2010 College Admissions Rates
US News has ranked the following schools in the list of Top Ten Best Law Schools for 2010. There are various things to take into consideration when choosing where to invest your future, and the quantitative and qualitative scores provided through these rankings can be very beneficial throughout your decision making process. Since there are a few ties in the list, the 12 schools have been broken into chunks of three, with a little tidbit about each.
1) Yale: New Haven, CT
2) Harvard: Cambridge, MA
3) Stanford: Stanford, CA
These top three powerhouses have been widely regarded as the best law schools in the nation for decades. All three are private, with gorgeous campuses, and dominating undergraduate football programs. They are each somewhat off the beaten path, allowing each student to breathe in scholarly air every moment.
4) Columbia: New York, NY
5) New York University: New York, NY
6) UC Berkeley: Berkeley, CA
For those of you who are looking for a city vibe surrounding an island of knowledge, one of these schools is best for you. While Manhattan is, quite literally, an island, the communities of Columbia and NYU Law are very close-knit. The staff is extremely involved in the students. Students do feel like they are on an island as there are certain buildings at NYU that have 24-hour security in the heart of the Big Apple. Berkeley Law has a New England feel to it, without such harsh winters and muggy summers.
6) University of Chicago: Chicago, IL
7) U Penn: Philadelphia, PA
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor, MI
Bigger does not always mean better. These large schools are ranked high based on their sheer volume of students, but it can be easy to fall through the cracks. Whenever considering a big school, be sure to get in contact with an advisor or counselor as soon as possible to ensure your own success.
9) Duke University: Durham, NC
10) Northwestern University: Chicago, IL
11) University of Virginia: Charlottesville, VA
For more of an experience, and less of a headache, these three schools tied for tenth place are in communities that do not revolve around the schools as much as most of the others. Charlottesville and Durham are small southern cities with quaint city charm and plenty of welcome distractions for the soon to be lawyers.
Each of the schools in the top ten is a highly regarded law school and will help you learn legal document review, supreme court case histories, and loopholes of various types of law.
About the author:
What are my chances of getting into a competitive college?
ALSO- what can I do to improve them?
Here’s what I have to offer:
Academics: GPA weighted/unweighted (with tentative Junior grades)- 3.93/3.45
12th grade schedule (tentative)- Statistics, AP Physics, AP English Lit., AP Gov/Econ, Guitar, and Theater Arts Workshop. *Would you recommend a change?
SATs:
PSAT/NMSQT (Nov. 2010)- Critical reading- 73, Math- 66, Writing- 79
SAT (Oct. 2010)- Reading- 750, Math- 580, Writing- 690 (re-taking)
SAT Subject Tests:
Biology E- 730
Taking Chemistry, Literature, and US History in June. *Would you recommend taking Math 2?
*Would you recommend an ACT?
Additional:
Girl Scout – 11 years (will be 12)
-Bronze Award
-Silver Award
-Marian Medal
-Leadership Pin
Sports:
-Swim Team (9 years)
-Cross Country (2010)
Speech and Debate Team (will be two years)
- “Superior” rated speaker.
Performing Arts:
- Choir
-Plays:
- “Working”
- something as a senior
- Lead guitar in a band called “The Rose Cartel”
Community Service:
-Over 800 hours
-Los Angeles Radio Reading Service (for the visually impaired)
-VBS camp
-Homeless outreach (“Sandwich Sundays”)
- Other
- Awarded “Extraordinary Effort in Volunteer Service”.
Religious Community:
-Youth Leader
-Lector
Clubs:
-Book Club (treasurer)
-Junior State of America
- Knitting Club
- Campus Ministry
-Writing Club
- Robotics Club (“Royal Robotrons”)
-Pay It Forward Club
-Social Justice Club
-Respect Life Club
Various:
Awards:
- Academic Excellence/ Principal’s Honor Roll
- Outstanding Academic Achievement :
-Scriptures New Testament
-Scriptures Old Testament
-St. Louis of France Scholarship
-For outstanding leadership, character, and academic effort
Summer Enrichment:
- Thomas Aquinas College “Great Books” program (summer 2011)
Creative Writing:
-Completed manuscript of 430+ page novel, which is being sent to publishers
-Literary Magazine
- Four published poems.
*Is there anything I should do to be a more attractive applicant?
*Will admissions give me a break for my less than desirable grades sophomore year, when I was dealing with personal issues that interfered with my achievement?
