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    Amherst is a town in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,251 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Amherst County. Amherst is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. Amherst is located at 37°34′37″N, 79°3′2″W (37.576899, -79.050424). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.0 square miles (12.9 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,251 people, 940 households, and 568 families residing in the town. The population density was 451.3 people per square mile (174.2/km²). There were 1,000 housing units at an average density of 200.5/sq mi (77.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 68.95% White, 29.63% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.04% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.02% of the population. There were 940 households out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 37.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.7% had someone living alone who

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    Should I go to Ohio State or Umass Amherst or George Washington University?
    Question:
    For next year I'm going to West Virginia University, but maybe for only a semester. Ohio State offered me their fall semester 09 and umass amherst offered me their spring semester 09. My parents want me to go to george washington but I don't really want to go. Which one should I end up going to?

    Answer:
    I will be attending Umass Amherst this fall, but I think George Washington is a good school. It depends how much you are willing to pay. I would have to say GWU is very expensive, and you can definitely get a good education in another institution. I have visited WVU, and I did not like the surrounding area.

    Amherst or W&M or U.Va.?
    Question:
    Let's say I've been admitted to Amherst College and the College of William & Mary. Which should I choose? Now let's say I've been admitted to Amherst College and the University of Virginia? Or all three? (In reality I've been accepted to Amherst only, but I want to know in advance of this week when I hear from the other two.) By the way, I just got into William & Mary, too, right now.

    Answer:
    University of Virginia's incoming freshman had an average GPA of 4.07 w/ a 37% acceptance rate. It also placed on the following lists on princetonreview.com Best College Library Jock Schools Best in the Southeast Best Value College Amherst on the other hand, I'm not sure about the GPA, but I know they had a 19% acceptance rate last year so REALLY consider yourself one of the select FEW. Congratulaitons, BTW. Also, Amherst made the following lists on princetonreview.com Best Overall Academic Experience for Undergraduates Professors Get High Marks School Runs Like Butter Best in the Northeast

    Am I related to Susannah Martin?
    Question:
    I was looking through our family records and found the following information: Henry Martin B: Abt. 1672 Amherst, Virginia D: 11 May 1755 Albemarle, Virginia Spouse: Mrs. Ann Martin B: Abt. 1675 Amherst, Virginia Is there anyone who can tell me more information about Henry and his parents or Ann and her parents? We have no records concerning Henry's parents' names and there isn't much information available about Susannah's grandchildren. Any help would be much appreciated. *Yes, G S has the right Susannah. I'm looking for a link between her and my ancestor Henry Martin.

    Answer:
    Heres some info I found, maybe the wrong person but anyway, hope I helped. Susannah Martin (baptized September 30, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was a woman and a victim of the Salem witch trials. Martin was the fourth daughter, and youngest child, of Richard North and Joan (Bartram) North. Her mother died when she was a child. Her stepmother was named Ursula Scott. She was baptized in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England on September 30, 1621. Her family first moved to Salisbury, Massachusetts around 1639. On August 11, 1646 at Salisbury, Susannah married the widower George Martin, a blacksmith with whom she had eight children, including daughter Jane, the great-great-great-great grandmother of Chester A. Arthur. Site:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Martin

    What colleges can I get into?
    Question:
    I have a 3.52 GPA, I am in the top 30% of my class, and all that. I am planning on majoring in engineering or political science. I am looking into these colleges: -University of Massachusetts, Amherst -Boston College -Worcester Polytechnic Institute -University of Virginia -George Washington University

    Answer:
    UMass Amherst is probably a good target. I don't know about WPI. UVA is unlikely. GW and BC are probably reaches. Good luck

