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    ourselves while taking the ACT. However, the real question is whether this test matters and why? Some educational experts would say no due to the flaws of the test. This is why students should not have to take standardized tests like the ACT and SAT. They generally do not predict college grades very well. These tests also add more stress onto the average student that is already being crushed under the weight of school in general. Lastly, studies have shown that the ACT and SAT can have certain biases

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    Reflection About Culture

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    she/he is. So there might be people that think that just because they are from that culture that they will act what you imagine to be. Either way you maybe right but that you might be wrong so it depends how they act in their own way. One’s culture rarely informs the way one views the world because not everyone decided to to their parents culture they might change, but they might choose to but act in a different way that you have imagine. This idea is supported by memoir, novel excerpt, and personal

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    thousand dollars at hand and on the contrary to what you and I could do, he chose to donate all the money to charity. His character is questionable throughout the narration. Although, friends or anyone that comes into contact with us change us, the act did not apply to him as most of the characters who came into his life did not have any impact on him. However, McCandless, Ronald Franz, Wayne Westerberg, Carine McCandless are some characters which can lead you to rediscover yourself and change your

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    students have an average GPA of 3.98, SAT score of 1450, and ACT score of 32. Georgia Tech’s required high school classes are four credits of english, math, and science, three credits of social sciences, and two credits of a foreign language (“Georgia Tech Requirements…”). I am currently still on track to meet all of the requirements for each of the schools, with the things that I need to work on the most being my GPA and the SAT and ACT tests. If I continue to study and do good in my classes, then

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    Unlike Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Shakespeare’s Hamlet focuses much more on the theme of deception. The main protagonist, Hamlet, must decide whether or not to act on his feelings towards Claudius. The ghost of Hamlet’s father revealed to Hamlet that Claudius was the person who killed him and he wants Hamlet to avenge his death. Hamlet had a difficult time accepting what the ghost told him because he knew that there was a possibility that the ghost wasn’t real – it was an evil spirit. His wariness

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    that Mayor Orden thinks about the town before he makes decisions. In chapter two, Orden says “You won't believe this, but it is true: authority is in the town. I don't know how or why, but it is so. This means we cannot act as quickly as you can, but when a direction is set, we all act together." Orden never put on a show for anyone, from

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    Night Reflection

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    After going through a traumatic event, we usually gain a hatred for the person(s) that may have caused it, or acted the events out. It changes us as a person and affects our whole well-being, sometimes transferring who we used to be, maybe even making less compassionate and changing our outlook of the world. In Elie Wiesel’s, Night, we watch as Eliezer goes through brutal events and attempts to remain faithful to God and his Father, and he only slightly succumbs to the lack of compassion of the other

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    husband and I were discussing and planning to migrate to Australia for a better future and to correspond and fulfill this dream we had consulted many consultants to guide us and who paved a path to decide what is paramount for us. We decided to go with ACT and this, perhaps, is just right for us. Australia is often touted to be the lucky country when it comes to education, career and even employment prospects, this country caters to all. Whether it is the standard of living or it is the hospitality the

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    tests do not aid in a student’s future success in college, rather they discourage students from obtaining their goals. The ACT and SAT tests are not effective because they cause test anxiety, schools do not prepare students for the contents located within these tests, and test scores do not reflect a student’s intelligence. Text anxiety is afflicted upon many students who take the ACT and SAT. Students in the 21st century are pressured to perform at their best level. These expectations are not only active

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    Chico State Case Study

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    you will also need a minimum Chico State University eligibility index of a 2900 using the SAT Reasoning Test or a 694 using the ACT Composite score. All students must take a SAT Reasoning or ACT exam by no later than December of their senior year and submit any test score to Chico. For admission decisions you should use; SAT Reasoning, Critical Reading and Math, and the ACT Composite scores. Chico State University is quite expensive, but it would be worth it at the end. The cost of attendance

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