Defense League was responsible.
[edit] 1990s
• 1990 November 5 Assassination of Meir Kahane head of Israel's Koch party and founder of the American vigilante group the Jewish Defense League in a Manhattan,New York hotel lobby by early elements of Al Qaeda.
• 1993 February 26: First World Trade Center bombing killed six and injured 1,000.
• 1993 March 10: Dr. David Gunn of Pensacola, Florida, was fatally shot during a protest. He had been the subject of wanted-style posters distributed by Operation Rescue in the summer of the year before. Michael F. Griffin was found guilty of Dr. Gunn's murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
• 1993 August: Dr. George Tiller was shot outside of an abortion facility in Wichita, Kansas in August of 1993. Rachelle Shannon was charged with the crime and received an 11-year prison sentence.
• 1994 The Earth Liberation Front since its founding that year has committed more than 1,200 acts of vandalism and arson in the U.S., causing more than $200 million in damage to property that they believe is being used to injure animals, people, or the environment. The FBI has classified the group as the top domestic terror threat. Because they do not target people they have objected to being categorized as terrorists.
• 1994 March 1: Rashid Baz, a Lebanese national opens fire on a van carrying members of the Lubavitch Hasidic sect of Jews, killing one and wounding several others. The attack took place on the entrance ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge.
• 1994 June 29: Dr. John Britton and James Barrett, a clinic escort, were both shot outside of an abortion facility in Pensacola. Rev. Paul Jennings Hill was charged with the killings, received a death sentence, and was executed September 3, 2003.
• 1994 December 30: Two receptionists, Shannon Lowney and Lee Ann Nichols, were killed when two separate abortion clinics in Brookline, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia were both attacked on December 30, 1994. John Salvi was later convicted. He committed suicide in prison and guards found his body under his bed with a plastic garbage bag tied around his head.
• 1995 April 19: Oklahoma City bombing: A truck bomb shattered the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people-including children playing in the building's day care center. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols launched the attack in protest of the US government.
• 1996 July 27: Centennial Olympic Park bombing occurred in Atlanta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Olympics. One person was killed and 111 injured.
• 1996-2001 The Animal Liberation Front engages in arson attacks against meat-processing plants, lumber companies, a high-tension power line, and a ski center, in Oregon, Wyoming, Washington, California, and Colorado.
• 1997 February 24: An armed man opens fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State Building killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claims this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine". His widow claimed he became suicidal after losing $300,000 in a business venture. In a 2007 interview with the New York Daily News his daughter said her mothers story was a cover crafted by the Palestinian Authority and that her father wanted to punish the United States for its support of Israel [16]
• 1998 January 29: Robert Sanderson, an off-duty police officer who worked as a security guard at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, died when his workplace was bombed on January 29, 1998. Eric Robert Rudolph, who was also responsible for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing, was charged with the crime and received two life sentences as a result.
•1998 July 24: A gunman storms the United States Capitol and fatally wounds two United States Capitol Police officers.
• 1998 October 23: Dr. Barnett Slepian was shot dead at his home in Amherst, New York on October 23, 1998. His was the last in a series of similar shootings against abortion providers in Canada and northern New York state which were all likely committed by James Kopp. Kopp was convicted of Dr. Slepian's murder after finally being apprehended in France in 2001.
• 1999 April 20: Columbine High School Massacre: Two teenage students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed 12 fellow students and a teacher and wounded 24 others before committing suicide.
[edit] 2000-present
• 2001 September 11: September 11, 2001 attacks.
• 2001 September 18: November - 2001 anthrax attacks. Letters tainted with anthrax kill five across the United States. The case remains unsolved.
• 2002 July 4: Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, a 41-year-old Egyptian national, kills 2 Israelis and wounds 4 others at the El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport. The FBI concluded this was terrorism, although they found no evidence linking Hadayet to any terrorist group.[17]
• May 2002 Mailbox Pipe Bomber: Lucas John Helder rigged pipe bombs in private mailboxes to explode when the boxes were opened. He injured 6 people in Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Illinois, and Iowa.
