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- Surviving First Semester in Med School
Although I’m still waiting for my Anatomy grade, first semester of med school is finally over. It’s been a struggle from day one but hopefully I’ll pass Anatomy (I don’t even want to think about repeating Anatomy at this point…). I knew this journey would be difficult but I really didn’t expect it to be [...]
- Welcome to Paradise
Okay, I’m back. I’ve been gone for awhile because at my young age of 38, I’ve decided to go back to school for a degree in medicine. Unfortunately, none of the schools in the US thought I could do it so I found one that would take a chance on me in the Caribbean and [...]
- … on “vacation” for awhile…
I know I haven’t posted much in the last week or so and I do apologize. Currently, I’m in the middle of a big project and a preparing for a move to overseas. As soon as my life becomes more “stable”, I’ll start posting again. Thanks for your patience…
- Dell Laptop is on Sale for only $499
Until July 22nd, you can get an Inspiron™ 1525 laptop for only $499 after $229 off. You have to use Applicable E-value code: 6VAFF-DNDEPA5
Limited time offer: Beginning 7/18/2008 12:00 AM CT through 7/22/2008 5:59 AM CT
Please click here to go to the Dell site
- High Cost of Driving Ignites Online Classes Boom
(source: Sam Dillon/NY Times)
With soaring gas prices, it looks like penny-pinching students are turning to on-line class to save on driving costs…
“First, Ryan Gibbons bought a Hyundai so he would not have to drive his gas-guzzling Chevy Blazer to college classes here. When fuel prices kept rising, he cut expenses again, eliminating two campus visits [...]
- Economy Takes Toll On Education Funding
(source: Larry Abramson NPR.org)
Unless you live on Mars, you been feeling the side effects of high oil prices along with a sluggish economy. Education budgets have also been suffering from the recession (there I said the “r” word) due to higher fuel costs coupled with lower tax revenue from the real estate downturn. Typically in [...]
- 529 Plan Used as a Recruiting Tool by Universities
(source: melissa korn of wsj.com)
With the economy seemingly heading toward a recession, a growing number of colleges and universities are now using 529 plan as a recruiting tool. Huh?… Many top schools, including Stanford University and Duke University, are offering tuition discounts, scholarships and other incentives for families that put money aside in 529 plans.
“The 529 plans are available in nearly every state [...]
- Tough Times for High Schoolers
According to a recent article by Jonathan Kaufman of the Wall Street Journal, schoolwork is getting more stressful for today’s high school students.
Due to the recent increased competitiveness of college admissions, high school guidance counselors, parents and college-admissions officers now urge students to start taking advanced-placement (AP) courses, which often require a minimum of 90 [...]
- Who Needs a College Education…
…when you can become rich & famous like these people…
Authors:
F Scott Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton, Dec. 1915
William Faulkner dropped out of the University of Mississippi
Edward Albee (playwright) dropped out of Trinity College, Hartford, CT after 3 semesters
Comics:
Woody Allen was expelled from New York University and City College of New York
Steve Martin dropped out of Long Beach State College, where [...]
- More Summer Reading Books for Incoming Freshmen
I few weeks ago, I posted a list of summer reading recommendations from Harvard. Well, now here’s a list of books recommended for summer reading from other prominent universities (source: Mary Beth Marklein/USA Today):
- Case Western Reserve University — The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory [...]