    Getting in?
    Question:
    I am currently a junior in a Massachusetts Public High School. I have a 2.85 gpa(got screwed sophmore year with absences, but I have a 3.7 through my junior year, and should bring it over 3 again) A 3.25 weighted gpa Take all honors and APs available 2150 on SATs, taking it again(hoping to break 2200) Taking 2 APs this year and planning on taking 3 more next year Top 30% of my class 3 Varsity Sports, captain of 2, Math team, environmental club, and I have some community service under my belt My question is could i get into these schools and how likely Reach: University of Virginia(Reach/Dream school) Brandeis Wake Forest Penn State Clemson NC State UMass Amherst West Virginia University Rutgers new brunswick Virginia Tech Is there any thing I can do to increase my chances also

    Answer:
    If you continue to bring your grades up, that one poor year won't necessarily hold you back, if the rest of your app is strong. Strong SAT scores and good recommendations will also help quite a bit. Make sure you write some strong essays, perhaps using one to highlight your most recent grades, and show that they are who you are, not that one bad year - and ideally, have the recommendations to back that up. The sports look great, as does sports in combo with the two clubs you listed - sports and math, golden. As for the schools you listed, based on the fact that you'll continue on an upward trend re: grades: University of Virginia - reach Brandeis - reach Wake Forest - reach Penn State - reach/fit Clemson - reach NC State - reach, wicked reach UMass Amherst - fit West Virginia University - maybe backup school Rutgers - fit Virginia Tech - fit That's saying that you'll bring your overall GPA up as high as you can, and that you'll be able to show them that who you are, now, is the true you - that your sophomore year was an abberation. So I strongly suggest you pick some good backup schools, just in case. Based on your list, and your grades, etc., you may also want to have a look at Boston University (unless that's too urban), U Delaware, Auburn, James Madison, Duquesne, maybe George Mason, and Tulane. Tulane has a great name, but post-Katrina, is still sort of looking to fill seats with qualified students. I consider it an opportunity.

    College Chances?
    Question:
    I am currently a junior in a Massachusetts Public High School. I have a 2.85 gpa(got screwed sophmore year with absences, but I have a 3.7 through my junior year, and should bring it over 3 again) A 3.25 weighted gpa Take all honors and APs available 2150 on SATs, taking it again(hoping to break 2200) Taking 2 APs this year and planning on taking 3 more next year Top 40% of my class 3 Varsity Sports, captain of 2, Math team, environmental club, and I have some community service under my belt My question is could i get into these schools and how likely Reach: University of Virginia Brandeis Wake Forest Fit: Penn State Clemson NC State UMass Amherst West Virginia University Rutgers new brunswick Virginia Tech Is there any thing I can do to increase my chances also

    Answer:
    Very good SATs - keep up the clear thinking Top 40% - not so hot - that might hurt your chances You are pretty good for all the "fit" schools. I think you are good for all three "reach" schools too. Why don't you invest $14.95 into the US News Premium service and see what they come up with - there are some excellent schools out there that might really like to see you. For example, one of my daughters had a dynamite SAT, but not so hot ranking - she got a fantastic scholarship to Rhodes College in Memphis and has just been accepted for grad school to Colombia and Harvard. I'm not so sure about the community service stuff - we don't give it much attention.

    guy gone away, and i can't forget :'(?
    Question:
    there was thi guy Chad Massie(richard) and we were valentines two years ago. i still really luv him but he moved last year and i hoped to see him this year but he moved to Amherst or Albemarle Virginia. my friend Sanora is gonna see im this weekend and i want to give him a note but i don't know if he remembers me. he might think i'm weird or he might hate me and ripp it to shreads but he wasn't like that two years ago but i don't know if he changed or not. DESPRATE!!!! HELP WANTED!!!!!!! please please ANYONE out there??? also my name is Katrina Somers if anyone knows him nevermind now i seem desperate :\

    Answer:
    Write him the note. But don't make it a letter cuz that might be weird. If you guys had a relationship before, he'll remember you, but it might be awkward at first cuz it's a little random. Just be friendly.

    the best way to get into a good college?
    Question:
    i'm looking to get into yale, stanford, harvard, virginia, brown, princeton or amherst i play lacrosse and i'm a rising freshman so what is the best high school advice for me to get into any of those schools best answer awarded

    Answer:
    Get crazy good at your sports. CRAZY good. Also maintain a 4.0 in school as well as being very involved in extra curricular. Find some exotic race in your immediate back ground (this is terrible but true. Standard white boy or asian doesn't work) In addition choose an odd major when applying to those colleges... Write an amazing essay about some sort of amazing thing you truly. Have an absolutely stellar interview where you are shown to be incredibly interesting and incredibly intelligent without being incredibly annoying. If you are missing even one of those things your chances goes down drastically. I am sorry.

