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Your High-School Resume
2007-08-29 18:33:00 By Dave Berry Getting into a good college is a lot like trying to get a good job. In both cases, you need a way to sell yourself. That’s where your résumé comes in. A high school résumé works like a professional résumé. If you are a junior, planning on applying to colleges that do not accept ... More About: School , High School , Resume , High
How Do You Sell Yourself When You Don?t Have Much to Sell?
2007-08-29 18:27:00 by Paul W. Barada (Monster Salary and Negotiation Expert) How do people new to the job market land that first job with little or no real-world work experience? What can you do to jump-start your career if all you have is a brand new diploma and a couple of unrelated summer jobs? Understand this: What you have ... More About: Sell
Speak Up! Presenting Yourself Effectively at a College Interview
2007-08-29 18:21:00 Eli Clarke, Associate Director of counseling, private high school, Washington DC One of the more unique and effective admissions tools that many colleges use is the interview. The college interview benefits both you and the school, allowing you both the get to know each other better. For the college, they get to know you as an individual, ... More About: College , Interview , Speak , Presenting , Coll
Packing for College by Darra Clark, Arizona State
2007-08-29 11:39:00 Unless you happen to plan on going to State U in your town AND living with your parents, college is going to involve a nasty amount shopping and packing and shopping. Particularly if, like myself, you plan on moving from say, a temperate climate (jeans 24/7, sweaters as often as possible) to a desert like ... More About: College , Arizona , Packing , Coll
Strategies For Shining from the AO of MIT
2007-08-29 11:37:00 Luna Yang felt too jittery to take the wheel herself, so she asked her mother to drive. She was going to Orono to meet with a woman who had graduated from MIT. The face-to-face conversation is recommended for students applying to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Luna was nervous. She wanted to shine. As classical ... More About: Strategies , Shining , Rate
Applying to Harvard by Fiona Chin, Harvard University
2007-08-29 11:30:00 I thought about colleges every day of my academic life. I only ever really thought about one school, the ?big H.? My Dad went there, and I felt enormous pressure my whole life to live up to those expectations. In every year of school, I considered what each grade and extracurricular activity would translate into, ... More About: University , Harvard , Harvard University , Univers
Harvard Drunkenness by Rachana Shah, Harvard University
2007-08-29 11:25:00 Part One My whole life, I had always wanted to go to Harvard . My parents never really pushed me in that direction, in fact, they were pretty oblivious to my whole college search, only hoping that I went somewhere that would impress their social circle. So when junior year rolled around, and everyone was frantically searching for ... More About: University , Harvard University , Chan , Hana
Applying to MIT by Jeyun Choi, MIT
2007-08-29 11:19:00 Let me explain something about myself first: I?m a fairly unambitious person. Okay, that?s a euphemism. Let?s be frank: I?m lazy. Don?t get me wrong, I work hard, and do well, but I?ve just never really had any ambitions in life. I remember in kindergarten, my teacher asked us what we all wanted to be ... More About: Choi
Fulbright Scholarship by Justin Snider, Amherst College
2007-08-29 11:00:00 By Justin Snider, Amherst Coll ege Each winter, governments across the world award a number of prestigious fellowships for foreign study to U.S. citizens graduating from American colleges, as well as to recent graduates. These are national competitions with fall application deadlines, usually (but not always) restricted to citizens of the United States. If you are looking ... More About: Scholarship , Scholar
The Official SAT Question of the Day? for August 28, 2007
2007-08-28 10:16:00 Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. The language of Anne Spencer?s poetry conveys an impression of ——- that can be misleading: just when a poem seems to be echoing routine feelings, the diction suddenly sharpens to embody fresh and ... More About: Question , Hard , August , Official , Difficulty
The Official SAT Question of the Day? for August 21, 2007
2007-08-22 07:05:00 Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer. In the figure above, inscribed triangle ABC is equilateral. If the radius of the circle is r, then the length of arc AXB is The Correct Answer is: Difficulty: Medium , Mathematics , SAT, Standard Multiple Choice (Mathematics), The Official SAT Question of the ... More About: August
The Official SAT Question of the Day? for August 20, 2007
2007-08-20 06:42:00 The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E. The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. ... More About: Writing , Question , August , Official , The D
The Official SAT Question of the Day? for August 19, 2007
2007-08-19 20:42:00 Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Refuting the claim that the surest way to reduce anger is to express it, the author asserts that ——- anger can actually increase its ——- . denying . . impact understanding . ... More About: Question , August , Official , Medium , Difficulty
Advice for Students: 10 Steps Toward Better Writing
2007-08-19 14:07:00 Writing well is easily one of the most sought-after and useful skills in the business world. Ironically, it is one of the rarest and most undervalued skills among students, and few professors have the time, resources, or skills to teach writing skills effectively. What follows are a handful of tips and general principles to help ... More About: Advice , Writing , Students , Steps
The Official SAT Question of the Day? for August 18, 2007
2007-08-18 17:55:00 Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer. 3, 6, 11, 18, … The first four terms of a sequence are shown above. Which of the following could be the formula that gives the nth term of this sequence for all positive integers n? 2n 2n + 1 3n n2 + 1 n2 + 2 The Correct ... More About: Mathematics , Question , August , Official , Medium
Useful links for TOEFL iBT from ETS
2007-08-18 08:15:00 Useful links for TOEFL iBT from ETS. 08/25/2006 Updated TOEFL 2006-07 Information and Registration Bulletin for Internet-based Testing TOEFL 2005-06 Information and Registration Bulletin for Internet-based Testing Test Locations Registration Form Regional Registration Centers Institution Codes Department Codes Native Country and Region Codes Native Language Codes Additional Score Report Request Form TOEFL iBT at a Glance - An overview of TOEFL iBT TOEFL iBT ... More About: Links
The Official SAT Question of the Day? for Auguest 17, 2007
2007-08-17 17:56:00 Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. Warmer coastal air and water has accelerated melting in Antarctica?s ice shelves ... More About: Question , Official , The D , The O
Will Some Majors Cost You More?
2007-08-17 17:52:00 Be careful when declaring your major next fall. It could cost you. So says a recent New York Times article, which details a growing trend among public universities to charge more for certain majors. Consider: Should an undergraduate studying business pay more than one studying psychology? Should a journalism degree cost more than one in literature? More and ... More About: Cost , Major , Majors , Some
U.S. News Rankings 2008
2007-08-17 17:45:00 Well, they’re out, as I promised yesterday. Let the controversy continue. For the record, here’s how they stack up: National Universities 1. Princeton 2. Harvard 3. Yale 4. Stanford 5. Penn/Cal Tech 7. MIT 8. Duke 9. Columbia/Chicago 11. Dartmouth Liberal Arts College s 1. Williams 2. Amherst 3. Swarthmore 4. Wellesley 5. Carleton/Middlebury 7. Pomona/Bowdoin 9. Davidson 10. Haverford College, College Ranking, U.S. News Rankings More About: 2008 |
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