What can I, as an incoming college freshman majoring in mathematics, do to get into the top graduate schools (like MIT, Harvard, Princeton, etc.) for mathematics?
, have dome terrific community service, have been president of your class, etc. all matter a lot; they matter not at all, or very little for graduate school acceptance. Grad schools are going to look at academic achievement almost exclusively, plus of course recommendations from your teachers in your major. You can be Heisman Trophy winner, and it won’t make any difference to grad school admission.
I am an incoming freshman this year in high school. What should I do in high school to have a chance and get in med school?
“I am starting a company tomorrow out of my basement. In 10 years, what kind of corporate jet should I buy?”The similarity between this question and yours is that the question is looking a little too far down the road.Regardless of one’s future college (or post-college) ambitions, there’s only one or two “right” ways to play high school: do well in classes, do whatever the right mix of extra-curriculars is these days, take AP tests, etc. It’s okay to look two steps ahead, but med. school is more like 100 steps ahead.Focus on the task at hand. Just do well in your classes and do the things it takes to get into a good undergraduate college. Then you can worry about building your med. school application credentials.FWIW, I was pretty sure I wanted to be a Latin teacher when I was in 9th grade. By 10th grade, I was thinking probably a chemistry major in college. Somewhere between 11th and 12th grade, I revised that slightly, and wanted to do a math and physics double major. I eventually did start college as a math and physics double major, but not before first dropping out of high school and spending a year at a virtual reality arcade. Oh… now I’m a lawyer.My point is, it’s great that you have a direction you want to go in. But regardless of how certain you are of your chosen direction, don’t be surprised if you make a few changes along the way.
How can I become a TA in my freshman year at college?
I was a teaching assistant my freshman year at Cornell, but not all classes (or professors) give you this opportunity.Your best bet is to check with your professors (each class) on or before the first day of class to see whether that opportunity might present itself.Assuming that goes well, here’s what you do:get good grades. Ideally, close to 100%. I beat out a couple girls for the position who claimed to get zero points wrong the entire semester. That’s a head-scratcher.go to class everyday. If the professor sees you conducting yourself in a professional manner and attending every class, that boosts your odds. Especially if you participate, which brings us to…Get to know the professor. If you develop a relationship with the professor during the time you are in class, that relationship will open doors for you, one of which could be becoming a Teaching Assistant.Get to know the current teaching assistants. When the professor is choosing a future teaching assistant, guess who he will ask for a recommendation?That’s right—the current teaching assistants. Get to know them, as well, and always be respectful.Good luck!
Should I take out a $28,000 student loan my freshman year of college?
Now. I really love this school. We are talking about Roosevelt University, Downtown Chicago.. I love the fact that its in the city, I love the fact I'm a quick train-ride away (so no need to live on campus), I like the fact there's a gym, I like the emphasize on social justice aspect of the school, and I like that my intended major of sociology is at this school. Now since my father was recently granted disability and now receives a check, he was awarded a large lump sum of money which granted me nothing from FASFA. Another note, I have about $8,000 saved in my bank account. If I'm doing the numbers right, tuition at Roosevelt University is 25,950 per semester.... I'll need a loan of about $28,000 to afford my freshman year/ less maybe? (I live at home with my parents)... Sophomore year and beyond I can consider taking out smaller loans around $15,000,-17,000.... factoring in that I may qualify for financial aid and possibly have a few scholarships and extra money. Total I'm looking at $74,000+ in student loan debt, being a slightly generous and frugal with my numbers. Also I have not factored in the interest rates yet, so I'm looking at paying about $80,000 for my college education... The BIG question is..... Is it worth it? Someone graduating with a degree in my desired future career makes around $52,000-56,000 salary. Can I afford that? I'm looking at less expensive schools, but it doesn't seem worth it to go to any of those schools because I feel like there is so much more opportunity being in the city and that attending this university with a good name attached to me will be best. Am I being sold into a life of debt and worrying? or is this reasonable and practical for what I want?
