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Mar
29
College Professors For Obama
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College Professors For ObamaMonday August 13th 2007, 9:41 am Filed under: College
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, college professors have already donated $7 million to presidential campaigns this year, more than any other industry including the oil and drug industries. After eight years of suffering under the anti-intellectual, war hawk Bush administration, it looks like academia is doing everything in its power to get a Democrat Read more
Tags: College, Obama, ProfessorsMar
28
Homeschooling as the Art of theEveryday
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Here’s a great comment (and some excellent advice) from Laura Derrick.
Excerpts (emphasis added):
It is inevitable that we will not all go about homeschooling the same way, and that we won’t have the same ideas about how to protect our right to homeschool. I think that’s a positive thing. We need diversity, and we need a wealth of ideas and strategies….
But you know, it’s not easy to sit by Read more
Tags: Homeschooling, theEverydayMar
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, WeakMar
26
Acceleration, Speed, and Velocity - MCAT
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SPEED vs VELOCITY
As far as speed is concerned, remember that speed is a scalar (just a number) and velocity is a vector (a number and a direction). You could come up with a situation where there is no change in speed but a change in velocity. That situation would be a particle moving in a circle without speeding up or slowing down (i.e., uniform circular motion). The velocity will be changing because the particle is not moving in Read more
Tags: Acceleration, MCAT, Speed, VelocityMar
25
What tips can people with insanely high MCAT scores (40+) give to students who are currently preparing for the MCAT?
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hese tips are from volunteer advisor emack, who scored a 41R on the MCAT.
Level of detail: as much as you can cram in! But seriously, it doesn’t need to be 100%. For example, I gave up on really understanding much organic chem, and decided to cut my losses and just memorize what seemed to be the most common reactions.
Performance on practice tests: worse scores than on the real thing. I did 3 or 4 AAMC practice tests, Read more
Tags: currently, give, high, insanely, MCAT, people, preparing, scores, Students, Tips, What, WithMar
24
None. Or very close to none.
Time is of the essence on the Physical Sciences section; nearly everyone needs to finsh the section, but for most people that isn’t going to happen if they spend too much time reading unnecessary material. And it turns out that most of the text in physics passage is unnecessary for answering the questions.
When you first turn to a physics passage, it is fine to glance at the first few Read more
Tags: MCAT, much, Passage, Physics, Reading, should, spend, timeMar
23
IELTS exam
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The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination can be taken in over 100 different countries in the world. It is primarily designed to assess the readiness of candidates to study or train in further or higher education courses held in English at college or university
The examination takes 2 hours and 45 minutes to complete, and consists of four Sub-tests in the skills of listening, reading, writing and speaking##3## Read more
Tags: exam, IELTSMar
22
anatomy mnemonics
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Cranial Nerves mnemonics
I On (Olfactory) II Old (Optic) III Olympus (Oculomotor) IV Towering (Trochlear) V Tops, (Trigeminal) VI A (Abducens) VII Finn (Facial) VIII And (Auditory) IX German (Glossopharyngeal) X Viewed (Vagus) XI Astounding (Accessory) XII Hops (Hypoglossal)
I Some (Sensory) II Say (Sensory) III Marry (primarily Motor) IV Money, (primarily Motor) V But (Both) VI My (primarily Motor) VII Brother (Both) VIII Read more
Tags: Anatomy, MnemonicsMar
21
Graduate Degrees for Non-profit Professionals
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Graduate Degrees for Non-profit ProfessionalsMonday September 11th 2006, 2:07 pm Filed under: Graduate School, MBA, Business School
onPhilanthropy.com has a helpful article up for those interested in working in non-profit management.
The article discusses the various degree options for anyone striving to work in the public sector or non-profit management. “More than 100 schools across the country offer graduate degree programs Read more
Tags: Degrees, Graduate, Professionals, profitMar
20
Top 10 Web Tools For College Students
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Top 10 Web Tools For College StudentsWednesday August 16th 2006, 10:56 am Filed under: College, Graduate School, TipsBest Web Tools for College Students
I have a set of Web sites / Web tools that I use on a regular basis. As a student, they’re handy because they either a) help me get things done or b) educate / inform me about things I need to know.
Here’s a medley of sites and tools that I love to use (or plan to start Read more
Tags: College, Students, Tools