Sentences with phrase «higher than in a school»

While writing a college essay you should keep in mind that academic standard and tutor's expectations are higher than in a school.

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Last year, a high school in Ohio named more than 200 kids in the graduating class «valedictorians» because they didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

Trump's move comes less than a week after a shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, left 17 people dead.

Of the nine winners who did report challenges building their startups because of student - loan debt, only three left school owing more than $ 35,000, the average amount for class of 2015 graduates (the highest in U.S. history), according to a report by financial aid resource Edvisors.com.

A serial entrepreneur who founded his first company in high school, Smith says he knew better than to «[spill] the money ahead of the customers.»

Cohen has long viewed his legal career through a pragmatic rather than high - minded lens, said former Cooley Law School classmate Greg Crockett, now an attorney in Okemos, Michigan.

There has to be way more tank - filling than tank - draining,» says Ruben Nieves, former Stanford University men's volleyball coach and current national director of training for the Positive Coaching Alliance, a nonprofit organization based in Mountain View, Calif., that focuses on teaching and encouraging positive character - building in youth and high school sports.

In senior year of high school, Brady said he felt out of place because his teammates were always faster and stronger than he was.

Since Sunday, the #BoycottFedEx hashtag has been included in more than 700 posts on Twitter, including one by Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school student David Hogg that has been shared more than 13,000 times.

The OECD has estimated that 44 percent of American workers holding less than a high school degree work in jobs made up of «highly - automatable» tasks, while just 1 percent of Americans holding a bachelor's degree or higher hold such jobs.

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

«When you do outdoor events,» says Russell, who went to high school across the river on 98th Street and played sports on Governors Island's athletic fields as a kid, «you are expected, both contractually and on a personal level, to return the park in the same condition, if not better than, it was in when you first took it over.

After all, he understands better than anyone how important resources are to veterans transitioning to civilian life: Parsons enlisted in the Marines at age 17, heading to Vietnam straight out of high school.

In 2003, Tammy Kinley, an associate professor in the school of merchandising and hospitality management at the University of North Texas, measured 1,011 pairs of women's pants, and found that high - end retailers» clothes tended to fit more loosely than those in bargain storeIn 2003, Tammy Kinley, an associate professor in the school of merchandising and hospitality management at the University of North Texas, measured 1,011 pairs of women's pants, and found that high - end retailers» clothes tended to fit more loosely than those in bargain storein the school of merchandising and hospitality management at the University of North Texas, measured 1,011 pairs of women's pants, and found that high - end retailers» clothes tended to fit more loosely than those in bargain storein bargain stores.

Last June, the internet giant debuted its Made with Code campaign in an effort to get young women excited about computer science — a field that less than one percent of high school girls think of as part of their future.

The majority of WashU's more than 6,800 undergraduates study in the arts and sciences school, while nearly 1,000 students enroll in the university's high - ranking undergraduate business program at Olin Business Sschool, while nearly 1,000 students enroll in the university's high - ranking undergraduate business program at Olin Business SchoolSchool.

Even in its best years, its acceptance rate — often hovering in the 70 % to 80 % range — was much higher than the major business schools, which accept less than 20 % of their applicants.

So were the average GMAT scores of its entering classes, which tended to range near 600, more than 100 points below the best schools, which typically report scores in the 700 - plus range on an entrance test where the highest possible score is 800.

• Has invested more than $ 10 million in STEM education programs for girls in elementary through high schools across the US, with partners Code.org, Black Girls Code, Institute of Play, and Digital Promise.

Organizers said they expected more than 700,000 people to attend the March for Our Lives rally at the foot of Capitol Hill, a gathering led by survivors of the Feb. 14 attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead.

Several major U.S. companies have dropped their associations with the National Rifle Association in the last few days, less than two weeks after a 19 year old with a semi-automatic rifle killed 17 people in a high school in Florida.

That's $ 23,830 higher than the average cost for public, four - year, in - state schools.

South Eugene High School, located in hippie - friendly Eugene, Ore., is situated less than a mile away from the University of Oregon, the city's top employer.

Studies suggest firstborns score higher in IQ tests, earn higher salaries and perform better in school than their siblings.

Millenials» unique media habits show up in other ways: Nowadays, for example, high schoolers do their initial research into potential colleges and universities on the Internet rather than during an actual trip to a campus; and young media users rely on YouTube videos to learn everything from magic tricks and hair and makeup tips, to cooking secrets.

