College Application for Immigrant
My name is XXXXXXX. I came to the United States two years ago, and spent my first year attending English as Second Language (ESL) courses, in order to improve my English skills. While I still struggle with some of the finer points of writing and speaking English, my vocabulary and understanding of the English language has improved greatly. From this experience, I realized that mastery of the English language is a difficult and time-consuming task, and I continue to patiently practice and learn to speak and write English effectively.

My time at the ESL school gave me a great many exciting and rewarding experiences. My first year in to a new country was a great challenge. I met a great many people who have enriched my life in many ways. Many of these people came from different countries, and I feel that this experience greatly contributed to my…...

This will certainly prove very helpful in my career as a speech pathologist or any related field.
I have been in this field for ten years. And I know that it's a long time. But for some reason I find myself very motivated and highly interested in this field only. I have no plans of switching fields. This seems to be my core purpose in life.

I have read about your program very carefully and I think it's very comprehensive. Just what I was looking for! I hope that you will also find my experience just the kind of knowledge that you would want your students to possess. As I will gain from your program, I guess me and other students like myself will also bring plenty of valuable experience and knowledge with us that will enrich our studying experience.

As a speech pathologist, I hope to provide valuable service to those…...

After taking the Bachelor of Nursing degree, he aims to practice in either the government or private owned hospitals. He intends to serve the public by rendering quality health service based on what he would be learning in the university and from the series of internships which he knows are significant parts of the BSN course.

Mr. Nurse is very much aware that nursing involves not only the technical aspect of healthcare since it at the same time involves critical analysis and management for situations that requires urgent decision-making. These situations may be too critical for the patients as much as it is critical for the healthcare practitioners - that includes the registered nurses. Specialized courses are offered with BSN that are significant in the growing complexities concerning the healthcare industry. He is also aware that by taking this degree in Nursing, he will be able to render service in areas…...

Essay Topic Examples
1. The Influence of Cultural Identity on Educational Aspirations:
     Explore how your cultural background has shaped your aspirations, values, and goals, and how it will contribute to the college community.

2. Overcoming ersonal Challenges to Achieve Academic Success:
     Detail a significant challenge you've faced, how you overcame it, and what lessons you took from the experience that have prepared you for college.

3. The Impact of a Meaningful Extracurricular Experience:
     Describe an extracurricular activity that has had a significant impact on your personal development and how it reflects your potential for success in college.

4. A Creative Venture That Reveals Your Innovative Side:
     Discuss a creative project or idea you initiated or participated in and how it demonstrates your problem-solving skills, creativity, and readiness for college-level work.

5. Vision for the Future: Career Goals and College Education:
     Articulate your career aspirations, how a college education will help…...

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Primary Sources

Hernandez, Michele A. Acing the College Application: How to Maximize Your Chances for Admission to the College of Your Choice. Ballantine Books, 2002.

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https://admissions.yale.edu/essay-topics .

earliest childhood I have been fascinated with architecture. Even as a little child working with crayons and magic markers, I was drawing buildings and bridges while other children drew family members, animals and flowers. My favorite toys were Legos and building blocks, and unlike many boys my age, my pleasure was always in constructing and never in demolition. I pursued the art of building throughout my childhood, and by the time I was in middle school I already knew that I wanted to be an architect. It should be no surprise, then, that when I informally began my college search a few years ago, Ball State University quickly distinguished itself in my mind as a school whose architecture and design programs would help me succeed in my life goals.
I have always stayed focused on my goal to become a great architect and a credit to my family and school.…...

Abstract
The Hollywood Cheating Scandal exposed what life is like on the other side of the tracks—the side where wealth and fame are used to buy a way into top-tier schools for trust fund kids.  The college admissions cheating scheme involved some big names across a range of industries:  actors, actresses, fashion moguls, Wall Street guys, real estate giants, doctors and many others were all implicated in the scheme along with Ivy League teachers, coaches, and test takers.  This article will discuss what happened, why, and what it means for America.

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Money Can’t Buy Happiness—But It Can Buy You a Four Year Degree with the Right Connections


People have always wondered why some get into the elite schools are others are denied.  Well, the answer is that money talks and always will.  The people who have to do so earn their degrees the hard way—through hard work and determination, while the…...

Part 2

Universities and colleges have been described as 'loosely coupled systems...'

"What does this mean to you based on the readings?" loosely coupled system is one that only occasionally works, and sometimes produces unpredictable results. Given the disparate goals and social elements of the modern university, a university is clearly such a loosely coupled system. Students come wanting a degree to get a good job and may have to take liberal arts courses they dislike, professors who want to research must teach students with little interest in deeper, critical thinking about life, the university community is diverse and brings together teachers, students, and administrators with different backgrounds and views of the purpose of life and education -- and sometimes students, faculty, and administrators use their position for social change, other times college is simply a place to 'fill time.'

