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What is the difference between associates, bachelor, masters, and doctoral degrees? I'm a sophomore, and I want to become a neonatal nurse. I want the highest degree possible, and I wanted to know the difference between them and the amount of years i'd have to attend college for each one. Please help! Thank you :p

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bachelors, masters, doctoral degrees? how many years would each take if i wanted to be a child psycologist, how many years of college do i need all together to get an acual liscence to practice? and do i have to get an associates degree first?

this is for soulsearching about minorvs certificate? i found out something One of the first and most important decisions in getting an education is choosing the right program. There are a variety of options available, including degree, diploma, and certificate programs. The purpose of this article is to identify the basic differences among these programs and to examine their respective strengths and weaknesses. A degree is the traditional measure of a college education. A college degree signifies that its recipient has fulfilled both “core requirements” and “major requirements.” Core requirements are intended to provide students with a basic knowledge of arts and sciences. Typically, these “core classes” include math, history, natural sciences, composition, and even physical fitness. And while students may have some discretion in choosing individual classes within these broader subject areas, all students must complete a set number of “core requirements.” Additionally, students must satisfy the “major requirements,” which are based on the student’s chosen area of emphasis. There are several different degrees, including associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate. Degrees vary based on the time needed to complete their respective “major requirements.” Typically, a full-time student can complete an associate degree in two years and a bachelor’s in four. Master’s and doctoral degrees may take several years to complete depending on the area of study. The primary strength of the degree is that it offers not only specialty training, but also the kind of broad-based knowledge that is considered the hallmark of a liberal education. Furthermore, degrees have a long tradition and therefore tend to carry more weight with potential employers. On the other hand, degrees also take more time and cost more money than diplomas or certificates. Thus, for many students looking for job-specific training, some of the advantages of a degree might be deemed superfluous. In comparison with degrees, diploma or certificate programs are not, strictly speaking, academic credentials. A diploma or certificate simply indicates that its recipient has completed a series of courses focusing on a particular field. For example, while a degree program in computer science would cover a range of topics, including programming and programming languages, software engineering, database administration and maintenance, and application development, not to mention math, science, and the other liberal arts, which are part of “core requirements,” a diploma or certificate program would focus on one particular area, such as software testing, or provide a survey of several related areas. The requirements of diploma or certificate programs vary by institution, and the terms diploma and certificate are often used interchangeably. Two universities could easily offer similar programs in content and duration, one may award a diploma while the other awards a certificate. In other words, there is no generally accepted standard that distinguishes diplomas from certificates. Thus, the crucial distinction to keep in mind is how the diplomas and certificates differ from degrees, not from each other. The strengths of diploma and certificate programs are that they tend to be significantly shorter than degree programs and they focus more on practical applications rather than theory. Diploma and certificate programs are less expensive and their entrance requirements are far more lenient than those of degree programs. Diploma and certificate programs also tend to be more flexible, with more classes being offered in the evening and on weekends, and with programs starting regularly throughout the year (as opposed to being restricted to semesters or terms). Thus, while degrees may continue to be the benchmarks of college education, diplomas and certificates provide a valuable alternative to students seeking job-specific training in a relatively short period of time.

i am a high school student and i have some questions? what is the different between bachelors degree, masters degree, associates degree, and doctoral? how many years of each would i need? and if i were to be a police officer what kind of degree would i need? does it matter what about if i want to b a pediatrician? doctoral degree right? thanku :)

What is the benefit of a Doctoral degree over a Specialist degree in Education? I need to go back to school to obtain a specific certification for my career (Director of Special Education) and have the choice between two programs: one is a doctoral program that is costlier and more involved, but upon successful graduation I would have my certification and either an Ed.D. or a Ph.D. depending on my dissertation. The other program is shorter, less involved, less costly and upon successful graduation, I would have by certification and an Ed.S. degree. What are the long-term benefits of obtaining a Doctoral degree over a Specialist degree? I am not certain where my career path will eventually take me, and am open to teaching at a college or university in the future, but in the next couple of years, I need to ensure my certification to keep my current position. My B.S. is in Special Education, and my M.S. is in Educational Leadership. What options are out there for each of those degrees?

If I get a BS in Exercise Science and a DS in Psychoneurology, will NASA accept me? The plan would be to become a part time CPT (Certified Personal Trainer) and a full time research scientist in the field of Psychoneurology. I already know a ton of information on exercise science anyways, so it would be pretty easy for me to major in it, and I read books on psychology simply because I'm interested, so it seems like a good fit. I also want to be a pilot, so flight school would be cool, but the ultimate for me would to be a NASA Astronaut. I might just get two AS degrees (one in physical sciences and the other in behavioral sciences), but I wouldn't know what to get a Bachelor's in? I'll get my pilot's license at community college along with my GE or AS degree(s), and will get a commercial jet certification and 1000+ flight hours after completing college. "Basic requirements for an Astronaut Pilot include the following: 1. Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in engineering, biological science, physical science, or mathematics. An advanced degree is desirable. Quality of academic preparation is important. 2. At least 1,000 hours pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft. Flight test experience is highly desirable. 3. Ability to pass a NASA space physical which is similar to a military or civilian flight physical and includes the following specific standards: Distant visual acuity: 20/100 or better uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 each eye. Blood pressure: 140/90 measured in a sitting position. Height between 64 and 76 inches." If I can't get in as a pilot, I might try to get in as a Mission Specialist: "Basic requirements for a Mission Specialist include the following: 1. Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in engineering, biological science, physical science, or mathematics. Degree must be followed by at least three years of related, progressively responsible, professional experience. An advanced degree is desirable and may be substituted for part or all of the experience requirement (master's degree = 1 year of experience, doctoral degree = 3 years of experience). Quality of academic preparation is important. 2. Ability to pass a NASA space physical, which is similar to a military or civilian flight physical and includes the following specific standards: Distance visual acuity: 20/200 or better uncorrected, correctable to 20/20, each eye. Blood pressure: 140/90 measured in a sitting position. 3. Height between 58.5 and 76 inches. I would also have a special ops military background as an officer, so hopefully I'd get picked over all the other candidates? Is this a plan to succeed, or am I asking to be rejected by NASA? Also, does the BS to DS have good carryover or will I be taking a lot of extra units to complete my DS degree? (I'll get a minor in Psychology with my BS if that's neccesary preperation)

College questions ,anyone?? 1.What is the order of ALL the degrees? like masters,doctoral etc. -What is the total years for each degree? 2. Are undergraduate and associate the same? are undergraduate and bachelor the same? EXPLAIN.