    What is the tuition of these colleges?
    Question:
    Could anyone tell me the yearly out of state tuition for any of these colleges? University of Massachusetts (Amherst) University at Albany (SUNY) East Carolina University Bowling Green State University Dayton University Oklahoma State Virginia Tech University of Central Florida Thank You

    Answer:
    They are all state schools so it would depend on where you live.

    Are these college campuses pretty?
    Question:
    I was considering going to these schools...so are their campuses nice? Penn State University Park Indiana University of PA University of Pittsburgh Temple University University of Delaware Rutgers University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Maryland College Park University of West Virginia

    Answer:
    The best way to find out info is to find a student. You can start looking for contact information for Maryland colleges here. http://www.collegereviewed.com/Maryland-Colleges-Universities.htm l The students always seem to know what's going on since they spend so much time on campus.

    which univerty should i travel 2 study at for a semester abroad?
    Question:
    please help me chose from these universities... the only problem is that i can't go to japan bec it's for a whole year not just a semester and that the university in italy doesn't have my major ( mass communication :marketing) ... please tell me why do u recommend a certian university and i promise i will chose a best answer . i live in Egypt by the way You can choose to study abroad in one of the universities listed below: United States James Madison University, Virginia Penn State University Portland State University , Oregon University of California University of Colorado, Boulder University of Massachusetts , Amherst University of St Thomas , Minnesota University of Virginia, Charlottesville University of Washington , Seattle Washington College , Maryland Canada Concordia University Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Europe University of East London Bocconi University, Milan St Andrews University, Scotland Asia Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka Middle East American University of Beirut

    Answer:
    If you are simply basing this on your major, you can't go wrong with places like Penn State (excellent reputation, good school), UMass, or Concordia. However, one thing to keep in mind is that the weather at some of these schools will be very, very different from what you are used to, even for a semester. If you want to stay warm, you are probably going to want to look towards U of Wash (Seattle) and California, even Virginia. Minnesota gets cold early, and usually has snow by the end of October. Colorado is a wonderful school, but again, it can get a fair amount of snow. Vancouver is a wonderful city, as is Milan and London. Hope this helped! Good luck!

    Did Democrat's forget about Terrorism attacks in the United States?
    Question:
    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?

    How politically liberal or conservative are the following schools?
    Question:
    On a scale of 1-10, 1 being ultra-conservative, 5 being moderate, and 10 being ultra-liberal...please rank the following schools: harvard yale princeton brown u-penn columbia co rnell dartmouth johns hopkins emory vanderbilt amherst swarthmore williams george town william and mary lehigh carnegie mellon u-virginia boston college notre dame northwestern u-chicago u-michigan wake forest unc at chapel hill brandeis tufts

    Answer:
    In general, the large majority of colleges are 'officially' neither liberal nor conservative. But the large majority of faculty in American universities identify themselves as moderate or liberal. Only a small minority identify themselves as conservative. (There was a recent New York Times article about this). So, if you mean, is the atmosphere at these schools more liberal or conservative, then I would rank almost all of them about a 7 or 8. The ones in the South, like William and Mary are probably a little more moderate, about 5 or so.

