I'm 13 right now; I know, I'm tad bit young to be asking a question about college, but I'm curious. So, I'm in 8th grade and in all gifted classes along with 2 High School Honors classes (Algebra 1 and Spanish 1). I carry a 4.33 GPA and have dreams of going to a good college for journalism to have a career in the field of journalism/broadcast journalism. I also play on an eighteen and under Showcase Travel Softball Team in South Florida. I've written some poetry that's been published in the local newspaper. I'm also applying to an "artsy" high school which requires auditions. I'm auditioning for the Communications program. The point is that I want to know what I should do or continue doing in order to get into a college like Columbia or Northwestern. Please give LOTS of details.
College.....?
Well, the bad news. Your 8th grade GPA will hold no weight in college admissions.
Once you get to high school, just keep doing what your doing now. To go to a school like columbia or northwestern, just get strait A's. Never settle for a b.
Sign up for the january SAT so that you can see where you stand. Then practice, and take an SAT course, and try to get your score to 2250+
Join 1 or 2 clubs and attain leadership positions. Stay in these clubs your whole high school career. If you are athletic, try out for a sports team.
Thats pretty much it for a solid application. Write a great essay and get good recommendations.
If you don't get into Columbia or Northwestern you will get into another top school.
Neniaf made an excellent point about summer programs.
Go to this program:
www.leadprogram.org
Northwestern(Kellogg) hosts a program as does UPenn(Wharton), Duke (Fuqua), UIUC, Dartmouth (Tuck), and a few others. Oh yea, Stanford, Cornell, UMich, UVA.
Basically if you go to this program it holds some weight on applications, especially at the schools which sponsor the programs. They LOVE LEAD participants.
Nope, sorry. NJHS will not make a difference. Basically, nothing matters until high school starts, but when it does that is when you must start working very hard.
Reply:Keep doing exactly what you have been doing - your record sounds fabulous for a 13-year old. Schools like Columbia and Northwestern are looking for really strong students who also show some initiative in their activities. They want someone who will be interesting and who might go beyond just meeting the requirements, pushing themselves to try new and interesting things as well as taking on academic challenges. If you want to get into journalism, I would look into summer programs which might give you experience beyond just your high school. I don't know where you live or what your financial situation is, but look into things like Johns Hopkins CTY program (Center for Talented Youth), which offers enrichment programs at colleges around the country every summer. I don't know if they do anything specifically for journalism, but they do have things like writing programs. If there is a youth TV station in your area, look into what you might do to become involved. The experience would convince them that you have a good idea of what you were getting into. Overall, just keep focused and interested - you should do very well in life.
Reply:You're using an unusual GPA scale there. Most people use the four point scale. So I'd guess you're probably an A's and B's student, with more B's than A's. It sounds like you're on the right track. And don't get too narrow with your ambitions . . . you might end up studying something totally different from what you think you want to study now. I remember I changed my mind four or five times about what I wanted to study before I went to college, and then I ended up studying something totally different that I hadn't even thought of before. Good luck!
Reply:None of that matters. Anything you did in middle school will not matter. Except for Algebra I and Spanish I because I assume those will carry to high school. The only thing college admissions people will look at is your high school record. Any clubs you did in middle school won't matter to them at all.
Reply:Right now, just keep doing what you're doing: challenge yourself in your classes, and pursue your passions without overloading yourself. Building up clips is a great thing to do, too, but make sure you write about what you want to write about and not what you think will impress a college. After you've gotten through freshman and at least part of sophomore year, you can start worrying about SATs and putting your investigative skills to work to figure out what schools will be best for you.
Reply:Just keep doing what you're doing, sometimes local colleges let high school students take college courses like English and what not, so look into your local colleges to see what you can get into for college credit. Also get a volunteer job, volunteering looks good and if you volunteer long enough when you are able to work, you can use the volunteer place as job experience. Also talk to your guidance counselors and especially in high school, by the time your a Jr. you may have a full scholarship to the college of your choice.
Monday, May 4, 2009
College...?
I go to a private school in Dallas, Texas... If I maintain an 82 average throughout all of high school (or about a 2.9 gpa)...What colleges could I get to. I do a lot of volunteering as well. Like what class college is that and what colleges would defintly take that. Please help, thanks.
College...?
go to princetonreview.com and do the counselor o matic thing.
it lets you look for schools and enter your gpa, intended major and all this stuff. it really helps.
College...?
go to princetonreview.com and do the counselor o matic thing.
it lets you look for schools and enter your gpa, intended major and all this stuff. it really helps.
College....?
Hello.
Here next month I am going to be going to college to become a Physical Therapist Assistant. I realize that it is a job to get me on my feet and on my way to becoming a Physical Therapist.
But can anyone give me the link where you type what state you want to go to college and then what you want to be and it gives you the list of colleges in that state that offers the course? I had the site before but don't remeber what the name was.
Thanks. The state is West Virginia just incase anyone knows from experience or something.
College....?
First, realize that there is no bridge between PTA and PT (except at Findilay university in Ohio or Loma Linda University in CA). If you become a PTA, it will take you 2 years...if you go back to complete the PT degree, it will still take you an additional 6-7 years. If you are really serious about becoming a PT, go for it first...most PTAs who enter school with aspirations of becoming a PT get side tracked and never do it. So, unless you want to spend the next 9 years in school, I really suggest going for the PT degree.
However, I think you will find the APTA website helpful for a listing of schools. Go to the educational programs section at: http://www.apta.org. You will get a link to all US accredited PT and PTA programs. Good luck!
Reply:www.collegeboard.com offers just about every piece of information about any college in the nation that you will ever need. I hope that's the one you were looking for - I loved (still love) that site. Good luck!!
teeth cleaning
Here next month I am going to be going to college to become a Physical Therapist Assistant. I realize that it is a job to get me on my feet and on my way to becoming a Physical Therapist.
But can anyone give me the link where you type what state you want to go to college and then what you want to be and it gives you the list of colleges in that state that offers the course? I had the site before but don't remeber what the name was.
Thanks. The state is West Virginia just incase anyone knows from experience or something.
College....?
First, realize that there is no bridge between PTA and PT (except at Findilay university in Ohio or Loma Linda University in CA). If you become a PTA, it will take you 2 years...if you go back to complete the PT degree, it will still take you an additional 6-7 years. If you are really serious about becoming a PT, go for it first...most PTAs who enter school with aspirations of becoming a PT get side tracked and never do it. So, unless you want to spend the next 9 years in school, I really suggest going for the PT degree.
However, I think you will find the APTA website helpful for a listing of schools. Go to the educational programs section at: http://www.apta.org. You will get a link to all US accredited PT and PTA programs. Good luck!
Reply:www.collegeboard.com offers just about every piece of information about any college in the nation that you will ever need. I hope that's the one you were looking for - I loved (still love) that site. Good luck!!
teeth cleaning
College....?
Ok so i live in NM but am planning on going to college in colorado. I really wanted to go to college in Colorado Springs but i was wondering what you guys thought was the best college to go to in Colorado? Do any of you Live there? I also heard that Co springs and Fort Colling ecspecially were very racist towns! Is this True? well all help is very much appreciated. Thanks!!!
College....?
My cousin went to school in CO for one year, and then transferred out to NYU. She said the "dynamic" is very different there, especially if you've never lived there other than like on vacation or something. people there are not neccesarily racist, but they are less understanding toward other cultures. Also, there is alot of people that come off as snobs that really aren't, but the impression i got was that they are generally pretty shallow and some what intolerant. I would not want to go to college there.