Student organizations, social and extracurricular, may have different interests than administrators and academic…...

The retail industry has quickly emerged into a fast paced, dynamic environment, predicated on speed to market. Not longer are the antiquated business practices of older retain organizations applicable within the much faster paced environment. As such, skills that require critical thinking and data analytics are much more sought after. I believe, with my skills and abilities provide a solid foundation within fashion merchandizing focus. For one, my analytical skills provide a good basis in which to review critical data required to be a successful fashion merchandiser. These skills which often includes the ability to forecast sales trends, review overall materials costs, determining which market can support the product and determining project profitability of retail projects.In addition, I also posses strong critical thinking needed to be nimble as a fashion merchandizer. Here, my background throughout has proven my ability to think critical through proper analysis of the data. This critical…...

pursuit of my MBA and CFA certification, is why I am interested in the business and financial world. My answer is not an academic one, but one rooted in the knowledge of how a failure to engage in appropriate financial planning can have an impact that ripples throughout one's family. I began my college education by attending Hudson County Community College (HCCC), where I initially majored in engineering. However, like many people in my age group who come from less affluent beginnings, I was unable to devote myself full-time to my studies. In addition to having the responsibility of paying for my own education, I also felt responsibility to help support my family. As a result, I did not have the time or attention that I needed to devote to my studies. My grades suffered and, in reality, I was in danger of becoming a college dropout. This would…...

Applications Decision Models Supply Chain Management
How will emerging web-based technologies and decision models change supply chains in the future? The response to this question has incredible stakes. It is projected that the Internet has the prospect to capture more than $1 trillion from the $7 trillion spent every year on mechanisms, supplies, and services globally (USA Today, 2008, p. I). How this will occur is a high-priority subject in many industries and companies at the moment. In this paper, I endeavor to develop our indulgent of this serious issue by developing a conceptual framework for how supply-chain companies may react to emerging technologies in order to make competitive leeway's. The model suggests that one method by which buyers and suppliers can together perk up their competitive position is to study how to intelligently incorporate the new technologies into their day by day activities and methods. This can be done through…...

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Clark, K.B., and T. Fujimoto. Product Development Performance. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001.

Eppinger, Steven D., Daniel E. Whitney Robert P. Smith, and David Gebala. 'Model-Based Method for Organizing Tasks in Product Development. Research in Engineering Design. 2006, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-13.

Fleischer, M., and J. Liker. Concurrent Engineering Effectiveness: Integrating Product Development across Organizations. Cincinnati, OH: Hanser Gardner, 2009.

Horovitz, B. Fast-Food Giant's New Plan: Hot, Juicy Made to Order. USA Today. Feb. 20, 2008, pp. B1-B2.

Applications Interaction
To meet the standards, an application, either has all the accessibility features built in, or it has to be compatible with assistive technology (Software Applications and Operating Systems (1194.21), 2001). In order to function together, the application and the operating system must be compatible. Software that is designed to run on an operating system is executable with the keyboard where the functions discern the text. The keyboard accesses the program's controls and functions. All actions are labeled or identified as text and must be executable from the keyboard.

The accounting software has to be compatible with the operating system to run smoothly and without disrupting other features and programs. The application program interface is the way programs communicate with each other with the input and output devices. The application and the operating system communicate with the input and output that creates the compatibility between the two. The application programming affects…...

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Bibliography

Software Applications and Operating Systems (1194.21). (2001, June 21). Retrieved from access-board.gov:  http://access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.21.htm

Application Process Improvement Models Organizations Systems
A clinical practice improvement initiative

The strategy of treating patients with dementia must be dependent on a thorough neurological, psychiatric, and general therapeutic assessment of the nature and causes of the cognitive setbacks and related non-cognitive symptoms, in the setting of a strong collaboration with the patient and family. It is crucial to distinguish and treat general medical conditions, notably delirium, that may be answerable for or contribute to dementia symptoms (Ferrara, 2010).

Currently, the organization is embracing the Progressing evaluation strategy. This approach focuses on incorporating occasional monitoring of the advancement and development of cognitive and non-cognitive psychiatric and how they respond to intervention. With the end goal to provide prompt medication, improve patient safety, and provide convenient advice to the patient and family, it is ordinarily fundamental to see patients in routine follow-up at regular intervals. Frequent patient visits such as once or twice a…...

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References

Baur, C. (2011). Calling the nation to act: Implementing the national action plan to improve health literacy. Nursing Outlook, 59(2), 63-69.

Ferrara, L.R. (2010). Integrating evidence-based practice with educational theory in clinical practice for nurse practitioners: Bridging the theory practice gap. Research & Theory for Nursing Practice, 24(4), 213-216.

