On a job application, what do I put for "course of study" in high school?
If I were preparing for college in my high school years, I would have put “College Prep” in the blank.If I were taking more of the trade school preparation, I would have entered “Vocational Technology toward XXX”.If I were taking the bare minimums to graduate and wasn’t in one of the other categories, “General Studies” or “N/A”.When I filled out a job application a few months ago, they asked for my high school course of study. I entered “College Prep.” Unfortunately, they allowed only two blocks for college studies so I could enter only 2 of the 5 schools I attended. The schools that got listed were for my MS in Engineering and my PhD in Engineering Systems. The undergraduate degree went undocumented.
Masters in Education- worth it?
I am a senior in college studying elementary education. I have no idea what state I want to teach in... does anyone know how important it is to have a masters degree when you're trying to get a job in a school?
How many hours to work while being a full time college student?
When I started college I quit working to focus on my studies. I didn't work throughout my freshman year, then I took 4 classes a semester since the adviser suggested not more than that saying it was full time. Now I found out to graduate on time I needed to take 5 classes a semester. I'm currently taking a summer course and working around 25-30 hours a week usually. I'm wondering how many hours I should work while going to school full time! I don't want my grades to suffer but I would like to keep my job for at least 6 months so it looks better on my resume, however I do need to find a good work school compromise that gives me time to spend with my dogs, clean my house, cook, work out, etc. I do still want to have a life etc.
Getting into Anderson school of Management (UCLA) for graduate school?
I'm currently a high school senior, and next year I will be attending the Fox School of Business at Temple University. In four years, I hope to get a degree and get accepted to Anderson for my MBA. UCLA is my dream grad school, and I know that it's a very difficult school to be accepted to, especially as an out of state student (I'm from New York). Does anyone have any tips for what I can do to ensure that I get into Anderson for grad? What would be an ideal GPA/ GMAT score for UCLA? Does it hurt my chances of admission that I am out of state? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm prepared to work my hardest next year and do the best I can to accomplish my dream! Thanks!
If I want to be a teacher, what should I major in during college?
If your school offers it you would want to study education. Otherwise some sub disciplines to consider could be human development, sociology of education, social psychology, etc. you can also consider specialties such as linguistics or communications, or counseling. Overall I would recommend human development if education isn't available.Mostly you just want to have a high gpa for your undergrad and do well on the GRE, a lot of states, I.e California, require a master's in education (which you could concentrate on primary education aka multiple subject credential) to find work as a (elementary) school teacher.
Should we be required to take courses in college that are unrelated to our major? Why or why not?
No, they should not. Students have different needs and desires and thus enter college for many different reasons. As adults, students should be free to pursue the types of education that they desire based on these reasons and to assess the value of a liberal education for themselves. The need and desire for a liberal education is something that is going to differ from student to student. Some students may not be able to afford the extra time and money needed to fulfill general education requirements (I believe IGETC is 11 courses). Other students may simply not consider the cost to be worth the benefits. Once again, as adults, students should be free to decide this for themselves.Now, don't take this to mean that I don't consider liberal arts to be valuable, because I certainly do. However, in the U.S., children already spend thirteen years receiving a liberal education, so by college, the marginal value of an additional year or two of liberal education is going to have diminished. Take English for example. By college, I was already very good at writing essays. I didn't really learn anything new and spent the class applying my essay writing skills to a handful of stories (some of which I had already read). Did I gain anything from the class? Sure, exercising critical thinking skills by analyzing stories is always beneficial. Was the class worth the time and effort? Probably not. The class wasn't much different than high school English. Additionally, one of my hobbies is writing answers on Quora, so I regularly spend time exercising my analytical writing skills sans English classes. Thirteen years is a long time. If an adequate liberal arts education can't be given in that amount of time, then general education needs to be fixed in K-12, not handed off to college.Schools, though, should be free to require some general education electives if they wish to do so but should not be mandated to do so. Students and employers will then be free to take this into consideration when looking at different schools and accounting for how much they value a liberal education.
Should I attend Georgia Institute of Technology or University of Toronto?
The University of Toronto is a world-renowned institution, where you can work with renowned professors and researchers. But it depends on what you want with your degree. Do you want to go on to graduate school (or academic work), or straight to the workforce? If the academic route, go to Toronto. If the workforce route, you may want an education with a more applied focus, and GIT will be suited for your needs.
Should you include your school in your LinkedIn profile or CV if you dropped out?
Broadly speaking, we should include the school -- mainly because it would look a bit odd if there are no schools mentioned at all. Full and faithful disclosure is the reason we legally trained types call it.More importantly, it could seem something is amiss or untoward if 'the other side' found out that you had in fact been to XYZ but avoided mentioning it -- an impression that could be costly.I know, life isn't always as simple as that. Sometimes somehow there are reasons not to mention. That's something only the individual can decide for himself, but the general working rule is to include the school.If I were you, I'd probably say something like I dropped out because of financial difficulties in the family and had to start work early. I think you get my meaning here.Thanks for the A2A.