Reply:Hi am also fr. NM and went to college in CO. Let me tell you the enivorment is different depending if u r a minority, u might have a rough time. Much activites are costly, and u better like snow it is comin your way! Report It
Reply:why not california, theres a lot of diversity here, and good schools, not so much racism in the good areas.
College....?
My cousin went to school in CO for one year, and then transferred out to NYU. She said the "dynamic" is very different there, especially if you've never lived there other than like on vacation or something. people there are not neccesarily racist, but they are less understanding toward other cultures. Also, there is alot of people that come off as snobs that really aren't, but the impression i got was that they are generally pretty shallow and some what intolerant. I would not want to go to college there.
Reply:Hi am also fr. NM and went to college in CO. Let me tell you the enivorment is different depending if u r a minority, u might have a rough time. Much activites are costly, and u better like snow it is comin your way! Report It
Reply:why not california, theres a lot of diversity here, and good schools, not so much racism in the good areas.
College?!?!?!?
Well I'm an 18 yr.old high school senior, and I'll be graduating June 24, 2007. I'm starting my frehsmen year of college two months after graduating from high school. (August) and I want to know what you're guys experience was like your freshmen year of college. What should I do, or shouldn't do? I'm going to a christian college. (Malone College in Canton, Ohio) and obviously there won't be any parties including drugs, alcohol, sex whatever. So I just want to know what I should, and should not do as a soon to be first timer in the "real world" all by myself. (I live in New York, so Me and my parents are going to drive there, and it's a 6 1/2 hour drive. So I'll be all by myself. Facing the real world. making m own decisions and whatnot.) So your advice would be very well appreciated! Thank you! :)
College?!?!?!?
You should look around campus for posters or fliers about clubs you might be interested in. The best way to meet interesting people is to join organizations that share your interests and to get out and do things! Go to events sponsored by different groups and don't be afraid to mingle.
You write like a smart person, so I'm assuming you do pretty well in school. I was a straight-A student in high school and I only took 12 hours my first semester in college because I didn't know what it was like. This included two honors courses (English and history). It turned out that I could have easily handled 15 or 18 hours.
Hopefully you are right about the parties, drugs, alcohol, and sex, but don't be surprised if you find out those things are around your school. Stay strong and find the right people to hang out with.
A word of advice: Don't ever let anyone borrow your notebook. If someone wants your notes, you could accompany them to the library to make copies or something, but never let that notebook out of your sight!
Will you have a roommate? Hopefully you two will get along. Try everything you can to stay friends. If you have things you feel are important in sharing a room (e.g., not letting the roommate wear your clothes, having separate space, not eating each other's food, etc.), make sure you discuss these things right off the bat so you both know what's expected. As problems arise through the semester, be sure to keep your lines of communication open and always show respect for each other in your discussions no matter what.
College is an exciting time! Have fun! Good luck!
Reply:My parents went to Malone! That's where I'll go too when I go to college. Report It
Reply:Hello! First of all, going to a Christian college should boost up your confidence that everything will be okay. Be friendly and start making friends at the early stages of your freshmen year. Having friends around will take the gloom away. I was also nervous when I started my first year in college, esp growing up in a different country, I was not familiar with the colleges in town. But once I found out that colleges here are not that bad, I decided to be confident enough that everything will be okay. Now, I am even working for a community college myself.
College?!?!?!?
You should look around campus for posters or fliers about clubs you might be interested in. The best way to meet interesting people is to join organizations that share your interests and to get out and do things! Go to events sponsored by different groups and don't be afraid to mingle.
You write like a smart person, so I'm assuming you do pretty well in school. I was a straight-A student in high school and I only took 12 hours my first semester in college because I didn't know what it was like. This included two honors courses (English and history). It turned out that I could have easily handled 15 or 18 hours.
Hopefully you are right about the parties, drugs, alcohol, and sex, but don't be surprised if you find out those things are around your school. Stay strong and find the right people to hang out with.
A word of advice: Don't ever let anyone borrow your notebook. If someone wants your notes, you could accompany them to the library to make copies or something, but never let that notebook out of your sight!
Will you have a roommate? Hopefully you two will get along. Try everything you can to stay friends. If you have things you feel are important in sharing a room (e.g., not letting the roommate wear your clothes, having separate space, not eating each other's food, etc.), make sure you discuss these things right off the bat so you both know what's expected. As problems arise through the semester, be sure to keep your lines of communication open and always show respect for each other in your discussions no matter what.
College is an exciting time! Have fun! Good luck!
Reply:My parents went to Malone! That's where I'll go too when I go to college. Report It
Reply:Hello! First of all, going to a Christian college should boost up your confidence that everything will be okay. Be friendly and start making friends at the early stages of your freshmen year. Having friends around will take the gloom away. I was also nervous when I started my first year in college, esp growing up in a different country, I was not familiar with the colleges in town. But once I found out that colleges here are not that bad, I decided to be confident enough that everything will be okay. Now, I am even working for a community college myself.
COLLEGe!!!?
Alright I need some serious help with the whole college thing I'm completly lost. I'm 17, and a juinor in highschool. The thing is though I'm HOMESCHOOLED (if I was in public I'd probably be a sophmore)! I dont have credits and a GPA. My parents would not let me go to a public school my whole life so its been like this since grade 1. I could go now though. How am I supposed to get into college under these circumstances? I've always wanted to go to college, its been the one thing I've always looked foreward to but I didnt realize there were certain things you had to have and do to get into one... how does college work anyway? If you guys could put it into perspective it would be alot of help no ones ever layed out the guidelines for me and like I said... I'm lost. also I want to either be a pediatrician or something along the lines of a physicist for NASA. So if you guys could lay out the guidelines and rules and all that for those specific career paths then that would be even more help
COLLEGe!!!?
I wouldn't worry past your undergraduate college education right now, there's always time to figure things like that out. If you have a career path in mind, my recommendation would be to meet with a career counseler once you are attending a college or education.
As far as the home schooling question goes: most (if not all) colleges and universities have a section of their application to explain special circumstances that would make your application different than other applications. Home schooling is included as a special circumstance. You would still be required to take either the ACT or SAT (depending on what that individual school requires), but you would not need a GPA. I would suggest to call and talk to the admissions office of whatever particular college or university you are looking at in order to get more details and see what else that they require.
Long story short, you CAN do it!
As far as how college works academically, it again varies by institution, and that is another question that you can ask the admissions office once you call them, or once you set up an appointment with them. But very basically, you need a certain amount of credits to graduate, and each class you take is worth a certain amount of credits. Within your overall credit requirement, you will also have more specific requirements, such as general education requirements, requirements for your major, etc.
I hope this helps!
Reply:I don't think it's totally out of the question. Stop by some local colleges and talk to some admissions counselors. Since you have no GPA they will be more dependent on test scores to see if you will be able to do well in a year university.
You can always go for a GED and/or try a couple of years in a community college to prove that you will do well in an advanced educational environment.
Best of luck to you.
COLLEGe!!!?
I wouldn't worry past your undergraduate college education right now, there's always time to figure things like that out. If you have a career path in mind, my recommendation would be to meet with a career counseler once you are attending a college or education.
As far as the home schooling question goes: most (if not all) colleges and universities have a section of their application to explain special circumstances that would make your application different than other applications. Home schooling is included as a special circumstance. You would still be required to take either the ACT or SAT (depending on what that individual school requires), but you would not need a GPA. I would suggest to call and talk to the admissions office of whatever particular college or university you are looking at in order to get more details and see what else that they require.