I need help with my ECON HW PLEASE?! Thank you SOO much in advance to anyone that can help me out....!? For the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, the value of the marginal product curve is the team's labor ________ curve. This means the marginal product curve has a ________ slope. demand; positive demand; negative supply; negative supply; positive Benny employs people to sell candy bars at intersections. The marginal product of the last worker Benny hired is 20 candy bars per hour. Benny pays $7 per worker per hour and sells the candy bars for $1 each. If the price of candy bars rises to $2.00, then the: demand for labor increases. quantity demanded of labor increases but the demand for labor curve does not shift. demand for labor decreases. quantity demanded of labor decreases but the demand for labor curve does not shift Phil's Photo Studio pays its workers $60 per day and it sells photos for $10 per print. Now the market wage rises to $70. What happens to Phil's labor demand? The quantity demanded of labor decreases but the demand for labor curve does not shift. The quantity demanded of labor increases but the demand for labor curve does not shift. The demand for labor decreases. The demand for labor increases. The individual producer's labor demand curve is the: value of the average product of labor curve. value of the marginal product of labor curve. average product curve. marginal product of labor curve. Over the last several years, the demand for phone operators has fallen dramatically. Which of the following would be a reason for this development? an increase in the number of automated answering services an increase in the supply of phone operators a decrease in the technology associated with phone equipment higher prices for long-distance service A factor demand curve will shift because of: the slope of the MP curve. a change in the price of the good the factor produces. the proportion of the factor's cost relative to total cost. the elasticity of demand for the final product. An increase in the demand for construction workers may come about because of a(n): increase in the demand for new housing. decrease in the market wage rate for construction workers. decrease in the supply of other factors that construction workers use. decrease in the productivity of construction workers. If marginal product is ________, value of marginal product must be ________. rising; zero falling; rising rising; falling falling; falling If a firm is hiring labor such that W > VMPL, then profit: can be increased by decreasing the price of the output. is maximized. can be increased by hiring more labor. can be increased by hiring less labor. Actual wage differentials can be partially explained by which of the following? different amounts of human capital compensating differentials differences in talent, different amounts of human capital, and by compensating differentials differences in talent An efficiency wage describes a wage rate that is: determined by collective bargaining between unions and management. above the equilibrium wage and is paid in order to provide workers with an incentive to perform efficiently. equal to the VMPL adjusted so as to make the structure of compensation more equitable. efficient because it is exactly equal to the wage rate implied by the marginal productivity theory A small college employs two economists. Rob has been employed by the college for 15 years and Nasrin has been employed for one year. Rob's salary is significantly higher than Nasrin's, despite the fact that he and she both have their doctoral degrees in economics. Each professor averages one publication per year and both are excellent teachers. Given this information, the wage difference is best explained by: differences in human capital. differences in talent. compensating differentials. discrimination. John is an entrepreneur who runs his own auto body repair shop. Suppose that John's business is booming and his salary is rising. John's labor supply curve will be: upward-sloping if the substitution effect is smaller than the income effect. vertical if the substitution effect is equal to the income effect. horizontal if the substitution effect is equal to the income effect. downward-sloping if the substitution effect is smaller than the income effect. Tim works 51 hours per week and his wage is $35 per hour. If his wage increases to $70 per hour, then: the substitution effect will imply that he works more. if leisure is a normal good, the income effect will imply that he works more. the substitution effect will imply that he works less. if leisure is a normal good, the income effect will reinforce the substitution effect and he will work more. Which of the following will not shift the labor supply curve? a change in attitude toward work changes in a spouse's income a change in the wage rate changes

Higher Education question...please read=)? Im currently a sophomore and I've havent been in any after school activities. Im in Spanish 2 and will continue to Spanish 4 (highest offered at my school) Right now Im in Algebra 2 and Im doubling in my junior year with Geometry and Trig and my senior year with Calc 1 & 2 Im joining cross country in the fall and track in spring for my junior and senior years. I have average grades. im not that strong in science or math but im taking tutoring and afterschool help. my gpa is not that great. probably a 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2 as of now. For science, im taking biology right now and taking chem and physics in my junior year and AP biology and AP chem or physics in my senior year. This summer and next Im taking summer classes for math, science, and spanish to build up my skills for each class. Im in an Advanced english class and will hopefully take a an AP english class next year. Im not the best student but I realised I fooled around a lot in my freshmen and sophomore years and didnt take homework or school work seriously. Im hoping that by doing all this extra work in my juinor and senior year I can get into Temple University as a Psychology major. Can I get into it? The 2nd part of questions is, Can I get my docotoral degree like this... 6 years masters... 2+ years doctoral...?? im really confused bcuz this is the first time ive looked into all this. also 3rd part (sorry) is that how many years does it take to get a doctoral degree? Your help will be greatly appreciated and I will choose the person that answers the questions to the fullest extent of thier knowledge. (details are good.) Thank so much.!

What would you advice regarding this college woman? I am currently a fourth year undergraduate student at Georgia State University with a declared major in psychology with the intent of going on to graduate school to pursue a doctoral degree in either neuroendocrinology or, perhaps, experimental psychology. That being said, last semester I was enrolled in an environmental psychology course where, seated not too far away from me (or at least, not all of the time) was a woman who I was very much attracted to ever since the start of the semester. Our first conversation took place about five or so minutes before our first exam that semester, in which she took the initiative in speaking to me. She disclosed to me that she had already graduated but was working toward a certificate so she could apply and gain admittance to an Masters in Public Health program. In retrospect, I think I came off as "eager-to-please", but we seemed to enjoy each others company. Her name was Jenny, she told me. We didn't really speak until the end of the semester, namely, the day of the final. (Prior to the final exam, however, I had caught her looking at me on more than one occasion, and she had glanced over, quite obviously, one day as I signed my name on the attendance sheet). As I was seated outside of the classroom with notes in lap, Jenny came over and stood over me. I looked up at her, said hello, and we chatted for roughly ten minutes. It turns out that she had been dishonest with me: it turned out that she was 28 years old, attended and graduated from Cal State- Northridge where she majored in English, obtained a 2.8 GPA, got rejected from every MPH program she applied to, and enrolled at GSU to pursue another B.A., this time in Sociology. She said she had been trying to figure out what my last name was; I told her that my father was Indian any my mother Spanish. Somewhat intrigued, she mentioned that she has family the world over (I suspect, just going by outward appearances, she was asian). Jenny then started talking about the multi-cultural babies her friends had and how beautiful they were. She said she hopes her husband will be multi-ethnic; she turned and looked at me in a flirtish way. The professor arrived; she sat on the opposite side of the class; we took our exams (I finished first). As I was talking with my friend Sarah on the ground floor of the building, Jenny came walking down and wished me a happy summer. That was that. Today, I saw her in the library, but was reluctant in speaking to her, given that she looked deep in concentration studying for a particular class. Now that I know where she studies, what would you advise?

Should I be a physchologist, physical therapist or sports physician?,? I know sports physician makes the most but is all the schooling worth it? And physical therapy and physcology are both 6-8 years with a doctorate but how much do each of those make with a doctoral degree? Which is more fun and more of a life career?

