College Prowler has ranked some of the top U.S girl colleges. You can read more on the link below and comment on what you think.
Ranking School 1 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 3 Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 4 University of Chicago Chicago, IL 5 College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA Read more: http://collegeprowler.com/rankings/girls/top-smartest-girls/#ixzz2l2WRZfI6
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Here are some of the top reasons why students need to kick the television out of their bedrooms right now:
2013 排名 学校 (中文) 学校 (英文) 国家/地区
1 加利福尼亚理工学院 California Institute of Technology 美国 2 牛津大学 University of Oxford 英国 3 斯坦福大学 Stanford University 美国 4 哈佛大学 Harvard University 美国 5 麻省理工学院 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 美国 6 普林斯顿大学 Princeton University 美国 7 剑桥大学 University of Cambridge 英国 8 伦敦帝国理工学院 Imperial College London 英国 9 加州大学伯克利分校 University of California-Berkeley 美国 10 芝加哥大学 University of Chicago 美国 Source: 2013年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名 2013 排名 学校 (中文) 学校 (英文) 国家/地区 1 哈佛大学 Harvard University 美国 2 斯坦福大学 Stanford University 美国 3 麻省理工学院 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 美国 4 加州大学伯克利分校 University of California-Berkeley 美国 5 剑桥大学 University of Cambridge 英国 6 加利福尼亚理工学院 California Institute of Technology 美国 7 普林斯顿大学 Princeton University 美国 8 哥伦比亚大学 Columbia University in the City of New York 美国 9 芝加哥大学 University of Chicago 美国 10 牛津大学 University of Oxford 英国 Source: 2013年上海交大版世界大学排名 As some students like to party as hard as they study, I am going to list the top 20 schools (ranked by students) that have parties nearly every night of the week. Students : no matter which college you're at, please remember to work hard (study hard) before you party hard. Make sure you graduate your respective college/university. For the complete listing, contact our Consultants.
Rank School Name____________________________ 1 UC Santa Barbara (CA) 2 University of Georgia (GA) 3 University of Florida (FL) 4 Florida State University (FL) 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL) 6 University of Texas - Austin (TX) 7 West Virginia University (WV) 8 Tulane University (LA) 9 Penn State (PA) 10 Indiana University - Bloomington (IN) 11 Arizona State University (AZ) 12 Miami University (FL) 13 James Madison University (VA) 14 Rutgers University (NJ) 15 Georgia Southern University (GA) 16 University of South Carolina (SC) 17 Howard University (DC) 18 University of Alabama (AL) 19 Ohio University (OH) 20 University of Massachusetts (MA) Contributed by Joyce Mei, Hunter College HS (Class of 2015)
We’ve heard countless times that the early bird catches the worm, but what happened to slow and steady wins the race? So in terms of applying for college, is it better to rush to submit our applications early? Despite the common belief among teens and their parents, there is no need to submit an application in mid-August when the deadline is in early November or December. It is better to have a more thorough and complete application that handing in an early, rushed application. In addition, college admissions officers have admitted that they do not look at applications until they are “complete” with transcripts and recommendation letters from high school. Therefore, an application submitted in August will not be looked at for weeks until all the necessary paperwork is handed in as well. Submitting in applications early also gives more time for students to worry about if they will be accepted into the college of their choice. Students now also have to stress out about if they filled out the applications correctly, if they wrote their personal statements to express who they are in the best way, and if they change their minds about anything in the upcoming months. Once we hit “submit,” there is no going back. Therefore, take your time and make sure your applications are done right. For more information, contact Lee Academia experts. Some grad-school hopefuls with stellar test scores and straight As might be disappointed to discover they aren't a shoo-in. Sure, schools want to see top-notch grades, but many also want to see a few years of work experience in the field and some meaningful volunteer work. You can have all the wonderful grades in the world, but if you don't make a commitment in a bigger way to being a leader, and do something in the community, you're not somebody great schools need to have in their class.
Having two to three years of professional experience will add to the richness of the discussion and having some work experience also "demonstrates a commitment to that field." In some cases, a summer internship or a recent community service project may be enough to help you stand out. People considering a master's degree should take a year or two off to get work experience after they earn their bachelor's, especially if they don't have any professional experience. It can help you sort out what direction you'd like to go" with your degree. And maintaining professional connections while in school can also help increase a student's chances of landing a job once the program is over. For more tips on what grad schools won't tell you, ask our experts here. Contributed by Joyce Mei, Hunter College HS (Class of 2015)
A crucial part of the college admissions process is the application essay. And we all want college admissions officers to read our application and totally understand who we are from these couple paragraphs that are supposed to capture our essence. One must consider, then, how will a college admissions officer dub you? We must keep in mind that these admissions officers have over 1000 applications to look over and that they will only spend an average of eight minutes per application. Therefore, they will label each applicant with a couple of words that stand out. It is the applicant’s job to make sure that dub is a good one. Here are a few examples:
For more information and advice on writing college admissions essays, contact Lee Academia experts. Students can say farewell to vocabulary flashcards with arcane words like “membranous,” “pugnacious,” and “jettison.” In the new SAT, to be unveiled in 2015, David Coleman, president of the College Board wants to get rid of obscure words and replace them with more common words like “synthesis,” “distill” and “transform,” used in context as they will be in college and in life.