Long story short, you CAN do it!
As far as how college works academically, it again varies by institution, and that is another question that you can ask the admissions office once you call them, or once you set up an appointment with them. But very basically, you need a certain amount of credits to graduate, and each class you take is worth a certain amount of credits. Within your overall credit requirement, you will also have more specific requirements, such as general education requirements, requirements for your major, etc.
I hope this helps!
Reply:I don't think it's totally out of the question. Stop by some local colleges and talk to some admissions counselors. Since you have no GPA they will be more dependent on test scores to see if you will be able to do well in a year university.
You can always go for a GED and/or try a couple of years in a community college to prove that you will do well in an advanced educational environment.
Best of luck to you.
College????
Im a sophomore, and going to be 16 in a few days. I have started looking at colleges and all that stuff. I am ranked in the lower 50%... but next year i plan on doing alot better, i havent fully given my all. Okay so here is some questions.
1. http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/future/cost/tuit... Is this the total cost for 1 year. Or how long?
2. What can I do to increase my chances of being accepted?
3. What are other colleges like UofI that offer Civil Engineering. I want to go to UofI because its one of the top engineering schools in the country.
4. How does that Astrive stuff work? If i borrowed about 15k or so a year. How long after college do I have to start paying it? I will most likely pay part of it off throughout college but just asking. And my parents are also helping me. And scholarships/grants ect.
5. Where can I find out what scholarships/grants I am eligible for?
6. And what should I talk to my Academic Counselor about. like questions, ect.
College????
"$24,714 - 28,866.... $38,498 - 42,650" yep, that's one year... So, if you're not going for something that is practical %26amp; pays well (Engineering, Finance, Nursing, etc) you'd best choose a Tech school... (You can make a decent middle class salary as an Electrician, or a Construction Manager %26lt;foreman%26gt; with the right Vo-Tech degree)... or a Police Academy... definitely something that leads to a good job... especially as you're not in the top 50% of your class.
Astrive is a bad idea... go with federal grants and loans first.
Your Guidance Counsellor is who you should be talking to about getting money for school... "Civil Engineering" is a great field, especially as a lot of Civil Engineers end up in Environmental Engineer type jobs. (These are the "Green Jobs" both Sen. Clinton and Obama are talking about expanding)
Reply:1. That is the cost for one year
2.%26amp; 3. There are a lot of schools which offer civil engineering. Let's face it; though, if you are currently in the bottom 50% of your high school, even if you got perfect grades next year, you would not get into very good colleges, since you only have one year to go before applying. Your best bet is to spend two years at a community college, do really well there, and then transfer. That will not only save you many thousands of dollars, but will allow you to graduate from a decent college, something you don't seem likely to be able to do right now.
4. I don't know about Astrive specifically, but it sounds to me like they are not your best source of student loans. These private companies are really shady in general. You want to get as much financial aid as possible from banks and others who are going to give you federally-insured loans at low rates for students.
5. Most grants are given by the states, and scholarships by the colleges themselves. What usually happens is that you will fill out a form called a FAFSA, which asks a lot of questions about your family's financial basis. On the basis of that, each school will figure out how much you can be expected to contribute toward your education and will offer you a package of grants, loans, work-study, scholarship., etc. to cover the rest of the costs.
6. I think the key for you right now in talking to your counselor is to get a realistic sense of what is possible for you, given that your grades have not been stellar. You need to know, not which school are the best at civil engineering, but what you could get into now. If these schools are not terribly good, as I suspect will be the case, you need to know which community colleges will offer you the best opportunities to transfer to good schools later on.
Reply:You will have to do a LOT better next year and the following year, as well as in the second half of this, your sophomore year, in order to get into U of Illinois for engineering. You're also going to need to rock your SATs. But if you do those things, then your past grades won't be weighted as heavily as those better, future grades will be, and you'll stand a shot. But I have to tell you, you're going to need to apply to some backup schools that you really like, just in case, because you're up against people who've already started doing well, or who've been doing well all along. The remainder of your grades and your SATs are going to be extremely important.
Schools that tend to rank very well for undergraduate civil engineering include: U of I, as you mentioned, U Cal Berkeley, Stanford, Georgia Tech, U Texas Austin, U Michigan Ann Arbor, Northwestern, Virginia Tech, MIT, Purdue, Cal Tech, and Cornell. I also really like the programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic, Olin School of Engineering (which is free, if you can get in), Cooper Union (again free, if you can get in), West Point (free, if you can get in, and a military academy), Annapolis (free, again, and a military academy), Harvey Mudd, and Rose Hulman Institute of Tech.
Know, however, that there are quality engineering programs at a lot of universities. If you don't get into the elite engineering schools, you can still do quite well coming out of a good quality state university, so long as the program is ABET accredited. You'll also want to do a co-op or internship while you study.
Speak to your guidance counsellor about the financial aid process. There are less expensive loans than ASTRIVE, things that are federally subsidized, and she'll also be able to help you apply for scholarships.
Reply:The cost of a state resident for one year and the University of Illinois at Urbana is 11,130. Out of state resident 25,216.
Get stellar grades next year, try your hardest and take as many AP and honor classes as possible. I'm not sure about the enginnering. If I were you I would just go to google and search top enginnering universities.
I'm not from Illinois, so I don't know all of your state scholarships. The best thing to do would be to search Illinois scholarships, i'm from Florida and I searched Florida scholarships on google and found good ones. I know here we have Bright Futures scholarship and that doesn't require a high GPA to obtain, so i'm sure you have something like that in your state.
Talk to your counsler about things to you can to up your chances of getting in, like doing extracurriculars, AP, honors, good SATS. The schools has a 71% acceptance rate, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
Good luck! And remember junior and senior year are the really important years, colleges look closely at those years. Moreso than freshman and sophmore, so really really try hard. I'm a junior and i'm happy to know that this year and next will be the most important. Like you, I didn't have great grades in freshman and sophmore year but i'm taking about 8 classes this year because I want to get into a good school.
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1. http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/future/cost/tuit... Is this the total cost for 1 year. Or how long?
2. What can I do to increase my chances of being accepted?
3. What are other colleges like UofI that offer Civil Engineering. I want to go to UofI because its one of the top engineering schools in the country.
4. How does that Astrive stuff work? If i borrowed about 15k or so a year. How long after college do I have to start paying it? I will most likely pay part of it off throughout college but just asking. And my parents are also helping me. And scholarships/grants ect.
5. Where can I find out what scholarships/grants I am eligible for?
6. And what should I talk to my Academic Counselor about. like questions, ect.
College????
"$24,714 - 28,866.... $38,498 - 42,650" yep, that's one year... So, if you're not going for something that is practical %26amp; pays well (Engineering, Finance, Nursing, etc) you'd best choose a Tech school... (You can make a decent middle class salary as an Electrician, or a Construction Manager %26lt;foreman%26gt; with the right Vo-Tech degree)... or a Police Academy... definitely something that leads to a good job... especially as you're not in the top 50% of your class.
Astrive is a bad idea... go with federal grants and loans first.
Your Guidance Counsellor is who you should be talking to about getting money for school... "Civil Engineering" is a great field, especially as a lot of Civil Engineers end up in Environmental Engineer type jobs. (These are the "Green Jobs" both Sen. Clinton and Obama are talking about expanding)
Reply:1. That is the cost for one year
2.%26amp; 3. There are a lot of schools which offer civil engineering. Let's face it; though, if you are currently in the bottom 50% of your high school, even if you got perfect grades next year, you would not get into very good colleges, since you only have one year to go before applying. Your best bet is to spend two years at a community college, do really well there, and then transfer. That will not only save you many thousands of dollars, but will allow you to graduate from a decent college, something you don't seem likely to be able to do right now.