Is this good way to send more people to college for free? What if each county hired 10 professors for a 4 year liberal arts program and taught at the county career centers already in operation. Then have a 1/2% tax added to social security and have a 3 year graduate and doctoral fund to go even higher education for everyone. Note if you wanted a specialized undergraduate degree you would still need pay for it your self. This would not have the funding issues of the Canadian and European plans.

how to be adopted by other families? i've become so sick and tired of my family ever since i was in 4th grade. now, i'm the most fucked up person that i can think of. it's like my mom just gave me birth just to have someone to follow her orders. and until now, i'm 15, they make the decisions for me and wouldn't even recognize my perspectives. my parents are so full of pride about how each of them accomplished doctoral degrees and won't even listen to young people. they won't even remember any good thing that i do (there was tons of them!) they always review/flashback all the bad things that i've done to them from so many years ago, like they aren't so over it. they beat me up whenever i upset them and once tied a rope aroung my wrists and hanged me when i was caught hanging out with my ("bad influence") friends, they say those friends are the reason my fucking grades are dwindling. they haven't even bought me a cellphone (though my spoiled little sister has one) and didn't give me a regular allowance. they insist shop for my clothes and they crowd my shelves with boring books. i wanted to grow up and stand up of myself guys, but the only people stepping on the way are my parents. i stepped up and told them what i wanted once, but i didn't get the results i wanted. i just wanted a new life, out of my town, if some of you had survived this struggle that i'm currently having, please help me. thanks peepz!!

Career Education Another One?!? 52. These degrees are offered by state universities and private colleges/universities and include Masters and Doctoral degrees. (2 points) Undergraduate Post-secondary Graduate Secondary 53. This degree is awarded for successful completion of undergraduate curriculum at a four-year college or a university. (2 points) Bachelors Masters Doctoral Associates 54. This degree offered by community colleges provides specific job training or allows you to transfer to a university for a higher degree. (2 points) Masters Doctoral Associates Bachelors 55. The U.S. military consists of _____ active-duty services and their respective Guard and Reserve units. (2 points) Five Ten Eight Four 56. Admission to most colleges and universities is _____. (2 points) competitive non-competitive elite unlocked Matching For questions 57–59, match each term with its description. A.Unsubsidized loan B.Work Study Program C.Subsidized loan 57. awarded on the basis of financial need. You will not be charged any interest before you begin repayment or during authorized periods of deferment. (1 point) 58. not awarded on the basis of need. You'll be charged interest from the time of disbursement until it is paid in full. (1 point) 59. Money for education expenses paid by the school for on-campus or community-based employment (1 point) Multiple Choice 60. This application is used to apply for all need-based federal aid programs and some state aid programs. (2 points) Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Subsidized FFEL Loan

For those of you who are not sure which job works for you, here are some of US highest paying jobs!!!? I hope this helps you to decide your future job!!! Feel free to write any comments and jobs (your current job) that pays well. Highest-Paying Jobs in the US Do what you love and the money will follow is great in theory, but the truth of the matter is, certain jobs and fields simply pay more. The Bureau of Labor Statistics National Compensation Survey showed, for example, that white-collar earnings, which averaged $21.85 per hour, were the highest among occupational groups. Blue-collar pay averaged $15.03 per hour, while the hourly pay of service occupations averaged just $10.40. The jobs that pay the most require at least a four-year college degree. According to the most recent data from the Employment Policy Foundation, the nation’s 12 top-paying jobs -- and the mean annual income reported in 2003 for each -- were: Top Paying Jobs Overall • Physicians and surgeons -- $147,000 • Aircraft pilots -- $133,500 • Chief executives -- $116,000 • Electrical and electronic engineers -- $112,000 • Lawyers and judges -- $99,800 • Dentists -- $90,000 • Pharmacists -- $85,500 • Management analysts -- $84,700 • Computer and information system managers -- $83,000 • Financial analysts, managers and advisors -- $84,000 • Marketing and sales managers -- $80,000 • Education administrators -- $80,000 Though many of these occupations require an advanced degree, there are jobs at every education level that pay more than other jobs for workers with similar levels of schooling. Here, courtesy of the Employment Policy Foundation, is a look at the best-paying occupations at varying education levels: Top Paying Jobs That Do Not Require a High School Degree These jobs tend to require substantial on-the-job training and work experience rather than formal education and schooling: • Industrial production managers -- $36,000 • Bailiffs, correctional officers and jailers -- $36,400 • Drafters -- $36,000 • Construction manager -- $33,600 • Electricians -- $31,900 Top Paying Jobs for High School Graduates These occupations emphasize work experience and on-the-job training rather than formal education: • Computer software engineers -- $58,900 • Computer/information systems managers -- $56,400 • Computer programmers -- $55,000 • Network systems and data communications analysts -- $49,000 • General and operations managers -- $48,000 • Database, network and computer systems administrators -- $48,000 Top Paying Jobs for a Two-Year College Degree The following jobs tend to be technical in nature, emphasizing skills developed on the job as well as job-specific training and certifications: • Healthcare practitioners -- $66,000 • Business analysts -- $58,000 • Electrical and electronic engineers -- $57,000 • Mechanical engineers -- $56,800 • General and operations managers -- $54,000 • Computer and information systems managers -- $50,400 "A look at expected earnings over a lifetime shows the economic benefit of higher education attainment," says Tony Carnevale, who chaired President Clinton’s National Commission for Employment Policy and authored several books, including "America and the New Economy: How New Competitive Standards are Radically Changing American Workplaces." A person with a doctoral or professional degree, for example, is expected to earn about $3 million over the course of his or her working life while a person without a high school diploma is expected to earn less than $1 million. "Despite an increasing supply of well-educated workers, the college wage premium has nearly doubled since 1980, largely because of the added value of a college education in the new knowledge economy," adds Carnevale. The Employment Policy Forum concurs, but stresses that these numbers are only averages. Individual earnings depend on many factors inducing geographic location, employer size (average hourly earnings ranged from $15.06 in organizations employing between 1 and 99 workers to $24.09 in those with 2,500 workers or more), industry (workers in goods-producing industries earned $18.46 an hour vs. those in service-producing industries who earned $16.44 an hour) and the worker’s skills and characteristics.