• October 2002 Beltway Sniper Attacks: During three weeks in October 2002 John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo killed 10 people and critically injured 3 others in Washington D.C, Baltimore, and Virginia. An earlier spree by the pair had resulted in 3 deaths in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, California, Arizona, and Texas to bring the total to 16 deaths.
Answer:
Do you actually have a point – any kind of point – with this litany? McVeigh, for example, was executed. What are you asking?
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Can you chance me at the following colleges?
Question:
I'm a junior... these are the schools:
1. Texas A&M
2. UW-Madison
3. Stanford
4. Fordham
5. NYU
6. Amherst
7. Harvard
8. UPenn
So...
White Female from Madison, Wisconsin
GPA: 3.58 (I got a 3.0 in 9th grade, it was 4.0 all of 10th and 11th)
Weighted GPA: 3.76
ACT: 34
SAT: 2100
National Honor Society
Class President
Student Senate
Varsity Volleyball- 3 years Captain
Varsity Skiing- Captain 5 years
Varsity Track- State Qualifier
Literature of America Organizer
3 Musicals: 2 leads
2 Plays: 1 lead
School Anti Racism Committee
Environmental Club
Peer Tutor- over 100 hours, 4 service credits
Peer Mediator- 10 hours, 1 service credit
AP English 11... 5
AP English 12... ?
AP Env. Sci...?
AP Psychology... 5
AP Euro... 4
AP Micro Econ,.. 5
AP Macro Econ... 5
AP Bio... 3
AP Chem... 5
AP Physics... ?
I'm a PSEO Student ( HS senior in college; Enrolled in 3 classes at UW Madison, and have a 3.6 GPA there)
National Medical Scholars Association
Which of those schools do I have a good chance at?
I also have:
Rank: 235/1563
Volleyball Letter
Track Letter
Skiing Letter
Leadership Letter
Performing Arts Letter
I also won "most frequently pictured in the yearbook" last year.
Freshman Year, I was voted "most likely to Succeed" by my peers.
Answer:
Even with all that how the heck are we supposed to know? The Ivies are a long shot in and of themselves because every single overachiever in the country tries to get in. The same holds true for Stanford. High number of applications, low acceptance rate.
Just apply to all colleges. Chances are pretty good you'll get into a few.
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Why do most people think the Native Americans got "slaughtered"???
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Like the Cherokee, most tribes were isolated and with a decentralized government with allowed the British, French, Spanish, and finally the U.S. to defeat them in battle or very well lose about half a dozen wars to induce treaties like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_H...
"In his book The Wild Frontier: Atrocities during the American-Indian War from Jamestown Colony to Wounded Knee, amateur historian William M. Osborn sought to tally every recorded atrocity in the area that would eventually become the continental United States, from first contact (1511) to the closing of the frontier (1890), and determined that 9,156 people died from atrocities perpetrated by Native Americans, and 7,193 people died from those perpetrated by Europeans. Osborn defines an atrocity as the murder, torture, or mutilation of civilians, the wounded, and prisoners.[3]"
54 minutes ago
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52 minutes ago
I also have counted the battles east and west of the Mississippi and the tally is something around, 8,727 (Amerindians) to 11,217 (U.S./British/French)
The area around the Great Lakes was a stalemate represented by Pontiac's Rebellion, so I won't go there.
Sources:
American Revolution (1775–1783)
Chickamauga Wars (1776-1794)
Northwest Indian War (1785–1795)
Nickajack Expedition (1794)
Sabine Expedition (1806)
War of 1812 (1811–1815), including:
Tecumseh's War (1811–1813)
Creek War (1813–1814)
Peoria War (1813)
First Seminole War (1817–1818)
Winnebago War (1827)
Black Hawk War (1832)
Pawnee Indian Territory Campaign (1834)
Creek Alabama Uprising (1835-1837)
Florida-Georgia Border War (1836)
Second Seminole War (1835–1842)
Missouri-Iowa Border War (1836)
Southwestern Frontier (Sabine) disturbances (no fighting) (1836–1837)
Osage Indian War (1837)
50 minutes ago
Sources:
Texas-Indian Wars (1836–1875), including:
Great Raid of 1840 (1840)
Antelope Hills Expedition (1858)
Battle of Pease River (1860)
Red River War (1874–1875)
Puget Sound War (1855–1856)
Dakota War of 1862 (1862)
Colorado War (1863–1865)
Red Cloud's War (1866–1868)
Comanche Campaign (1868–1874)
Black Hills War (1876–1877)
Nez Perce War (1877)
Pine Ridge Campaign (1890)
The Sixty Years' War (1754–1814) was a military struggle for control of the Great Lakes region in North America, encompassing a number of wars over several generations. The term Sixty Years' War is not widely known, and is used primarily by academic historians who specialize in various aspects of the conflict. Traditionally, the war for control of the Great Lakes region has been written about only in reference to the individual wars; the designation Sixty Years' War provides a framework for viewing this era as a continuous whole.