4. I don't know about Astrive specifically, but it sounds to me like they are not your best source of student loans. These private companies are really shady in general. You want to get as much financial aid as possible from banks and others who are going to give you federally-insured loans at low rates for students.
5. Most grants are given by the states, and scholarships by the colleges themselves. What usually happens is that you will fill out a form called a FAFSA, which asks a lot of questions about your family's financial basis. On the basis of that, each school will figure out how much you can be expected to contribute toward your education and will offer you a package of grants, loans, work-study, scholarship., etc. to cover the rest of the costs.
6. I think the key for you right now in talking to your counselor is to get a realistic sense of what is possible for you, given that your grades have not been stellar. You need to know, not which school are the best at civil engineering, but what you could get into now. If these schools are not terribly good, as I suspect will be the case, you need to know which community colleges will offer you the best opportunities to transfer to good schools later on.
Reply:You will have to do a LOT better next year and the following year, as well as in the second half of this, your sophomore year, in order to get into U of Illinois for engineering. You're also going to need to rock your SATs. But if you do those things, then your past grades won't be weighted as heavily as those better, future grades will be, and you'll stand a shot. But I have to tell you, you're going to need to apply to some backup schools that you really like, just in case, because you're up against people who've already started doing well, or who've been doing well all along. The remainder of your grades and your SATs are going to be extremely important.
Schools that tend to rank very well for undergraduate civil engineering include: U of I, as you mentioned, U Cal Berkeley, Stanford, Georgia Tech, U Texas Austin, U Michigan Ann Arbor, Northwestern, Virginia Tech, MIT, Purdue, Cal Tech, and Cornell. I also really like the programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic, Olin School of Engineering (which is free, if you can get in), Cooper Union (again free, if you can get in), West Point (free, if you can get in, and a military academy), Annapolis (free, again, and a military academy), Harvey Mudd, and Rose Hulman Institute of Tech.
Know, however, that there are quality engineering programs at a lot of universities. If you don't get into the elite engineering schools, you can still do quite well coming out of a good quality state university, so long as the program is ABET accredited. You'll also want to do a co-op or internship while you study.
Speak to your guidance counsellor about the financial aid process. There are less expensive loans than ASTRIVE, things that are federally subsidized, and she'll also be able to help you apply for scholarships.
Reply:The cost of a state resident for one year and the University of Illinois at Urbana is 11,130. Out of state resident 25,216.
Get stellar grades next year, try your hardest and take as many AP and honor classes as possible. I'm not sure about the enginnering. If I were you I would just go to google and search top enginnering universities.
I'm not from Illinois, so I don't know all of your state scholarships. The best thing to do would be to search Illinois scholarships, i'm from Florida and I searched Florida scholarships on google and found good ones. I know here we have Bright Futures scholarship and that doesn't require a high GPA to obtain, so i'm sure you have something like that in your state.
Talk to your counsler about things to you can to up your chances of getting in, like doing extracurriculars, AP, honors, good SATS. The schools has a 71% acceptance rate, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
Good luck! And remember junior and senior year are the really important years, colleges look closely at those years. Moreso than freshman and sophmore, so really really try hard. I'm a junior and i'm happy to know that this year and next will be the most important. Like you, I didn't have great grades in freshman and sophmore year but i'm taking about 8 classes this year because I want to get into a good school.
false teeth
College!!!!!?
i qualified with a degree in june. im unable to find any job in my area or surrounding areas and so went on social welfare - jobseekers allowance for the time being. i have decided to return to college this september to carry out further education in a part time course, 2 days a week. the problem is there still isnt any jobs suitable for my degree. i would rather volunteer and build up my experience which will stand me me more rather than work in a weekend type of job. i know that you cant be on social welfare if you are in full time education. but basically i cant get a job unless i move away, and the college is local. so as the course is part time, are there any benefits or entitlements i can get just to get me through the college year, besides a college grant...
College!!!!!?
it takes time
took me some time to get into my field
it will happen
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Reply:Well, since I don't know what your degree is in, I don't know what types of jobs you qualify for. If you live in a small town, you may have to move to a larger town for the job you desire. Check out some resources at your library. There are a ton of books about what you can do with your major, and you may find something you hadn't even thought of. Then check out www.monster.com. They list TONS of jobs, and it's really easy to search and apply for them. Good luck!!
Reply:Because you're over 18 (unless you're some kind of child genius!), unless you have dependents and are in full time higher education, I don't think there's much out there in the way of benefits.
Voluntary work is a great idea, as it will give you an employment history and most employers like the idea that you've given something back to the community and kept busy while job hunting. Also, have you thought about signing up with a temp agency? That way there should be some work and money coming your way, and you might gain some extra skills from whatever you do. Sounds corny, but I learnt how to pack and seal boxes for shipping when I temped for an online sweet shop, and it's stood me in good stead since part of my current job involves packing up brochures and giveaways for stands at trade shows and conferences.
Another benefit of joining an agency or 3 is that a lot of them also do permanent jobs, so you'll have a better chance of finding something, or at least getting some interview experience. It might also broaden your perspective a bit, as sometimes it's easy to discount possibilities just because they aren't the exact thing you're trained for. I know this from experience, as I did a degree based purely on the subjects I liked, and then didn't see anything that remotely seemed to fit after I graduated. I've been in my current job, found through an agency and something I'd not even thought of doing, for just over 2 years now and I'm still enjoying it even if my boss is a bit of a trial at times and one of my colleagues gives me murderous thoughts just by breathing.
Another option is to look at graduate careers websites like www.prospects.ac.uk (national university careers service, normally accessible up to 5 years after you leave uni) and www.doctorjob.com . Both sites list internships and training schemes in addition to jobs, and if nothing else one of these might be good as a stepping stone.
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College!!!!!?
it takes time
took me some time to get into my field
it will happen
Reply:information about education ,check here
http://business.whyandhow.org/company/li...
Reply:Well, since I don't know what your degree is in, I don't know what types of jobs you qualify for. If you live in a small town, you may have to move to a larger town for the job you desire. Check out some resources at your library. There are a ton of books about what you can do with your major, and you may find something you hadn't even thought of. Then check out www.monster.com. They list TONS of jobs, and it's really easy to search and apply for them. Good luck!!
Reply:Because you're over 18 (unless you're some kind of child genius!), unless you have dependents and are in full time higher education, I don't think there's much out there in the way of benefits.
Voluntary work is a great idea, as it will give you an employment history and most employers like the idea that you've given something back to the community and kept busy while job hunting. Also, have you thought about signing up with a temp agency? That way there should be some work and money coming your way, and you might gain some extra skills from whatever you do. Sounds corny, but I learnt how to pack and seal boxes for shipping when I temped for an online sweet shop, and it's stood me in good stead since part of my current job involves packing up brochures and giveaways for stands at trade shows and conferences.
Another benefit of joining an agency or 3 is that a lot of them also do permanent jobs, so you'll have a better chance of finding something, or at least getting some interview experience. It might also broaden your perspective a bit, as sometimes it's easy to discount possibilities just because they aren't the exact thing you're trained for. I know this from experience, as I did a degree based purely on the subjects I liked, and then didn't see anything that remotely seemed to fit after I graduated. I've been in my current job, found through an agency and something I'd not even thought of doing, for just over 2 years now and I'm still enjoying it even if my boss is a bit of a trial at times and one of my colleagues gives me murderous thoughts just by breathing.
