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Newsletter
6: Schools II: Admissions
(K-12 , Colleges, Universities, and
Graduate
Schools
) (October 18, 2002)
Admissions:
For K-12 1) (Kindergarten, grade schools, middle schools, and
high schools) in the public school system, a student's home address determines
which school they attend. There are
no other requirements, provided the student has completed the previous grade.
High
school students who want to go to college 2) and university
often take a standard test such as the SAT 3), PSAT 3) /
NMSQT 3), or ACT 4).
In order to get into top-notch universities, a high school student needs
not only excellent grades 5) and excellent SAT 3) scores,
but also some involvement outside the classroom. Admission screeners
look for involvement in school activities, church activities, and community
volunteering, etc.
College
and university students who want to study at graduate schools take a
standard test, the GRE 6)
which includes both General exam and
the GRE exam in their subject area (Chemistry, for instance). Here is some
information on other schools, for those who wish to be a lawyer 7) or
a medical doctor 8), or an MBA 9).
For more school info, “Study Guides”
are available in libraries, online 10), or large book stores 11).
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1) For K-12, see our Newsletter 5 –
Footnote 2 < http://www.exploreamerica.info/what_letter_e5.htm
>
2) For colleges, see our Newsletter 5 – Footnote 3 <
http://www.exploreamerica.info/what_letter_e5.htm
>
3) SAT (Scholastic Aptitude
Test) / PSAT (Preliminary SAT / National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test)
info:
http://www.collegeboard.com
4) ACT (American College Testing) info:
http://www.act.org
5) Grades:
A, B, C, D, F. These are often broken down into pluses and
minuses: A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F. In
high school, F=failure. In college, anything lower than a C- is failure.
6) GRE (Graduate Record Examination) info: http://www.gre.org
7) To be a lawyer, one needs a BS (Bachelor of Science) or BA (Bachelor of
Arts), and has to go to law school for three years. After law
school, one must pass a certified test, called a bar exam, to
practice law. For more info,
see < http://www.personalinjurylawsite.com/what_it_takes_to_become_a_lawyer.htm
>
Note that there are quite a few lawyers in the
US
.
8) To be a medical doctor, one who has a BS (Bachelor of Science) or BA
(Bachelor of Arts) has to go to medical school. For more info, see
< http://www.allmedicalschools.com/faqs/programs.php#md
>
9) GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) is often required to be graduate
students for MBA (Master of Business Administration).
GMAT and MBA info: http://www.ets.org/tests.html
and http://www.mba.com
10) For example, http://www.amazon.com and
http://www.amazon.co.jp
11) For example, http://www.bn.com and
http://www.bordersstores.com
Contents keywords:
K-12 (Kindergarten, grade schools, middle schools, and
high schools) in the public school system, 6(grade schools)-2(middle
schools)-4(high schools) (instead of 6-3-3), colleges, SAT, grades, involvement
outside the classroom, GRE, lawyer, medical doctor, MBA
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