By 2018, 63% of all job openings will require a post-secondary education.
In other words, almost 2 in every 3 jobs will be COMPLETELY CLOSED to you if you don’t have a college degree. And considering that those with a college education make an average of 64% more than those who don’t...This fact should really freak you out. If you haven’t started earning college degree, or if you took classes but never finished, the time to take action is NOW. Lee Academia experts can guide you through choosing degree programs available, and help you qualify for government grants or scholarships.
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As the undergraduate and graduate school years are an intense period of study, healthy eating often takes the backseat to keep up with the daunting workload and schedule. Some students find that they put on extra pounds as they try to eat on the run. Others skip meals altogether and waste away. However, as we all know it, adequate nutrition is needed for optimum learning and creativity. Skipping meals or eating out daily can save time, but ultimately do more harm than good.
Creating nutritious meals takes time and money that students do not have. Or do they? Healthy eating is possible with limited time and it does require planning. Here are three tips to fueling your studies: 1. Buy in bulk: Stores like Costco and BJ's offer deals that can help you stretch your food budget but you need to buy in bulk. 2. Put leftovers to use: When you cook, make it count by making enough for leftovers. Break up leftovers into several different meals. For example, the turkey turns into sandwiches and then congee. Leftover chicken can be served over rice, over salad, or in soup. Plan how to use leftovers so that you cook fewer big meals each week. 3. Bring your lunch and snacks: Lunches don't have to be boring. Leftovers are a simple go-to, and consider snack-like lunches, such as veggies, a handful nuts, some fruit, and slices of cheese. Use insulated lunch bag to carry snacks and food or any set of small containers. Keeping healthy (and inexpensive) alternative snacks in your bag or desk, such as granola bars, hand fruit, peanut butter, and pretzels can keep hunger at bay. Don't give yourself an excuse to eat from the vending machine. Remember, healthy eating, college or graduate school can go hand-in-hand with a little planning. Your body and mind will thank you for the nutritious fuel. With approximately 450 boarding schools in 2012 and tuition at these schools ranging from free (yes, free!) to well over $50,000 per year, many parents and students choose to go to boarding schools.
There are plenty of reasons why attending an independent school is a great idea. With boarding school experiences adding another dimension because it involves the student 24/7 for weeks at a time; the academics, athletics and extracurricular activities are interwoven into a student's schedule in a remarkably balanced way. So whether a coed school or a boys' school or girls' school is chosen, you will find a boarding school which meets your requirements. Additionally, you can find boarding schools that offer military training, educating students with learning differences and special needs. Financial aid is given at several boarding schools with general financial aid packages. Everyone boarding school is unique so ranks do not matter there. What does matter is finding the school which best fits the child. Find the right boarding school for a child is one of the most important and expensive decisions you will ever have to make, similar to the college process. Parents and students can research thoroughly on their own, only to find that most websites look alike and very few give information on the profile of typical accepted students. Families who want the guidance often turn to independent educational consultants, like Lee Academia's Educational Consultants, who have worked with over 50 students and parents this past admissions cycle. These professionals are paid by the families to advise them on the boarding school search and admissions process. Many offer full service comprehensive packages that span over a year’s time, and others have shorter packages or an hourly rate. A typical consultation will start with a focus on the student’s background and interest in boarding school; this includes a review of his transcript, testing, activities, interests, and academic successes and challenges of the past. Lee Academia's professional consultant will talk with the student and parents about goals for the future and what they hope to get out of the boarding school experience. We have given examples of schools that are nurturing or offer learning support, or those which give extra help to students when they need it. We discuss the pros and cons of the more rigorous schools, or might help a family decide whether to repeat a year. Lee Academia's professionals know the inside scoop on boarding schools, and they get this through their campus visits, meetings with admissions officers, and by seeing the successes of the students who they place at schools. We help families determine a list of schools to apply to, and this discussion customarily takes many months, but in certain cases can be done within one meeting. For information or a consultation to see if boarding schools are right for you or your child, contact us. Stay tuned to our success and admissions results, as they will be posted up on the website as we receive them. The TOEFL Junior is a Standard Test of English created by ETS for young learners ages 11-15. With the ever-increasing number of young international students applying for admission to schools in the United States, this test meets the demand for an English language assessment. There are many types of institutions that can use the information provided by the TOEFL Junior tests to help make placement decisions or measure student progress in English: English-language programs, private middle schools, and schools in Non-English speaking countries.
There are two TOEFL Junior tests: Standard (launched in Oct.2010) and Comprehensive (launched in July 2012). The TOEFL Junior Standard test is administered in paper-based format testing: Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, and Language Form and Meaning. Each section contains 42 questions, and the approximate total testing time is 2 hours, with total score scales ranging from 200-900. The TOEFL Junior Comprehensive test is administered on computer testing: Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Writing. Each section in Listening Comprehension and Reading Comprehension contains 36 questions, with each of the sections in Speaking and Writing containing 4 questions each. The approximate total testing time is 2:15 hours, with total score scales ranging from 140-160 in the Listening and Reading Comprehension sections, and score scales ranging 0-16 for each the Speaking and Writing sections. For more information about this standard test or our TOEFL Test Prep Programs, you may contact us. The SSAT Standard Tests are held on eight (8) Saturdays during the testing period (August 1- July 31). Students should register early to avoid additional late fees and to ensure seating at their preferred test site. Regular Registration will close three (3) weeks before the test date. Registrations are submitted online. Register for your SSAT here.
Creating an #SAT or #ACT study schedule that allows you to pace yourself will help you avoid burnouts.
For many students entering their junior year of high school, one of the most stressful parts of preparing to apply to college is taking the SAT or ACT. When students are inundated with so many different test-taking tips, strategies and services, it can be quite challenging to sift through them all. One of the most important things for students to do in preparation for the SAT or ACT is to map out exactly when they will take the test and how they will study for it. The following are three tips for designing such a timeline. 1. Sign up for a test date far in advance: The SAT is offered seven times per year nationally; the ACT is offered six. Once you determine which test you will be taking, the first thing you need to do is look at the upcoming test schedule and decide on a date to take it. Make sure that you avoid all possible conflicts in the time immediately preceding it. Don't let things that you can control interfere with your preparation during that time. 2. Take the test early: While it would be great if you could reach your target score the very first time you take the test, you will most likely have to take it once or twice more in order to attain the score you want. Improvement comes naturally through repetition. No matter how many practice tests you take, it is difficult to simulate test day conditions before actually experiencing what it's like to be sitting in that test-taking room. It will be impossible to take the SAT or ACT multiple times prior to applying to colleges if the first time you take it is late in the fall of your senior year. With plenty of time left in your junior year, you leave yourself ample time to take the exam once or twice more. 3. Simulate testing conditions: Reserve the last two weeks in your studying schedule for taking a full sample exam, and make sure to simulate test day conditions as much as possible. The closer you can get to feeling exactly what it is like to take the test, the less stressful the real experience will be. For more tips on how to set up a study plan timeline for yourself, get in touch with our experts. 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 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) |
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Stephenie, having been a tutor/instructor/mentor since 1996, discovered her passion and founded Lee Academia Educational Consulting, LLC. after she left the dental and medical field. She loves teaching/mentoring and counseling her students. Her passion lies in educating others and helping them pursue their educational path. Today, certified in College Counseling and with more than 10 years of experience, Stephenie and her team continues to blog about current updated educational news and events. Archives
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