Why Should Colleges Stop Looking at Applicants’ SAT Scores “Why did they reject me? I thought I could get in since I have lots of awards and projects related to my major. I just did not do well in my SAT test. But how could they reject me simply because SAT score was not high? That’s so unfair!” As a tutor working in New Oriental‚ an agency that provides SAT test preparation services‚ I hear this sort of complain all the time. I have seen tons and tons of my students cannot get into their dream
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“Of all the arts‚ abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well‚ that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors‚ and that you be a true poet. This last is essential." -- Wassily Kandinsky. Abstract Art is art that is not a precise demonstration of a form or object. This depiction can be diverged in many ways including the shape‚ color‚ and form. The artist takes the object and then either simplifies it or exaggerates it using these
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Signal Processing Society; Publisher: Inst. of Elec. and Elec. Eng. Computer Society Author affiliation: 1 Center for Multimedia and Network Technology‚ School of Computer Engineering‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Singapore 639798‚ Singapore Abstract: A working prototype of a building identification service which can be used on any camera cell phones equipped with GPS capability has been developed. Users can simply snap photos of architectures and send them‚ together with the corresponding
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the area of various polygons is the one for the area of a regular polygon. The setup and initial steps to creating the proof require a geometric approach that would otherwise make proving a big challenge. For example‚ a polygon with n sides is broken up into a collection of n congruent triangles‚ this geometric setup is key in reaching an easy solution for the area. The algebraic aspect comes into play when it comes to deriving the equation for the area. It is a simple yet important step in the whole
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Beauty is More Than Skin Deep: Looking Good and Feeling Better It is often said that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”‚ but is there any real truth to that? The phrase itself merely means that beauty has no set characterization‚ depiction‚ or even value for that matter. In a beauty salon‚ hairdressers use the environment of the salon and their clear connection to the beauty culture to accommodate to each individual clients interpretation of beauty. I think this was best stated when Lennon
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sources available for topic Week 2 -Discuss findings and sources available for the topic -Name latest journels on topic Week 3 Annotated bibliography of sources Week 4 -Discussion on topic gives new ideas of different people. -After reading journals and articles we get to know how people are using the technologies in their daily life -Thinking and analysing how technology and communication is used in our daily life and what has changed in us because of it. -The pros and corns of the system
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Tobechukwu N. Olumba Professor Burgess English 105 31 March 2014 Turning Around Doing a lot of work in college is always thought-provoking without a textbook‚ but with the textbook‚ it can be the simplest and most effective way to work hard. Sometimes‚ being on social media after completing some study time is desperately acceptable. It takes about fifteen minutes for some videos‚ posts‚ and tweets. I’m usually not in a good mood for those things during my study time before Friday. The
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Abstract 4:”Structure‚ Sign‚ and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences” “Structure‚ Sign‚ and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences” was written by Jacques Derrida‚ a French philosopher‚ as a contribution to a colloquium on structuralism in 1966. This piece was known for Derrida’s contradiction of structuralism‚ and his formation of three main ideas: complexity of meaning-making‚ meaning existence‚ and interpretation. Derrida begins his piece by talking about the center of structure
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gave old clothes and noodles to the fire victims.” Which is the abstract noun in the given sentence? A. children B. kindness C. fire 2. Which sentence has an abstract noun? A. The children decorated their classroom. B. The lady ordered pizza and pasta. C. The man feels the pain on his leg. 3. Which is the correct abstract noun for the adjective different? A. differ B. difference C. differently 4. Which group has all abstract nouns? A. simplicity‚ family‚ poverty‚ friendly B. richness
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Abstract Hypocephalus is a small round disk-shaped object generally made not only of plastered linen‚ but also of papyrus‚ bronze‚ gold‚ wood‚ or clay. Ancient Egyptians used it from the Late Period by placing it under the heads of their deceased persons. This odd disk‚ covered with strange images and texts‚ is known as "Hypocephalus‚" which is a Greek word for "That which is below the head‚" referring to its religious significance. This unusual religious pillow enabled the deceased to identify
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