    Which of these schools have good physics programs?
    Question:
    It's my senior year in high school, and I'm looking into colleges. I'm specifically looking for schools with good science programs, especially in physics. In an effort to cut down my current list of 37 prospective schools, I'm looking for information on which of the following schools have good physics programs. Also, feel free to mention schools not on the list (Please avoid the obvious, like MIT or Caltech). I'm especially interested in knowing which Ivies (marked by asterisks below) have good physics programs. Amherst Brown* Carnegie Mellon Columbia* Cornell* Dartmouth* Duke Emory Fordham Ge orgetown Harvard* Johns Hopkins Princeton* Rutgers Stanford Syracuse Tulane Univers ity of Chicago University of Virginia University of Pennsylvania* University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vanderbilt Washington University in St. Louis Yale*

    Answer:
    I would grab a copy of the US News report on universities to give you some further information. But I will try to give you a little more information. I would guess most good schools will have solid physics departments. And there are different fields of physics, where some schools may be good at one field and other good at others. You have a lot of schools on there I have no knowledge of in physics. But here's how I would break up the schools: Best of the Best: Caltech, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford (yes, I know, you didn't want the first two, but you can't talk about the best of the best without the best) Very Very Good: Yale, Brown, Cornell, Chicago Other top schools you might want to look at: U Texas-Austin, U Michigan, U Illinois, U Maryland, U Colorado (in atomic physics), Gatech, UC Berkley, U Arizona, U New Mexico (they have a lot of quantum information physics) The rest of them I don't know that much about, so I will just list the ones I have heard of in physics, so have reason to believe they would be solid: CMU, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Johns Hopkins, U Virginia, Penn, UNC, Washington The others I have never heard of in physics. That is not to say that they aren't strong. You should realize that I work in atomic physics and quantum information, so I have more exposure to that specific field of physics than others. The top two groups will be very strong in everything. The ones I suggested are usually good across the board. The ones that have a specific focus that I know of, I pointed out. I hope that helps. Good luck with picking a school and your applications!

    What should I do about these sat II scores?
    Question:
    I took 3 sat subject tests in June and here are my scores. Math level II: 580 Physics:590 U.S. History: 690 My question is how much will these scores factor in. Would I have anything to benifit/ loose from sending these scores. My regular sat scores from may were 650 reading 630 math 660 writing I don't think those are too bad but I'm going to get a study book and take it again in the fall. Anyone know of any good review books? I was leaning towards princeton review or barrons. Do I need to take the subject tests again? I realy don't want to unless it is absolutely necessary. Colleges I'm looking at are: Boston College North Eastern Williams College Holy Cross University of Virginia Davidson University Of North Carolina Chapel Hill William and Mary Cornell University Stanford Umass Amherst any thoughts as to which ones I have a shot at getting into are welcome. Thanks

    Answer:
    You are applying to some of the most difficult schools to get into in the country. Unless you have an incredible GPA, your SAT scores are going to prevent you from getting into nearly all of these except for UMass and Northeastern. Holy Cross is SAT Optional but you must be in the top 10% of your class to get in. I would suggest adding a few more safeties that you like.

    College Chances?
    Question:
    I am currently a junior in a Massachusetts Public High School. I have a 2.85 gpa(got screwed sophmore year with absences, but I have a 3.7 through my junior year, and should bring it over 3 again) A 3.25 weighted gpa Take all honors and APs available 2150 on SATs, taking it again(hoping to break 2200) Taking 2 APs this year and planning on taking 3 more next year Top 40% of my class 3 Varsity Sports, captain of 2, Math team, environmental club, and I have some community service under my belt My question is could i get into these schools and how likely Reach: University of Virginia Brandeis Fit: Penn State Clemson NC State UMass Amherst West Virginia University Rutgers new brunswick Virginia Tech Is there any thing I can do to increase my chances also

    Answer:
    Well, from your resume, you look like you have a very good chance with most of the colleges listed with the exception of Virginia because it is very competitive. Just keep doing what you are doing now, participate in sports, volunteer, and maintain a high gpa, then no worries! Anyway, booster of confidence, since you're already break through to the 2100 mark, you are looking at getting scholarships from alot of those, esp from Penn St., NCS, WVU, and Clemson, so good luck.


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