Can I get into the Engineering program at Purdue? I’m interested in the Biomedical program, whilst being Premed. But I believe the first year there I will not be in any specific engineering program, just engineering general studies.
My SAT were rather low, 570 math, 540 verbal, and 510 writing.
My GPA weighted is 4.21 and 3.71 unweighted. Class rank in top 5%.
I’m involved in a lot of activities, including Student Council, SADD (President), 4-H, Cross Country, Track, School Mascot 
, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, and many more.
I also have a job, where I hold a position as supervisor.
I have a considerable amount of community service, which includes writing several grants for the community, one of which was for over half a million for a leadership program.
I’m just worried whether or not I will get in, a representative came to our school to tell us about the college, and he made it seem extremely difficult to get into the engineering program there. I know you wont know for sure, but I would like your opinion on whether or not I can get in. I WILL contact them and am going on a college visit day soon, so please don’t tell me to just contact them. Thanks!
Also, what do you think about the student life at the West Lafayette campus. Are we required to live on it as freshman? Other interesting facts? Thanks!
I’m already signed up to take my SATs again, and I’ve been studying quite a bit for them, hopefully I will do much better.
Yes, our school is on a 4.0 scale.
Also throughout my high school career I will have taken 5 AP classes. (Calculus, English, Government, Chemistry, Biology)
Im guessing ur gpa is on a 4.0 scale?
If it is your test scores are somwhat low. but ur pa is very good.
If its on a 5.0 scale you might have a tough time getting in but if they like what u’ve been doing they might take u
I want to be able to run a fairly simple website that offers news/updates and information based on an art community project I’ve created. The problems I’m running into is finding a free web host service that does not force ads on the site and won’t be restricted by bandwith with a site [or mostly a Main page] that has alot of images. I’ve never used anything like this aside from geocities and phpBB.com (the free forums), so I’m unsure what exactly to look for or even how to really put anything together. I’m basically a total noob, which is why I’m posting of course. I am however willing to pay for it I suppose, but under the condition that it is either less than 50 dollars in one full payment for a long period of time or I pay less than 10 dollars monthly, one payment at a time. Can anyone help me?
If you are serious about websites either for personal or your business, don’t go to free web hosting as they are usually not reliable and you may end up losing all your hard work. Free web hosts usually put advertisements on your websites and it could be annoying.
If you like to create websites (usually you will end up more than 1 website, I got more than 100 websites in about 6 months’ time), go for multiple web hosting services where you could host all your websites in one account.
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I have a bachelors degree in the Arts but have decide to make a giant change-over in careers to medicine. I’ve taken science courses at a community college to prep for nursing school…but decided on Med School instead. Will Medical Schools accept these credits or do they really want a university post-baccalaureate program. It only matters for financial reasons.
They view taking community college sciences after your have a bachelor’s as trying to get easy grades. They prefer university courses. If you’ve already taken the classes, check with the med schools you’re interested in as to whether they’ll even consider them. If they will, you won’t be considered as competitive as students who took them at a university, but it’s still worth applying. Your best bet is to get a practice book or two for the MCATs and review until you make top scores on the practice exams. That should help convince them that you have the science knowledge and that the grades weren’t good just because they came from a community college.
Another option, if you don’t get into med school, is to go to nursing school and then to med school. Or consider pharmacy school.
i get to have the choice of which middle school i want to go. i am labeling them as school #1 and school #2 so when you answer say which school and why. ( the words in all caps are the things i want to do.
school #1:
mascot: cubs
core classes: social studies, language arts, science, math
electives: ART, Art II, Health, Excel Math, Band, Choir, GUITAR,
Future Problem Solving, Peer Mediation,* THEATER ARTS*,
STAGE PRODUCTION, Technology Applications, Spanish,
Speech, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, Athletics( VOLLEYBALL, football,tennis,basketball,cross country, track and field), *DANCE* and
CHEERLEADING
clubs:NATIONAL JUNIOR HONORS SOCIOTEY
STUDENT COUNCIL (Elected)
Yearbook Staff ( 8th graders only)
Computer Cubs
CUB DANCERS
fish Club
Community Problem Solvers
CHEERLEADERS
THEATER
Cub reporter news ( 8th grade only)
recongnized school district
uniforms: no
dances: yes
school # 2
mascot: wildcat
core classes: social studies, language arts, science, math
electives:ART, Health, Excel Math, Band, Choir, Yearbook,
Future Problem Solving, Peer Mediation, THEATER ARTS,
Tennis, Technology Applications, Spanish,
Speech, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, Athletics( VOLLEYBALL,football,basketball,cross country, track and field), DANCE, and
CHEERLEADERS
clubs: NATIONAL JUNIOR HONORS SOCIOTEY
STUDENT COUNCIL (Elected)
Yearbook Staff ( 8th graders only)
Computer Cats
CAT DANCERS
Cat Leadership
Community Problem Solvers
CHEERLEADERS
THEATER
Cat Reporter News( 8th grade only)
recongized school district
uniforms: no
dances: yes
other than this the school are practically the same. so what’s your answer
school number one has a great football team and their cheerleaders went to nationals last year.
but school number two has a park and when they do their news cast they last for like five minuets( school number ones news cast are a minuet and i get bored.) and everyone is always looks super happy. and one of their teachers was the wal-mart teacher of the year. and school number two’s dancer went to nationals.
They look very similar.I would make a list of the pros and cons of each school. Like one school might be a 20 minute drive every morning and the other one might be a really old school. Decide which school benefits you the most. Talk to a parent or close friend and ask them what they think. Good Luck next year.