* I want to major in Philosophy, perhaps minor in English or Literature. I live in CA, but am willing to look at out of state schools. Any recommendations?
*Anything else?
Also, I went to a very competitive private school for grades 9 and 10, then transferred to a charter school, which is the highest performing public high school in the state. (I heard that what high school you attend matters)
Do you think Governor Christie has a right to stop children from getting an education?
by: New Jersey District, CPUSA
October 7 2010
Statement of the New Jersey District, Communist Party USA
The New Jersey District of the Communist Party USA roundly condemns the Christie administration’s loss of $400 million in federal education money and his arrogant and ill-tempered efforts to blame the loss on the Obama administration. The loss of the $400 million added to the $800 million that this anti–pubic education governor already cut from the state education budget means that New Jersey school children will suffer severe losses in their education.
The $400 million was to come from the “Race to the Top” federal funds. While we continue to oppose the “Race to the Top” program of the Federal Department of Education as seriously flawed, especially in its disregard of teacher and union rights, our criticisms have nothing to do with Governor Christopher Christie’s wanton assault of public education. He is out to privatize education in New Jersey. He campaigned for governor on that program, even calling the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), the main teacher’s union in the state, the “National Extortion Association.”
Since becoming governor, he has waged an unrelenting attack on New Jersey teachers and the NJEA. He is out to break their wage structure, their pensions and their working conditions. The loss of $400 million resulted from “an error” in the application filed with the Federal Department of Education. Christie made national headlines when he accused Washington of not “having an ounce of brains,” saying they failed to contact New Jersey to correct the application. Facts showed that the “error” was made in the New Jersey Department of Education. Christie’s subsequent firing of his commissioner of education, Bret Schundler was a coverup for his slash and burn anti-people budget and his determination to privatize education. Schundler was simply his scapegoat.
We call upon the state legislature to launch an investigation of this event. which will severely impact New Jersey school districts in the coming year. We further call on the state legislature to act to restore both the $800 million Christie cut from the school budget and the $400 lost by the administration. This will help repair the damage the administration has done to public education.
Christie’s policies of massive cuts in state funding to public education, the loss of $400 million in federal aid to school districts, attacks on school teacher and unionized public employees on a level not seen in New Jersey for generations, can only sharply reduce the quality of New Jersey’s public schools, lead talented teachers to leave the system and reduce graduation and college admission rates. Over time such policies will inevitably reduce per capita income and living standards in New Jersey since both are connected to successful public education.
The state legislature can and must act and act now to restore funding to New Jersey’s schools and investigate the Christie administration’s education policies in order to prevent further assaults on our schools.
Originally issued September 1, 2010
New Jersey District CPUSA
PO Box 6356 Jersey City, NJ 07306
http://www.cpusa.org/nj-cpusa-save-public-education/
jersey elected him, let them deal…
What say you Dems want to hand $44 billion to illegals?
Want to know how the lame ducks in Congress plan to “cut” federal spending – which seemed to be a dominating theme of the 2010 elections? They’re proposing a plan to take upwards of $44 billion a year from taxpayers and hand it over to illegal aliens who are in the United States so they can go to college.
The plan is called the Dream Act, for Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors, and its critics know it as an amnesty program for illegal aliens. Its supporters say anyone who doesn’t want to spend the money on college subsidies for illegal aliens is “racist.”
But policy experts are warning the act is truly transformative and in the end, among other things, would authorize federal loans to literally millions of newly qualified applicants and provide a preference for the children of illegal aliens in state college admissions.
Get “The Late Great USA” and find out how America is giving away its sovereignty
According to the Department of Education, the maximum amount one can borrow per year for undergraduate education from the federal government is $21,000. And the Dream Act would incorporate some 2.1 million new “students” into programs under which they would qualify for those loans.
“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [D-Nev.] has placed S. 2837, the Dream Act, on the legislative calendar, and has indicated he will seek a vote during the lame duck session of Congress,” Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., ranking GOP member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in an immigration alert. “The Dream Act will give them access to in-state tuition rates at public universities, federal student loans and federal work-study programs.”
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What are my chances of getting into a competitive college (long)?
ALSO- what can I do to improve them?
