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Of School Grades and Admission Essays
The value of a College Admission Essay or graduate school admission essay, as part of the college or graduate admissions process can never be over-emphasized. To validate the value of an admission essay or graduate school admission essay, let us look at the following illustration:
James and John are two good friends who share one common dream: to become doctors. James wants to specialize in pediatrics while John is bent on concentrating in orthopedic surgery. After finishing their respective pre-med undergraduate studies and armed with almost identical grade point averages, and also identical scores in the standardized admissions tests (SAT and MCAT) the two buddies decide to apply to the same Medical schools. In his Admission Essay, James decided to list and discuss his school experiences, including his extracurricular works and achievements. He has quite a lot since he has a number of relatives as well as close friends who are either working or used to work in various hospitals and clinics. Gaining the needed medical exposure proved quite easy for him. He wrote them all down, since he figured that the more experiences and accomplishments he could present, the better will be his chances of getting admitted.
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Distance Learning Summer School
In the past, the image you might have had in your mind for summer school was a sweltering classroom full of disinterested students, going over material they should have learned during the previous school year. The bell rings, the students erupt, happy to be set free!
Summer school has changed dramatically since the days where students were in those classrooms. With the advent of the Internet and the ability of schools to offer classes online, summer school has taken on a whole new meaning. Summer school is now a dynamic place where students can interact with challenging teachers and take courses they might not otherwise have time for during the regular school year.
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Using Online Distance Learning For Your Summer School
Setting up a traditional high school course schedule can be difficult. Many students struggle to create schedules that include all of the courses they are required to take to meet state and local requirements, and still have time in the day to take courses they might actually be interested in taking! Many times, students try to sign up for courses at their traditional high school only to be told that they have been shut out of the class because there are too many students, or that a class is no longer offered for any number or reasons.
Many students find that a distance learning school can provide classes for them that their traditional schools don’t or won’t offer. Students can take required classes from an accredited distance learning school during the summer and receive credit for the class from their traditional high school. Students can also take elective classes from a distance learning high school during the summer and receive credit for those as well.
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