I have already signed up for deviantArt, a very popular art community website, but I was curious what else is out there. My mother doesn’t particularly like deviantArt because of the "vulgarity" and "impurities" of some of the art there- but that’s art for you. I didn’t expect anything less when I signed up. I appreciate all art and never found a thing wrong with anything on the site, but mom insisted there were too many "dirty pictures" which… Is probably true! Ha ha. I was wondering if there is anywhere else I could go to post my art [traditional pencil pieces] that would be more… Calm, maybe?
I, personally, like deviantArt a lot. It is a great site, but my mom is very paranoid about me looking at things I shouldn’t. So anyway, got any ideas? I’d prefer something centered around traditional art- but everything is good to me!
~AC
www.alemos-cry.deviantart.com
nothing against your mum or anything and not to offend, but she needs to understand that there are a ton more "vulgar" things out in this crazy world than just art. art like that is raw and she should appreciate the artists’ choice to approach such a sensitive category. an average person will be exposed to this things whether they choose to or not.
yeah, fanart-central.net is a great site. i’ve been a member since 2005. they’ve really grown and expanded. my username is broken_lizard2 if you ever decide to join.
others would be artbistro.com or artwanted.com
there’s also yerf.com and elfwood.com if you really adore fantasy/sci-fi art.
I know greenville, sc is close so even there. I’m moving to the area in a couple of months and wondering what’s going on. aside from just art community I’m looking for things to do and just wonder if anyone out there has any idea. let me know thanks
http://local.yahoo.com/results?fr=dd-local-more&stx=art+communities&csz=Anderson%2C+SC
Try the above site, you may find what you are seeking.
Good Luck and Happy New Year
I am writing a blog post about different city’s art+crafts/D.I.Y. community. What places should visitors not miss? Perhaps you could also send some photographs of your favorite spots to go.
In Portland, Oregon all businesses downtown are required to spend 1% of their budget on public or private art. This can include art in the lobby or on the building itself, but often is a public sculpture on the sidewalks or in parks. I love just taking walks downtown and looking at all the pieces of art around.
MACOMB, IL — “The Peace Corps represents some of, if not all, the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for — it stands for everything we’ve ever stood for and hope to achieve in the world. ” — Sargent Shriver, First Peace Corps Director
Founded in 1961, the Peace Corps is on the precipice of an historic milestone, one that will likely review the almost 50 years of not only extolling the virtues that many feel embody the United States of America, but also of actually putting those virtues into practice across the globe. As the national Peace Corps program readies to celebrate its golden anniversary in a little over a year, the Peace Corps Fellows Program (PCF) in Community Development at Western Illinois University caps it 15th year in 2009 and can tout similar accomplishments. After 15 years, the program’s alumni and current Fellows can recall how the PCF Program in Community Development has helped them achieve a master’s degree and required them to explore the theories of community development. They can also look back at how they were able to put theory into practice and survey how their service and knowledge has contributed to the development of rural communities across Illinois.
The Mission
A unit of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA), which is housed at Western, the PCF Program in Community Development provides former Peace Corps volunteers the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree with a specialization in community development, explained Karen Mauldin-Curtis, who has managed the program since 2004.
“Students, referred to as ‘Fellows,’ can pursue an advanced degree in one of six fields of study offered at WIU,” noted Mauldin-Curtis. “After each Fellow has completed his or her coursework, they then each serve an 11-month internship in a rural community in Illinois. The internship provides the students with practical experience as they help lead community development projects in the town or county in which they are serving. Since the program was established 15 years ago, we have had more than 89 Fellows serve in towns and counties in Illinois.”
Currently, the master’s degree offerings via the PCF Program in Community Development include business administration (MBA), economics, political science (public administration), recreation, park and tourism administration, geography (regional planning) and health sciences.
For the full release, see http://www.wiu.edu/newsrelease.sphp?release_id=7792.
For more information about the Peace Corps Fellows Program in Community Development at Western Illinois University, visit http://www.peacecorpsfellows-wiu.org/
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BMCC announced today that it received a $93,350.00 grant to extend “BMCC On Air,” a student-produced news magazine style program. The National Science Foundation Grant is a smaller, supplemental grant to a 2005 NSF grant for BMCC’s Video Arts and Technology (VAT) program, which provides a dynamic hands-on and theoretical education in video, audio and television production.
“BMCC On Air” Gives Students Direct Responsibility
The NSF grant directly supports “BMCC On Air” which was developed as a response to a shortage of HDV TV internships for the VAT program’s students. “BMCC On Air” offers students a hands-on opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art HDV TV studio, giving the students direct responsibility for the outcome of the show. Over the past two semesters, 52 students have collaborated to produce sets, graphics, music, and more than 15 news segments about events in the college, the surrounding community, and youth culture.
The original NSF grant addresses the need to integrate government mandated and industry-wide high definition and digital technology standards into college curricula. Specifically, the initial grant was intended to prepare women and minority students for career opportunities created by the anticipated change-over of the entire American television industry to digital and HDV technology in 2008.
More info: http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/news/news.jsp?id=558
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Tease for a half-hour documentary profiling the Prison Creative Arts Project.
Every year, along with student and community volunteers, Janie Paul and Buzz Alexander travel to 42 prisons throughout the state of Michigan. Here they meet with prisoners & hand-select work for the Annual Exhibit of Prison Art at the University of Michigan, now the largest exhibit of prison art in the country. This half-hour documentary profiles these two activist/artists who believe in the power of the creative arts as a tool for social change.
Part of a collaborative project with University of Michigan’s School of Art & Design and Michigan Public Media.
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