Remain Calm: 4 Ways to Bounce Back in College Rejection Keep complaints off Social Networking Use that information to improve your chances of getting into other schools. Do not worry–you’re in great company. Princeton rejected Tina Fey, M.I.T. and Villanova both passed on Tom Hanks, and Swarthmore turned down former president Barack Obama. They all survived college rejections, … [Read more...]
Undecided? 4 Good Reasons You Don’t Need to Choose a Major until College
Undecided? Not everybody needs to select a major before arriving on campus. In fact, you can get some very wise arguments for not picking a significant early in your college career and why that makes a whole lot of sense. Make time in your quest to join a student organization or student government. You will meet new people studying all kinds of majors, sharpen your interpersonal skills, and try … [Read more...]
How Do Schools Calculate Your Financial Aid?
You may also be interested in these 7 options to consider if you didn’t receive enough financial aid. Published at Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:52:37 +0000 Be sure you understand what each form of aid is and whether or not it has to be repaid. When you have any questions about an offer, you should talk to a financial aid adviser at the school. No matter how much help you are offered, it is always … [Read more...]
Sleep, Memory, and the Brain
Sleep, Memory, and the Brain[unable to retrieve full-text content]Sleep, Memory, and the Brain We all know we do better when we’re well-rested than when we’re not. Modern sleep studies have started to uncover exactly why that’s true. Concerning memory, there are at least two important reasons to be sure you’re getting enough sleep. First, we better remember what we heard … [Read more...]
Preparing and Developing Culturally Responsive School Leaders
Preparing and Developing Culturally Responsive School Leaders[unable to retrieve full-text content]Our students are increasingly diverse and varied in their resources and needs and yet achievement gaps and opportunity gaps continue to persist. School leaders set the tone, the priorities, and the manner of being in their colleges, and are crucial to ensuring access to a quality, engaging, rigorous, … [Read more...]
Celebrating Student Artistry From Fairfax County Public Schools:”The World Through My Eyes”
Celebrating Student Artistry From Fairfax County Public Schools: “The World Through My Eyes” The opening wasn’t content to honor only the visual arts, however–it highlighted the county’s talented and multifarious acting artists also. Young musicians shared the stage with vocalists, dancers, as well as aspiring directors; interspersed between their outstanding … [Read more...]
Essential PowerPoint Animations Tips
Essential PowerPoint Animations Tips There are four types of animations in PowerPoint: You can add many animations to one object. This permits you to create all kinds of complex animations. However, this can also be a time-consuming process. One production tip is to use the cartoon painter to copy animations from one thing to another. This is particularly helpful if you need to replicate an … [Read more...]
Faculties with the Best and Worst Professors
Colleges with the Best and Worst Professors Professor interesting rating: 90 Professor accessible rating: 94 Trinity University (TX) University of Central Florida Professor interesting rating: 70 Professor accessible rating: 64 Professor interesting rating: 81 Professor accessible rating: 90 Northwestern University Professor interesting rating: 83 Professor accessible rating: 85 How do you … [Read more...]
8 Habits of Highly Successful Students
When an employee becomes stuck on a problem, they have to adopt the mindset of a solution-finder and hammer away at it for 15 more minutes until they can ask for support. And what is more, during my first semester as a member, I also got elected to the leadership board! Successful students are forward thinkers. The truth is, a lot of students — and people generally — treat impostor … [Read more...]
When Should You Take SAT Subject Tests?
Alright, so perhaps you did not do that well on the December SAT Subject Test, or perhaps you did not get your act together to test early. It’s okay — there is still some time for you! With your research still fresh in your memory, it is logical to take you Subject Test in June. As an example, if you just completed your AP Physics exam the month before, why don’t you … [Read more...]