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Jun
30
“Q:A” Did you keep track of problems/passages you got wrong so that you could go over them in the last 2 weeks leading into the MCAT?
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jmugele: Um, not really. I definitely went over those problems after taking a test. And I would do whatever reading/studying necessary to make sure I understood the correct answer. But I never saved those up. I guess I generalized it more — I kept track of those topics that I was having trouble with. I would save out flashcards on those topics and make sure I did extra studying on those. Because if you think about it, saving individual Read more
Tags: 8220, 8221, could, into, keep, last, leading, MCAT, over, Passages, Problems, that, them, track, weeks, wrongJun
30
Inequality in College Admissions
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Inequality in College AdmissionsTuesday March 20th 2007, 10:53 am Filed under: College, College Admissions, SAT, GenderScandals of Higher Education
An article in the New York Review of Books and the book list that goes with it made me want to erase the admissions policies, guidelines, etc. at every institution of higher learning I could find so we can all just start over. If college applicants did not have to submit to standardized testing and Read more
Tags: Admissions, College, InequalityJun
28
Lefty College Grads Earn More Money
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Lefty College Grads Earn More MoneyMonday August 21st 2006, 9:16 pm Filed under: College, Work
Left-handed male college graduates make 26% more than their right-handed counterparts, according to researchers at Lafayette College and Johns Hopkins University.
There are “several suggestive and economically and statistically significant results that suggest further support for the notion that handedness matters,” they wrote. Read more
Tags: College, Earn, Grads, Lefty, Money, MoreJun
27
MCAT general chemistry mnemonics
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Bonding “HONC” H requires 1 more electron in its outer shell to become stable. O requires 2. N requires 3. C requires 4.
Cation
The “t” in cation looks like a plus sign: “ca+ion.” Electrochemistry
Reduction occurs at the Cathode; Oxidation at the Anode.
Remember that the terms beginning with consonants are together, and those beginning with vowels are together. “LEO Read more
Tags: chemistry, General, MCAT, MnemonicsJun
25
“Why do YOU think homeschool iscool?”
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That was the question Laurel Springs School asked homeschoolers, and starting here, in video format, are the answers they received. The grand prize winner is at the link, and links to first and second prize winners in three age categories are on the right-hand side of the page.
To watch all entries go here. (Be advised that when you navigate away from the contest’s YouTube page — as happens when you click on one of the Read more
Tags: 8220, 8221, homeschool, iscool, thinkJun
25
Educational Video Games
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Educational Video GamesMonday June 09th 2008, 2:32 pm Filed under: Technology, Education
The AMD Foundation has come up with an awesome way to teach middle and high school kids the skills they’ll need to successfully graduate from high school and go on to college: creating video games. What kid doesn’t love gaming? The program’s official name is AMD Changing the Game.
Along with their partner Read more
Tags: educational, Games, VideoJun
25
‘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, WeakJun
25
Top 10 Colleges Graduating Students Who Later Earn PhDs
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Top 10 Colleges Graduating Students Who Later Earn PhDsTuesday May 29th 2007, 4:45 pm Filed under: College, Graduate SchoolUndergrad Origins Of PhDs
Despite Reed College’s possible letter-writing inadequacy, they kick ass at molding their undergrads for PhD-hood. Their website has a very shiny table that shows the top 10 schools in the nation where PhD recipients earned their baccalaureate degree.
The table tracks a decent interval, Read more
Tags: Colleges, Earn, Graduating, later, PhDs, StudentsJun
24
‘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, WeakJun
22
Applications of Thermodynamics
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Thermodynamics is generally a tricky subject, so maybe an real world application of the material may help. (These are also the types of questions the MCAT might ask).
How do refrigerators work? This can be answered using the concepts of thermodynamics. The first law of thermodynamics states that the change in internal energy of a system is equal to the energy added to the system plus the work done on the system–basically a Read more
Tags: Applications, Thermodynamics