43 minutes ago
Actually, I have a lot of history books. Flames Across the Border, Pierre Berton --- Dictionary of Wars: Third Edition --- Stolen Continents: 500 years of Conquest and Resistance --- some others at my library i read that I forget.
35 minutes ago
I can see some of you actually read my details, but for the rest, here is what usually happened:
Great Lakes region of North America
Result Military stalemate; American Indians concede British sovereignty but compel British policy changes
Territorial
changes Portage around Niagara Falls ceded by Senecas to the British
Belligerents
British Empire American Indians
Commanders
Jeffrey Amherst,
Henry Bouquet Pontiac,
Guyasuta
Strength
~3,000 soldiers[1] ~3,500 warriors[2]
Casualties and losses
450 soldiers killed,
2,000 civilians killed or captured,
4,000 civilians displaced ~200 warriors killed, possible additional war-related deaths from DISEASE <-------- ;)
22 minutes ago
Anyway, I can see some of you don't like to read books so I'll conclude by saying, "We fought and fought like Braves to compel respect. We inflicted just as much casualties as you did us, yet the few times like the Navajo gets routed and sent far from their homeland overrides the victories of the Seminole, Chichimeca, Mapuche, Tlaxcallas, Zacateco, Guachichil, Iroquois, Comanche (who NEVER gave up their homeland to this day), and countless other tribes like us Cree and Anishnabe who hold vast amounts of land to this day. I know in my heart that, like in Europe --- which was ravage to the point of 1/3 its population dying from the Plague ALONE --- the Creator's diseases is what killed my people."
Answer:
It wasn't the battles fought and lost that caused the near genocide of the first nations on Turtle Island, it was the thievery and genocidal actions of the Settler culture.
Read, for one: The State of Native America : genocide, colonization, and resistance
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What colleges do I need to see in the Northeast?
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I'm going to New York City, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and maybe Pennsylvania in about a week. I will be a senior next year and I want a college that is pretty chill but also has some semblance of intellect. My SAT score total was 2080 (690 critical reading, 700 math, and 690 writing) and I go to a pretty well known Texas high school that produces high achievers. I want a college where I can learn and be engaged, while also getting to know people and my professors. Any ideas?
I've looked at Monmouth University in NJ, which looks appealing, as well as UMass Amherst. Ideally, I'd like a college with between 3000-8000 undergrads, but I'm still pretty open on that. Also, good scholarships would be a definite plus, of course.
I know I should probably have a better idea of where I'd like to go this late in the game, but right now, all I can think about is how much longer I have to stay here. Thanks for your ideas!
My GPA is around 3.65-3.7.
Financially, I really need scholarships wherever I go, so Ivies are kind of out of the question.
Answer:
You don't mention your GPA or your financial situation, but you have really high SATs, why are you looking at such midrange schools?
If your grades match your SATs (3.8+) you should consider Ivies and near Ivies: Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, UPenn, Cornell, Amherst (diff than Umass), and the schools listed for lower GPAs.
If your grades are solid, but not stellar (3.3-3.7) you should consider: Fordham, NYU, BU, BC, Rutgers, Conneticut College, Vassar, Skidmore, Sarah Lawrence, Farleigh Dickinson, Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Temple.
If you are limiting yourself to state schools, consider Hunter, Rutgers, SUNY New Paltz, and Cornell (depending on your intended degree some schools are state and some are private at Cornell).