Another option is to look at graduate careers websites like www.prospects.ac.uk (national university careers service, normally accessible up to 5 years after you leave uni) and www.doctorjob.com . Both sites list internships and training schemes in addition to jobs, and if nothing else one of these might be good as a stepping stone.
Reply:I found interesting information about your answer, college loans, scholarships, college grants %26amp; partime works here. Goodhttp://all-student-loan-consolidation.bl... luck!
COLLEGe!!!?
Alright I need some serious help with the whole college thing I'm completly lost. I'm 17, and a juinor in highschool. The thing is though I'm HOMESCHOOLED (if I was in public I'd probably be a sophmore)! I dont have credits and a GPA. My parents would not let me go to a public school my whole life so its been like this since grade 1. I could go now though. How am I supposed to get into college under these circumstances? I've always wanted to go to college, its been the one thing I've always looked foreward to but I didnt realize there were certain things you had to have and do to get into one... how does college work anyway? If you guys could put it into perspective it would be alot of help no ones ever layed out the guidelines for me and like I said... I'm lost. also I want to either be a pediatrician or something along the lines of a physicist for NASA. So if you guys could lay out the guidelines and rules and all that for those specific career paths then that would be even more help
COLLEGe!!!?
Colleges love homeschoolers. Texas A%26amp;M, Sewanee, LSU, Berry, Yale and Harvard have all said that all you have to do is have your mom/dad/legal guardian to write your transcripts and give you credits. They colleges will accept it. In Texas it is illegal for colleges to make homeschoolers do anything different than regular schoolers.
You need to get some extra-curriculars in though. Sponser whales, volunteer at Habitat for Humanity, be a Big Brother, try for the Congressional Award. All of these things will help you get into a college. If you have an interest persue it. Shadow a pediatrician or a physicist at work (if you can).
Go to collegeboard.com and the www.princetonreview.com. It will help you find a university and give you more insight into what you need to do to become a doctor/physicist. You can call the admissions department at different universities that you are interested in and talk to them about what you need to get in.
You can also take some classes at a community college. It willl help you understand what college classes are like and give you a little more meat for your transcript.
Reply:If you are a sophmore you could start some college classes now! You should go to the local community college and talk to them. They have an assessment test you have to take before you can start taking courses.....take this to see where you are. You could also take an SAT test. Your parents have homeschooled you so you do have credits...you just don't have them from public school. Your parents can make you a diploma because you graduated, yes I know you haven't yet but you will, their homeschool program. I'm assuming you have some sort of portfolio or something with some of the stuff you have done over the last couple years, before 9th doesn't really matter......get it together and have it ready if they ask for it. In my college endeavors they have never asked for my "diploma" but for my transcripts...so have your mom make you a transcript....
good luck!
Reply:No you dont need to go back buddy..
Reply:Many colleges make room for homeschoolers.
Based on what you say you BETTER have the following under your belt:
1 Year foreign language, conversational, reading and writing. Any second langauge will do.
Algebra 1,2,3,4. Geometry 1,2, Trig. Caculus
Economics
Contemporary Politics or Problems
Math oriented Chemistry
Math oriented Phyisics
Bilogy 1 and 2
Rudimentary Astronomy
2 years of English Grammar, Composition and Literature and writing in a style format (e.g. chicago Manual)
ALSO big tuition money
Local State University will probably cost you $3,000,$5,000 per semesters
Major top 10 University is $50,000 a year (Cal Tech, Cornell, NYU, Harvard, USC, UCLA if you are not a Californiar resident)
ALL collleges will give you a Math and English placement test
Some systems, such as New York, REQUIRE and accredited Diploma or GED, not every system requires this.
Taking the SAT or ACT can be of benefit. Many colleges want to see a high SAT or ACT score
That test will cost $$$ and you should take it within the next six months or so as it can take almsot a year to get the results.
You should apply for scholarships and apply to all colleges you can by the start of next year.
Reply:You don't need to go to a public school in order to get transcripts, credits, or a GPA. This is something that your mom is responsible for and should be keeping records on. There are many programs out there (like Homeschool Tracker or Edu-Track) that she just needs to plug the info into and it will produce all of these documents for her.
My son is homeschooled and wants to be a doctor; he's starting 5th grade, but knows that he will need a lot of science and math, as well as a basis of Latin and Greek, in order to do well in pre-med and med school...so he's loading his schedule with those. He wants to be a medical missionary, which will require a knowledge of foreign languages and an understanding of history and worldviews, so he's making sure to take those every year. I discuss his schedule with him a couple of times a year, and we tweak it to what his interests and his goals are.
I decide what he is definitely going to take (writing, language arts, what period in history, the next math level, etc.) and he is allowed to fill in his classes from there. I plug all of his work into my tracker software and it does all the tracking for me.
Many colleges are actually courting homeschoolers and are eager to receive applications, but you have to have done the paperwork leading up to the app - the transcript, letters of reference, etc. - to go with them. If you go to www.collegeboard.com, there will be lots of info for you.
As far as classes that you should have under your belt, you need to figure out the colleges that you would like to apply to and contact them for their requirements. Each college has different things that they want to see. Being homeschooled, you have the freedom to take the classes that you need, in the way that makes the most sense to you. Take advantage of that to figure out what you want to do, and go for it. You actually have an advantage, but you need to take it.
Hope that helps!
Reply:gpa isnt everything you should take the sat or act tests that will tell you wehre to look. You still have to meet certain criteria if your home schooled
Reply:Two things that you can do.
First write down all the subjects you studied since 8Th grade.
These can be translated into credits, each subject/class receives credit for completion.
To arrive at a GPA you have to figure out how well you did, my children have to stay above 85% in everything, otherwise they have to it over, so grade wise that translates to a B or above.
We do not grade during the "school years" either, we develop a transcript close to the time of graduation.
If you need help in developing these there are some simple programs available and you just fill in the blanks.
We use the CLASS planner from Christian Liberty Press, the book is about $8.00 and has all the forms in it.
http://ebiz.netopia.com/clpress/
Second as any college bound student, you will have to take the SAT, or ACT; sometimes both.
This is what realy counts for getting into college; you can start studying for these now on line, or buy the prep-books.
Contact the college of your choice, and find out what their requirements are, and go for it.
The admissions/recruitment office will have all the information you need, and they often help you through the process.
You can also start taking some college classes now, while finishing your high school program to built up college credits, just make sure they will transfer, and are applicable to either the prerequesites, or your chosen field.
Good luck.
Reply:Getting into college is easy for homeschoolers, and nearly every university has a separate admissions program for homeschoolers. Take a look at my alma mater
http://admissions.ou.edu/freshadm.html
for more info on a standard university admission. You don't supply an actual diploma, you give the name of your school. You do HAVE to take the ACT or SAT, every college requires it, but it's fairly easy, you can find the test dates on their websites (www.actstudent.org) It's $30 per test, you can apply for a waiver, and most people get their scores in two months. Testing is year round, at the website you can enter your state and find upcoming test days. You can take the test anywhere however, it doesn't matter if you're willing to drive. Most people take the test twice, once for practice and then again. You can use either number. The transcript is easily done, just a name of the class and how long you spent in it (one year, right) (sample transcript here http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/trans1...
The following is for OU, for Stanford (for example) You'd need one more math and one more science, so you see it's fairly standard.