Here’s what I have to offer:
Academics: GPA weighted/unweighted (with tentative Junior grades)- 3.93/3.45
9:
Chorus- a, a
Scriptures: a, a
Geometry: a, a
English I honors: a, a-
World history & geography honors- a, a
Spanish I honors- a, a
Integrated science honors- a, a
10:
Powerwalking- a
Computer applications- a
Alg. II/trig. Honors a- d+ (made up with algebra II a credit recovery- b+)
Algebra II b- b+
English II honors- b, b+
Moral development- a, a
AP euro- c, b (4 on AP test)
AP bio- c, c (5 on AP test)
Spanish ii honors- c, b
11 (second grade not final):
Drama- a, a
Chemistry- a, b
Spanish iii- b, b
AP us history- c+, b
AP english lang- a, a
Trig- b
Math analysis honors- c (not final)
Also took Volleyball, Self Defense, and Social Dancing at local community college for PE credits, got a’s.
12th grade schedule (tentative)- Calculus, AP Physics, AP English Lit., AP Gov/Econ, Guitar, and Theater Arts Workshop. *Would you recommend a change?
SATs:
PSAT/NMSQT (Nov. 2010)- Critical reading- 73, Math- 66, Writing- 79
SAT (Oct. 2010)- Reading- 750, Math- 580, Writing- 690 (re-taking)
SAT Subject Tests:
Biology E- 730
Taking Chemistry, Literature, and US History in June. *Would you recommend taking Math 2?
*Would you recommend an ACT?
Additional:
Girl Scout – 11 years (will be 12)
-Bronze Award
-Silver Award
-Marian Medal
-Leadership Pin
Sports:
-Swim Team (9 years)
-Cross Country (2010)
Speech and Debate Team (will be two years)
- “Superior” rated speaker.
Performing Arts:
- Choir
-Plays:
- “Working”
- something as a senior
- Lead guitar in a band called “The Rose Cartel”
Community Service:
-Over 800 hours
-Los Angeles Radio Reading Service (for the visually impaired)
-VBS camp
-Homeless outreach (“Sandwich Sundays”)
- Other
- Awarded “Extraordinary Effort in Volunteer Service”.
Religious Community:
-Youth Leader
-Lector
Clubs:
-Book Club (treasurer)
-Junior State of America
- Knitting Club
- Campus Ministry
-Writing Club
- Robotics Club (“Royal Robotrons”)
-Pay It Forward Club
-Social Justice Club
-Respect Life Club
Various:
Awards:
- Academic Excellence/ Principal’s Honor Roll
- Outstanding Academic Achievement :
-Scriptures New Testament
-Scriptures Old Testament
-St. Louis of France Scholarship
-For outstanding leadership, character, and academic effort
Summer Enrichment:
- Thomas Aquinas College “Great Books” program (summer 2011)
Creative Writing:
-Completed manuscript of 430+ page novel, which is being sent to publishers
-Literary Magazine
- Four published poems.
*Is there anything I should do to be a more attractive applicant?
*Will admissions give me a break for my less than desirable grades sophomore year, when I was dealing with personal issues that interfered with my achievement?
* I want to major in Philosophy, perhaps minor in English or Literature. I live in CA, but am willing to look at out of state schools. Any recommendations?
*Anything else?
Also, I went to a very competitive private school for grades 9 and 10, then transferred to a charter school, which is the highest performing public high school in the state. (I heard that what high school you attend matters)
Biologically Speaking, Race Doesn’t Exist WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS INTERESTING?
Dr. Venter’s statements were emphatically backed by Dr. Joseph L. Graves Jr., author of The Emperor’s New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at Millennium,” in a recent New York Times interview.
“Possibly only six genes determine the color of a person’s skin,” Graves, a professor of evolutionary biology and African-American Studies at Arizona University, said in the Times interview.
Six genes, out of the 30,000 to 40,000 genes that make us human, determine race. Graves further asserted what genome researches have been uncovering over several years as the mapping project has wound down: as far as biology is concerned, race doesn’t exist.
Black, white, Asian—all are artificial, really. A black man and a white man from Manhattan, for example, are likely to be more genetically similar than a black man from Manhattan and a black man from Nigeria.
Graves sites sickle cell anemia as an example of what’s widely thought to be a “black disease.” In fact, because sickle cells offer immunity to malaria, the condition exists wherever malaria exists. American blacks descended primarily from West African blacks, where malaria is abundant. But Graves notes that the disease is also present in Greece and Yemen. Had colonial American slaves been Greek or Yemeni, sickle cell anemia would be known to Americans as a Greek or Yemeni disease, not a black one.
