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    The reason I would love to participate and actually be a contillionette of the Suffolk Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and Incorporation is because I think this would be a wonderful experience to take part in. I’ve been in two previous events of the same nature so it’s not like I don’t have any experience at all. Another reason is that I actually enjoyed my past experience and actually learned a lot. I wasn’t just there to get and take. I was very happy to be there and to receive and

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    studies at Dental High School in Valley Steam, New York, interviewed 300 college students at random and 200 of them didn’t think that the education they were getting was worth the effort.” (Bird 220). The idea of continuing education after graduating high school can be very questionable for some students. Many students side with Caroline Bird and her theory that education serves very little purpose in the job market in her essay “College Is a Waste of Time and Money”. But inevitably, students believe that

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    Revolutionary War, there were nine colleges in the United states, which is amazing considering that mother England had only Cambridge and Oxford to educate her students. The colonial colleges—Harvard, William and Mary, Collegiate School (which became Yale), Academy of Philadelphia (University of Philadelphia), College of New Jersey (Princeton), King’s College (Columbia), College of Rhode Island (Brown), Queen’s College (Rutgers), and Dartmouth—were of the earlier colleges. “Transplanted Puritan, Presbyterian

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    Why Did I Go To College

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    maybe a biologist or a chemical engineer. I planned to reside in New Hampshire for my entire life so I could stay close to my family. I even planned where I would go to college and how long I would study there. I had my whole life planned out before me and I obviously intended to stick with my plan. So… Why did I not go to college? How did I take up writing? How and why did I move to the United Kingdom, over three thousand miles away from my original home and my family? I can’t answer these questions

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    High School’s website was fairly informative and interactive. On the website, most of the information related to college and careers were located on the Guidance tab. The Guidance page was impressive. On the right side of the page, there are four columns listed: College and Career Information, Financial Aid, Scholarships, and Testing Information. The section that I reviewed was the College and Career. The site

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    The main campus of Xavier University is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation and was the first Catholic college in the northwest territory. This college has an average acceptance rate and is a private, nonprofit institution. Established in 1831, XU was originally a men's university called The Athenaeum The name was changed in 1840 to honor the Saint Francis Xavier. Now, it is home to a diverse, co-ed population of students with varying religious beliefs

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    homework is not allowed. The education system is modern and technological, every subject from our current society will be taught and required to graduate high school. After that, people would pass straight to the university or college and complete a bachelor. Applying to college is the same process and requirements from our current society. Good grades, an essay resume, and SAT. Then, students will graduate and have a job opportunity based on what they studied. They will become successful and rich.

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    J.J. Thompson was born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester on the date December 18th 1856. His death was on August 30th 1940 in Cambridge UK at the age of 83. He was born to Emma Swindells and Joseph James Sr and had a brother named Frederick Vernon Thomson. When he became old enough he went off and fathered 2 children, a son and a daughter. When I found out he was British I became even more into the research. Their accent and way of life is very intriguing to me. Also, I wonder if it was the same when

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    Becoming A Writer

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    multicolored notebook containing my first short story, written when I was in first grade. (It's a treat. I may share it here at some point.) So, when I say that writing in ingrained in me, that it's part of who I am, I mean it. When I was planning for college it was my dream to become a writer, but I knew that I wasn't living in a time where I could hang my hopes on becoming an author. I turned to journalism, which I still greatly respect as a professional field, but it didn't have what I was looking for

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    students come from families with no college degree. Having no college experience forces many families to be reluctant about sending their child off to college once high school is finished. In view of this, schools should offer more college prep programs. Not simply A.P. classes, but courses that target Hispanic students and their families. These programs should focus on developing successful study habits, writing college applications, general education requirements in college, and tours of state funded universities

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