4 units of English
taken from grammar, composition and literature only
3 units of college prep math
Taken from algebra I, algebra II, geometry, trigonometry, math analysis, calculus, or Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics
2 units of laboratory science
(does not include general science, with or without a lab) one year of principles of technology may substitute for one of the lab science courses, provided that the student also completes a traditional lab science course
3 units of history and citizenship skills
to include one unit of American history and two additional units from the subjects of history, economics, geography, government, non-western culture
3 units of additional subjects
from any of the subjects previously listed or computer science or foreign language. Two years of the same foreign language will satisfy the University's foreign language general education requirement.
Once you are in college, you will have an advisor who will steer you the way you need to go for your career choice. Most freshmen are taking basic classes anyway, that every college graduate will take (freshman english, foreign language, social studies, math) After your freshman year, you must declare a major (although you can do it on admission), so that's when you enter the college of your choice (within each university there are subcolleges based on degrees, science, letters, math, engineering) I would suggest not going premed, even if you want to be a dr, you take the premed coursework, of course, but find a major along a science route, biochemistry, biology, etc. again, your advisor will help you out, you have to go to him though, many college kids never do get to know their advisor, just long enough to get their coursework approved. Good news is that most universities know that kids coming in are clueless and they will tell you every step. And now this is too long, I just want to reassure you that they are used to kids (yes, even public school grads) not knowing what to do their freshmen year. But get that ACT done, have your mom do your transcript and start looking at which colleges you want to apply to. Usually the dead line for application is January/February, so you do want to take the test, and get crackin!
Reply:I know many, many homeschoolers and have never seen one of them apply to the college of their choice and not get in. My niece and two nephews, for example, have always been homeschooled and all three are on the dean's list in their respective schools.
No offense, but I don't think you truly appreciate or understand your parents love and sacrifice in homeschooling you. Trust me, public school is not all it's cracked up to be. I wish I was homeschooled! You need to go give your mom/dad a hug and say "Thanks for homeschooling me!!"
COLLEGe!!!?
Colleges love homeschoolers. Texas A%26amp;M, Sewanee, LSU, Berry, Yale and Harvard have all said that all you have to do is have your mom/dad/legal guardian to write your transcripts and give you credits. They colleges will accept it. In Texas it is illegal for colleges to make homeschoolers do anything different than regular schoolers.
You need to get some extra-curriculars in though. Sponser whales, volunteer at Habitat for Humanity, be a Big Brother, try for the Congressional Award. All of these things will help you get into a college. If you have an interest persue it. Shadow a pediatrician or a physicist at work (if you can).
Go to collegeboard.com and the www.princetonreview.com. It will help you find a university and give you more insight into what you need to do to become a doctor/physicist. You can call the admissions department at different universities that you are interested in and talk to them about what you need to get in.
You can also take some classes at a community college. It willl help you understand what college classes are like and give you a little more meat for your transcript.
Reply:If you are a sophmore you could start some college classes now! You should go to the local community college and talk to them. They have an assessment test you have to take before you can start taking courses.....take this to see where you are. You could also take an SAT test. Your parents have homeschooled you so you do have credits...you just don't have them from public school. Your parents can make you a diploma because you graduated, yes I know you haven't yet but you will, their homeschool program. I'm assuming you have some sort of portfolio or something with some of the stuff you have done over the last couple years, before 9th doesn't really matter......get it together and have it ready if they ask for it. In my college endeavors they have never asked for my "diploma" but for my transcripts...so have your mom make you a transcript....
good luck!
Reply:No you dont need to go back buddy..
Reply:Many colleges make room for homeschoolers.
Based on what you say you BETTER have the following under your belt:
1 Year foreign language, conversational, reading and writing. Any second langauge will do.
Algebra 1,2,3,4. Geometry 1,2, Trig. Caculus
Economics
Contemporary Politics or Problems
Math oriented Chemistry
Math oriented Phyisics
Bilogy 1 and 2
Rudimentary Astronomy
2 years of English Grammar, Composition and Literature and writing in a style format (e.g. chicago Manual)
ALSO big tuition money
Local State University will probably cost you $3,000,$5,000 per semesters
Major top 10 University is $50,000 a year (Cal Tech, Cornell, NYU, Harvard, USC, UCLA if you are not a Californiar resident)
ALL collleges will give you a Math and English placement test
Some systems, such as New York, REQUIRE and accredited Diploma or GED, not every system requires this.
Taking the SAT or ACT can be of benefit. Many colleges want to see a high SAT or ACT score
That test will cost $$$ and you should take it within the next six months or so as it can take almsot a year to get the results.
You should apply for scholarships and apply to all colleges you can by the start of next year.
Reply:You don't need to go to a public school in order to get transcripts, credits, or a GPA. This is something that your mom is responsible for and should be keeping records on. There are many programs out there (like Homeschool Tracker or Edu-Track) that she just needs to plug the info into and it will produce all of these documents for her.
My son is homeschooled and wants to be a doctor; he's starting 5th grade, but knows that he will need a lot of science and math, as well as a basis of Latin and Greek, in order to do well in pre-med and med school...so he's loading his schedule with those. He wants to be a medical missionary, which will require a knowledge of foreign languages and an understanding of history and worldviews, so he's making sure to take those every year. I discuss his schedule with him a couple of times a year, and we tweak it to what his interests and his goals are.
I decide what he is definitely going to take (writing, language arts, what period in history, the next math level, etc.) and he is allowed to fill in his classes from there. I plug all of his work into my tracker software and it does all the tracking for me.
Many colleges are actually courting homeschoolers and are eager to receive applications, but you have to have done the paperwork leading up to the app - the transcript, letters of reference, etc. - to go with them. If you go to www.collegeboard.com, there will be lots of info for you.
As far as classes that you should have under your belt, you need to figure out the colleges that you would like to apply to and contact them for their requirements. Each college has different things that they want to see. Being homeschooled, you have the freedom to take the classes that you need, in the way that makes the most sense to you. Take advantage of that to figure out what you want to do, and go for it. You actually have an advantage, but you need to take it.
Hope that helps!
Reply:gpa isnt everything you should take the sat or act tests that will tell you wehre to look. You still have to meet certain criteria if your home schooled
Reply:Two things that you can do.
First write down all the subjects you studied since 8Th grade.
These can be translated into credits, each subject/class receives credit for completion.
To arrive at a GPA you have to figure out how well you did, my children have to stay above 85% in everything, otherwise they have to it over, so grade wise that translates to a B or above.
We do not grade during the "school years" either, we develop a transcript close to the time of graduation.
If you need help in developing these there are some simple programs available and you just fill in the blanks.
We use the CLASS planner from Christian Liberty Press, the book is about $8.00 and has all the forms in it.
http://ebiz.netopia.com/clpress/
Second as any college bound student, you will have to take the SAT, or ACT; sometimes both.
This is what realy counts for getting into college; you can start studying for these now on line, or buy the prep-books.
Contact the college of your choice, and find out what their requirements are, and go for it.
The admissions/recruitment office will have all the information you need, and they often help you through the process.
You can also start taking some college classes now, while finishing your high school program to built up college credits, just make sure they will transfer, and are applicable to either the prerequesites, or your chosen field.
Good luck.
Reply:Getting into college is easy for homeschoolers, and nearly every university has a separate admissions program for homeschoolers. Take a look at my alma mater
http://admissions.ou.edu/freshadm.html
for more info on a standard university admission. You don't supply an actual diploma, you give the name of your school. You do HAVE to take the ACT or SAT, every college requires it, but it's fairly easy, you can find the test dates on their websites (www.actstudent.org) It's $30 per test, you can apply for a waiver, and most people get their scores in two months. Testing is year round, at the website you can enter your state and find upcoming test days. You can take the test anywhere however, it doesn't matter if you're willing to drive. Most people take the test twice, once for practice and then again. You can use either number. The transcript is easily done, just a name of the class and how long you spent in it (one year, right) (sample transcript here http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/trans1...