In fact, he's never once tweeted, posted or pinned anything, other than maybe a corsage at the high school prom.

In one notable moment, Emma Gonzalez, the outspoken activist and Stoneman Douglas High School survivor, asked Loesch if it should be harder than it is now for people to obtain semiautomatic weapons or modifications, such as bump stocks, that can make firearms fully automatic.

So far, he has been more keen to highlight the failure of the FBI to stop the Florida high school carnage and the need to fill loopholes in mental health care than to accept the case for changing firearms laws.

Half of the teachers in Palm Beach County schools get the highest rating on their performance evaluations — a bigger percentage than anywhere else in South Florida.

We had a similar approach on my tennis team in high school — we'd rather be lucky than good.

After surveying 400 college and high school students and 400 parents, more than half of the people were in favor of using an ISA over a private student loan to pay for their degrees.

The news comes in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. that left 17 people dead and more than a dozen injured.

Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two deschool safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two deSchool is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!

The survey — conducted in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead — also finds that significantly more Americans believe mass shootings in the United States are due more to mental health issues than inadequate gun laws.

«In contrast, occupations in the high school category are expected to grow by just 12 percent, while occupations in the less than high school diploma or equivalent category are projected to grow by 14 percenIn contrast, occupations in the high school category are expected to grow by just 12 percent, while occupations in the less than high school diploma or equivalent category are projected to grow by 14 percenin the high school category are expected to grow by just 12 percent, while occupations in the less than high school diploma or equivalent category are projected to grow by 14 percenin the less than high school diploma or equivalent category are projected to grow by 14 percent.

«I think that we've all suffered enough, more than any kid should have to this year, and I think that having to study for a test that either lets you graduate high school or not is very unfair,» said Alexa Kitaygorodsky, a ninth grader who was in the freshman building when the shooting happened.

Who would have ever thought my house would ever be worth that much in a so - so school district, now valued higher than before the housing crisis.

when Facebook market research in Australia engaged in sentiment analysis of more than 6.4 million Australian youth, including 1.9 million high schoolers as young as 14 years old, to estimate when those children were at their most vulnerable, experiencing feelings of being «worthless» or a «failure» as part of research conducted for marketers.

There have been lapses in this program, most notably last year when Facebook market research in Australia engaged in sentiment analysis of more than 6.4 million Australian youth, including 1.9 million high schoolers as young as 14 years old, to estimate when those children were at their most vulnerable, experiencing feelings of being «worthless» or a «failure» as part of research conducted for marketers.

Cashin, a 50 - year Wall Street veteran, drew more laughs from the audience in his first five minutes than all the other speakers combined, recalling how he got his start after his father died when he was a high school senior.

To find a high - ranked school offering one of these executive MBAs for under six - figures, you have to reach down to the No. 9th ranked University of Texas at Austin which has an EMBA program for a bargain rate of $ 80,169 — less than half the cost of either Wharton program (See the full list of the top 50 Executive MBA programs in North America on the next page).

Apple, as part of its response, on Tuesday announced improvements in its iWork suite at an event in Chicago, where school bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High Sschool bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High SchoolSchool.

The properly measured economic return to community college has to take into account the counterfactual outcomes that entrants would face in the absence of community college, rather than compare community college entrants to students who enter university programs after high school.

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

Sprint 1Million Project is helping more than 700 high school students from Puerto Rico who were displaced after Hurricane Maria and are now enrolled in Orange County Public Schools.

The average amount of time spent discussing gun control on the three major cable networks two weeks after the shooting is higher post-Parkland than it was after any other major recent shooting, including the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.

No high school in Baltimore County is in worse shape than Lansdowne Hhigh school in Baltimore County is in worse shape than Lansdowne HighHigh.

Less than two weeks after the worst mass school shooting in Florida history, teachers and staff returned to the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for the first of two work days with a rainbow shining in the disschool shooting in Florida history, teachers and staff returned to the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for the first of two work days with a rainbow shining in the disSchool for the first of two work days with a rainbow shining in the distance.

A research study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, led by a team at the Rotman School of Management, shows that taking a moment to assess your best qualities leads to better results when negotiating a high - stakes deal with someone who has more power than you.

The measure comes more than a month after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17, and on the eve of the gun violence — focused March for Our Lives.