And the math? “There are a few things that matter disproportionately, like proportional reasoning, linear equations and linear functions,” Mr. Coleman said. “Those are the kinds of things we’re going to concentrate on.” He also mentioned that it shouldn't be about picking the right answer, but about being able to explain and see the applications of math. Big changes are coming to the nation’s two competing admissions tests. Mr. Coleman is intent on rethinking the SAT to make it an instrument that meshes with what students are learning in their classrooms. Meanwhile, the ACT, which has always been more curriculum-based, is the first of the two to move into the digital age. In adapting its test for the computer, ACT Inc. is moving toward more creative, hands-on questions. Both organizations are striving to produce something beyond a college admissions test. ACT plans to start yearly testing as early as third grade to help guide students to college readiness. One of Mr. Coleman’s goals is for the College Board to help low-income students see broader college possibilities. Since he arrived at the College Board in October, Mr. Coleman has been working on a fundamental redesign of the SAT, which he announced in February. The test, he said, should focus on “things that matter more so that the endless hours students put into practicing for the SAT will be work that’s worth doing.” As the architect of the Common Core standards — guidelines for what students should learn in each grade — that are being put into place in most states, it is no surprise that he has clear views on what the SAT should test, although he declines to offer specifics because College Board members need to be consulted on every element of the redesign. In 2005, spurred by the threat that the University of California system might no longer consider its test for admission, the College Board introduced with fanfare the “New SAT,” dropping quantitative comparisons and the “warm is to cool as top is to ___” analogies and adding more advanced math, in the process making the test more like the ACT. Competition between the two tests has not let up: for the first time last year, the ACT surpassed the SAT in market share. With the new redesign, the SAT seems likely to inch even closer in content to the ACT, which focuses more on grammar, usage and mechanics than on vocabulary. “Kids need to have a level of ambition,” he said, “because what we find is that absent the intensity of a peer group committed to getting into college, kids just fall away, even a lot of the ones who do very well on the test, and could go to top colleges.” Recent research on how few high-achieving low-income students apply to top colleges, and that the College Board must help ensure that these students get information about colleges they could aspire to and financial aid that would pay for it were considered. “We will consider students who take the assessment as within our care, and that means that sending out a score report isn’t the end of it,” he said. Starting in 2015, the ACT will be available on a computer as well as, for the time being, on paper. Those who take the test on a computer will see a new breed of questions — free-response questions in which students manipulate on-screen images to form their conclusions. In one sample question, students move a plunger on a cylindrical gas tank to change gas pressure and temperature. They then write a few sentences describing the relationship between distance and pressure and between temperature and pressure, and graph those relationships. Many details of digitization remain to be resolved. Which questions will be graded by computer, and which by humans? And because the two versions need to be comparable, just how many beyond-the-bubble questions will be added to the mix? One decision that has been made: content will be unchanged. Indeed, ACT wants to reach ever younger — into elementary school. Next year, it will start rolling out a series of computer-based tests that track student learning over time as well as progress in the current school year, and measure how far above or below grade level a student is in core subjects. Alabama, for one, has signed on to use the tests as its end-of-year assessment for Grades 3 to 8. In the program, parents and teachers will get increasingly detailed reports outlining the skills needed to be ready for college. Student loan rate hike stopped, but that doesn't make college affordable. The lower interest rates on student loans don't do much to reduce the spiraling cost of a college education.
Congress has finally agreed on legislation to keep interest rates on federal student loans from doubling to 6.8 percent this school year. The Senate passed a compromise bill last week that ties federal student loan rates to the yield on 10-year Treasury notes. That means undergraduates will pay an interest rate of 3.86 percent on loans taken out this year; grad students will pay 5.41 percent. These interest rates will increase as the economy improves, but the legislation caps interest rates for undergrads at 8.25 percent. Keeping interest rates on student loans from rising won't do much to make a college education affordable. In fact, it may make it worse, some conservatives argue. Some believe that the federal government is contributing to the rapid increase in college tuition. Student loan debt accounts for 36 percent of Americans' total non-housing debt, a bigger share than auto loans or credit card debt. According to the College Board, it cost an average of $22,261 for students to attend an in-state public college last year; the "moderate" budget for a private college averaged $43,289. With prices like that, it's no wonder student loan debt is exploding. And it's no wonder that politicians vow to do something about it. In his economic speech last week, President Barack Obama promised to "lay out an aggressive strategy to shake up the system, tackle rising costs, and improve value for middle-class students and their families. It is critical that we make sure that college is affordable for every single American who’s willing to work for it." For ways to start saving for college tuition, start planning with expert, Ms. Elisa Cheung, at FAConsultant_Elisa@gmail.com. Contributed by Edmond Loi, Stuyvesant High School (Class of 2015)
Colleges are always on the look-out for students not only exceptional in their academic ability to achieve high grades, but are participators in afterschool extra-curricular organizations as well! There are many extra-curricular clubs and sports that colleges look extremely favorably upon, and they include but aren’t limited to:
Colleges always like students who are dedicated to the subjects they love so much that they are willing to go toe to toe with each other in competitions based around their knowledge in their respective subjects. Math team, Science Olympiad, Robotics, among others, are examples of such academic teams to join.
Community service is a nice way to show colleges that you’re not completely absorbed into your academic work as to ignore your duties to be a benefit to society. Examples of community service include volunteering in a soup kitchen or local homeless shelter.
The arts tend to be more expressive of the character and personality of the student, and colleges, always eager to bring a little more color and diversity to their campuses, always like a student who is able to express their creativity through music, painting, drawing, etc.
Students who participate in student government express themselves as leaders who are capable of handling the responsibility of representing their fellow peers and giving voice to their concerns. Colleges often look very highly on elected student officials. Examples include being class president, vice president, treasurer, etc. Of course, these aren’t the only clubs/extra-curricular activities you could join! There are countless others that are just as respectable if not more in colleges’ eyes. In fact, if you find that there are no existing clubs or sports that suit your needs or you are not happy with, you can always create your own club or sports team! Just make sure to run it by the school administration first. For more extra-curricular activities you could find an interest in and potentially put on your college application, speak with a Lee Academia college counseling expert now. |
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