How difficult it is for someone to pursue a doctorate degree program? I'm currently into my master's degree program in elementary administration at The Citadel, a military college in Charleston, SC, which I enjoy every minute of it. It is because of my professors who encourage me to wanting to pursue a doctorate degree in educational administration so that I can become a school superintendent in SC. I know that the master's degree that I am working towards is fairly easy for me to obtain, but I want to know the difficulty in the doctoral program. Here's the stats about me... -I'm single -I'm childless -I have less than $12,000 in school debt with a program that would cancel portions of my loan for each year that I teach in a title 1 school. -I live within my means. -I enjoy learning and willing to work on my doctorate degree part time.

wife wont relocate with me? I am 30, just finished my doctoral degree, have been working a good project/job for a year, but had always seen it as a promotional move. I've been really lucky, especially given the market, but I work really hard too. So does my wife, who has a good stable job in medicine but one where she could find equal compensation and better promotional potential in a bigger patient/customer market. I have a great job offer in a bigger area, offering nearly twice what I earn now. The company went $10,000 over my initial asking for salary, including great benefits and holidays. More importantly it is challenging and meaningful work in a place an hour from my family (we have been living 13 hours away). Quite literally the only problem about this is that my wife will not leave her current job, which I understand. She is demanding to move ONLY if she is paid equal compensation for what she makes now (which I believe she would). Is this reasonable? Do I have any right to be upset and hurt that she would not treat this opportunity and change with support and enthusiasm? Sacrifice.....Isn't that what married couples with careers do for each other? Thanks all. First of all, I love this woman but she is incredibly obstinate, conservative, and stubborn in her perspective most of the time. We suffered through 10 years of long-distance relationship while we both finished school and worked in different states. She got her job here, I followed and found the one I am in presently, I was somehow able to finish my dissertation while working full-time, with very little support (emotionally or financially) from my wife. She also owes a substantial amount in student loan debt. My wife and I have always (or so I thought) agreed that we would sacrifice for one another in terms of possible relocation for career advancement. This has been a shared understanding for at least the last eight years. I have been applying for different positions over the last six months, and this is something we discuss almost constantly. My current position has very limited, if not impossible, promotional opportunity. This new offer really is a career, rather t

Sexless marriage and constant criticism.? My wife and I have been married for four years. Before marriage, we talked frankly about all of the things that we needed (beyond love) in order to be happy and satisfied with a permanent union. My needs included frequent, good sex. She agreed whole-heartedly that we'd have the kind of sex we had in the beginning of our relationship once the ring was placed on her finger. We've never had sex more than 10 times in a year since then...only twice last year and about the same pace this year. She also criticizes me at least once every day for various things. I haven't done the dishes the right way. I didn't say something correctly. I shouldn't have smiled in a certain way. Now, I'm no saint. But I am the sole provider for the family. She is an excellent mother who stays at home with our two year old child. I do all of my own laundry, all of my own cooking, I do the majority of the "picking up" around the house, I watch our child after work each night while she relaxes and reads, I take out the trash, I clean up the yard, I make the beds...I'm no deadbeat. I'm also finsihing a doctoral degree at night. Oh...and I split duty at night getting up with our child. This weekend it all came to a head. She was giving me the silent treatment, but for what I didn't know. It turned out that she was mad that I didn't get up early with our child, and instead got up when they both did. Our child was still in bed. So it led to all kinds of other discussions and I tried to explain how tired I was of being denied sex, being constantly criticized, and being made to feel like an unsuccessful husband. Here's what she said... - I have low self esteem and I should not look to her as my source of validation as a man. - I should try to romance her, even though she said I would not get what I need physically (it's not just sex...she'll barely hug or kiss me) because her lack of interest in those things is purely a physical thing with her. - I'm too quick to be defensive and angry. She should be able to feel what she feels and tell me how she's feeling without me getting defensive. (Please keep in mind that I get criticized daily for every small thing.) So my question is this...am I over reacting? Am I really to blame for the problems in our marriage because I'm hurt that she broke her promises for a physical relationship if I'd just marry her? Am I wrong to defend myself against constant criticism when I think it is unwarranted? - Thanks for the great responses. Let me answer some of the questions and issues. She keeps the house a total mess. She rarely dresses up no matter how much I've begged. I do work too damn much. We dated 4 years. Sex had stopped because she didn't think I'd commit. It was great before that. We were married a year before having a child, and there was no sex then and as much criticism. I have tried romance and find it hard to keep trying when I don't get what I need as well.

What do you make of this woman at my college? I am currently a fourth year undergraduate student at Georgia State University with a declared major in psychology with the intent of going on to graduate school to pursue a doctoral degree in either neuroendocrinology or, perhaps, experimental psychology. That being said, last semester I was enrolled in an environmental psychology course where, seated not too far away from me (or at least, not all of the time) was a woman who I was very much attracted to ever since the start of the semester. Our first conversation took place about five or so minutes before our first exam that semester, in which she took the initiative in speaking to me. She disclosed to me that she had already graduated but was working toward a certificate so she could apply and gain admittance to an Masters in Public Health program. In retrospect, I think I came off as "eager-to-please", but we seemed to enjoy each others company. Her name was Jenny, she told me. We didn't really speak until the end of the semester, namely, the day of the final. (Prior to the final exam, however, I had caught her looking at me on more than one occasion, and she had glanced over, quite obviously, one day as I signed my name on the attendance sheet). As I was seated outside of the classroom with notes in lap, Jenny came over and stood over me. I looked up at her, said hello, and we chatted for roughly ten minutes. It turns out that she had been dishonest with me: it turned out that she was 28 years old, attended and graduated from Cal State- Northridge where she majored in English, obtained a 2.8 GPA, got rejected from every MPH program she applied to, and enrolled at GSU to pursue another B.A., this time in Sociology. She said she had been trying to figure out what my last name was; I told her that my father was Indian any my mother Spanish. Somewhat intrigued, she mentioned that she has family the world over (I suspect, just going by outward appearances, she was asian). Jenny then started talking about the multi-cultural babies her friends had and how beautiful they were. She said she hopes her husband will be multi-ethnic; she turned and looked at me in a flirtish way. The professor arrived; she sat on the opposite side of the class; we took our exams (I finished first). As I was talking with my friend Sarah on the ground floor of the building, Jenny came walking down and wished me a happy summer. That was that. Today, I saw her in the library, but was reluctant in speaking to her, given that she looked deep in concentration studying for a particular class. Now that I know where she studies, what would you advise?

