Archive for May, 2008
Returning Student admissions advice
Tips for Returning Students — Advice for Older Individuals that Go Back to School for their College Degree Employers are beginning to shift their qualification standards that only those holding a college degree or a formal academic training could possibly pass. Although experience remains a clear advantage of older jobseekers, human resource management officers tend [...]
Applying to Dartmouth University
A member of the Ivy League and the ninth oldest university in the United States, Dartmouth University continues to attract freshman students by living up to its reputation as one of the country’s (if not the world’s) premier universities and its dedication to deliver the highest quality education. The university has produced hundreds of alumni [...]
Applying to UCLA
What does a Nobel Peace Prize awardee, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, the med school professor who first diagnosed AIDS, and Maroon 5 have in common? The University of California, Los Angeles, or UCLA. Starting out as a normal school in the 1880′s, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) became the second campus of [...]
African-American Students’ Guide to Medical School
Before the American Civil War, a medical education was plainly not accessible to African-American students. Students of color who wished to get a medical degree had to study in schools mostly located in the North, Europe, or Canada. From the late 19th century to the early years of the 20th century, African-American medical students faced [...]