Grant, B., Colello, S., Riehle, M., & Dende, D. (2010). An evaluation of the nursing practice environment and successful change management using the new generation Magnet Model. Journal of Nursing Management, 18(3), 326-331. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01076.x

Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Bonin, J.-P., Lesage, A., Farand, L., Lavigne, G.L., & Trudel, J. (2011). Implementation of diagnosis-related mental health problems: Impact on health care providers. Health Care Manager, 30(1), 30(1): 4-14 (50 ref). doi:10.1097/HCM.0b013e3182078a95

Within the field of psychology, I hope to qualify as a marriage counselor - a decision I made after I experienced the pain of my parents' divorce and subsequent break up of my family. For it was at this time that I realized the important role that family plays in an individual's sense of psychological well-being.
As a first step to achieving my career ambition and dream, I plan to attend the University of Findlay, from where I hope to obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, followed by a Master's Degree. However, I find that the assistance of a scholarship would go a long way in helping me achieve my educational and career goals. I am, therefore, applying for a scholarship with the sincere hope that my request will be given due consideration....

College sports and recreational activities are traditionally dominated by men. Although there have been dramatic increases in women's involvement in sports at the college level, men continue to make up the majority of the participants and spectators of events and activities. The availability of high-quality recreational facilities for athletic training as well as general fitness and maintenance is necessary and integral to sports programs in colleges. It may be assumed that these types of facilities are mostly utilized by men due to their predominant participation in sports and recreation activities.
Even though participation in campus sports and recreational activities still involves men more than women, this doesn't necessarily mean that men value the importance of sports and recreation in college more than women. Milton (1998) was interested in this concept and investigated beliefs among men and women in college as to whether the development of new, high-quality sports and recreation facilities…...

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Reference

Milton, P. (1998). Female and male prioritization of the availability of campus recreational facilities. National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Journal, 22(2), 30-1.

App Fallacy," a columnist New York University's ashington Square News argues wisdom Common Application college application process. You read essay college newspaper; opportunity responds.
The fallacy of "The Common App Fallacy"

The Common Application is a standardized application that makes it very easy for college students to apply to a multitude of schools, all of which use its basic format. A student merely has to fill out the forms associated with the Common Application once and then can send the form electronically to a wide range of institutions spanning from Cornell University to the University of Miami to The College of New Jersey. According to NYU student Damon Beres, it has made it too easy to apply to college, particularly competitive colleges, with a touch of a 'send' button. Beres cites statistics which indicate only a very tiny minority of highly qualified students are able to get into the Harvards and…...

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Work Cited

Beres, Damon. "The Common App Fallacy." Washington Square News, 22 Jan 2008:1-2.

1. Encourage students to take advanced courses in high school, such as Advanced Placement (AP) classes, Dual Enrollment courses, or International Baccalaureate (IB) programs, to challenge themselves and prepare for the rigor of college coursework.

2. Provide academic support services, such as tutoring, academic advising, study skills workshops, and time management resources, to help students develop the necessary skills for success in higher education.

3. Offer college readiness programs that focus on preparing students for standardized tests, such as the SAT or ACT, as well as assisting with the college application process.

4. Encourage students to engage in extracurricular activities and volunteer work,....

I. Requesting Transcript, Recommendation, and Financial Aid Info from Your Principal

1. Transcript Request

   1. Fill out the transcript request form provided by the school
   2. Submit the form to the principals office along with any required fees

2. Recommendation Letter Request

   1. Prepare a formal written request for a recommendation letter
   2. Schedule a meeting with the principal to discuss your request in person

3. Financial Aid Information Request

   1. Request an appointment with the principal to discuss financial aid options
   2. Prepare a list of questions regarding available financial aid resources

II.....

I. Introduction

1. Contacting the Principal

   1. Schedule an appointment or request a meeting via email.
   2. State the purpose of the meeting: transcript, recommendation, and financial aid.

2. Preparing for the Meeting

   1. Gather necessary information: transcripts, test scores, college application deadlines.
   2. Consider questions to ask about financial aid options.

II. Body

1. Transcript Request

   1. Confirm transcript delivery method (electronic, mail, in-person).
   2. Provide college name and address for transcript delivery.

2. Recommendation Request

   1. Ask for a letter of recommendation from a qualified source (e.g., teacher, counselor).
   2. Provide the principal with details of the college program or scholarship being applied to.

3. Financial Aid....

Extracurricular activities play a significant role in college admission as they demonstrate a student's interests, passions, skills, and commitment outside of the classroom. Admissions officers look for well-rounded candidates who can contribute positively to the campus community, and participation in extracurricular activities can showcase a student's leadership abilities, teamwork skills, time management, and dedication.

Having a strong extracurricular profile can set a student apart from other applicants with similar academic qualifications. Additionally, involvement in activities such as sports, clubs, volunteer work, internships, or part-time jobs can help students develop important life skills and interests that can shape their college experience and....