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Jan
31
How to Learn Speed Reading
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1- Check your eyes. Many people who read particularly slowly do so because they have an undiagnosed vision problem. Even if you think you have perfect vision, if you haven’t had an eye exam recently, there’s no time like the present.
2- Time your current reading speed. It’s important to find out how fast you read now so that you can track your improvement through subsequent timings. Not only will timing help you Read more
Tags: Learn, Reading, SpeedJan
30
Cellular Metabolism Overview
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For all of the pre-health tests (MCAT, PCAT, DAT, and OAT), you should be able to follow the generation of ATP in each step, and also the energy carrier reduction (NAD and FAD) in each stage. You do NOT need to memorize any enzymes or pathway intermediates; they will make you do that in your professional school biochem class. You should also know that oxygen is the final electron acceptor of the electron transport chain, and that anaerobic respiration is insufficient to sustain human life. In addition, fermentation produces lactic acid as a byproduct in humans, and ethanol in yeast. Finally, you should know where in the cell each stage of respiration occurs. Here is a list of the energy conversions for each stage and where in the cell they take place:
Tags: Cellular, Metabolism, OverviewJan
29
“Q:A” Computer-Based MCAT Issues: Paper versus Computer Practice Tests
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Please excuse my rambling in advance, but I just read what I think is some pretty dangerous advice in another thread. The advice was that it isn’t necessary to practice CBT questions, because paper was just as good.
At face value, there is definitely some truth to that statement. Reviewing using paper materials is actually more efficient that reviewing on computer (we did a pretty long term focus group study that showed far Read more
Tags: 8220, 8221, based, Computer, Issues, MCAT, Paper, practice, Tests, VersusJan
28
MCAT Interview Ethical Questions
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There is a host of specific issues that may be brought up in this category: determinations of death, the right to die, care of the elderly, patient privacy, children’s and parent’s rights, care of the mentally handicapped, rights of the handicapped, rights of the physically handicapped, rights of the terminally ill, rights of defective newborns, abortion rights, religious rights to reject certain medical procedures, experimental Read more
Tags: Ethical, Interview, MCAT, QuestionsJan
27
‘Altruism Meets a Weak Job Market’
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‘Altruism Meets a Weak Job Market’Friday July 04th 2008, 4:08 pm Filed under: Life, Post-College
According to the Wall Street Journal, recent college grads are giving up on trying to find a decent job in the currently crappy job market, and are opting instead to spend a year or two working and/or volunteering for one of the following world-improvement organizations:
Peace CorpsAmeriCorpsTeach Read more
Tags: 8216, 8217, Altruism, Market, Meets, WeakJan
26
Steve Jobs Commencement Speech at Stanford University
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Steve Jobs Commencement Speech at Stanford UniversityWednesday August 15th 2007, 11:36 am Filed under: College, Work
In his 2005 speech at Stanford, Steve Jobs spoke about adversity and living a life true to your principles. He was the first in his family to go to college, but eventually dropped out (of Reed College) and forged a successful career out of nothing. To resilience!
Sometimes life hits Read more
Tags: Commencement, Jobs, Speech, Stanford, Steve, UniversityJan
26
College Comparison Tool
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College Comparison ToolWednesday May 07th 2008, 12:04 pm Filed under: College, Tips, College Admissions, College rankings
High school students are teenagers, and if we were to go strictly along biological lines, teenagers are adult animals. And if we were all still living in caves, teenagers would have moved out of their parents’ cave and found their own well before the modern-day version of adulthood (the 18th Read more
Tags: College, Comparison, ToolJan
26
101 Helpful Hints for IELTS Academic Modules on rapidshare and mihd.net
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101 Helpful Hints for IELTS Academic Modules
Author: Adams , G. & Peck , T. Publisher: Adams and Austen Press Format: P/Bk ISBN: 0958760462 ISBN-13: 9780958760461 Publication Date: 2001
Description: ‘101 Helpful Hints for IELTS’ has been designed for students preparing for the Academic version of the IELTS exam and to assist teachers conducting courses in IELTS exam preparation.##10## Read more
Tags: Academic, Helpful, hints, IELTS, mihd, modules, RapidshareJan
24
Top Ten Best Value Schools
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Top Ten Best Value SchoolsThursday April 26th 2007, 2:17 pm Filed under: College, Tuition, College rankings
The Princeton Review, for 25 years, has been coming out with a list of best value schools, both public and private.
Here’s their newest list of “best value” public schools:
1. New College of Florida 2. Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo. 3. University of North Carolina at Asheville 4. University Read more
Tags: Best, Schools, ValueJan
23
Finding Your Dream Job
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Finding Your Dream JobTuesday August 28th 2007, 10:05 am Filed under: College, Tips, Work
There’s an overwhelming amount of career advice out there. The volume of information and the level of detail tend to make it tough to keep your head on straight while looking for a new job. Looking for a new job or switching careers is stressful enough to make your current situation not look as bad as you had previously thought. Is misery really so bad? Read more
Tags: Dream, Finding, your