Sentences with phrase «of academic prowess»

Academic awards are objective proof of your academic prowess.

In a few cases, however, GPA's can be a bit of a trickier assessments of your academic prowess.

Not exact matches

Hope assumes definite shape in the form of Christmas presents and birthday parties, prowess in a sport, and occasionally, even high academic attainment.

When the measure, known as Proposition 42, was approved on a second ballot (after having been voted down only a day earlier), it touched off a fire storm of criticism, mostly from coaches who stand to lose the services of youngsters whose academic prowess has not kept pace with their athletic skills.

We're quick to snap photos of our kids» academic successes, athletic prowess, or cute looks.

Students in the United States, she notes, are more open to the concept of «collective merit» admissions — where a person contributes something to the collective merit of the cohort — taking into consideration factors beyond pure academic performance, such as athletic prowess, race, or legacy status that adds to the overall diversity of the group.

Because nobody ever taught them to read properly, they naturally fare poorly on gauges of academic success that rely on their reading prowess.

A southern California high school that prided itself on its tough requirements and the academic prowess of its students has acknowledged that hundreds of grades were altered in violation of state regulations.

The athlete, we discover, is relegated to dead - end remedial courses and is allowed to persist in his delusion that his athletic prowess will win him a full ride through college; his experience prompts Maran to explore in some detail how academic tracking and other more subtle differences in teachers» expectations contribute to a situation where 60 percent of white Berkeley High graduates attend a four - year college, while only 14 percent of black students earn enough credits to do so.

Many teachers, for example, admire the perceived academic prowess and motivation of Asian American students and fail to recognize how even a «positive» stereotype isn't positive if it presses students into molds not built for them individually.

He thought the culture of athletic prowess swamped the culture of academic success.

As noted by education professor Vicki Jacobs in her eBook, Vocabulary: The Foundation of Literacy, researchers Bromley (2007) and Graves (2008) found that vocabulary knowledge accounts for much of a student's verbal aptitude, and that a student's verbal prowess is a strong predictor of K — 12 academic achievement.

One of NHA's main core values is acting with discipline to sustain academic prowess (NHA, «Core Values»).

New York is a state that is known for the glitz and glamour of Broadway, the Catskill Mountains, and is home to numerous different academic institutions that are world renowned in their prowess.

Taleb points out: «Today academics in abstract disciplines depend on one another's opinion, without external checks, with the severe occasional pathological result of turning their pursuits into insular prowess - showing contests.

If you are well - known for your academic prowess, your professors are trying to set you up with a job, or if the administration thinks highly of you, that stays at your old law school.

It includes proof of this candidate's academic prowess and a lot of verifiable achievements.

You will need to get rid of these when you have amassed sufficient experience and academic prowess at your level.

The student of the MBA finance stream must have the academic prowess and the positive attitude to cope with the tough courses of the subject.