Sentences with phrase «colleges on acceptance»

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They can only take this intensive, three - day exam once per year, and their acceptance into college is contingent on their performance.

«The Soulforce 2008 Equality Ride, a nationwide bus tour that promotes acceptance for gays and lesbians on Christian college campuses, will start this year's tour with a Wednesday visit to...

It could mean the difference between getting, keeping or losing an internship, college acceptance or spot on the football team.

In private sessions Saturday, 22 school teams from around the country will toss around ideas on how schools can help to broaden the rigid notion of «success» that has taken hold on so many hyper - competitive campuses — high grades, top test scores and acceptance into prestigious colleges.

In her acceptance speech, Nixon, 52, voiced the view of her nearly 200 backers who gathered in the ballroom at the basement of the Albany Hilton: Cuomo's move to the left on free college tuition, minimum wage and other policies was too little, too late.

MIAMI — David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, on Friday rejected an apology from Fox News host Laura Ingraham for her tweet mocking his college acceptance record.

A Bronx teenager whose joyous, dream - fulfilling Ivy League college acceptance was captured on national television drowned in Ithaca just before he was set to start at Cornell University, officials said.

But then things start to spiral out of control when Cat gets her college acceptance and someone posts something on her BuddyMe page.

Rather than document the cold realities and indulgent pleasantries of another big city with bright lights, Hill is set on exploring the very place that so many creative - types vacate upon the arrival of their first Visa card or college acceptance letter: the American South.

Life - changing events for this protagonist (her father losing his job, acceptance into college, the loss of her virginity) bump up against funnier, more inconsequential ones; it's one of the most authentic depictions of that tumultuous period on the cusp of adulthood I've ever seen in a film.

A Sacramento - based husband to a loving, working wife named Melanie (Jenna Fischer), Brad runs a non-profit that connects donors to charities, and is immensely proud of their musical prodigy son Troy (Austin Abrams, «Paper Towns»), who's on the right kind of track to score acceptance to a great college.

Colleges take account of students» aptitude, high - school grades, extracurricular activities, and character in making acceptance decisions, so the selectivity of a teacher's college summarizes a complex set of information on aptitude, work ethic, leadership, creativity, and so on.

Signs congratulating B.M.C. Durfee High School seniors on their acceptance into colleges adorn the school's hallways.

Based on my observations, the lives of the high school students I teach are hemmed in everywhere by social pressures and expectations: high - stakes testing, the looming shadow of college admissions, the fiercely competitive school system, the painful process of figuring out who you are, and the ubiquitous desire for peer acceptance.

Speaking to graduates of the Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts in Thornton, CO, President Obama congratulated them on the achievement of taking a school with a 50 % college matriculation and turning it into a 100 % acceptance rate in only three years.

A: Accreditation by AdvancED certainly helps to establish credibility with colleges all over the country, but acceptance ultimately depends on standards specific to each college, and the individual merits of each student, including grades, ACT or SAT scores, and service criterion.

When student test scores on the Ohio Academic Assessment indicated that only 33 % of Jones sixth graders were at the minimum state acceptance rates, middle childhood education students at Lourdes College stepped in to volunteer an hour each week to work with the sixth grade students to improve their reading proficiency.

A while back, there was an article in the Hartford Courant, of all places, that claimed to do a follow - up on the college - acceptance rate of Achievement First and its twin, the Amistad Academy.

Our strong results in college - readiness, achievement measures, and other areas show we are on our path to fulfilling our mission — 100 % acceptance to and graduation from college for all students on our PreK - 12 superhighway.

Guggenheim unfairly puts a large emphasis on the role of charter schools, showing that they are intensely effective when it comes to test scores and college acceptance rates when they are only 17 % superior in math test scores.

The State Board of Education may adopt rules that, for purposes of demonstrating completion of specific certification requirements, allow for the acceptance of college course credits recommended by the American Council for Education (ACE), as posted on an official ACE transcript.

Our outcomes are not solely based on student test scores — but on graduation rates, college acceptances, and meaningful jobs.

This presentation provides an overview of the International Baccalaureate (IB) organization and the results of studies related to its effect on student achievement, college acceptance, and post-secondary performance,

«Further, we know from the summer melt research that just because a qualified student has an acceptance letter in hand, it doesn't mean that he or she will show up to college on day one,» she said in an interview «So how can schools support students in following through on their post-secondary commitments?»

In this role, he leverages strategic community, district, and cross-network charter partnerships to increase proficiency, graduation, and college acceptance rates for students of color, while focusing on reversing the under - representation of minorities in STEM - related fields.

As part of the Better Make Room campaign, the day serves as a reminder that college acceptance is possible for all students; provides an inspiration for younger students to get on the college - ready track; and highlights the daily efforts of students, teachers, and school counselors to prepare graduates for their futures.

Charter schools are raising the bar on student achievement for schools across Illinois by improving test scores, graduating more students from high school, and increasing college acceptance and persistence rates for all Illinois students.

U.S. News based its rankings on state test scores and college readiness, while Newsweek's methodology included graduation rates, college acceptance and AP exams.

On college - related variables — entrance examination scores, acceptance rates, grade point averages — students from small high schools match or exceed those from large ones.

Charter schools are raising the bar on student academic growth and achievement by improving a number of student performance measures, including increasing graduation rates and college acceptance rates.

Much of the advertising around BASIS schools is highly focused on test results on the OECD exam, SAT exam, and AP exams, as well as college acceptances.

Aspire was founded on the mission to prepare all students for college, and based upon students» yearly academic performance and college acceptance rates, Aspire appears to fulfill its stated purpose.

MYTH 7: The 90 percent college acceptance rate for performance assessment schools is based on admission to low - level institutions.

These facts are also readily available, and contribute to an overall environment heavily focused on achievement via acceptance to selective colleges.

A lot depends on the acceptance of your college admission essays.

With more and more aspiring students knocking on the doors of leading universities, good college essays can make all the difference to your acceptance or rejection.

If college acceptance essays ask you to write about yourself then you need to focus on ways of placing the spotlight on your past relevant experience - as well as the fact that you are a well - rounded and adjusted multi-faceted human being that can add rare value and insight in to your Continue reading

In order to write convincing college acceptance essays you need to do some honest soul searching backed by plenty of research - after zeroing in on a compelling topic or theme.

Spurred on by lower prices and by growing acceptance among college graduates and Hispanic consumers, e-reader usage is taking off, with 12 percent of adults using an e-reader in May, double the rate from November.

Kyla received early acceptance into OSU Veterinary College and continues her employment with us in the Summer and on Holidays.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

One of the first colleges to accept black students and women, the Cooper Union is again on the forefront of making progressive moves, this time for LGBTQ acceptance.

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Designing and implementing a college - readiness system, enabling 168 out of 185 seniors to gain college acceptance while providing workshops on financial aid programs, college essay and application assistance, and scholarship / grant opportunities.

Letter of acceptance from a college educational program the applicant plans on attending in the fall semester, or proof of current enrolment in a United States - based two - or four - year college or university.

HIGHLIGHTS • 11 + years» hands - on experience in supporting student admissions from inquiry to acceptance into the College.