What is it that you'd advise in this situation with this college woman? I am currently a fourth year undergraduate student at Georgia State University with a declared major in psychology with the intent of going on to graduate school to pursue a doctoral degree in either neuroendocrinology or, perhaps, experimental psychology. That being said, last semester I was enrolled in an environmental psychology course where, seated not too far away from me (or at least, not all of the time) was a woman who I was very much attracted to ever since the start of the semester. Our first conversation took place about five or so minutes before our first exam that semester, in which she took the initiative in speaking to me. She disclosed to me that she had already graduated but was working toward a certificate so she could apply and gain admittance to an Masters in Public Health program. In retrospect, I think I came off as "eager-to-please", but we seemed to enjoy each others company. Her name was Jenny, she told me. We didn't really speak until the end of the semester, namely, the day of the final. (Prior to the final exam, however, I had caught her looking at me on more than one occasion, and she had glanced over, quite obviously, one day as I signed my name on the attendance sheet). As I was seated outside of the classroom with notes in lap, Jenny came over and stood over me. I looked up at her, said hello, and we chatted for roughly ten minutes. It turns out that she had been dishonest with me: it turned out that she was 28 years old, attended and graduated from Cal State- Northridge where she majored in English, obtained a 2.8 GPA, got rejected from every MPH program she applied to, and enrolled at GSU to pursue another B.A., this time in Sociology. She said she had been trying to figure out what my last name was; I told her that my father was Indian any my mother Spanish. Somewhat intrigued, she mentioned that she has family the world over (I suspect, just going by outward appearances, she was asian). Jenny then started talking about the multi-cultural babies her friends had and how beautiful they were. She said she hopes her husband will be multi-ethnic; she turned and looked at me in a flirtish way. The professor arrived; she sat on the opposite side of the class; we took our exams (I finished first). As I was talking with my friend Sarah on the ground floor of the building, Jenny came walking down and wished me a happy summer. That was that. Today, I saw her in the library, but was reluctant in speaking to her, given that she looked deep in concentration studying for a particular class. Now that I know where she studies, what would you advise?

What to do concerning this college woman? I am currently a fourth year undergraduate student at Georgia State University with a declared major in psychology with the intent of going on to graduate school to pursue a doctoral degree in either neuroendocrinology or, perhaps, experimental psychology. That being said, last semester I was enrolled in an environmental psychology course where, seated not too far away from me (or at least, not all of the time) was a woman who I was very much attracted to ever since the start of the semester. Our first conversation took place about five or so minutes before our first exam that semester, in which she took the initiative in speaking to me. She disclosed to me that she had already graduated but was working toward a certificate so she could apply and gain admittance to an Masters in Public Health program. In retrospect, I think I came off as "eager-to-please", but we seemed to enjoy each others company. Her name was Jenny, she told me. We didn't really speak until the end of the semester, namely, the day of the final. (Prior to the final exam, however, I had caught her looking at me on more than one occasion, and she had glanced over, quite obviously, one day as I signed my name on the attendance sheet). As I was seated outside of the classroom with notes in lap, Jenny came over and stood over me. I looked up at her, said hello, and we chatted for roughly ten minutes. It turns out that she had been dishonest with me: it turned out that she was 28 years old, attended and graduated from Cal State- Northridge where she majored in English, obtained a 2.8 GPA, got rejected from every MPH program she applied to, and enrolled at GSU to pursue another B.A., this time in Sociology. She said she had been trying to figure out what my last name was; I told her that my father was Indian any my mother Spanish. Somewhat intrigued, she mentioned that she has family the world over (I suspect, just going by outward appearances, she was asian). Jenny then started talking about the multi-cultural babies her friends had and how beautiful they were. She said she hopes her husband will be multi-ethnic; she turned and looked at me in a flirtish way. The professor arrived; she sat on the opposite side of the class; we took our exams (I finished first). As I was talking with my friend Sarah on the ground floor of the building, Jenny came walking down and wished me a happy summer. That was that. Today, I saw her in the library, but was reluctant in speaking to her, given that she looked deep in concentration studying for a particular class. Now that I know where she studies, what would you advise?

What do you make of this college woman? I am currently a fourth year undergraduate student at Georgia State University with a declared major in psychology with the intent of going on to graduate school to pursue a doctoral degree in either neuroendocrinology or, perhaps, experimental psychology. That being said, last semester I was enrolled in an environmental psychology course where, seated not too far away from me (or at least, not all of the time) was a woman who I was very much attracted to ever since the start of the semester. Our first conversation took place about five or so minutes before our first exam that semester, in which she took the initiative in speaking to me. She disclosed to me that she had already graduated but was working toward a certificate so she could apply and gain admittance to an Masters in Public Health program. In retrospect, I think I came off as "eager-to-please", but we seemed to enjoy each others company. Her name was Jenny, she told me. We didn't really speak until the end of the semester, namely, the day of the final. (Prior to the final exam, however, I had caught her looking at me on more than one occasion, and she had glanced over, quite obviously, one day as I signed my name on the attendance sheet). As I was seated outside of the classroom with notes in lap, Jenny came over and stood over me. I looked up at her, said hello, and we chatted for roughly ten minutes. It turns out that she had been dishonest with me: it turned out that she was 28 years old, attended and graduated from Cal State- Northridge where she majored in English, obtained a 2.8 GPA, got rejected from every MPH program she applied to, and enrolled at GSU to pursue another B.A., this time in Sociology. She said she had been trying to figure out what my last name was; I told her that my father was Indian any my mother Spanish. Somewhat intrigued, she mentioned that she has family the world over (I suspect, just going by outward appearances, she was asian). Jenny then started talking about the multi-cultural babies her friends had and how beautiful they were. She said she hopes her husband will be multi-ethnic; she turned and looked at me in a flirtish way. The professor arrived; she sat on the opposite side of the class; we took our exams (I finished first). As I was talking with my friend Sarah on the ground floor of the building, Jenny came walking down and wished me a happy summer. That was that. Today, I saw her in the library, but was reluctant in speaking to her, given that she looked deep in concentration studying for a particular class. Now that I know where she studies, what would you advise?

Writing a thesis paragraph on a "cause/effect' essay? my assignment is to write a thesis paragraph on my next essay, Cause/Effect. I'm not to understanding on what exactly is a cause and effect because my professor always throws me off when explaining something. I have a cousin who has a doctoral degree in English and I am currently waiting for her to get back to me about it. But until them, I've turned to you. As stated above, I have to write a thesis paragraph of 1 of the 2; Given cause, effect is produces OR Given effect, the resultant causes To me these sound both the same. So I am completely lost. I would like to submit about 3-5 examples total of my thesis but I am just so lost. I would like to do my cause/effect essay on something I am familiar with, dealing with depression while attending college. But I don't know how to turn it into a cause/effect essay. While dealing with depression since 2002, I've dropped out of school in my 10th grade year, went back for the 11th & 12th, but did not complete. I grad in 2006 and I was suppose to in 2004. I didn't want to go to school and be around other people because they talked about my looks, clothes and weight (them talking about me cause the depression). I cant fit all that into a 500 word essay. I would like to do a 5 paragraph (100 wrds each parag.) I think it's my brain, I'm not comprehending something. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 STARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My ex-gfs friends are making me feel guilty (this may be long)? My ex girlfriend and I broke up over a month ago. It had been a rocky relationship but we lasted together about four years and we did love each other very much. However, I started graduate school to obtain my doctoral degree and I just couldn't handle the pressure of our relationship and her insecurities constantly. I was struggling with my work and it was limiting my social opportunities in the city I'm now in. I had to make a decision and I feel it was the right one. It was very difficult explaining to her I couldn't give her what she wanted anymore despite promises I made in the past. Life changes I guess. I was failing but now my grades have gone up to As/B and even in a months time I've met a lot of new people that I'll soon be able to call friends I'm sure. My friendships that I've neglected over this course of time with her have also become better, as well as my relationship with my parents. I do miss her and I do love her still but I feel I made the best decision for my own life. Now, onto her friends. Every single day since our break up her friends have constantly called me and texted me telling me how down she is or how she is hurting herself because she doesnt have me. They tell me she hasn't had anyone her whole life and it was a miracle I made her happy. They keep telling me she's going to die, be miserable, and beat herself up for life about me. The first few weeks I tried to be understanding because I don't want my ex to go through any suffering. Now, I'm just getting irritated they're coming at me and trying to make me feel guilty and how I'm going to regret this for the rest of my life. I'm not a bad guy I just had to make a decision for the sake of my own life and now my life is stabilized. I keep telling them it's wrong they're pressuring me like this and one person shouldn't be responsible for someones happiness/sadness at this level. I'm sorry she's feeling this way because I do love her but it's not my job anymore you know.. Am I really wrong or what?

