I know this policy is probably different at different schools. I’ve found housing websites that say there are certain rooms designated for married couples, but are these for married couples who are both attending the school?
I think at most med schools (and graduate schools in general) students live off campus. Med students are eligible for the grad dorm at my school, but no one in my class lives there…it doesn’t make much sense since for about a hundred bucks more per month than it costs for a tiny campus room (with shared kitchen and bathroom) you can get your own off-campus apartment…or pay *less* than grad housing if you share an apartment or house with a classmate.
Also, while on-campus housing is convenient for the first year or so of med school, after that you’re commuting to various hospitals and clinics (and never to campus), so there’s not much convenience in living in grad housing. In general, married couple housing usually only requires one to be a student…but realistically, I’d look into off-campus housing.
I want to teach art in secondary schools, but I have heard a lot about how the NCLB has cut it out of middle and elementary schools and cut back significantly in high school. This is depressing to hear as I REALLY want to be an art teacher, preferably high school.
With Obama as president, are their going to be any changes with arts education? Or is one day, the arts going to be cut out of secondary schools forever?
Yes, that part of education is being greatly cut. Students who are artistically inclined, like myself, are being completely denied.
As for President Obama, he’s not by himself, and there are other things that he has put on his agenda BEFORE education – econ., war, etc. So you’ll just need patience.
in the meantime, I suggest you teach at a democratic school or Sudbury Valley model school. You are free to teach whatever you wish to eager and willing students.
Childish question? Yes probably but a friend asked me I didn’t have an answer. Would love to hear opinions.Which Ivy League schools look the most like Hogwarts? And which schools have the same or similar House system?
Princeton has the most gothic look to it. I don’t know of any school that has few enough students to do a ‘house rivalry’ like Hogwarts. But all schools will try to instill a sense of community.
Plenty of students who should be able to attend medical school are not allowed to because medical schools only admit a small number of students every year. Why do they not expand? The number of new doctors has remained pretty constant throughout the years.
You are absolutely correct! The AMA has been keeping the number of potential new doctors way below the optimum since its founding, as a way to boost the incomes of its members. Think of the AMA as the ultimately powerful labor union, but one that has life-or-death powers over the whole country. If you are a member of the UAW or the SEIU, you don’t have the power of life or death over your neighbors or members of your community, but if you are a member of the AMA, you can restrict the number of new doctors down to such a small number that is would be laughable. This is exactly why half of all the doctors you now see in American hospitals and clinics are foreign-born and foreign-trained. It’s this way because this is the way the AMA wants it.
I read about DeVry, and it looks like the things I am interested in learning. I wasn’t sure if anyone would know of any schools that would be good for this, or learning how to create an MMORPG and things of this sort. Any help or information on schools who fall under this will be appreciated.
DeVry is okay prestige-wise…you might want to also look in to Champlain, Tulane (you would major in Computer Science)…
You should really think about majoring in Computer Science, because more universities offer that major–and many of them are much more prestigious than DeVry or other schools with a game programming major. Here’s a list of those schools: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/majors/brief/major_11-07_brief.php
"Over the last however many years, the charter school movement in New Orleans has transitioned many schools into charters." I need to fill in that "however many years".
Since the public school system began reopening in 2006 after Katrina. Before that (for 30 years) the public school system was run like Marion Barry’s Washington DC.
I am interested in PhD in Physics but since my undergraduate degree was in something else, I am planning to earn a Master’s degree before applying to PhD schools. Does anyone know any university in California with a good placement rate into a PhD program? Should I consider out of state schools?
Here’s a link to all of the graduate level physics programs in California: http://programs.gradschools.com/california/physics.html
It seems to me that you should be able to find something without going out of state.
The California State Universities’ highest degree is the master’s (the only Ph.D.’s offered are in conjunction with a Ph.D. granting school — and none of those are in Physics.)
Good luck
My former high school is a big joke. Bus drivers often substitute in classes. A lot of the teachers aren’t qualified to teach. The test scores are going downhill rapidly and the overall way the school handles EVERYTHING from bad teachers to death threats is just ridiculous and apathetic. The people running this school obviously think that because it’s such a small school the rules and regulations of public schools don’t apply to them. Who can be contacted to get this situation resolved, to get this school into shape?
well it varies from state to state, but ultimately they ans2er first to the school board and then to the state. If there is a real problem document proof and submit it to the next school board meeting and gain public awareness about the problem. If the public pressures the school, its more likely they will work to fix it.
Hope that helps!
as per ^, the school actually will lose money if you change, because schools are given $x amount per day for enrolled students, and if there is massive dropout rates in the school then the school ’should’ reflect.
I’m interested in majoring in engineering (either electrical/mechanical/materials) – and I’m planning on appling to the following schools:
1) MiT
2) UPENN
3) Carnegie-Mellon
4) CalTech
5) Stanford
6) UC Berkeley
7) UT Austin
My question is: What other good engineering schools should I apply for? And since most of the universities on my list are top-tier, what "back-up" schools should I apply for?
Princeton has a fantastic engineering program is number 18 in the country.
Purdue University is number 6 in Engineering. We have a VERY strong engineering background. It’s actually one of the more affordable universities of engineering.
I want to major in Journalism or communications but don’t know which shcools to apply for or which schools are good for those majors. What are some good schools for my major?
Ithaca College
Syracuse University
St. John Fisher College
UNC-Chapel Hill