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What are some good computer science colleges for me?
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I'm 16 right now and a junior. i'm from texas and my GPA (on a 7-pt scale) is 6.5, but on a 4-pt scale it would be 4.0 or 3.75 depending on how they count honors credits. My class rank is 84 out of 1200 kids, putting me in the top 7%. But anyways my top interests for college are computer science, math/finance, and French language, with comp sci being at the top. I don't want to live too far off the coast (like indiana or ohio or wherever), but MA or CT or somewhere like that.
What are some good colleges that I should consider? Right now I'm thinking about UMass Amherst, but I'm not sure of any others...
Answer:
Drexel University
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Outline help please (determining if it's a sentence)?
Question:
None are supposed to be sentences. I don't know how tell if it's a sentence or not lol. Can some1 please help me.
I. Historical Background
A. The Growth of Democracy at Home: 1800-1840
1. 1828 election won by Andrew Jackson
2. Term was given nickname era of the common man
3. Property not needed to vote anymore
4. Indians forced to move west
5. Trail of tears leaves 4,000 dead
B. Young Nation on the World Stage
1. Result of War of 1812 = Europe realizing U.S. is there for good
2. Monroe Doctrine warns Europe to stay away from Latin America
3. Mexico attacks U.S. at The Alamo
4. Every Texan defender dies
5. 1845 Texas admitted to the union ending war with Mexico
6. Victory adds California to U.S. territory
C. The Way West and Economic Growth
1. Transportation improves in early 1800’s
2. 1869 rail lines link east and west
3. Technology advances help social change
4. Morse invents telegraph
5. Factories open and farming is easier on worse land
D. Winds of Change
1. Factories lead to child labor and unfair working conditions
2. 1840 Women can’t vote or file law suit
3. Women rights promoted in 1840s/1850s
4. Conflict of right to have slaves divides country
5. Eventually starts Civil War in 1861
II. Literature of the Period
A. American Literature Comes of Age
1. American writers not widely read before 1800s
2. Writers of this time define American voice
B. Romanticism
1. Romanticism-Artistic movement that dominated Europe and America during
Nineteenth century
2. Romantic writing - elevating the imagination over reason and intuition over fact
3. Also accented the fantastic aspects of human experience
C. New England Renaissance 1840-1855
1. Ralph Emerson’s “The American Scholar” calls for American intellectual
independence from Europe
2. American writers should interpret their culture in new ways according to
Emerson
3. 1840-1855 increase in literature activity in New England
D. Transcendentalism
1. Transcendental movement influences writers throughout America
2. Transcendentalism contains many facets, many sources and encompasses a range
of beliefs whose specific principles depend on the individual writer or thinker
3. The transcendental – understanding a person gains intuitively because it lies
beyond direct experience
4. Transcendentalism produces romantic, intuitive, and mystical writing
E. Walden
1. Henry Thoreau - one of the most influential expressers of transcendental
philosophy
2. Went to live on Walden pond by himself
3. Felt intensely the Transcendentalists reverence for nature
4. Walden is his account on the experience of living in Walden
F. The Possibility of Evil
1. All literature isn’t optimistic
2. The Scarlet Letter- sin, concealed guilt, hypocrisy, and humility
3. Hawthorne and Melville viewed life grimly
G. At Home in Amherst
1. Emily Dickinson- one of greatest American poets
2. Her writings focused on unresolved questions
H. Beyond New England
1. 1855 Walt Whitman publishes Leaves of Grass
2. Tells of his change of life
3. Longest lasting effect on American literature
I. Fireside Poets
1. Writers most followed by the American reading public
2. Fireside poets: Henry Longfellow, John Whittier, James Lowell, and Oliver Holmes
J. After the Flowering
1. Creativity sparked up as result of the Civil War
2. Anti-Slavery writers support the north
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Chances of Admission? Help much appreciated!?
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What are my chances of admission at the following schools?