What legal statues apply to this case? A black female teacher with ten years of classroom experiene and partial completion of her doctoral degree in education, applied for several vacant middle and secondary principalships. Each time she applie she was told by the superintendent that "the school district believe that a 'male image' is neessary for a middle or secondary school principal." No females had occupied a principal position in the school distric. So I'm trying to figure out 1. What legal statues apply to this case 2. What issues must the court decide in this case? 3. What could a judge rule 4. Is this discrimination?

Do you and your spouse share the same financial habits? This article says that people tend to choose their opposite, when it comes to finances. What do you think? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090728/lf_nm_life/us_finances_marriage NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Frustrated by your spouse's spending habits? It might be why you married them, according to a working paper titled "Fatal (Fiscal) Attraction" by professors of the Wharton School of Finance and Northwestern University. "Surveys of married adults suggest that opposites attract when it comes to emotional reactions toward spending," Wharton's Scott Rick and Deborah Small and Northwestern's Eli Finkel said in the paper. They found that people who generally spend less than they would ideally like to spend, and those who spend more than they would like to tend to marry each other. George Loewenstein, a professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, in a separate study called "Tightwads and Spendthrifts" published last year, found that the degree people feel of a "pain of paying" determines if they are a "tightwad" or a "spendthrift." Loewenstein's study, conducted with Wharton's Rick and Carnegie Mellon doctoral student Cynthia Cryder, found that the extent to which people said they found a pain of paying strongly predicted their savings and credit card debt, but were unrelated to income. That could be a reason why these opposites attract, Rick, Small and Finkel wrote. Those who find it painful to spend, for example, may dislike that characteristic in themselves, and so are attracted to people who are more liberal in their approach to money. That's even though most single people say they would be happiest marrying someone with similar spending habits to their own. "The disconnect between what people say they look for in an ideal mate and the characteristics of actual mates to whom they are attracted is unfortunate," Rick, Small and Finkel wrote, as the different spending habits often result in greater financial conflict in marriage. It is also unlikely that people will change from being a big spender to being a big saver or vice versa, said Loewenstein. "We have been looking for any reason in people's pasts that could make them into a tightwad or a spendthrift," he said in an interview. "We haven't found it yet. Perhaps it is genetic."

What Would You Do In This Situation ? Just about everyday, my parents bug me about getting a job. I say it would nearly impossible to find one, given my situation. I have 17 hours of lectures every week. I also spend about another 10 hours on campus, due to breaks in my schedule. I spend an additional 10-12 hours commuting to school each week (i live pretty far away from campus). Plus I have homework, which i actually do. Most days I am on campus or commuting from about 7:00 am to about 5:00 pm. I also can't work weekends this semester. The last time I looked for a job was between May and August of last year. I filled out about 70 applications, never even got an interview. I say I should wait until after I graduate in May until I get a job. I have will have a bachelor’s degree and will be starting a doctoral program in clinical psychology. The university I am going to is only about 10 minutes away and I will have fewer lectures. Do you think I should spend time right now, trying to find a job like my parents say or should I just wait three months, when my situation is improved and my marketability is dramatically better?

Research experience- Which looks better for PhD admissions? I am currently working on my master's degree, will finish in December of 2012, and will be applying to enter PhD programs in August of 2013. I have two opportunities for next year concerning unpaid research experience: 1) Working as a researcher (unpaid, volunteer) for 6 months on a city council project. There is a supervisor that I will be reporting to and completing assignments for, but this person is not affiliated with any university or academic institution. This person works for the city and does not have any doctoral qualifications in my field. 2) Working as a developmental researcher (unpaid, volunteer but academically supervised) for either 6 months or 1 year under a supervised professor and 2 PhD students. Here is my dilemma: would it be better to do each option for 6 months so I can note on my CV that I was involved in two research positions, or would it be better to do the second one for the entire year? Thanks for sharing your opinion!

Doctor Degree Questions.? okay, i want to be an anesthesiologist. i have to have: four years of postgraduate training in an anesthesiology residency formal doctoral training Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Osteopathic Doctor (D.O.) degree/training. so can you tell me what jobs i can have from each one of these?