The following is for OU, for Stanford (for example) You'd need one more math and one more science, so you see it's fairly standard.
4 units of English
taken from grammar, composition and literature only
3 units of college prep math
Taken from algebra I, algebra II, geometry, trigonometry, math analysis, calculus, or Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics
2 units of laboratory science
(does not include general science, with or without a lab) one year of principles of technology may substitute for one of the lab science courses, provided that the student also completes a traditional lab science course
3 units of history and citizenship skills
to include one unit of American history and two additional units from the subjects of history, economics, geography, government, non-western culture
3 units of additional subjects
from any of the subjects previously listed or computer science or foreign language. Two years of the same foreign language will satisfy the University's foreign language general education requirement.
Once you are in college, you will have an advisor who will steer you the way you need to go for your career choice. Most freshmen are taking basic classes anyway, that every college graduate will take (freshman english, foreign language, social studies, math) After your freshman year, you must declare a major (although you can do it on admission), so that's when you enter the college of your choice (within each university there are subcolleges based on degrees, science, letters, math, engineering) I would suggest not going premed, even if you want to be a dr, you take the premed coursework, of course, but find a major along a science route, biochemistry, biology, etc. again, your advisor will help you out, you have to go to him though, many college kids never do get to know their advisor, just long enough to get their coursework approved. Good news is that most universities know that kids coming in are clueless and they will tell you every step. And now this is too long, I just want to reassure you that they are used to kids (yes, even public school grads) not knowing what to do their freshmen year. But get that ACT done, have your mom do your transcript and start looking at which colleges you want to apply to. Usually the dead line for application is January/February, so you do want to take the test, and get crackin!
Reply:I know many, many homeschoolers and have never seen one of them apply to the college of their choice and not get in. My niece and two nephews, for example, have always been homeschooled and all three are on the dean's list in their respective schools.
No offense, but I don't think you truly appreciate or understand your parents love and sacrifice in homeschooling you. Trust me, public school is not all it's cracked up to be. I wish I was homeschooled! You need to go give your mom/dad a hug and say "Thanks for homeschooling me!!"
COLLEGe!!!?
Alright I need some serious help with the whole college thing I'm completly lost. I'm 17, and a juinor in highschool. The thing is though I'm HOMESCHOOLED (if I was in public I'd probably be a sophmore)! I dont have credits and a GPA. My parents would not let me go to a public school my whole life so its been like this since grade 1. I could go now though. How am I supposed to get into college under these circumstances? I've always wanted to go to college, its been the one thing I've always looked foreward to but I didnt realize there were certain things you had to have and do to get into one... how does college work anyway? If you guys could put it into perspective it would be alot of help no ones ever layed out the guidelines for me and like I said... I'm lost. also I want to either be a pediatrician or something along the lines of a physicist for NASA. So if you guys could lay out the guidelines and rules and all that for those specific career paths then that would be even more help
COLLEGe!!!?
Hey!
Ok, so there are colleges that let homeschooled students in. You just need to check with the admissions staff. Many colleges do a review of students without high school diplomas for situations like this. Whatever schools you are interested in though, check with them and see what they have to say.
You also could take the GED test and get your GED. This will let the colleges know you are at least prepared and know the basics from high school. Also, take the SAT and/or ACT as well as SAT II subject tests. This will allow the colleges to see your scores and upon reviewing you for entrance they will have a better idea of how prepared you are; and therefore, more likely to accept you.
There is also the chance that you could go to a junior/community college for a year or two and establish a GPA and some classes and then transfer to the 4 year university.
When I was applying to college I saw many colleges had sections on their websites about nontraditional students (which includes homeschooled students), so definitely look into it though.
I hope this helps and gives you some ideas!!! You can get into a college though, don't worry. You just will have to put in some more effort with communicating with them to let them review your application!!!
Reply:Hello!!!!! Report It
Reply:Look into your college of choice. Make contact with their records and admissions department, and possibly make an appointment with an advisor. They will be able to tell you for sure what you need to do. Likely, you will need to take the SATs and possibly ACTs. If anything, maybe start at a community college, to give yourself experience in a real school setting, then transfer to a four year. I'm sure there must be some route for you to take. Best of luck to you.
COLLEGe!!!?
Hey!
Ok, so there are colleges that let homeschooled students in. You just need to check with the admissions staff. Many colleges do a review of students without high school diplomas for situations like this. Whatever schools you are interested in though, check with them and see what they have to say.
You also could take the GED test and get your GED. This will let the colleges know you are at least prepared and know the basics from high school. Also, take the SAT and/or ACT as well as SAT II subject tests. This will allow the colleges to see your scores and upon reviewing you for entrance they will have a better idea of how prepared you are; and therefore, more likely to accept you.
There is also the chance that you could go to a junior/community college for a year or two and establish a GPA and some classes and then transfer to the 4 year university.
When I was applying to college I saw many colleges had sections on their websites about nontraditional students (which includes homeschooled students), so definitely look into it though.
I hope this helps and gives you some ideas!!! You can get into a college though, don't worry. You just will have to put in some more effort with communicating with them to let them review your application!!!
Reply:Hello!!!!! Report It
Reply:Look into your college of choice. Make contact with their records and admissions department, and possibly make an appointment with an advisor. They will be able to tell you for sure what you need to do. Likely, you will need to take the SATs and possibly ACTs. If anything, maybe start at a community college, to give yourself experience in a real school setting, then transfer to a four year. I'm sure there must be some route for you to take. Best of luck to you.
College...?
i want to become a teacher or a nurse..i have a diploma it doesnt say ged diploma you think people can tell if i did ged? how much does college cost in kingsborugh college for 2 yrs then transfer to csi for another 2 yrs to go to school for teaching/nurse? which is better becoming a teacher or a nurse? why? why not? is college hard? im scared im not going to do good..it doesnt seem hard like the way i see it but i dont know much about it..like when my cousin comes home she doesnt have alot of hw to do all she does is write essays..thats what im mostly scared of essays..whats so hard about college and whats not?tell me everyting about college..
College...?
College is hard regardless. I think that if you go to a community college for a few semesters it is a lot easier, especially if you are nervous. It will save you a lot of money and if you do well and want to transfer out it will overshadow whether or not you got your diploma through a GED program. My husband is in nursing school and it is very hard, however it is something that he is also able to get into because he loves the material. Everyone I have talked to that went to nursing school said that it is hard and a lot of work but definitely worth it.
Don't be nervous about not doing well, you can do anything that you put your mind to, but you have to go in understanding that you have to be committed to going to school. If not you will never succeed so you have to think about if you are truly ready to go or not. I am 27 and just finished my bachelor's. I always wanted to go to school but it wasn't a priority so I kept on dropping out. I finally made up my mind to go back and I finished, but it was definitely a lot of work.
Reply:well, to go for an associates degree in college involves a lot of dedication to the studies. you are right. First your two year college and then trasfer to a university. College is really hard. All the classes requires to make essays with the specific citations (MLA, APA). The more education you have, the more paid you will be. I am sure you can do it. I am a graduate from a four year college in Science. And it was really hard because English is not my native language, but i made it. So you will do it much better than me.