I am high school sophomore. I currently have a weighted 96 GPA (roughly a 4.0, according to Princeton Review), am enrolled, on average, in 2 or 3 Pre AP classes a year, have a great grasp (I wouldn't say fluent, but by the end of the end of high school I will be) in Spanish and French (as well as, of course, my native English), have won numerous Journalism awards, am involved in UIL Academic Team, Newspaper, Debate and Speech, FCS (Fellowship of Christian Students), Spanish Club, French Club (I'm on the French Club Social Committee), Student Council, and the Eco Club. I have been published in my city's newspaper as well as my school's and hold an internship with my suburb's local paper.
I volunteer at the local library, zoo (this summer alone I volunteered 118 hours), and history museums. My volunteer hours as of now are roughly 250-300.
Since I am not old enough to hold a real job, I also grade papers for a second grade teacher (I don't know what good this will do on my application, but...)
Next summer I am planning on spending 5 weeks at Georgetown University or SMU taking classes so I can get college credit (and a real look at college life), taking a required computer class with my school so I can open up more room for classes I want to take as a junior, such as Music History and Theory of Knowledge. Also, I will be taking Spanish, Latin, and French classes at a local university. I will be taking a tour with my parents of East Coast and Northeast colleges and univesities I'm interested in, interviewing, touring the campuses, etc. Lastly, I will be studying abroad, probably to Italy, the summer between my Junior and Senior years.
The schools I am interested in are (I organized them neatly)...
SAFETY
*The University of Texas at Austin
*The University of Arizona
*The University of George
*Auburn University
*LSU
GOOD MATCH
*Tulane
*Emory
*SMU
*UCLA
*The University of Miami
*USC
*University of Virginia
*NYU
REACH
*Dartmouth (my first choice)
*Georgetown
*Brown University
*Stanford
*Vanderbilt
*Cornell
*Amherst
*Williams
*Middlebury
*Bowdoin
*Vassar
*Haverford
Any tips, advice, criticisms, and thoughts you have are much appreciated.
Thanks!
Answer:
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What are my chances of admission?
Question:
What are my chances of admission at the following schools?
I am high school sophomore. I currently have a weighted 96 GPA (roughly a 4.0, according to Princeton Review), am enrolled, on average, in 2 or 3 Pre AP classes a year, have a great grasp (I wouldn't say fluent, but by the end of the end of high school I will be) in Spanish and French (as well as, of course, my native English), have won numerous Journalism awards, am involved in UIL Academic Team, Newspaper, Debate and Speech, FCS (Fellowship of Christian Students), Spanish Club, French Club (I'm on the French Club Social Committee), Student Council, and the Eco Club. I have been published in my city's newspaper as well as my school's and hold an internship with my suburb's local paper.
I volunteer at the local library, zoo (this summer alone I volunteered 118 hours), and history museums. My volunteer hours as of now are roughly 250-300.
Since I am not old enough to hold a real job, I also grade papers for a second grade teacher (I don't know what good this will do on my application, but...)
Next summer I am planning on spending 5 weeks at Georgetown University or SMU taking classes so I can get college credit (and a real look at college life), taking a required computer class with my school so I can open up more room for classes I want to take as a junior, such as Music History and Theory of Knowledge. Also, I will be taking Spanish, Latin, and French classes at a local university. I will be taking a tour with my parents of East Coast and Northeast colleges and univesities I'm interested in, interviewing, touring the campuses, etc. Lastly, I will be studying abroad, probably to Italy, the summer between my Junior and Senior years.
The schools I am interested in are (I organized them neatly)...
SAFETY
*The University of Texas at Austin
*The University of Arizona
*The University of George
*Auburn University
*LSU
GOOD MATCH
*Tulane
*Emory
*SMU
*UCLA
*The University of Miami
*USC
*University of Virginia
*NYU
REACH
*Dartmouth (my first choice)
*Georgetown
*Brown University
*Stanford
*Vanderbilt
*Cornell
*Amherst
*Williams
*Middlebury
*Bowdoin
*Vassar
*Haverford
Any tips, advice, criticisms, and thoughts you have are much appreciated.
Thanks!
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What are my chances of admission at the following schools?
Question:
What are my chances of admission at the following schools?