What do you think of these parrents, American mother and Canadian father? http://www.omaha.com/article/20091227/NEWS01/712279919 Published Sunday December 27, 2009 Senators leave girl in legal limbo By Martha Stoddard WORLD-HERALD BUREAU LINCOLN — By all accounts, it has been an ugly custody battle. The Nebraska mom left him off their baby's birth certificate. The Canadian dad said she had mental problems. She accused him of child sexual abuse. He said she had abducted their daughter. They dueled in the courts of two countries for more than eight years, and even fought their way up to the Nebraska Supreme Court. But the case became almost impossibly tangled once the Nebraska Legislature stepped in. At the mother's urging, state lawmakers passed a bill that put the state at odds with a uniform child custody law adopted by 48 states, including Nebraska. Legal experts said the result complicates an already difficult situation. Because of the Legislature's actions, a court in Nebraska and another in Canada each claims jurisdiction over the case — and each has issued a custody ruling. But the two courts heard different sets of evidence and came to conflicting conclusions. The Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, where the father lives and where the girl was born, granted custody March 16 to the father and paternal grandmother. A week later, the district court for Lancaster County, where the girl and her mother live, granted custody to the mother and barred the father from contact. The girl's mother insists she acted to keep her daughter safe from an abusive father. The mother has declined several requests for an interview and referred all questions to her lawyers. Her primary concern, she said, is her daughter's welfare and reputation. The World-Herald is not identifying the parties involved to protect the girl. The girl's father insists he's innocent of child abuse and says the case has become political. He said he has asked his parliamentary representative for help and still hopes to reunite with his daughter someday. In the meantime, the 11-year-old girl with the dark, wavy hair and huge smile continues to live with her mother in Lincoln, attending public school and participating in ordinary activities. Legally, though, she remains in limbo. “Boy, that's not a good situation to have, because the whole idea behind it (the legislative action) was to bring some certainty,” State Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha said recently. Experts say there are few avenues for reconciling the orders. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, which Nebraska passed in 2003, was supposed to end such conflicts between courts. Under that act, courts in a child's home state handle custody cases. Foreign courts are to be treated the same as U.S. courts. The act defines the home state as where a child and parent lived for six months before the case was filed. In this case, the home state would be British Columbia. That's where the mother and father met in 1997, the father said. She was 36, a Nebraska native teaching autistic children in a suburban Vancouver school. He was 34, the owner of a pizza restaurant observing her classroom before getting into education. British Columbia is where their daughter was born in March 1998 and baptized a month later. And that's where the mother filed a motion in fall 2000 seeking sole custody. The mother wanted to move to Lincoln to pursue a doctoral degree. The couple hadn't married. The Canadian court granted the mother interim custody, allowed her to move and ordered visitation for the father. A psychologist doing a court-ordered evaluation of the couple said he had “seldom seen” parents “disparage the other to the extent shown in this case” and cautioned that the mother might try to reduce the father's involvement. The first allegations of abuse were made after the girl visited her father in spring 2004, according to court documents. More allegations followed each subsequent visit. Over the next two years, he was accused of touching his daughter inappropriately, videotaping her in bed, slamming her face on the bottom of a public swimming pool, bruising her leg, infecting her with scabies and denying her food, showers and phone calls to her mother. Police and child protection workers on both sides of the border investigated the allegations. Those in Nebraska heard from the girl, her mother and the girl's therapist. Those in British Columbia, where the abuse allegedly occurred, heard from the girl, her father and his family. Officials in Canada obtained a sexual risk assessment of the father and an examination of the allegations by a forensic psychologist. They also received the results of two polygraph tests the father took and passed. Each time, the Canadian officials concluded there had been no neglect and no sexual, physical or other abuse. The source of the scabies was not explored; the mites that cause it can be spread by touching an infected per

