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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Choosing the correct path in life is difficult. Parents pressure their children to embrace a particular profession and personality tests do not help that much. OpenCourseWare is an effort from universities and colleges to make their classes accessible to public. They become the best litmus test for student to discover ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
The US News 2008 ranking of the best graduate engineering schools presented few surprises this year. MIT remains the top engineering school in the nation. The 198 schools were ranked by using surveys, statistics, and peer grading. They calculate the overall score of each college by adding up grades for ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
The US News 2008 ranking of the best graduate business schools presented few surprises at the top, but much movement lower in the ranks. The 425 master's program were ranked by using surveys, statistics, and peer grading. They calculate the overall score of each college by adding up grades for ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Each year the US News ranks the top law schools in the nation. They determine the rankings by issuing surveys. They grade the 184 law schools on their peer assessment score, assessment score by lawyers/judges, selectivity, median LSAT scores, median undergrad GPA, acceptance rate, placement success, employment rates for graduates, ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Each year the US News ranks the top medical schools in the nation. They determine the rankings by issuing surveys. They grade the schools on their quality, residency directors, research activity, research activity per faculty member, primary-care rate, student selectivity, mean MCAT score, mean undergraduate GPA, acceptance rate, faculty resources, ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Washington Monthly prepared an extensive ranking for America’s top community colleges. The publication aimed to devote the proper attention to the often neglected community colleges. U.S. News & World Report and the Princeton Review seem to shun the institutions, which account for a significant amount of US students.
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
This past weekend, the geniuses at Disney unleashed an unfunny film starring Martin Lawrence. The best thing about a terrible movie is reading all the excruciating reviews. Not sure what Disney was thinking. Lawrence has not made a funny movie since...uhm....never?
Barry Wetcher/Walt Disney Pictures
Here's a snippets from the NY Times:
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