I am high school sophomore. I currently have a weighted 96 GPA (roughly a 4.0, according to Princeton Review), am enrolled, on average, in 2 or 3 Pre AP classes a year, have a great grasp (I wouldn't say fluent, but by the end of the end of high school I will be) in Spanish and French (as well as, of course, my native English), have won numerous Journalism awards, am involved in UIL Academic Team, Newspaper, Debate and Speech, FCS (Fellowship of Christian Students), Spanish Club, French Club (I'm on the French Club Social Committee), Student Council, and the Eco Club. I have been published in my city's newspaper as well as my school's and hold an internship with my suburb's local paper.
I volunteer at the local library, zoo (this summer alone I volunteered 118 hours), and history museums. My volunteer hours as of now are roughly 250-300.
Since I am not old enough to hold a real job, I also grade papers for a second grade teacher (I don't know what good this will do on my application, but...)
Next summer I am planning on spending 5 weeks at Georgetown University or SMU taking classes so I can get college credit (and a real look at college life), taking a required computer class with my school so I can open up more room for classes I want to take as a junior, such as Music History and Theory of Knowledge. Also, I will be taking Spanish, Latin, and French classes at a local university. I will be taking a tour with my parents of East Coast and Northeast colleges and univesities I'm interested in, interviewing, touring the campuses, etc. Lastly, I will be studying abroad, probably to Italy, the summer between my Junior and Senior years.
The schools I am interested in are (I organized them neatly)...
SAFETY
*The University of Texas at Austin
*The University of Arizona
*The University of George
*Auburn University
*LSU
GOOD MATCH
*Tulane
*Emory
*SMU
*UCLA
*The University of Miami
*USC
*University of Virginia
*NYU
REACH
*Dartmouth (my first choice)
*Georgetown
*Brown University
*Stanford
*Vanderbilt
*Cornell
*Amherst
*Williams
*Middlebury
*Bowdoin
*Vassar
*Haverford
Any tips, advice, criticisms, and thoughts you have are much appreciated.
Thanks!
Yeah, unfortunately, only being a sophomore, I haven't taken the SAT or ACT yet...:(
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What are my chances of admission at the following schools?
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What are my chances of admission at the following schools?
I am high school sophomore. I currently have a weighted 96 GPA (roughly a 4.0, according to Princeton Review), am enrolled, on average, in 2 or 3 Pre AP classes a year, have a great grasp (I wouldn't say fluent, but by the end of the end of high school I will be) in Spanish and French (as well as, of course, my native English), have won numerous Journalism awards, am involved in UIL Academic Team, Newspaper, Debate and Speech, FCS (Fellowship of Christian Students), Spanish Club, French Club (I'm on the French Club Social Committee), Student Council, and the Eco Club. I have been published in my city's newspaper as well as my school's and hold an internship with my suburb's local paper.
I volunteer at the local library, zoo (this summer alone I volunteered 118 hours), and history museums. My volunteer hours as of now are roughly 250-300.
Since I am not old enough to hold a real job, I also grade papers for a second grade teacher (I don't know what good this will do on my application, but...)
Next summer I am planning on spending 5 weeks at Georgetown University or SMU taking classes so I can get college credit (and a real look at college life), taking a required computer class with my school so I can open up more room for classes I want to take as a junior, such as Music History and Theory of Knowledge. Also, I will be taking Spanish, Latin, and French classes at a local university. I will be taking a tour with my parents of East Coast and Northeast colleges and univesities I'm interested in, interviewing, touring the campuses, etc. Lastly, I will be studying abroad, probably to Italy, the summer between my Junior and Senior years.
The schools I am interested in are (I organized them neatly)...
SAFETY
*The University of Texas at Austin
*The University of Arizona
*The University of George
*Auburn University
*LSU
GOOD MATCH
*Tulane
*Emory
*SMU
*UCLA
*The University of Miami
*USC
*University of Virginia
*NYU
REACH
*Dartmouth (my first choice)
*Georgetown
*Brown University
*Stanford
*Vanderbilt
*Cornell
*Amherst
*Williams
*Middlebury
*Bowdoin
*Vassar
*Haverford
Any tips, advice, criticisms, and thoughts you have are much appreciated.
Thanks!
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