Hows my essay citation? How should I end it? The Most Fit Choice Introduction/Overview of Institutions The act of choosing an appropriate college that suits the needs of an individual is a very ambiguous yet tremendously important process that those striving ahead must go through. As times go by more and more options are becoming available for the public making it more difficult for one to settle quickly and smoothly at an institution but also presenting further opportunities to narrow down one’s choices and figure out the most ideal institution to attend. Among the myriad of post secondary academic establishments across the world, Stanford University and University of California, Davis caught my attention in a much exalted manner. Both of these institutions are very well known for their medical programs and specific criteria of admission along with many other important aspects. And although each university differs greatly from the other in areas such as tuition and enrollment, they still have many things in common such as their campus environment and extracurricular activities. Yet with all their superb aspects and minor personal flaws, both candidates turn out to be an excellent institution with many wonderful benefits across the path for any student looking into them. In the following passages Stanford University and UC Davis will be evaluated and compared against each other in various fields of interest ranging from location to tuition and financial aid. The Information and Findings Location and campus environment are very important factors that should be considered when deciphering through different college choices. For the residents of California, Stanford University and UC Davis are both fine choices to consider attending, for they are both located in California with not much more than a few hours drive in between and to cities all across California. According to their website, “Stanford is located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of the Silicon Valley…with an 8,180 acres reach from the rural foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains to the bustling Stanford shopping center in Palo Alto,” a description deserving much approval as far as beauty and natural scenery go. In contrast, UC Davis settles within the core of the Central Valley and is close to the San Francisco bay area as well as downtown Sacramento which holds the State Capital and many other eventful state businesses (“UC Davis”). And regarding one’s personal interests, this is important to consider since some may be more in favor of nature than industry. The institutions are alike however in the fact that their actual campuses are both in small town suburban areas, an aspect that presents a question of transportation (“College Board”). Stanford is a campus in which the most popular manner of commuting lies in biking (“Stanford”). There is even a mile long, palm tree lined entrance to the enormous campus that branches off into seventy eight diverse residential factories, over thirty libraries and a countless amount of even more beautiful campus buildings (“Stanford”). In addition to biking, and the campus’ exceeding of 12,000 bicycle parking spaces, Stanford also offers a shuttle system and Zipcar (“Stanford”). These are very beneficial characteristics when considering such a large campus. But on the smaller side, UC Davis is also an institution in which biking is of the highest popularity when it comes to commuting around campus to the many noted establishments such as an arboretum and an equestrian center (“UC Davis”). On the subject of housing, while Stanford offers a profuse amount of options ranging from coed dorms to language and ethnic themed houses, UC Davis, justifiably doesn’t have as many choices being merely a 5,200 acre campus (The Princeton Review). Stanford however, being the highly prestigious private university that it is, understandably comes with more and better options for its students, whereas UC Davis, although still highly respected, doesn’t offer the same quality or amount of housing or campus benefits as Stanford. These are essentials to one’s vital consideration of institutions regarding campus environment and location. In addition to geography and campus climate, admissions and requirements are also very ponderable concepts for a student to look into. As far as competition goes, there is no question as to the fact that Stanford exceeds a myriad of institutions across the nation in the area of acceptance. The average GPA of the most recent year’s statistics of acceptance was 3.75 and higher, not to mention that 91% of the admitted students were in the top 10% of their class and achieved very high honorable scores in a range of 660-760 on sections of standardized testing (“College Board”). Such students deserve the utmost accreditation when it comes to approval, and being more or less of the minority, are accepted by Stanford on very strict terms. These requisites that Stanford looks into range from personal qualities to the rigor of one’s secondary school record (The Princeton Review). But on a more compassionate level, Stanford cares more about a student’s success in a rigorous course rather than the amount of them that they took (“Stanford”). In contrast, UC Davis doesn’t demand the same level of success among students and their process of admission is much more simpler seeing as to the fact that students merely have to meet one out of three sets of eligibility requirements (“UC Davis”). In fact, out of the 22,333 students who applied to Stanford last year, only 11% were admitted and 67% were enrolled (The Princeton Review). And in comparison to UC Davis, these statistics immensely differ in quantity. In 2007 UC Davis admitted 68% of their 32,635 applicants and enrolled a mere 25% of them (The Princeton Review). The percentages of acceptance and enrollment between the two schools depict the very fact that those who qualify for a more prestigious and difficult institution to get into are much more determined and driven to ultimately attend the specific college of their desires and needs, whereas those who apply to a more broad amount of colleges simply to widen their options and are less qualified for prominent universities act more leniently and not as ambitious in their decision to attend a particular school. Each individual contemplating their college needs is relatively obligated to pay close attention to the degrees and academic programs offered by their institutions. And while almost all known institutions offer the basic Bachelors, Doctoral, Masters and other degrees, Stanford and UC Davis have many special study options. Both universities offer selections like double major programs, honors programs, and independent study internships, aspects important to look into considering the fact that both schools are very prestigious in their medical programs (The Princeton Review). According to their website, Stanford is very determined to fostering skilled and successful medical practitioners, for “candidates who have demonstrated to the satisfaction of their department or school substantial scholarship [and have a] high attainment in a particular field of knowledge and ability to do independent research and present the results…” are granted highly esteemed degrees in a vast range of medical programs. Not far behind lays UC Davis with four honorable colleges of study ranging from biological sciences to engineering, and five different professional schools to choose from (“UC Davis”). Among Stanford’s seven distinct and highly impressive schools lies their School of Medicine which offers over 29 diverse areas of specific medical study ranging anywhere from psychiatry to neurosurgery (“Stanford”). And UC Davis, also being a predominant institution of medicine offers over 26 distinct areas of medical study (“UC Davis”). This displays the fact that both schools attain many options of education in the medical field all of which are highly respected and rigorously taken out. However while UC Davis is one of the most major medical institutions noted across the nation like Stanford, Stanford holds the honor of having a much more ample amount of prestigious study in many different fields as well. These characteristics are very important for a student to look into when considering what school to attend based on their academic needs. On the subject of extracurricular activities, one may not consider them to be very crucial to their ultimate selection if they don’t happen to be an athlete or very active in clubs, however, sports and student organizations truly do play a rather important role. Brandon Barrette, a graduate currently attending UC Davis suggests the fact that it is a good idea to “get involved [in activities] when you are an undergrad. It’s a great way to make friends and great stress relief!” And while one may not believe this to be entirely important or true upon college consideration, it is undeniably beneficial to know that one has so many options for extracurricular activities. UC Davis offers 26 different men’s and women’s sports teams including a vast variety of intramural traditional team sports along with many nontraditional activities as well (“UC Davis”). In comparison, Stanford offers over 21 different sports teams ranging from football to water polo (“Stanford”). And while both schools are closely related in sports, Stanford offers many different summer sport camps and recreational summer clubs and programs in which some are conveniently, not exclusive to Stanford students (“Stanford”). Having sports offered at a school is important even if one knows that they definitely won’t be participating as an athlete, for knowing that there are all these games to be played and competitions to be fought in gives a student the comfortable assurance that there will be something major to rally around campus, something to keep them excited for their years to come. And besides sports, both schools offer a plethora of clubs and student organizations. Stanford offers 28 esteemed sororities and fraternities along with a diverse range of creative art programs and academic clubs (“Stanford”). Similarly, UC Davis has over 364 registered organizations and 49 sororities and fraternities along with 50 religious organizations and an honor society (The Princeton Review). This suggests that both schools believe that extracurricular activities are rather important and necessary enough to include as a major field of activity among their institutions in harmony with their output of education, an aspect worthy of consideration when it comes to personal interests regarding one’s level of rigorous academic focus. As all the mentioned aspects of college features are to a certain extent, equally important, one of the most predominant factors that students look into when choosing their post secondary school is tuition and financial aid. In all probability, not every family can support their child financially when it comes to college. And not to mention, inevitably, prices and difficulties are simply rising as time goes on. But due to such fate, more help is becoming available for students all over the nation through means of scholarships, grants and loans and whatnot. Last year Stanford’s total price for tuition and other fees such as room and board and books and supplies was at a high $51,430 per year (“Stanford”). UC Davis on the other hand, peaked at nearly less than half of Stanford, at a total of $25,754 (“UC Davis”). At first glace, this suggests that Stanford has a lot more to offer through its institution than UC Davis, however from what has been mentioned, both schools are very close in the things they present. Yet there are many ways that a student can financially support themselves as well. Stanford in fact, has special programs that provide tuition grant awards to students based on their financial need and high school status (“Stanford”). Its process of granting financial aid becomes ultimately very beneficial for, students can are fairly judged on their household income and can usually receive the majority of what they are expected to pay through academic yearly earnings, federal and state grants, and university scholarships, things of which are gifted aid and do not need to be paid back (“Stanford”). And UC Davis, although not coming with nearly the same price tag as Stanford, has many financial aid options as well. UC Davis offers campus wide scholarships in which students apply for with simple high school qualifications and are very likely to receive; the school is even very personal and offers specific scholarships such as the Iranian Alumni Association Scholarship that supports students needing financial and of Iranian descent (“UC Davis”). Based on Peterson’s website of colleges and universities, the average indebtedness a student has upon graduation at Stanford is about $16,728 and at UC Davis is $14,372. And with the knowledge that Stanford has a much heftier charge, the fact that those figures don’t differ much suggests that Stanford is a lot more efficient in granting students with enough aid to support them more proficiently throughout their years than UC Davis. In fact Stanford’s average percent of financial need met among students was at 100%, while UC Davis’ was at 77% (“Colleges and Universities”). This concept carries much importance in the long run, knowing that a student could receive a relatively better and far more prestigious education at one institution than another, while still reasonably spending the same amount of money. The Significance of the Findings/Conclusion The facts and analysis discussed above have come to be really compelling in my opinion in relation to how important it is to know what I want out of academics. It opened my eyes to realizing against the stereotype that all colleges merely want profit from their consumers. I became a lot more open minded after performing my research, realizing that an institution with a lot less prestige can and usually is almost or just as beneficial, as in I can still receive a wonderful education anchored towards my goals from a place that may not be as large or as prominent. My confidence level also rose up quite a bit, resting assured that so far I have undeniably exceeded college expectations and met most standards. This suggests that all I have to do is keep going on the same track to success to achieve my goals regarding attending college. All in all however, I still believe that Stanford University is a better institution as far as my options go. I feel that in attending Stanford I will be placing myself on a much higher level of success and subsequently furthering and improving my chances of becoming all that I can be career wise. The details of admission and competition among both schools that I found, made me realize how important it was to peak myself in a well balanced schedule in high school and to thrive in everything I do. Before conducting my research, I didn’t fully comprehend the fact that it wouldn’t always matter what my GPA was for a certain semester or how many difficult classes I took, but rather how well I did in everything that I executed in my life. I know I will irrefutably have the need to perform more research like this in the future, and upon such occurrence I would most likely make sure I fully understood and knew about all my options before I came to any conclusions about them. I would also ensure that I’d have enough time to fully execute such a project to its fullest potential. In general however, this project and the information I found due to it in the end was very beneficial and helpful in furthering my knowledge of two universities that I was highly interested in.