Graves and Venter hope their research will prevent doctors from considering race when making diagnoses. But, as the Times points out, old habits die hard. The current Surgeon General, Dr. David Satcher, continues to divert millions of dollars toward eliminating health disparities among the “races” by 2010. Black medical associations continue to fund research into black-only pharmaceuticals for “black-only” ailments.
But voices like those of Graves and Venter are beginning to change some minds, if ever so slowly.
This heartening new research ought to have sociological implications as well. If my doctor sees no difference between black and white, my Congressman, my teacher and my police chief shouldn’t either.
It’s time government stop recognizing race.
The 2000 U.S. Census lists eleven different racial and ethnic classifications, and allows for any hybrid combination of those eleven.
The last Census also was steeped in racial classification controversy. Should minorities be “actually enumerated,” or estimated via statistical sampling? Federal dollars are routinely allocated on the basis of race, as are federal contracts to private firms. The use of race in college admissions processes has mired academia in turmoil and controversy. Private companies are closely monitored to ensure the workers on their payroll have faces tinted to “look like America.”
Following the government’s lead, sociologists, demographers, statisticians and academics endlessly break down our television viewing habits, purchases, mortality rates, income and voting patterns into black and white, red and yellow.
Is it any wonder then why America is race-obsessed?
Black Americans are routinely told that they are sicker, poorer, less intelligent, less upwardly-mobile, less motivated, more criminally-inclined and more prone to illegitimacy than their white and Asian counterparts.
Of course none of these maladies is predicated on biology. They are class disparities, not race disparities. As conservative columnist George Will recently noted, if one could wave a magic wand over black America and make it white, black America’s problems would not disappear with its pigment.
Affirmative action, a program that rewards race for race’s sake, usually at the expense of merit, is a fine example. Black social critics on the left and right have lamented that academic success in urban high schools and among black communities on college campuses is often equated with the “whiteness,” or at the very least, with the lack of “blackness,” of the African American students.
Affirmative action — government recognition and selection based on race – has instilled in black Americans a stigmatization that equates their own race with academic failure.
But race isn’t the reason the poor kid from the city needs a boost – class is. A white or Asian kid from the inner city is just as disadvantaged as a black one. But he doesn’t get extra consideration. The implication is that being poor is not a disadvantage, but being black is.
Some colleges now recognize “hardship” and “background” in the admissions process. But race continues to drive their selections.
America will never get over race until we stop crunching our numbers by it. Change should start with the state. As more Americans intermarry, and as overseas and interracial adoptions continue to attract American couples, racial and ethnic distinctions will continue to erode—in skin tone, as well as in custom and culture. Consequently, the government’s habit of recognizing these distinctions will become more and more absurd.
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The plan is called the Dream Act, for Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors, and its critics know it as an amnesty program for illegal aliens. Its supporters say anyone who doesn’t want to spend the money on college subsidies for illegal aliens is “racist.”
But policy experts are warning the act is truly transformative and in the end, among other things, would authorize federal loans to literally millions of newly qualified applicants and provide a preference for the children of illegal aliens in state college admissions.
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Thank you for that story. 44 billion.. and people like Pelosi, Reid and the head of the Republican Party don’t even notice a little 44 billion here… a little 44 billion there. If we can arrange for them to miss their jobs they will miss the 44 million, and THAT would be very pleasing.
Be Patient
Okay, this is the most common tip among us guitar players. Practice and patience. Yeah yeah it’s a drag, but if you don’t make yourself patient in playing guitar you won’t make any progress. Getting good at something takes time, a lot of time. You have to be patient and enjoy the process of slow practicing. Here is the best place to learn! Cheers
Actually, race does exist on the biological level. That is why you can take a cell sample from any individual, and be able to tell that person’s race from that sample. Certain individuals have an agenda to push, so they advocate pseudoscience like the “no such thing as race” theory. Just take a look at some of the bullcrap written there. It talks about race being defined as skin color. Well race is not only skin color. If that were the case, then the KKK would allow albino blacks into their ranks, which they don’t. Race is much more than skin color.
Also, the part saying a black man from Manhattan is probably more genetically similar to a white man than he is to a black man from Nigeria only proves that the way we label race may not be entirely accurate, but it does not disprove the existence of race. But I have my doubts as to the validity of that claim.