My dance teacher is always yelling at me to work harder?
First of all, your dance teacher is out of line for yelling at you. A teacher should never yell at a student for ANY reason. Getting critique from your teacher is good because every dancer want that because you can improve on it and become a better dancer. I worry when my teacher doesn't "correct" me. If you enjoy dance, then keep on dancing and maybe try to find a different teacher or talk to her. As a little girl, I have always have this yearning to dance but that didn't happen until I was 17 and I paid for my lessons. I would suggest talking to your teacher or your parents talking to your teacher. If not, change teacher or take classes elsewhere. The important thing to remember is that if you love dancing, then don't let anyone stop you. :)
Do I have a chance of winning a scholarship for an international undergraduate degree if I already have an undergraduate degree in a different field?
An awful lot of US scholarship money is reserved for incoming freshman, those students who have graduated from high school and have never attended university (excepting dual enrollment programs and AP credits.)This assists colleges in buying a good yield of students - more money brings academically qualified students.Most of the rest of the money goes to students who have not received a bachelor’s degree.I won’t say there are no funds for a second bachelor’s degree but it is spectacularly rare. It’s much easier to find money for graduate school than a second bachelor’s degree.What would be the point of a second bachelor’s program, anyway? Most people in the US are doing post-bachelor’s programs so they can pick up qualifications to apply to medical school, to get teaching licenses, to get coding experience, or to get paralegal certificates.Even most teaching programs encourage you to get the master’s degree along with certification, and there is definitely money available for that, if you want urban teaching, math or science education, English as a Second Language, or special education.
Should I know how to code before starting a bachelor's degree in Computer Science?
For the person who wrote the details specifically you are fine. You've done at least some coding.My answer is for people who have done absolutely none.I went to Georgia Tech so I can't speak for everyone's CS program. But I can speak for that one.Its basically paced like you already know how to code and you are just learning advanced stuff.So it helps to have at least built some stuff with code (some websites or other simple programs) before.You can go in from scratch but its alot harder and many schools dont have the best teachers (note I used the word teacher. Your professors and teaching assiants will be brilliant people themselves otherwise they wouldn't be there but they wont necessarily be good a communicating all that knowledge to you in a way that you understand).The people there might only be in it to do whatever research they are working on and may not care much or take much care for the teaching and your learning. That responsibility falls on you.So long story short pick a language you think you might like and go through the intially frustrating parts of i.e learning the command line and a toolchain around your language of choice on your own.It will help you not get stuck as quickly when you start school.Also if you really want to get a head start you can start working on the stuff I wrote about in this articlehttps://medium.com/@thatboiwill/...its focused on interviews but covers topics that you would start learning in your first year of school but wouldn't dive deeply into until your 3rd year.
Majoring or minoring in dance?!?!?!?
A dance major can be either a BFA or a BA . If it is a BFA then it is for a performance degree and you would dance at least 6 hours a day as well as take your core classes and dance related classes. A BA in dance is only about 3 hours of dance a day. You would take that if you are interested in being a teacher perhaps. A dance minor would be a lot less and often would not require an audition. This might be a good choice for someone who loves dance but does not want to pursue a career involving dance. Or perhaps for someone who want to open a small recreational dance studio. Most schools offer dance majors that are contemporary focus. That means that you must audition with ballet and modern dance. Contemporary dance in college is not like it is in a small studio or competition dance. It is concert contemporary. Often having no emotion and just line. Here is an example of college level contemporary dance. This is incoming Juilliard Freshman doing a Sidra Bell piece, at the start of their Freshman year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTIHUMIkW...
Should I be an architect or a teacher?
I have a BA (fine arts/communications) and would like career out of these two, but unfortunately, it would take to much time to study both at the same time. I am creative, I like the teaching role as well. In fact, i've tried both for short periods of time through work experience, but that only confirmed how I enjoy both. I would like some ideas, with a bit of your reasoning Thank you =)