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College is hard regardless. I think that if you go to a community college for a few semesters it is a lot easier, especially if you are nervous. It will save you a lot of money and if you do well and want to transfer out it will overshadow whether or not you got your diploma through a GED program. My husband is in nursing school and it is very hard, however it is something that he is also able to get into because he loves the material. Everyone I have talked to that went to nursing school said that it is hard and a lot of work but definitely worth it.
Don't be nervous about not doing well, you can do anything that you put your mind to, but you have to go in understanding that you have to be committed to going to school. If not you will never succeed so you have to think about if you are truly ready to go or not. I am 27 and just finished my bachelor's. I always wanted to go to school but it wasn't a priority so I kept on dropping out. I finally made up my mind to go back and I finished, but it was definitely a lot of work.
Reply:well, to go for an associates degree in college involves a lot of dedication to the studies. you are right. First your two year college and then trasfer to a university. College is really hard. All the classes requires to make essays with the specific citations (MLA, APA). The more education you have, the more paid you will be. I am sure you can do it. I am a graduate from a four year college in Science. And it was really hard because English is not my native language, but i made it. So you will do it much better than me.
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I am looking for colleges that I can go to for film. I love to watch and make movies and really want to make my dream come true. The thing is, I don't know where to start. Where would I have to go to get into this business after college? Also, does anyone know of any colleges that offer film. And would I still be able to get into this business without going to college?? I am very good at making movies and maybe would not need to go to college to get better. Maybe just working in a business would make my skill higher. Pleease Help!!!!!!!
College?????????
Some of the best film schools in the World are in N. America, but if you want to work in Croatia, that may be of limited use to you. Part of what makes going to film school so valuable is the contacts you make. So you want to attend the best film school in the region in which you hope to work, post-graduation.
As for what you should study: some universities actually offer film as a major. Others put it under theater. So look for universities that offer strong programs in film or theater.
With that said, if you hope to work in the N. American film industry, the best schools in the US are:
New York University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Vancouver Film
You can also look at these excellent programs:
The American Film Institute (Los Angeles)
The North Carolina School of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
Film is a highly competitive industry. Although no, not all filmmakers have a degree, or a degree in film, it can only help make you a better candidate for entry-level jobs if you do so.
Many people's first job in film is as a production assistant. That's basically a gofer. You don't need a degree to get this job, but it helps, because there will be a lot of other people applying.
Going to school for film will not only help you gain new skills, but it will also help you develop a network of contacts. Since most jobs in this industry are gotten via networking, this is going to be invaluable.
Reply:LOL this is a business you get into because you either get a job doing medial work as a youngin, or your parents have a ton of money to be able to send you to a great film school. There is a film school in Los Angeles, CA and it's pretty highly regarded, although i bet it's expensive...i wouldn't know...i've never been into film. Go to a college website and do a search for colleges that offer film.
College?????????
Some of the best film schools in the World are in N. America, but if you want to work in Croatia, that may be of limited use to you. Part of what makes going to film school so valuable is the contacts you make. So you want to attend the best film school in the region in which you hope to work, post-graduation.
As for what you should study: some universities actually offer film as a major. Others put it under theater. So look for universities that offer strong programs in film or theater.
With that said, if you hope to work in the N. American film industry, the best schools in the US are:
New York University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Vancouver Film
You can also look at these excellent programs:
The American Film Institute (Los Angeles)
The North Carolina School of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
Film is a highly competitive industry. Although no, not all filmmakers have a degree, or a degree in film, it can only help make you a better candidate for entry-level jobs if you do so.
Many people's first job in film is as a production assistant. That's basically a gofer. You don't need a degree to get this job, but it helps, because there will be a lot of other people applying.
Going to school for film will not only help you gain new skills, but it will also help you develop a network of contacts. Since most jobs in this industry are gotten via networking, this is going to be invaluable.
Reply:LOL this is a business you get into because you either get a job doing medial work as a youngin, or your parents have a ton of money to be able to send you to a great film school. There is a film school in Los Angeles, CA and it's pretty highly regarded, although i bet it's expensive...i wouldn't know...i've never been into film. Go to a college website and do a search for colleges that offer film.
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My sister is going to try and take a Spanish course over the summer in community college because she has to have it to go to a University early (in her senior year), but the community college course says you have to meet these requirements (This course is open to students who have no prep needs in reading, or who have satisfied their prep need by taking REA0002C.
This course is open to students who have no prep needs in English/Writing or who have satisfied their prep need by taking ENC0010C. )
More info: she is only a junior in high school and has NEVER taken any college courses... but she thinks that she can just take what ever college course she needs. She is in a online Spanish course right now but is about to be dropped because she doesn’t want to do the work .... She is lazy...
I am a high school senior in college and
im trying to tell her that she cannot take this college course... I am right? I still don’t know all about college courses, that’s why I’m asking...
College.... ?
Different colleges and universities have different requirements. Some allow equivalency courses but some don't. I think your sister's best bet would be to call the university she'll be attending and ask them directly.
This course is open to students who have no prep needs in English/Writing or who have satisfied their prep need by taking ENC0010C. )
More info: she is only a junior in high school and has NEVER taken any college courses... but she thinks that she can just take what ever college course she needs. She is in a online Spanish course right now but is about to be dropped because she doesn’t want to do the work .... She is lazy...
I am a high school senior in college and
im trying to tell her that she cannot take this college course... I am right? I still don’t know all about college courses, that’s why I’m asking...
College.... ?
Different colleges and universities have different requirements. Some allow equivalency courses but some don't. I think your sister's best bet would be to call the university she'll be attending and ask them directly.
College ...?
My sister is going to try and take a Spanish course over the summer in community college because she has to have it to go to a University early (in her senior year), but the community college course says you have to meet these requirements (This course is open to students who have no prep needs in reading, or who have satisfied their prep need by taking REA0002C.
This course is open to students who have no prep needs in English/Writing or who have satisfied their prep need by taking ENC0010C. )
More info: she is only a junior in high school and has NEVER taken any college courses... but she thinks that she can just take what ever college course she needs. She is in a online Spanish course right now but is about to be dropped because she doesn’t want to do the work .... She is lazy...
I am a high school senior in college and
im trying to tell her that she cannot take this college course... I am right? I still don’t know all about college courses, that’s why I’m asking...
College ...?
If she's to lazy to do the online high school class, she definitely won't be able to pass a college class (even though it's community college). She will be too lazy to do the work for the community college course and she will fail miserably.
Reply:It doesn't sound good for your sister. The community college is demanding prerequisites that your sister won't have, so unless she gets a waiver on them she can't register for the Spanish class.
Reply:If the community college has prerequisites for the Spanish course your sister wants to take, then she won't be able to take it unless she's met those requirements.
This course is open to students who have no prep needs in English/Writing or who have satisfied their prep need by taking ENC0010C. )
More info: she is only a junior in high school and has NEVER taken any college courses... but she thinks that she can just take what ever college course she needs. She is in a online Spanish course right now but is about to be dropped because she doesn’t want to do the work .... She is lazy...
I am a high school senior in college and
im trying to tell her that she cannot take this college course... I am right? I still don’t know all about college courses, that’s why I’m asking...
College ...?
If she's to lazy to do the online high school class, she definitely won't be able to pass a college class (even though it's community college). She will be too lazy to do the work for the community college course and she will fail miserably.
Reply:It doesn't sound good for your sister. The community college is demanding prerequisites that your sister won't have, so unless she gets a waiver on them she can't register for the Spanish class.
Reply:If the community college has prerequisites for the Spanish course your sister wants to take, then she won't be able to take it unless she's met those requirements.
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